StokerCon 2025 Keynote Speech: Why We Need Horror Authors in the Fight For the Freedom to Read
2024 Bram Stoker Award Winners Announced
StokerCon 2026 Announced – Celebrating Ten Years of StokerCon!
Final Frame Short Horror Film Competition 2025 Finalists Announced!
Final Frame Judges Announced!
Annual StokerCon Diversity Raffle Prizes Announced
The Horror Writers Association Announces Horror University 2025
HWA Scholarship from Hell Recipient Announced
2025 HWA Specialty Award Winners Announced
The Horror Writers Association Announces Lifetime Achievement Award Winners
Horror Writers Association Gets 10 Year Commitment from Pitt Library System for StokerCon

The Horror Writers Association (HWA) and the University of Pittsburgh Library System (ULS) are excited to announce a new chapter in their collaboration leading up to StokerCon. Building on their roles as Marquee Sponsor in 2023 and Raven Sponsor in 2024, the ULS has committed to a ground-breaking 10-year Legacy Sponsorship starting with StokerCon 2025.
THE 2023 BRAM STOKER AWARD® WINNERS

SAN DIEGO, CA--The 2023 Bram Stoker Awards® took place on June 1, during the Annual Bram Stoker Awards® Banquet at StokerCon™ 2024. Winners received awards for superior achievement in the following categories:
2024 FINAL FRAME Finalists Announced

2024 FINALISTS (in alphabetical order)
13th Night
Director: Benjamin Percy Writer: Benjamin Percy UNITED STATES / 2024 / 14:32 A father will do anything to save his daughter. Anything.
The Ninth Annual FINAL FRAME Horror Short Film Competition is proud to present our 2024 judges.

A veritable whirlwind of talent, the competition judges for Final Frame represent the same tenacity, perseverance, ingenuity, and passion we see reflected in our finalists’ films. We can’t wait to have them preside over an evening of frights and freak-outs leading up to their selections for Grand Prize, Runner-Up, Best Writing in a Short Film, and more!
HWA SPECIALTY AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Columbus, OH – The Horror Writers Association (HWA) is pleased to announce the recipients of its Specialty Awards. These will be presented on June 1st, 2024, during the Bram Stoker Awards® Presentation at StokerCon®2024 in San Diego, CA.
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Columbus, OH – The Horror Writers Association (HWA) is pleased to announce the recipients of its Lifetime Achievement Award. These will be presented on June 1st, 2024, during the Bram Stoker Awards® Presentation at StokerCon®2024 in San Diego, CA.
Lifetime Achievement Award The recipients of the HWA’s Lifetime Achievement Award for 2024 are:
The 2023 Bram Stoker Awards® Final Ballot — CORRECTED
The 2023 Bram Stoker Awards® Final Ballot
Horror Writers Association Releases the 2023 Bram Stoker Awards® Preliminary Ballot
