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Veterans in Horror: Interview with Solomon Forse

• November 5, 2022
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Solomon Forse is the founder of HOWL Society, the most active online horror book club on the web. He also plays guitar in the Lovecraftian metal band Crafteon and teaches… Read more

Veterans in Horror: Interview with Giles Clarke

• November 3, 2022
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Giles Clarke is the founder of Uncharted Wilderness Studios, a production company focused on comics and graphic novels. Uncharted Wilderness Studios was born out of a desire to publish engaging … Read more

Veterans in Horror: Interview with Michael Arnzen

• November 1, 2022
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Michael Arnzen holds four Bram Stoker Awards and an International Horror Guild Award for his disturbing (and often funny) fiction, poetry and literary experiments. His books include Grave Markings, Play… Read more

SALE! Special Ad Rate Extended for the HWA Newsletter

• November 2, 2021
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The HWA Newsletter is offering a special rate on full-page ads for the rest of 2021! All issues are jam-packed with lots of goodies (columns, special articles, puzzles, photos, artwork,… Read more

Scary Out There with Dawn Kurtagich

• October 18, 2018
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Scary Out There recently interviewed Dawn Kurtagich, author of And the Trees Crept In and The Dead House. In this episode of the podcast, Dawn discusses the importance of horror… Read more

Evil Teachers and Beyond: 5 School Scare Sources

• September 20, 2018
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The days are getting shorter and cooler, and ravaged store displays are picked-over, having only straggling survivors among the pencils, notebooks, and backpacks. Children and teens have mysteriously vanished from… Read more

Important Website Update!

• June 4, 2017
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Use your WildApricot password to access members-only content. This is the password you use to update your profile or pay your dues on the HWA Wildapricot site. To get there,… Read more

2016 Lifetime Achievement Award Winners

• March 17, 2017
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2016 Lifetime Achievement Award – Dennis Etchison and Thomas F. Monteleone Long Beach, CA, March 17, 2017 The Horror Writers Association announces two Lifetime Achievement Award winners for 2016. Dennis… Read more

The Scholarship From Hell taking applications

• March 3, 2017
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   Horror Writers Association Sponsors Scholarship Study with Celebrity Authors– Horror University   Long Beach, CA, March 3, 2017 The Horror Writers Association announces the 2017 Horror… Read more

2016 Specialty Press Award Winner – Omnium Gatherum

• March 1, 2017
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Horror Writers Association’s 2016 Specialty Press Award Omnium Gatherum – Kate Jonez   Long Beach, CA, March 1, 2017 The Horror Writers Association proudly announces Omnium Gatherum… Read more

HWA August Membership Drive

• August 1, 2016
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Have you been thinking about joining the Horror Writers Association for a while, but just haven’t gotten around to it yet? Or maybe you were a member in the past… Read more

Young Adults “Write Now” Endowment Program

• June 11, 2016
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Horror Writers Association (HWA) announces Young Adults Write Now endowment program to fund teen-oriented writing programs at libraries. The Horror Writers Association (HWA), the premier organization of writers and publishers… Read more

HWA announces HALLOWS’ EVE anthology

• June 8, 2016
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Hallows’ Eve
An Anthology for the HWA Editors: Ellen Datlow & Lisa Morton Submissions open to HWA members only. You can join here, if you like. Hallows’ Eve is an… Read more

HWA Contribution to Nonprofit Literacy Organization

• January 10, 2016
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The Horror Writers Association (HWA), the premier organization of writers and publishers of horror and dark fantasy, today announced a donation to Literacy, Inc., a Louisiana-based nonprofit dedicated to reducing… Read more

How to Make Your Work Available for Bram Stoker Awards Consideration

• September 28, 2015
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If you’d like to make your work available for consideration by either HWA’s Bram Stoker Awards jury or the members, please visit this page – https://www.horror.org/awards/stoker-etiquette.htm. Thank you.… Read more

STOKERCON Website Live! Register now.

• May 24, 2015
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HWA is proud to announce that the website for the first annual StokerCon is now live and offering memberships at a special discounted early-bird rate of just $99. http://www.stokercon2016.org StokerCon2016… Read more

Horror.org Listed Among 101 Best Websites for Authors

• May 12, 2015
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Our website has been selected as a “101 Best Websites for Writers” by Writer’s Digest magazine for the second year in a row. The list is in their May/June 2015… Read more

Know a Nominee, Part 26: Sydney Leigh

• May 9, 2015
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Welcome back to “Know a Nominee,” the interview series that puts you squarely between the ears of this year’s Bram Stoker Award nominees. Our final update for this year features… Read more

Know a Nominee, Part 25: Robert Payne Cabeen

• May 9, 2015
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Welcome back to “Know a Nominee,” the interview series that puts you squarely between the ears of this year’s Bram Stoker Award nominees. Today’s latest update features Robert Payne Cabeen,… Read more

Know a Nominee, Part 24: Jake Bible

• May 9, 2015
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Welcome back to “Know a Nominee,” the interview series that puts you squarely between the ears of this year’s Bram Stoker Award nominees. Today’s latest update features Jake Bible, nominated… Read more