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Amber Benson is coming to Bram Stoker Awards Weekend 2013!

• November 25, 2012
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The Horror Writers Association (HWA) is proud to announce Amber Benson as Media Guest of Honor for the Bram Stoker Awards® Weekend 2013, to be held in New Orleans from… Read more

HWA teams up with ‘Curtis’ and Ray Billingsley to promote YA literacy

• November 18, 2012
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The Horror Writers Association is proud to announce a new literacy partnership focusing on Young Adult (YA) readers. Beginning immediately, the HWA will be working with renowned cartoonist Ray Billingsley,… Read more

2011 Bram Stoker Award™ winners and Vampire Novel of the Century Award winner

• April 1, 2012
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At long last, the anticipation is over. The Horror Writers Association announced the winners of the 2011 Bram Stoker Awards™ at its annual awards banquet tonight. This year’s presentation was… Read more

Bram Stoker Awards™ to be webcast live on March 31, 2012

• March 25, 2012
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The Horror Writers Association (HWA) is proud to announce that it will again webcast the Bram Stoker Awards™ presentation live in 2012. The Banquet is being held in Salt Lake… Read more

HWA 2011 Specialty Press Award Goes to Bad Moon Books and Hippocampus Press

• March 16, 2012
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Bad Moon Books, of Garden Grove, California, and Hippocampus Press of New York, New York will both receive the Horror Writers Association’s Specialty Press Award for 2011. The Award will… Read more

Bram Stoker Award Short Story Podcasts at Tales To Terrify

• March 16, 2012
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The Bram Stoker Awards™ are a staple and institution among horror writers and horror fans around the globe. As the Horror Writers Association and its members gather to celebrate the… Read more

Members May Recommend Works for Bram Stoker Award Consideration

• March 15, 2012
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The button has been reactivated and a handful of churlish vampire-toothed chipmunks are standing by to collect your recommendations. Only members may submit recommendations. Read the Award Etiquette page for… Read more

Monster Librarian Reviews Vampire Novel of the Century Nominees

• March 11, 2012
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We thought you might be interested in looking at this information-rich overview of the nominees for the Horror Writers Association’s Vampire Novel of the Century nominees. It begins like this:… Read more

Bram Stoker Award™ 2011 Final Ballot

• February 23, 2012
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The final ballot for the Horror Writers Association’s Bram Stoker Awards™ for works published in 2011 has been compiled. The link to the ballot has been sent out to Active… Read more

2012 Bram Stoker Award™ Jury Chairs and Members Chosen

• February 18, 2012
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We’re setting up for next year’s awards. The following jury members will serve for the 2012 Bram Stoker Awards™. Works published in 2012 are eligible. Novel Chair: Martel Sardina stokernovel@horror.org… Read more

Il Posto Nero — January Links

• February 14, 2012
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-Autopsies: Ugo Barbàra analyzes the Judge of Souls by Donato Carrisi
in Italian -Ten Knives Interview with Lisa Morton
in Italian
in English -Ten Knives Interview with Peter Straub
in… Read more

Nominees Announced for Vampire Novel of the Century Award

• February 14, 2012
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The Horror Writers Association (HWA), the international association of writers, publishing professionals, and supporters of horror literature, in conjunction with the Bram Stoker Family Estate and the Rosenbach Museum &… Read more

2011 Bram Stoker Award™ Preliminary Ballot Announced

• January 21, 2012
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For each category (Novel, First Novel, etc) there are potentially TWO ballots: one for the works that proceed from the recommendations (‘Recs’) ballot and one for the works that proceed… Read more

HAUTALA and LANSDALE Win Lifetime Horror Awards

• January 17, 2012
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The Horror Writers Association has chosen two long-time icons of the genre to receive the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award (LAA) this year. The award, given in recognition of the recipient’s… Read more

KAREN LANSDALE to Receive The Richard Laymon President’s Award from Horror Writers Association

• January 17, 2012
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The Richard Laymon President’s Award for Service was instituted in 2000 and is named in honor of Richard Laymon, who died in 2001 while serving as the Horror Writers Association… Read more

Guy Anthony DE MARCO to receive The Silver Hammer Award from HWA

• January 17, 2012
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The Horror Writers Association periodically gives The Silver Hammer Award to an HWA volunteer who has done a truly massive amount of work for our organization, often unsung and behind… Read more

Il Posto Nero – December Links

• January 12, 2012
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-Review by Sergio Gilles Lacavalla of Scarlett by Barbara Baraldi
in Italian -HWA Bram Stoker Award 2010 Ceremony -Videos
in Italian -Horror Street: Interview with Mary Sangiovanni
in English
in… Read more

HWA Sponsoring 5 Members to Attend Mort Castle’s Workshop at 2012 World Horror Convention

• January 11, 2012
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Mort Castle, editor of the acclaimed On Writing Horror, will be conducting writing workshops at the 2012 World Horror Convention in Salt Lake City , March 29 – April 1,… Read more

Samhain Publishing is Platinum Sponsor of the 25th Annual Bram Stoker Awards™

• January 9, 2012
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The Horror Writers Association (HWA) is pleased to announce Samhain Publishing as the Platinum Sponsor for the 25th Annual Bram Stoker Awards Banquet. The Banquet will be held in conjunction… Read more

Jeremy Wagner Sponsors the Bram Stoker Vampire Novel of the Century Award

• January 9, 2012
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The Horror Writers Association (HWA) is pleased to announce Jeremy Wagner as the sponsor for the Bram Stoker Vampire Novel of the Century Award. The Horror Writers Association (HWA), the… Read more