Jeff Strand to Emcee Bram Stoker Awards Banquet 2013

The Horror Writers Association (HWA) is proud to announce Jeff Strand will emcee the 2013 Bram Stoker Awards Banquet and also act as Toastmaster at the World Horror Convention 2013. Both of these events are part of the Bram Stoker Awards Weekend, to be held in New Orleans from 13-16 June 2013. Jeff has emceed four of the past five Bram Stoker Awards banquets (he couldn’t make it to Brighton, dammit!), and is thrilled to be back for a fifth time. His books include Pressure (which was nominated for a Bram Stoker Award but did not win), Dweller (which was…

Ramsey Campbell First Guest of Honor at Bram Stoker Awards Weekend 2013

The Oxford Companion to English Literature describes Ramsey Campbell as “Britain’s most respected living horror writer”. He has been given more awards than any other writer in the field, including the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Horror Writers Association (HWA), the Grand Master Award of the World Horror Convention and the Living Legend Award of the International Horror Guild. The Horror Writers Association is proud to announce Ramsey Campbell as our first Guest of Honor for the Bram Stoker Awards™ Weekend 2013, to be held in New Orleans from 13-16 June 2013. HWA President said, “Ramsey is a truly a…

First Sponsor for the Bram Stoker Awards® Weekend 2013

The Horror Writers Association (HWA) is pleased to announce JournalStone as a Supporting Sponsor for the Bram Stoker Awards™ Weekend 2013. The Weekend Convention will be held at the Hotel Monteleone in New Orleans, Louisiana from 13-16 June 2013: http://www.stokers2013.org/ . Christopher C. Payne, President of JournalStone (http://journalstone.com/) said, “It is both an honor and a pleasure to support the HWA. The members and Board have been instrumental in supporting JournalStone‘s fledging endeavor as a new publishing company. I can only hope that we as a publisher continue to live up to the expectations of the HWA and all of…

John Joseph Adams is 2013 World Horror Con’s Editor Guest of Honor

The Horror Writers Association is proud to announce prolific anthologist John Joseph Adams as the Editor Guest of Honor for the World Horror Convention (WHC) 2013. In 2013 the HWA is hosting WHC as part of the Bram Stoker Awards™ Weekend in New Orleans from 13-16 June. John Joseph Adams is the bestselling editor of the horror anthologies The Living Dead, The Living Dead 2, By Blood We Live, and Wastelands. He is also the editor of the new horror magazine Nightmare. His other anthologies include Other Worlds Than These, Armored, Under the Moons of Mars: New Adventures on Barsoom,…

Caitlín R. Kiernan named Author Guest of Honor for World Horror Con 2013

The Horror Writers Association is proud to announce dark fantasy author Caitlín R. Kiernan as the Author Guest of Honor for the World Horror Convention (WHC) 2013. In 2013 the HWA is hosting WHC as part of the Bram Stoker Awards® Weekend in New Orleans from 13-16 June. The New York Times recently called Caitlín R. Kiernan, “one of our essential writers of dark fiction.” She is the author of various dark-fantasy novels, beginning with Silk and followed by Threshold, Low Red Moon, The Five of Cups, Murder of Angels, Daughter of Hounds, and The Red Tree. Her ninth novel,…

HWA Officially Appears at American Library Association Mid-Winter Meeting

As part of a burgeoning relationship with the American Library Association (ALA) the Horror Writers Association (HWA) will have a major presence at the ALA's 2013 Midwinter Meeting in Seattle, Washington. The event will run from January 25 to January 28, at the Seattle Center. This official presence includes a booth at the exhibition center and the presentation by the HWA of five panels on horror. The topics for these panels are The HWA & Libraries, The EBook Revolution, Small Press Horror, Graphic Novels, and YA Horror. The ALA event offers a unique opportunity to promote adult and youth reading,…

Amber Benson is coming to Bram Stoker Awards Weekend 2013!

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 13-16 June 2013. Amber Benson is multi-talented – she is a writer, director and actor. She currently writes the Calliope Reaper-Jones series for Ace/Roc and her middle grade book ‘Among The Ghosts’ came out in paperback this past fall from Simon and Schuster. She co-directed the Slamdance feature Drones’ and (co-wrote) and directed the BBC animated series ‘The Ghosts Of Albion’. Her acting work includes the Steven Soderbergh film ‘King…

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

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, creator of the comic strip CURTIS, to promote reading in general, and horror in particular, at conferences, speaking engagements, and libraries. Ray has graciously created the attached promotional piece for the HWA, for official use at any event where members represent the HWA in some capacity, including booths, panels, library appearances and readings. This piece will be premiered at the American Library Association Midwinter Meeting in January 2012 and will…
2011 Bram Stoker Award™ winners and Vampire Novel of the Century Award winner

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

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 held in Salt Lake City, Utah, at the World Horror Convention, and marks the 25th Anniversary of the awards. Twelve new bronze haunted-house statuettes were handed over to the writers responsible for creating superior works of horror last year. This year’s winners are: Superior Achievement in a NOVEL Flesh Eaters by Joe McKinney (Pinnacle Books) Superior Achievement in a FIRST NOVEL Isis Unbound by Allyson Bird (Dark Regions Press) Superior…

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

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 City and the event will begin live on the internet at 9 p.m. (Mountain Daylight Savings Time) on March 31. The ceremony will take about 1½ hours to complete. The webcast will be presented at: www.ustream.tv/channel/bramstokerawards2012. This year the Bram Stoker Awards celebrate 25 years as the leading writing Awards in the horror and dark fantasy genre: http://www.stokers2012.org/. The Bram Stoker Awards Banquet is sponsored by Samhain Publishing. Among the…

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

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 be presented during the gala Bram Stoker Awards™ Banquet to be held this year in Salt Lake City on March 31. The annual Specialty Press Award recognizes a publisher outside the mainstream New York City publishing community that specializes in dark-themed fiction. Winners are typically "small presses" specializing in limited editions, small print runs, or the work of new and relatively unknown authors. The winner of the award is determined…

Bram Stoker Award Short Story Podcasts at Tales To Terrify

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 exemplary fiction, poetry and scripts of 2011, we at the Tales to Terrify podcast want to show our support for this award by bringing the Short Fiction nominees to a wider audience. Tales to Terrify has made a commitment to showcase only the best in horror fiction and raise the public profile of the short story as a format. We wish to represent the world wealth of this genre and…

Members May Recommend Works for Bram Stoker Award Consideration

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 tons of information on how to get your work or a recommended work tactfully to the right people. Follow this link to recommend works published in 2012: https://horror.org/private/stokers/.

Monster Librarian Reviews Vampire Novel of the Century Nominees

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: We at MonsterLibrarian.com are here to help you learn a little about these titles. Below you'll find reviews of each of the nominated books. Some of these are now out of print or difficult to find (The Soft Whisper of the Dead was a limited edition of only 2,800 copies), but if you search your existing collection, you may find these books are already on your shelves. Even if they…

Bram Stoker Award™ 2011 Final Ballot

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 and Lifetime members via email. The deadline to submit your vote is March 04, 2012, midnight Pacific Coast time. NOVEL: Conlon, Christopher — A Matrix Of Angels Lamberson, Greg — Cosmic Forces Malfi, Ronald — Floating Staircase McKinney, Joe — Flesh Eaters O’Neill, Gene — Not Fade Away Thomas, Lee — The German FIRST NOVEL: Bird, Allyson — Isis Unbound Jacobs, John, Horner — Southern Gods Lee, Frazer — The…

2012 Bram Stoker Award™ Jury Chairs and Members Chosen

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 Corrine De WinterDanielle KaheakuGuido HenkelGene Stewart First Novel Chair: Joe Nassise stokerfirstnovel@horror.org Janice Gable BashmanDavid WilbanksKirstyn McDermottSunni K. Brock Young Adult Chair: Lynne Hansen stokeryanovel@horror.org Joel SutherlandDotti EnderleMelissa MarrJeanne Stein Graphic Novels Chair: Ken Lille-Paetz stokergraphicnovel@horror.org Anne PettyNorman PrentissAaron SternsKaaron Warren Long Fiction Chair: Chris Welch stokerlongfic@horror.org Chris ShearerBrett TalleyRichard PayneDavid Searls Short Fiction Chair: Jason V. Brock stokershortfic@horror.org Talie HeleneJohn CozzoliBartiomiej PaszyikChad Helder Screenplays Chair: JG Faherty stokerscreenplay@horror.org David…

Il Posto Nero — January Links

-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 Italian in English -Review by Rocky Wood of Under the Dome by Stephen King in Italian -Rage Against the Night in Italian -Ten Knives Interview with Graham Masterton in Italian in English -Black Pills: Discovering Medusa in Italian -HWA Bram Stokers Award: Preliminary Ballots in Italian -Samuel Marolla: The Janara in Italian -Autopsies: Roberto Costantini analyzes The Alienist by Caleb Carr in Italian -Dark Circle: The Literary Agency of Alessandro…

Nominees Announced for Vampire Novel of the Century Award

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 & Library, proudly announces the nominees for the Bram Stoker Vampire Novel of the Century Award. The award will be presented at the Bram Stoker Awards™ Banquet at the World Horror Convention in Salt Lake City, Utah, on March 31, 2012, upon the centenary of the death of Abraham (Bram) Stoker, the author of Dracula. From a field of more than 35 preliminary nominees, a jury of writers and scholars selected…

2011 Bram Stoker Award™ Preliminary Ballot Announced

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 from the Jury ballot. A short explanation of the system for determining for the Bram Stoker Awards™ ballots appears at: https://horror.org/stokers.htm. As the preliminary ballot is designed to produce three works for the final ballot in a category from each of the "Recs" and "Jury" ballots, if there are three or less works qualified in a category, they proceed directly to the final ballot. If you see four, five or…

HAUTALA and LANSDALE Win Lifetime Horror Awards

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 overall body of work, will go to Rick Hautala and to Joe R. Lansdale. Under his own name, Rick Hautala has written nearly thirty novels, including the million-copy bestseller Nightstone, as well as Winter Wake, The Mountain King, and Little Brothers. He has published two short story collections: Bedbugs and Occasional Demons. A new collection, The Back of Beyond, is due soon. He has had over sixty short stories published…