Announcing the @StokerCon website launch for StokerCon22! May 12-15, 2022 in Denver, Colorado, USA. Buy your tickets online now! This year, we will have a hybrid convention, and convention goers can attend online or in person.

https://www.stokercon.com

Thanks to our multi-talented graphic designer and web designer, Gabrielle Faust, for the amazing job she did on the beautiful site. From creating original graphics, to collecting images from past StokerCons, to programming, she did it all. We love the wonderful logo she designed for us this year.

2022 will be our third StokerCon since the start of the pandemic and the first …

Available in 2022.

As Autumn approaches and we are all eager to celebrate the season, this also signals the time of year for the HWA’s annual elections. Up this year are four Trustee positions as well as the offices of Vice President and Treasurer. Please read the statements of the following candidates carefully.

Links to the ballot will be sent out on or around September 7, 2021 to our Active and Lifetime members, with a due date of September 15th, 2021.

The elected officers shall hold their respective offices for terms of two years, beginning on November 1 and ending on October 31.…

The HWA is pleased to reveal the cover and table of contents for its Poetry Showcase Volume 8!

Edited by Stephanie Wytovich, Volume 8 features brand new dark poetry from members of the HWA.

Special thanks to Stephanie for her amazing efforts, as well as to Sara Tantlinger and Angela Yuriko Smith for acting as this year’s judges.

Thank you also to Robert Payne Cabeen, who not only has a poem in the volume but also did the fantastic cover art:

The top three poets this year are Ingrid L. Taylor, Lee Murray, and Brenda S. Tolian. Their work will …

The #DisneyMustPay Joint Task Force is expanding its focus and reaching out to all comic book and graphic novel creators who may be missing royalty statements and payments from Disney and its companies.

“Writers, artists, illustrators, letterers, and other artists are valued members of the creative teams that produce art and literature that is enjoyed by millions,” said Mary Robinette Kowal, Task Force Chair. “We are inviting these talented artists to share their stories and we will fight for them to receive the money that is owed to them.”

All potentially affected writers and artists should contact the Task Force …