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2019 Bram Stoker Awards® Final Ballot Announced

• February 20, 2020
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The Horror Writers Association (HWA) is pleased to release the Final Ballot for the 2019 Bram Stoker Awards®. The HWA is the premier writers organization in the horror and dark fiction genre, with over 1,600 members. We have presented the Bram Stoker Awards® in various categories since 1987 (see http://www.thebramstokerawards.com/).

Poetry’s Dream Team: An Interview with Linda Addison and Alessandro Manzetti

• February 19, 2020
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Females of Fright: Lucy A. Snyder

• February 18, 2020
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by Eva Roslin I would like to write about Lucy A. Snyder as being one of the women who I would like to give a special shout-out to during Women… Read more

Females of Fright:
Rena Mason and Kathy Ptacek

• February 16, 2020
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By Naching T. Kassa It’s Women in Horror month and, as we appreciate all ladies in the genre, I’d like to extend my thanks to two of them. These ladies… Read more

Females of Fright: Deborah LeBlanc

• February 14, 2020
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by JG Faherty Back in 2006, I was still a rather neophyte writer. Although I had a dozen or so short stories under my belt, I certainly wasn’t lighting the… Read more

Females of Fright: Ellen Datlow

• February 12, 2020
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As part of our month-long celebration of Women in Horror Month, the HWA reached out to our members who have something special to share about a Woman in Horror from… Read more

Females of Fright: Marge Simon

• February 10, 2020
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As part of our month-long celebration of Women in Horror Month, the HWA reached out to our members who have something special to share about a Woman in Horror from… Read more

Females of Fright: Lisa Morton

• February 8, 2020
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As part of our month-long celebration of Women in Horror Month, the HWA reached out to our members who have something special to share about a Woman in Horror from… Read more

Females of Fright: Angel Leigh McCoy

• February 6, 2020
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As part of our month-long celebration of Women in Horror Month, the HWA reached out to our members who have something special to share about a Woman in Horror from… Read more

2019 Lifetime Achievement Award Recipients

• February 5, 2020
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The HORROR WRITERS ASSOCIATION is delighted to announce the recipients of this year’s Lifetime Achievement Awards, presented in alphabetical order: Owl Goingback and Thomas Ligotti. The award will be given… Read more

Grievance Committee

• February 3, 2020
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“Where members have a grievance over issues such as plagiarism, with a publisher over a contractual issue, or a similar matter; and that grievance has not been resolved after the… Read more

Open Submission Calls

• February 3, 2020
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All Horror Writer Association open submissions calls are closed at this time. Watch our social media for new opportunities. Be sure to check out our past HWA publications. HWA’s literary… Read more

How to Recommend a Work

• February 3, 2020
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Any member of HWA may recommend works for the Bram Stoker Award®. If you’re uncertain about the work’s eligibility, please check the rules first. You may not recommend your own… Read more

The Seers’ Table February 2020

• January 31, 2020
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The Seers Table

January 31, 2020 by HWAWeb Linda D. Addison, Member of the Diverse Works Inclusion Community February is a great time to show some love for creators.  … Read more

2019 Bram Stoker Awards® Preliminary Ballot Announced

• January 25, 2020
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The Horror Writers Association (HWA) is pleased to release the Preliminary Ballot for the 2019 Bram Stoker Awards®. The HWA (see https://www.horror.org/) is the premiere writers organization in the horror… Read more

Moanaria’s Fright Club Launch

• January 1, 2020
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In 2017, Moaner T. Lawrence, former Assistant Editor at Pseudopod, proposed an online writing group for horror writers to the HWA. To date, the workshop’s thirty members, nicknamed Fright Club,… Read more

The Seers’ Table January 2020

• December 30, 2019
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The Seers Table

December 29, 2019 by HWAWeb Kate Maruyama, Member of the Diverse Works Inclusion Community I have a number of friends who give themselves reading challenges every year.… Read more

The Seers’ Table – December 2019

• December 2, 2019
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The Seers Table!

November 30, 2019 by HWAWeb Linda D. Addison, Member of the Diverse Works Inclusion Community December contains National Cocoa Day. Curl up with a cup and discover… Read more

Raw Dog Screaming Press Talks Poetry

• November 10, 2019
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A Portrait of the Halloween Expert as a Young Woman By Lisa Morton

• October 31, 2019
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  Happy Halloween! Today’s Best Of Halloween Haunts was originally published last year….. When my father passed away in 2015, I received an unexpected and lovely inheritance: thousands of color… Read more