THE HORROR WRITERS ASSOCIATION (HWA) is a nonprofit organization of writers and publishing professionals around the world, dedicated to promoting dark literature and the interests of those who write it.
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The Seers’ Table March 2019
The Seers Table!
February 26, 2019 by HWAWeb Kate Maruyama, Member of the Diverse Works Inclusion Community Linda Addison Recommends: Nibedita Senis is a queer Bengali writer, editor, and gamer… Read moreThe Seers’ Table February 2019
The Seers Table!
January 28, 2019 by HWAWeb Linda Addison, Member of the Diverse Works Inclusion Community February contains National Freedom Day, so free your mind by reading something different!… Read more2018 Bram Stoker Awards® Final Ballot
The Horror Writers Association announces the 2018 Bram Stoker Awards® Final Ballot. The HWA is the premier organization for writers of horror and dark fantasy. “This year’s nominees demonstrate a… Read more
2018 Bram Stoker Awards® Update
Please note the Final Ballot of nominees for the 2018 Bram Stoker Awards® will be announced on February 23.
The main timeline is as follows:
February 23: Announcement of Stoker… Read more
Poetry and Related Sources and Links — A 2019 Update
Poetry and Related Sources and Links — A 2019 Update
By David E. Cowen
Author of Bleeding Saffron and Editor of HWA Poetry Showcase Vols. III and IV
While… Read more
2018 Lifetime Achievement Award Winner Announced
Graham Masterton – Lifetime Achievement Award
This year the Horror Writers Association announces Graham Masterton as Lifetime Achievement Award winner. He will receive the award at StokerCon™ 2019, held at… Read moreMembers New Releases – 2019
Welcome to the showcase of member publications!
Select a book cover to purchase or learn more about it or the author. You can view the wall of amazing cover art… Read moreThe Seers’ Table – January 2019
The Seers Table!
December 25, 2018 by HWAWeb Janet Holden, Member of the Diverse Works Inclusion Community In the northern hemisphere the days are short, the nights are long, while… Read moreThe Seers’ Table – December 2018
The Seers Table
Kate Maruyama, Member of the Diverse Works Inclusion Community Happy December! Just in time for your holiday shopping, our Seers’ Table brings you some creepy, wonderful reading!… Read more
YA Writing Prompt: Cabin Fever
Young Horror brings you writing prompts to energize your week with spooky writing idea inspiration. Are you writing picture books, chapter books, middle grade, or YA? Your next great idea… Read more
Murder Most Fowl and Other Holiday Horrors
Somewhere in the United States this moment, a large turkey—with glorious plumage, I would like to imagine—doesn’t know that he’s already been selected for presidential pardon for the American Thanksgiving… Read more
The Seers Table November 2018
Linda Addison, Member of the Diverse Works Inclusion Community
November contains National Pizza Day; enjoy new work with your meal!
Andrew Wolter recommends
Larissa Glasser is a librarian, genre writer,… Read moreA Portrait of the Halloween Expert as a Young Woman By Lisa Morton
When my father passed away in 2015, I received an unexpected and lovely inheritance: thousands of color slides, many of which featured me as a baby, a toddler, and a… Read more
Under the Autumn Stars by Tim Waggoner
Halloween night is one of my first –and best – memories.
I was just shy of eight months old. I was my parents’ first child, and my mom was excited… Read more
Hyaku-monogatari kaidankai or, This Halloween, Why Not Tell a Hundred Scary Stories in the (Growing) Dark? By Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr.
Japan is a latecomer to the Halloween party. Since the millennium the holiday has grown in popularity, mostly in Tokyo, utterly influenced by the representations of Halloween at Tokyo Disney… Read more
Horror and Halloween in Singapore by Christina Sng
When you grow up in a haunted house, you expect to see something supernatural at some point, especially when an aunt claims to have heard chains dragging along the hallway… Read more
