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HWA Announces Recipients of Richard Laymon Award

• March 15, 2016
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The Horror Writers Association (HWA), the premier organization of writers and publishers of horror and dark fantasy, today announced Patrick Freivald and Andrew Wolter, moderators of HWA’s Facebook group, as… Read more

HWA Honors Outstanding Work of Specialty Press

• March 8, 2016
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The Horror Writers Association (HWA), the premier organization of writers and publishers of horror and dark fantasy and home of the iconic Bram Stoker Award®, today announced Borderlands Press as… Read more

Lifetime Achievement Award Winners: Alan Moore & George A. Romero

• March 1, 2016
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The Horror Writers Association (HWA), the premier organization of writers and publishers of horror and dark fantasy and home of the iconic Bram Stoker Award®, today announced Alan Moore and… Read more

The Seers Table – March 2016

• March 1, 2016
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Welcome to The Seers Table! In late January, not long after the Bram Stoker Award® Initial Ballot was announced, HWA president Lisa Morton lamented the ballot’s lack of diversity. In… Read more

Spotlight on the 2015 Bram Stoker Poetry Nominees

• February 24, 2016
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The 2015 Bram Stoker nominations have been announced, which means the Annual HWA Poetry Page spotlight on the poetry nominees:

Superior Achievement in a Poetry Collection

Bruce Boston – Resonance… Read more

The Bram Stoker Awards® Final Ballot

• February 23, 2016
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Horror Writers Association Reveals Final Ballot for Bram Stoker Awards®
Los Angeles, CA — The Horror Writers Association (HWA), the premier organization of writers and publishers of horror and dark… Read more

In February, “David E. Cowen”

• February 2, 2016
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David E. Cowen is the author of “The Madness of Empty Spaces,” (Weasel Press, November 2014), which was on the 2014 Bram Stoker Award Preliminary Ballot and was nominated for… Read more

The 2015 Bram Stoker Awards Preliminary Ballot Announced

• January 21, 2016
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Ron Breznay and Rena Mason, Co-Chairs, Bram Stoker Awards® Committee The Horror Writers Association (HWA) is pleased to announce the Preliminary Ballot for the 2015 Bram Stoker Awards (given out… Read more

Members New Releases 2016

• January 16, 2016
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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 more

HWA Contribution to Nonprofit Literacy Organization

• January 10, 2016
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The Horror Writers Association (HWA), the premier organization of writers and publishers of horror and dark fantasy, today announced a donation to Literacy, Inc., a Louisiana-based nonprofit dedicated to reducing… Read more

In January, “Bram Stoker Award Nominee Alessandro Manzetti”

• January 8, 2016
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☢ Horror, science fiction, weird fiction, and dark poetry writer Alessandro Manzetti’s work has been published extensively in Italian, including novels, short and long fiction, poetry, essays, and collections. Many… Read more

Members New Releases 2018

• January 1, 2016
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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 more

2015 HWA Election Platforms

• December 21, 2015
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Per HWA’s bylaws, two officer positions (Vice President and Treasurer) and four Trustee positions are to be elected in odd-numbered years. HWA’s Election Search Committee has assembled a slate of… Read more

In December, “Bram Stoker Award Winning Poet – Bruce Boston”

• December 8, 2015
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Bruce Boston’s poetry and fiction have appeared in hundreds of publications, including Asimov’s SF, Amazing Stories, Realms of Fantasy, Strange Horizons, Weird Tales, The Pedestal Magazine, The Twilight Zone Magazine,… Read more

HWA Signs With Top Literary Agency

• November 14, 2015
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The Horror Writers Association (HWA), the premier organization of writers and publishers of horror and dark fantasy, today announced it has signed with Writers House, one of the world’s largest… Read more

In November, “Monique Snyman”

• November 1, 2015
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Monique Snyman lives in Pretoria, South Africa, with an adorable Chihuahua that keeps her company and a bloodthirsty lawyer who keeps her sane. She is a full-time author, part-time editor… Read more

Halloween Haunts: The King of Halloween

• October 31, 2015
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By Mark Onspaugh The Wolfman roared, his eyes glowing bright red, his massive yellowed fangs slick with saliva and blood. My little brother Matty, who had been checking out a… Read more

Halloween Haunts: Souled by Tonya Hurley

• October 30, 2015
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We almost drove past it until I noticed the line snaking around the side of the nondescript-looking Dutch Colonial house on the canal. It hardly looked like the scene of… Read more

Halloween Haunts: How I Decided To Never See “The Exorcist” Again by Glenn Benest

• October 29, 2015
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It was Halloween of 1973 (I know, a long time ago).  It was Halloween, my favorite holiday in Covina, California, a small working class town in the San Gabriel Valley. … Read more

Halloween Haunts: Which Witching of Which Witches? by Nancy Kilpatrick

• October 28, 2015
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When I was seven years old, I saw a witch. I mean a real witch, not one of the politically-correct Wiccans we have now, or the evil glam witches Hollywood… Read more