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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2014 Bram Stoker Award® banquet site is now live!
Our new website promoting the Bram Stoker Award® Banquet at World Horror Convention in Portland next May is now live. No word yet from the organizers about when banquet tickets… Read more
Stephen King on Richard Matheson’s Passing
We’ve lost one of the giants of the fantasy and horror genres. From THE BEARDLESS WARRIORS, his brilliant (and largely unread) World War II novel, to THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING MAN… Read more
Audio Interview with Robert McCammon at World Horror Con 2013
Yvonne Navarro interviewed Robert McCammon at the World Horror Convention in New Orleans in 2013. They recorded it for your listening pleasure.
Yvonne Navarro Interviews Robert McCammon… Read more
Bram Stoker Award® Winners Photo
The 2012 Bram Stoker Award® winners: Top row (left to right): Mort Castle, L.L. Soares, Jerad Walters, Rocky Wood, Jonathan Maberry. Lower row/middle: Sam Weller, James Chambers, Lucy Snyder, Marge… Read more
Live webcast on the Bram Stoker Awards®
For the third year running, the Bram Stoker Awards® will be webcast live, this time direct from the Queen Anne Ballroom in the Hotel Monteleone, New Orleans.
We thank our… Read more
Scary Out There: A Blog on Horror in Young Adult Fiction: A Chat with Kendare Blake
Welcome back to SCARY OUT THERE, the Horror Writers Association’s new blog on scary fiction for teens.
My guest this week is Kendare Blake, author of the critically acclaimed ANN… Read more
Horror Roundtable 9 – The Future of Agents
When: June 10, 2013
Time: 3pm EST (use the Time Zone Converter to find your local time) The Future of Agents Do you think all the recent technological advances in… Read more
Time: 3pm EST (use the Time Zone Converter to find your local time) The Future of Agents Do you think all the recent technological advances in… Read more
Interview with Ramsey Campbell at Darkeva’s Dark Delights
Darkeva interviews World Horror Convention’s Guest of Honor, Ramsey Campbell.
Darkeva: To quote the Oxford Companion to English Literature, you’re “Britain’s most respected living horror writer,” which is a great… Read more
Scary Out There: A Blog on Horror in Young Adult Fiction: A Chat with Ilsa Bick
Welcome back to SCARY OUT THERE, the Horror Writers Association’s new blog on scary fiction for teens.
My guest this week is Ilsa J. Bick. Ilsa’s bio reads like it… Read more
The Future of Agents to be decided on Monday
The HWA’s ninth Horror Roundtable will take place on Monday the 10th of June at 3pm EST. It’s a topic a lot of folks have asked about, and one very… Read more
HORROR! UNDER THE TOMBSTONE by HWA Member David A. Sutton (Editor)
Author: David A. Sutton (Editor)
IMAGINE THE SIXTIES and Seventies… Hammer films and American International Pictures… The time of Plague of the Zombies, Lust for a Vampire, Quatermass and the… Read more
SEASON OF THE WOLF by HWA Member Jeffrey J. Mariotte
Author: Jeffrey J. Mariotte
When Alex Converse, heir to a coal company fortune, visits Silver Gap, Colorado to make an environmentally themed documentary film, he’s hoping to change some minds… Read more
World Horror Convention/Bram Stoker Awards® Weekend Progress Report
The latest progress report from the committees running the World Horror Convention and the Bram Stoker Awards® Weekend (two events in one!) has great information on what will be happening… Read more
Interview with Jonathan Maberry at Darkeva’s Dark Delights
Darkeva interviews Bram Stoker Award® Weekend’s Guest of Honor, Johathan Maberry.
Darkeva: You’re a frequent fixture at several types of genre and horror conventions, in particular, and you’ve also long… Read more
Welcome to Poetry Awareness
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Welcome, we’re kicking off Poetry Awareness with a new poem by Marge Simon, from her Stoker nominated book THE MAD HATTERY…among other goodies…
Lovecraft’s Wife
I owned a… Read moreScary Out There: A Blog on Horror in Young Adult Fiction: A Chat with Charlie Higson
Welcome back to SCARY OUT THERE, the Horror Writers Association’s new blog on scary fiction for teens.
My guest this week is Charlie Higson, one of the top teen horror… Read more
Scary Out There: A Blog on Horror in Young Adult Fiction: A Chat with Holly Black
Welcome back to SCARY OUT THERE, the Horror Writers Association’s new blog on scary fiction for teens.
My guest this week is Holly Black, author of bestselling contemporary fantasy books… Read more
Scary Out There: A Blog on Horror in Young Adult Fiction: A Chat with Darren Shan
Welcome back to SCARY OUT THERE, the Horror Writers Association’s new blog on scary fiction for teens.
My guest this week Darren Shan has published over 30 books for YA… Read more
Scary Out There: A Blog on Horror in Young Adult Fiction: A Chat with Tonya Hurley
Welcome back to SCARY OUT THERE, the Horror Writers Association’s new blog on scary fiction for teens.
My guest this week is Tonya Hurley the New York Times and international… Read more
