HWA Director

Lisa Wood receives the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in Short Non-Fiction. @lmariewood.bsky.social

Gou Tanabe receives the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a Graphic Novel.

Pedro Iniguez receives the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a Poetry Collection.

Rhonda Joseph Jackson presents the Specialty Press Award to Mocha Memoirs Press.

Greg Faherty presents the Mentor of the Year Award to Gretchen McNeil.

Pedro Iniguez receives the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a Poetry Collection.

Lisa Wood receives the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in Short Non-Fiction. @lmariewood.bsky.social

HWA Secretary @raforall.bsky.social delivering the keynote address.

The 2024 Bram Stoker Awards Ceremony Join the Horror Writers Association for the 2024 Bram Stoker Awards Ceremony live from Stamford, CT.

The Bram Stoker Awards Ceremony will be live soon! You can watch via this link!

www.youtube.com/live/CneldBC...

As always, the audience will have a chance to vote for their favorite films live in-person at the FINAL FRAME event. @jonathanlees.bsky.social

On Friday, June 13th, our panel will be deliberating right after the screening (8pm - 10pm EST) & the winners for Grand Prize, 1st Runner-Up, and Best Writing in a Short Film, will be revealed during the Bram Stoker Awards Ceremony on Saturday, June 14th.

The 10th Annual FINAL FRAME FILM COMPETITION at StokerCon has its esteemed judges!

Please welcome Aaron Dries, Craig Engler, Jamie Flanagan, Jamal Hodge, Lisa Morton, & Lisa Macon Wood (L. Marie Wood).
See you in the dark!

Read up on our judges here:
www.stokercon2025.com/finalframe

@summerscares.bsky.social

🔥📚 The Summer Scares list is here! Get ready for chilling reads that will haunt your summer nights. From horror classics to fresh nightmares, there’s something for every reader. 👀☀️

🩸 Explore the list → raforallhorror.blogspot.com/p/summer-sca...

#SummerScares #HorrorReads #SpookySeason #BookLovers

Looking for an immersive experience at StokerCon 2025? Applications for the Scholarship from Hell are open now!

horrorscholarships.com/the-scholars...

The Horror Writers Association celebrates the diversity and heritage of Black writers, and we celebrate the invaluable contributions of Black authors, publishers, editors, and creators across the horror genre.

The HWA is pleased to share a new discount for members in partnership with the @authorsguild.bsky.social! HWA members applying for new membership in the Guild will receive a 20% discount. Thank you AG!

horror.org/hwa-discount...

Works on this ballot are not referred to as “nominees” or “finalists.” Only works appearing on the Final Ballot may be referred to as “nominated works” and their authors as “finalists.”

The HWA Board and the Bram Stoker Awards® Committee congratulate all those appearing on the Preliminary Ballot.

bramstokerawards.horror.org/front-page/t...

Attention HWA Chapters: I’d love to attend your chapter meetings and be available for you! Email me at director (at) horror dot org and I’ll be there!

The Horror Writers Association's YAWN Endowment helps to fund writing and horror genre programming for young adults in libraries!

Congratulations to the library awardees of the 2024 Young Adults Write Now Endowment: South Fayette Township Library, San Benito County Free Library, Wharton County Library, Cuyahoga County Public Library (Garfield Heights Branch), and Public Library of New London!

The American Society of Journalists and Authors - Writers Emergency Assistance Fund: www.asja.org/what-we-do/w....

(Note: The applicants need not be members of ASJA, but must eligibility requirements.)

Dramatist Guild Foundation Grants (must meet eligibility requirements)

dgf.org/grants/grant...

For writers affected by the wildfires in Los Angeles (and surrounding areas), here’s a list of emergency assistance options from our partners:

The Authors League provides emergency assistance loans. While they call them loans, they are actually grants.

authorsleaguefund.org.

With this transformative partnership, the ULS and HWA reaffirm their commitment to celebrating and advancing the horror genre, fostering academic inquiry, and inspiring new generations of creators and scholars. Stay tuned for more exciting developments as StokerCon 2025 approaches.

These initiatives will feature regular panels during Librarians’ Day and general sessions, showcasing the horror studies collection’s rich contents and exploring the history and evolution of the horror genre.

The sponsorship funds will support StokerCon programming, with a special focus on Librarians’ Day, ensuring its continued success. Additionally, the Legacy Sponsorship includes integrated programming initiatives led by the ULS Horror Studies Collection Coordinator.

This new Legacy Sponsorship underlines the ULS’s enduring support for the HWA and its mission, emphasizing the critical role StokerCon plays in advancing the horror genre and its academic and cultural reach.

Recognizing the integral role of the HWA in shaping this history, the ULS has previously partnered with the Association in programming and is proud to serve as the repository for the HWA archives as well as the literary archives of several of its members.

This collection serves as an essential resource documenting the history of horror, illuminating its social and cultural significance, and fostering serious academic engagement with the genre.