The Mentor of the Year Award was established in 2016 to recognize a writer who has offered extraordinary service to the Horror Writers Association’s Mentor Program, which pairs newer writers with more established writers. Mentors work with their mentees on developing their craft and their business, in the interest of assisting writers in establishing careers. The year, the Mentor Program […]
Read moreInstituted in 2000, the Richard Laymon President’s Award is named in honor of Richard Laymon, who died in 2000 while serving as President of the Horror Writers Association (HWA). As its name implies, it is given by the HWA’s sitting President. The Award is presented to a volunteer who has served HWA in an especially exemplary manner and has shown […]
Read moreThe Horror Writers Association (HWA) is pleased to announce that Jess Landry has been chosen for the 2018 Silver Hammer Award. The HWA presents the Silver Hammer Award in recognition of extraordinary volunteerism by a member who dedicates valuable time and effort to the organization. The award is determined by HWA’s Board of Trustees. Working as Head Compiler, Jess is […]
Read moreAwards: Awards: Specialty Press Award, Raw Dog Screaming Press, 2018
Read moreLOS ANGELES, CA, March 20, 2019 The Horror Writers Association (HWA) proudly announces Raw Dog Screaming Press as the recipient of the 2018 Specialty Press Award. Each year the HWA recognizes the accomplishments of a noteworthy small press. The Specialty Press Award brings recognition to an outstanding publisher of horror, dark fantasy, and weird fiction. This year’s Specialty Press Award […]
Read moreAwards: The Devil’s Dreamland (Strangehouse Books), Poetry Collection, 2018 Nominations: Chromophobia: A Strangehouse Anthology by Women in Horror (Strangehouse Books), Anthology, 2022 Not All Monsters: A Strangehouse Anthology by Women of Horror (Rooster Republic Press), Anthology, 2020 Cradleland of Parasites (Rooster Republic Press), Poetry Collection, 2020 To Be Devoured (Unnerving), Long Fiction, 2019 BIO: Sara Tantlinger is the author of […]
Read moreNominations: Girls from the County (Raw Dog Screaming Press), Poetry Collection, 2022 Choking Back the Devil (Raw Dog Screaming Press), Poetry Collection, 2019 Witches (Raw Dog Screaming Press), Poetry Collection, 2018 BIO: Donna Lynch is a horror and dark fiction poet & author, and the lead singer, lyricist, and co-founder of the band Ego Likeness. She has written two novels, […]
Read moreNominations: Bleeding Saffron (Weasel Press), Poetry Collection, 2018 BIO: David E. Cowen is a native Texan who makes his home in Houston, Texas. He is the author of the Bram Stoker Award nominated Bleeding Saffron (Weasel Press 2018), and The Seven Yards of Sorrow (Weasel Press 2016) and The Madness of Empty Spaces (Weasel Press 2014) both of which were […]
Read moreAwards: Silver Hammer Award, 2021 Nominations: “A Theatre of Ghosts, A Haunted Cinema: The Japanese Gothic as Theatrical Tradition in Gurozuka” (The Wenshan Review of Literature and Culture: Special Issue on Asian Gothic), Short Non-Fiction, 2023 “A Clown in the Living Room: The Sinister Clown on Television” (The Many Lives of Scary Clowns: Essays on Pennywise, Twisty, the Joker, Krusty […]
Read moreNominations We Don’t Go Back: A Watcher’s Guide to Folk Horror (Room 207 Press), Non-fiction, 2018 BIO: Howard has lived in Swansea, Wales since 1994, and has worked as a writer, book designer and editor since 2002. They were a key writer for White Wolf Games Studio between 2005 and 2009, with over 40 credits in the World of Darkness game line. […]
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