Press Releases
The Horror Writers Association (HWA) Announces The Release of its Next Publication: The HWA Poetry Showcase, Volume IX
2022-07-24 01:48:53 PRESS RELEASE The Horror Writers Association presents its ninth annual poetry showcase featuring a selection of the best original dark poetry from the past year. Edited by Angela Yuriko Smith with judges Lee Murray, Maxwell I. Gold and…
2021 HWA Specialty Awards
2022-04-06 22:38:02The Horror Writers Association (HWA) is pleased to announce the recipients of its various Specialty Awards. THE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD The HWA is proud to announce our Lifetime Achievement Award winners: Jo Fletcher, Nancy Holder, and Koji Suzuki.…
Summer Scares Reading List 2022
2022-02-14 15:00:18In celebration of National Library Lover’s Day, the Horror Writers Association (HWA), in partnership with United for Libraries, Book Riot, and Booklist, is delighted to announce the fourth annual Summer Scares reading list, which includes titles selected by a…
HWA ANNOUNCES SUMMER SCARES READING PROGRAM 2022
2021-12-05 23:00:26Spokesperson and Timeline The Horror Writers Association (HWA), in partnership with United for Libraries, Book Riot, and Booklist, is proud to announce the fourth annual Summer Scares Reading Program. Summer Scares is a reading program that provides libraries and…
New Haunted Library Release!
2021-08-21 00:32:29The Horror Writers Association presents the Haunted Library of Horror Classics! The next volume in the Haunted Library of Horror Classics series—The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers—is now available for purchase! The King in Yellow is a…
Final Frame Film Festival Winners
2021-05-31 20:27:40The Horror Writers Association is proud to announce the winners of our Final Frame Film Festival that took place during our first virtual StokerCon. The Final Frame Film Festival is chaired by Jonathan Lees, Final Frame Director and our…
2019 Specialty Press Award Recipient Named
2020-03-04 18:59:20The HORROR WRITERS ASSOCIATION is delighted to announce the recipients of this year’s Speciality Press Award to SST Publications. The award will be given during this year’s Bram Stoker Awards ceremony, taking place at Stokercon in Scarborough U.K. from…
The 2017 Specialty Press Award Winners
2018-02-08 05:13:28Specialty Press Award (tie) – ERASERHEAD PRESS and INDEPENDENT LEGIONS PUBLISHING The annual Specialty Press Award recognizes a publisher outside the mainstream New York City publishing community that specializes in dark-themed fiction. Winners are typically “small presses” specializing in…
Final Frame Film Competition Judges Announced
2017-11-05 17:55:24FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Short Horror Film Competition Judged by Z NATION’s Craig Engler Providence, RI, November 3, 2017 The Horror Writers Association announces its third annual short film competition. On March 2, 2018, Final Frame will be…
2016 Bram Stoker Award® Winners Announced
2017-04-30 18:40:24The Horror Writers Association (HWA), the premier organization of writers and publishers of horror and dark fantasy, announces this year’s Bram Stoker Awards® winners after a ceremony held aboard the Queen Mary in Long Beach, California. “The winners for…