I found out this morning that my publisher Dark Regions Press was awarded the 2010 Specialty Press Award by the Horror Writers Association! Dark Regions was responsible for the release of my novella “Regret” in 2010 and will be releasing the sequel “Revenge” later this year. Congratulations to Dark Regions Press! In celebration of the [...]

At long last, the anticipation is over. The Horror Writers Association has announced the winners of the 2009 Bram Stoker Awards at its annual Stoker Banquet held tonight as part of the World Horror Convention in Brighton, UK. Eight new bronze haunted-house statuettes were handed over to the writers responsible for creating superior works of [...]

Each year, the Horror Writers Association presents the Bram Stoker Awards for Superior Achievement in the field of horror writing, named in honor of Bram Stoker, author of the seminal horror work Dracula. Since 1987, the approximately 500 members of the HWA have recommended, nominated and voted on the greatest works of horror and dark [...]

The New York Times Bestselling Author of Heart-Shaped Box and the comic book series Locke & Key, Joe Hill, is celebrating the release of his terrify new novel Horns today. Joe Hill is a two-time winner of the Bram Stoker Award and a past recipient of the Ray Bradbury Fellowship. His stories have appeared in [...]

The wait is finally over for anxious members of the Horror Writers Association. Late last night the PRELIMINARY ballot for the 2009 Bram Stoker Awards were announced. I am VERY excited to see that my novel Eternal Vigilance 2: The Death of Illusions has made it this far. Thank you to everyone who recommended the [...]

The World Horror Convention 2010 and The Horror Writers Association are proud to announce that, for the first time in their twenty-three year history, the HWA’s prestigious annual Bram Stoker Awards for excellence in horror and fantasy fiction will be presented outside North America at the convention in Brighton, England. The ceremony will be held [...]

NEW YORK, NY, August 25, 2009 — After record attendance at its recent Stoker Weekend in Burbank this past June, the Horror Writers Association announced today that it would be hosting a stand-alone convention every other year, beginning with a partnership with World Horror Convention in Brighton, England, in 2010 and an East Coast solo [...]

Below is a note from the Horror Writers Association president Deborah LeBlanc thanking everyone who participated in this year’s Stokers for making it the absolute best Stokers to date! Last weekend’s Stoker event was, in the words of the infamous Tina Turner, “Simply the Best!” The lineup of special guests was to die for, the [...]