Below are a few current market opportunities for writers: Bruce Boston and Marge Simon will be jointly guest editing the fiction for the December issue of The Pedestal Magazine http://www.thepedestalmagazine.com/. They will be considering speculative flash fiction to 1000 words. Speculative includes science fiction, fantasy, horror, slipstream, and experimental. Payment will be $.08 per word. [...]

Below are two new web banners for the 2011 World Horror Convention in Austin, Texas. Please feel free to use them on your blogs and web sites, linking to http://www.whc2011.org. Registration is open for attendees and dealers! We hope you will join us in 2011! Bookmark to: Hide Sites

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 [...]

World Horror Convention 2010 is excited to announce that we will be holding three different Creative Writing Workshops over the Saturday and Sunday of the convention, to be tutored by MORT CASTLE, NANCY KILPATRICK and JO FLETCHER. Mort Castle has been a writer for over four decades, and a writing teacher for almost as many [...]

This October 17th several noted independent names in horror literature will gather in in the funky, dark confines of one of the coolest new coffee bars, Kick Butt Coffee, in Austin, Texas for an exciting afternoon of spine-tingling readings. From vampires and werewolves to demented serial killers, a cup of bloody wickedness will be provided [...]

I am very proud to unveil the brand-spanking new logo for the World Horror Convention 2011, which is to be held in Austin, Texas! This logo was designed by yours truly, Gabrielle S. Faust, and I can’t be happier with the way it turned out. Next year’s convention (2010) will be held in Brighton, UK. [...]

The World Horror Convention Austin is proud to announce the additions of legendary author Joe R. Lansdale and bestselling author Brian Keene to the lineup for its 2011 convention. Lansdale, the master of mojo storytelling, will be taking on the mantle of Toastmaster for the event, while Keene will be in attendance to run an [...]