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A special shout out to @gregchapman.bsky.social who designed the many of the logos and concepts for StokerCon 2026 you’ll see used. Greg does design work for the HWA and for its many chapters. Thank you, Greg for all that you do!
StokerCon will return to Pittsburgh for both 2026 and 2027! The event will take place at the same hotel.
Tickets for StokerCon 2026 are available! We’re celebrating TEN YEARS & will be back in Pittsburgh! The event will be at the Westin Pittsburgh from June 4th to June 7th.
Guests of Honor so far include:
Linda D. Addison
Ann VanderMeer
John Shirley
Billy Martin
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Gwendolyn Kiste receives the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a Novel.
Sofia Ajram receives the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in Long Fiction.
Maxwell I. Gold receives the Richard Laymon President’s Award.
Del Howison accepts the HWA Lifetime Achievement Award.
Carol Gyzander and Anna Taborska receive the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in an Anthology.
Mercedes M. Yardley receives the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection.
Laird Barron receives the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in Short Fiction (accepted by editor Doug Murano).
Coralie Fargeat receives the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a Screenplay.
Jonathan Lees receivesThe Karen Lansdale Silver Hammer Award (presented by Lisa Morton).
Monika Kim receives the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a First Novel (award accepted by her editor).
Eden Royce and Robert P. Ottone both receive the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a Middle Grade Novel in a tie.
Adam Cesare receives the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a YA Novel.
Greg Faherty presents the Mentor of the Year Award to Gretchen McNeil.
Emily C. Hughes receives the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in Long Non-Fiction.
Rhonda Joseph Jackson presents the Specialty Press Award to Mocha Memoirs Press.
Pedro Iniguez receives the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a Poetry Collection.
Gou Tanabe receives the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a Graphic Novel.
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 Bram Stoker Awards Ceremony has begun!
The Bram Stoker Awards Ceremony will be live soon! You can watch via this link!
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Info coming soon! Thanks for your patience!
Each Scholarship is worth $2500, except for the Poetry Scholarship ($1250), and may be spent on approved writing education over the two years following the granting of the scholarship.
Applications via Submittable are open from June 1st to August 1st, EST, and are available at horror.org.
The Horror Writers Association is pleased to announce that the Scholarship Committee will be reviewing applications for the following scholarships: the Mary W. Shelley, HWA and Poetry Scholarships. Applications will be available via the HWA submittable.
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