Hole in the Page - The Website of Carl Barker
The Official Site of the Horror Writers Association's U.K. Chapter
The Horror Writers Association (HWA) was formed in 1985 by Joe Lansdale, Karen Lansdale, and Robert McCammon, to promote awareness of horror literature. Within a year the organisation had added its first president, Dean Koontz, and in 1987 it inaugurated the Bram Stoker Awards®, the highest recognition for writing in the horror genre. Although the organisation was begun under the acronym HOWL (for Horror/Occult Writers League), it quickly changed its name to the Horror Writers of America. In 1993, however,
Over the next few decades, HWA continued to grow and change. By 2015, the organisation boasted over 1300 members, including authors, editors, agents, publishers, academics, librarians, booksellers, teachers, and fans. The Bram Stoker Awards, now presented in eleven categories, have continued to gain prestige. HWA has published over a dozen members-only anthologies, including the hit Pocket Books series Blood LIte (edited by Kevin J. Anderson) and the non-fiction guidebook On Writing Horror (edited by Mort C
Hole in the Page - The Website of Carl Barker