HWA Scholarship Announcement The Horror Writer’s Association would like to thank everyone who applied for scholarships in 2023. The initiative of applicants makes it possible to provide these invaluable opportunities to connect, learn, grow, and imagine what might be next for the genre. Whether it’s a haunting novel or a groundbreaking thesis, a riveting collection… Read Article →
The Scholarship from Hell is the only scholarship offered by the Horror Writers Association (HWA) that puts the recipient right into the intensive, hands-on workshop environment of Horror University, which takes place during StokerCon®. This year’s recipient is: Alex Luceli Jiménez! The StokerCon®2023 Committee Chairs read nearly 60 submissions. They had this to say: “Alex’s… Read Article →
The Horror Writers Association (HWA) offers a variety of scholarships and grants to assist writers looking to pursue a career as a writer of horror fiction, nonfiction, or poetry. We also have an endowment program for libraries looking to expand their young adult reading programs. This year, the HWA has awarded 13 scholarships/grants/endowments, with a… Read Article →
The Horror Writers Association (HWA) offers a variety of scholarships and grants to assist writers looking to pursue a career as a writer of horror fiction, nonfiction, or poetry. We also have an endowment program for libraries looking to expand their young adult reading programs. This year, the HWA awarded 14 scholarships/grants/endowments, with a total… Read Article →
The 2020 Rocky Wood Memorial Scholarship Fund for Non-fiction Writing Committee is pleased to announce two recipients of this year’s award. “We had an exceptional number of excellent presentations this year, but after numerous discussions the Committee chose two works that it believes best represent the goals of this fund,” noted Committee Chair Lisa Morton…. Read Article →
The HWA is pleased to announce the winners of its 2020 scholarships: HWA SCHOLARSHIP Matthew Andrew is a retired U.S. Marine who served multiple tours in support of combat operations in Afghanistan and the Balkans. He currently works in the finance sector in Dallas, Texas. His short fiction can be found in Pantheon Magazine, Blight… Read Article →
The Horror Writers Association (HWA) is pleased to announce the winners of its 2019 scholarships: HWA SCHOLARSHIP: Sara Adams was born and raised in Massachusetts and has been writing horror since the fourth grade, when she was given an assignment to finish a story about black cats and took it just a little too far…. Read Article →
The Horror Writers Association (HWA) is pleased to announce the winner of its 2019 Scholarship From Hell: Thomas Mavroudis, a Colorado-based writer. As the recipient of the scholarship, Thomas will receive travel to HWA’s annual conference StokerCon™ (May 9th through May 12th, held this year in Grand Rapids, MI), hotel accommodations, convention membership, and his… Read Article →
HWA is pleased to announce the recipients of its 2018 scholarships: HWA SCHOLARSHIP: Mary Rajotte has a penchant for penning nightmarish tales. She has been published in Shroud Magazine, and in works from Library of Horror Press, Shroud Publishing, and the Great Lakes Horror Company. A forthcoming story will be published in Black Buttons Vol…. Read Article →
(Thanks to HWA’s Library Liaison JG Faherty for this article) This is the first of several write-ups we will be posting throughout the year from the recipients of the HWA’s first annual Young Adults Write Now endowment program, which provides $500 to 5 libraries to fund young adult writing programs that have a horror/dark… Read Article →