World Horror Convention 2007

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 4, 2006

Contact Information:
Horror Writers Association
Lisa Morton, (818) 761-6783
lisa RemoveThis @lisamorton.com


STOKER AWARDS EVENT TO BE HELD AT WORLD HORROR CONVENTION 2007

The Horror Writers Association joins with the World Horror Convention
2007


LOS ANGELES/TORONTO, OCTOBER 2006. The Horror Writers Association
(HWA) is pleased to announce that the 20th Annual Presentation of the
Bram Stoker Awards for excellence in horror and fantasy fiction will be
presented in conjunction with the World Horror Convention 2007 (WHC) in
Toronto, Canada. The World Horror Convention will run from March 29 to
April 1, 2007, and the Bram Stoker Awards ceremony will take place on
the evening Saturday, March 31. Popular Canadian horror author Sèphera
Girón will serve as Mistress of Ceremonies for the event.

Nominees for the 2007 HWA Bram Stoker Awards will be announced in early
in the new year. The Horror Writers Association also bestows a yearly
Lifetime Achievement Award in acknowledgment of superior achievement
over a career. Previous winners of the Lifetime Achievement Award
include Stephen King and Anne Rice. Most recent Lifeteime Achivement
Award winner Peter Straub attended the 2006 Awards presentation in New
York City, and is set to be one of the many horror celebrities also
attending the 2007 event.

The Bram Stoker Awards presentation is expected to be one of the
highlights of the convention, and will include past Stoker Award
winners as award presenters. Tickets for the Awards Banquet are limited
to just 240 places and will be sold on a first-come, first-served
basis. They will be available to both HWA members and anyone with a
registered membership for World Horror Convention 2007. Any HWA member
who only wants to attend the Banquet can do so, although they will not
be allowed into any other convention events without a full membership.
Information about how tickets may be purchased will soon be appearing
on both the HWA (www.horror.org) and WHC (www.whc2007.org) websites.

2007 also marks an important turning point for the World Horror
Convention, which is taking place outside of the United States for the
first time. The Convention's guests of honour include international
best-selling British writer Michael Marshall Smith (The Straw Men);
Canadian novelist Nancy Kilpatrick (The Power of the Blood series);
American artist John Picacio; British publisher, editor and author
Peter Crowther, and Canadian editor and pulp magazine authority Don
Hutchinson, with more to be announced.

Other professionals already attending the convention include P.D.
Cacek, Mort Castle, Ellen Datlow, Gemma Files, Jo Fletcher, Tina Jens,
Stephen Jones, Kelly Laymon, Tim Lebbon, Brian Lumley, L.H. Maynard &
M.P.N. Sims, Paul Miller, David Morrell, Mark Morris, Lisa Morton,
Sarah Pinborough, Tony Richards and F. Paul Wilson, amongst many
others. The annual WHC Grand Master Award will also be presented at the
Award Banquet of the Saturday evening.

THE HORROR WRITERS ASSOCIATION (HWA) is a worldwide organization of
writers and publishing professionals dedicated to promoting dark
literature and the interests of those who write it. HWA was formed in
the late 1980s with the help of many of the field's greats, including
Dean Koontz, Robert McCammon, and Joe R. Lansdale. Today, with over 600
members around the globe, it is the oldest and most respected
professional organization devoted to the genre.

For more information, please contact Lisa Morton at
<lisa RemoveThis @lisamorton.com> or Amanda Foubister at <amanda RemoveThis @whc2007.org>