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Friday
, May 10
8:00am EDT
Horror University — Beyond Branding: Discovering the Writer You're Meant to Be.
Heritage Hill Room
Nicole Cushing
Hospitality Room — Sponsored by Cutting Block Books
Ruby Room
9:00am EDT
Circle of Confusion and the HWA
Emerald Room
John Palisano • Lisa Morton • Antonio D'Intino
Librarians Day — Even Immortals Have Their Beginnings: The Research and Writing of Dracul
Ambassador Ballroom West
J.D. Barker • Dacre Stoker
Reading Block 5
Winchester Room
Kathleen Kaufman • Kyla Lee Ward • Ken MacGregor
Reserved for HWA Board and Stokercon™ Business
Berkey Room
Ann Radcliffe Academic Conference: Panel 5 — Myth and Femininity
Thornapple Room
Rhonda Jackson Joseph • Anthony Gambol • Michele Brittany • Carina Bissett
Registration
Registration Counter 2
10:00am EDT
Historical Horror: Inspiration, Research, and Storytelling
Emerald Room
Sara Tantlinger • Kathleen Kaufman • Lisa Kroger • Lisa Morton • Alma Katsu • Kevin Wetmore, Jr.
Reading Block 6
Winchester Room
Norman Prentiss • Bill Bodden • John R. Little
The Press Kit That Ate New York
Grand View Room B-C
Matt Betts
The Writer's Process
Grand View Room A
Jonathan Maberry
Horror University — Writing Characters of Color
Heritage Hill Room
John Lawson
Dealer Room
Ambassador Ballroom East
10:15am EDT
Librarians Day — Fandom Programs @ Your Library
Ambassador Ballroom West
Emily Vinci • Rebecca Baumann • Konrad Stump
10:45am EDT
Ann Radcliffe Academic Conference: Panel 6 — Creeping, Crawling, Cosmic Monsters
Thornapple Room
Rocky Colavito • Douglas Ford • Rebecca Baumann • Nicholas Diak
11:00am EDT
Ambiguously Haunted Houses
Grand View Room A
Marc Abbott • Weston Ochse • Kathe Koja • Amanda Trujillo • Kaaron Warren
Ask the Agent!
Grand View Room B-C
Cherry Weiner
Meeting of the Ohio Chapter of the HWA
Berkey Room
Reading Block 7
Winchester Room
Tim Waggoner • John Skipp • Autumn Christian
Writing to Prompts: Prose, Poetry, and Sources of Inspiration
Emerald Room
Marge Simon • Karen Bovenmyer • Michael Bailey • Linda D. Addison • Michael Arnzen • Angela Yuriko Smith
Registration
Registration Counter 2
11:30am EDT
Librarians Day — Introducing Summer Scares a horror reading program for libraries presented by the Horror Writers Association in partnership with United for Libraries, Book Riot, and Library Journal/School Library...
Ambassador Ballroom West
Carolyn Ciesla • SGJ • Brian Keene • Grady Hendrix • Daniel Kraus • JG Faherty • Becky Spratford
12:00pm EDT
Creature Feature Fiction
Emerald Room
Lee Murray • Thomas F. Monteleone • F. Paul Wilson • Tim Waggoner • Jonathan Maberry • Rena Mason • Matt Betts
HWA Scholarships: How Do I Get Me One Of Those?
Grand View Room B-C
Lisa Morton • Carina Bissett • Marge Simon
Promoting Your Work
Grand View Room A
Beverly Bambury • Mark Matthews • Zoje Stage • Jennifer Barnes • Brian Kirk
Reading Block 8
Winchester Room
Jeff Strand • J.L. Gribble • Peggy Christie
Turn Your Fictional World Into an RPG
Berkey Room
Angel McCoy • Joanna Nelius • Bill Bodden • Donald J. Bingle • Jennifer Brozek
Horror University — Novel Writing with Scrivener Software
Heritage Hill Room
Steven Hopstaken
12:30pm EDT
Librarians Day — Lunch and Meet Gabino Iglesias
Ambassador Ballroom West
Gabino Iglesias
1:00pm EDT
Body Modification: It's More Than Just Earrings And Tongue Studs
Grand View Room A
Edward Rosick • Donna Lynch • Gwendolyn Kiste
Creating The Collection: Collaborative Anthology Publishing Projects
Thornapple Room
Megan Hart • Erik T Johnson • Brian Kirk • John F. D. Taff • Rob E. Boley • Rena Mason
Flash Fiction for Fun and Profit
Berkey Room
Munro, Donna • Asher Ellis • Michael Arnzen
Magick: A Seminar of the Occult
Grand View Room B-C
Johnny Worthen
Out There In The Dark: Horror — The Original Literature
Emerald Room
Kevin Wetmore, Jr. • Kathe Koja • Josh Malerman • Robert R. McCammon • Kaaron Warren • Stephanie M. Wytovich
Reading Block 9
Winchester Room
Thomas F. Monteleone • Jonathan Maberry
Registration
Registration Counter 2
2:00pm EDT
Beyond The Sale: Working With Editors
Thornapple Room
Michael Bailey • Jennifer Barnes • Ellen Datlow • Leza Cantoral • Don D'Auria • Kate Jonez
Facts in Fiction: Drawing Readers Into Your Fantasy World By Telling Them the Truth
Grand View Room A
Patricia V. Davis
Horror Comics in the New Millennium
Berkey Room
James Chambers • Crystal O'Leary-Davidson • Weston Ochse • SGJ • Chad Stroup • Michele Brittany
Reading Block 10
Winchester Room
Kathe Koja • Carol Gyzander
The Lifetime Achievement Award: An Exploration and Celebration
Emerald Room
John R. Little • Robert R. McCammon • Thomas F. Monteleone • Patrick Freivald • F. Paul Wilson • Lisa Morton
Writing Horror For Kids and Teens
Grand View Room B-C
N.R. (Nancy) Lambert • Lucy A Snyder • Josh Malerman • Jonathan Maberry • Daniel Kraus • Gaby Triana
Horror University — Master Plotting Crash Course
Heritage Hill Room
John Skipp
2:15pm EDT
Librarians Day — Podcasting 101
Ambassador Ballroom West
Scott Edelman • Mackenzie Kiera • Lisa Quigley • Brian Keene
3:00pm EDT
Beta Readers: The Secret to Better Writing
Grand View Room B-C
Rena Mason • Chris Marrs • James Chambers • JG Faherty • Patrick Freivald
Exit Stage Death: Writing Horror for the Stage
Grand View Room A
Kevin Wetmore, Jr. • Kyla Lee Ward • April Grey • Brad C. Hodson
Reading Block 11
Winchester Room
Donna Lynch • Sara Tantlinger • Saba Syed Razvi
Representation in Horror: Writing Disabled, Disfigured, and Chronically Ill Characters CANCELLED
Berkey Room
KM Hammond • R. Leigh Hennig
The Truth Inside the Lie: An Examination of Peter Straub's Use of the Unreliable Narrator
Thornapple Room
Brian Matthews • Anton Cancre • John F. D. Taff • Douglas Winter
Thrills And Chills: Horror And Cross-Genre Thrillers
Emerald Room
Jonathan Maberry
Registration
Registration Counter 2
3:30pm EDT
Librarians Day — Small Publishers, Big Voices
Ambassador Ballroom West
Becky Spratford • Gwendolyn Kiste • Jennifer Barnes • Lesley Conner • Don D'Auria • Christopher C. Payne • Jonathan Janz • Erik T Johnson • Josh Malerman • Stephanie M. Wytovich
4:00pm EDT
How to Start a Regional HWA Chapter
Berkey Room
Andy Davidson • Jessica York • David Powell • Jeff Strand • Crystal O'Leary-Davidson • Brian Kirk
Poetry Open Mic
Emerald Room
Linda D. Addison
Reading Block 12
Winchester Room
Sarah Hans • Usman Malik • Nicole Cushing
Setting and Tone: How to Create the Fright Mood
Grand View Room A
Eric J. Guignard • Alma Katsu • Michael Kozlowski • John Palisano • Patrick Freivald • Yvonne Navarro
Triumphs and Tribulations of Underrepresented Voices in Horror
Thornapple Room
Leza Cantoral • Larissa Glasser • R. Leigh Hennig • Violet Castro
When The Mission Goes FUBAR: Horror In The Military
Grand View Room B-C
Weston Ochse • Brian Keene • Lee Murray • Jonathan Maberry
5:00pm EDT
Mass Autograph Session And Ice Cream Social — Sponsored by Broad Universe
Crown Foyer
Registration
Registration Counter 2
7:45pm EDT
4th Annual Final Frame Short Film Competition
Ambassador Ballroom West
Jonathan Lees • Antonio D'Intino • Lynne Hansen • Lisa Morton • Josh Malerman • Jonathan Maberry • John Skipp
9:45pm EDT
Final Frame Short Film Competition Reception
Crown Foyer
10:00pm EDT
Final Frame Short Film Competition Awards Presentation
Ambassador Ballroom West
Jonathan Lees
11:00pm EDT
Midnight Special: The Art of Darkness
Ambassador Ballroom West
Kathe Koja
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