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Thursday
, May 9
Ambassador Ballroom East
1:00pm •
Dealer Room Set Up
4:00pm •
Dealer Room
Ambassador Ballroom West
5:00pm •
BIRD BOX: From Book to Movie (90 Minute Session)
8:00pm •
Opening Ceremonies
11:00pm •
Midnight Special: Dramatic Reading — Unbury Carol
Berkey Room
12:00pm •
Reserved for HWA Board and StokerCon™ Business
5:00pm •
Foundations of Horror
6:00pm •
Coming-Of-Age Horror In The Era Of Netflix
7:00pm •
Guest of Honor Welcome Event—By Invitation Only
Crown Foyer
6:00pm •
Omnium Gatherum Book Launch Event
Emerald Room
4:00pm •
Lifetime Author Earnings
5:00pm •
Professional Etiquette: The Business Side of Art
6:00pm •
The HWA: Days of Future Past
7:00pm •
"Whatever Walked There, Walked Alone": Bad Places in Contemporary Horror
Grand View Room A
4:00pm •
GAME: Dire Multiverse
Grand View Room B-C
4:00pm •
Websites, Blogs, Newsletters, and Facebook: What Do I Need?
5:00pm •
Rise of the Pod(cast) People
6:00pm •
Reserved
7:00pm •
Be A Diamond In The Slush Pile Rough
Heritage Hill Room
4:00pm •
Horror University — The Art of Suspense
6:00pm •
Horror University — How To Pitch A Story
Registration Counter 2
9:00am •
Registration
11:00am •
Registration
1:00pm •
Registration
3:00pm •
Registration
5:00pm •
Registration
Thornapple Room
12:00pm •
Ann Radcliffe Academic Conference: Panel 1 — Good and Evil in Life and Death
1:45pm •
Ann Radcliffe Academic Conference: Panel 2 — The Capitalist Path to Horror
3:30pm •
Ann Radcliffe Academic Conference: Panel 3 — Gender Interrupted
5:15pm •
Ann Radcliffe Academic Conference: Panel 4 — Food and Domesticity a la Horror
Winchester Room
4:00pm •
Reading Block 1
5:00pm •
Reading Block 2
6:00pm •
Reading Block 3
7:00pm •
Reading Block 4
Friday
, May 10
Ambassador Ballroom East
10:00am •
Dealer Room
Ambassador Ballroom West
9:00am •
Librarians Day — Even Immortals Have Their Beginnings: The Research and Writing of Dracul
10:15am •
Librarians Day — Fandom Programs @ Your Library
11:30am •
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 Journal.
12:30pm •
Librarians Day — Lunch and Meet Gabino Iglesias
2:15pm •
Librarians Day — Podcasting 101
3:30pm •
Librarians Day — Small Publishers, Big Voices
7:45pm •
4th Annual Final Frame Short Film Competition
10:00pm •
Final Frame Short Film Competition Awards Presentation
11:00pm •
Midnight Special: The Art of Darkness
Berkey Room
9:00am •
Reserved for HWA Board and Stokercon™ Business
11:00am •
Meeting of the Ohio Chapter of the HWA
12:00pm •
Turn Your Fictional World Into an RPG
1:00pm •
Flash Fiction for Fun and Profit
2:00pm •
Horror Comics in the New Millennium
3:00pm •
Representation in Horror: Writing Disabled, Disfigured, and Chronically Ill Characters CANCELLED
4:00pm •
How to Start a Regional HWA Chapter
Crown Foyer
5:00pm •
Mass Autograph Session And Ice Cream Social — Sponsored by Broad Universe
9:45pm •
Final Frame Short Film Competition Reception
Emerald Room
9:00am •
Circle of Confusion and the HWA
10:00am •
Historical Horror: Inspiration, Research, and Storytelling
11:00am •
Writing to Prompts: Prose, Poetry, and Sources of Inspiration
12:00pm •
Creature Feature Fiction
1:00pm •
Out There In The Dark: Horror — The Original Literature
2:00pm •
The Lifetime Achievement Award: An Exploration and Celebration
3:00pm •
Thrills And Chills: Horror And Cross-Genre Thrillers
4:00pm •
Poetry Open Mic
Grand View Room A
10:00am •
The Writer's Process
11:00am •
Ambiguously Haunted Houses
12:00pm •
Promoting Your Work
1:00pm •
Body Modification: It's More Than Just Earrings And Tongue Studs
2:00pm •
Facts in Fiction: Drawing Readers Into Your Fantasy World By Telling Them the Truth
3:00pm •
Exit Stage Death: Writing Horror for the Stage
4:00pm •
Setting and Tone: How to Create the Fright Mood
Grand View Room B-C
10:00am •
The Press Kit That Ate New York
11:00am •
Ask the Agent!
12:00pm •
HWA Scholarships: How Do I Get Me One Of Those?
1:00pm •
Magick: A Seminar of the Occult
2:00pm •
Writing Horror For Kids and Teens
3:00pm •
Beta Readers: The Secret to Better Writing
4:00pm •
When The Mission Goes FUBAR: Horror In The Military
Heritage Hill Room
8:00am •
Horror University — Beyond Branding: Discovering the Writer You're Meant to Be.
10:00am •
Horror University — Writing Characters of Color
12:00pm •
Horror University — Novel Writing with Scrivener Software
2:00pm •
Horror University — Master Plotting Crash Course
Registration Counter 2
9:00am •
Registration
11:00am •
Registration
1:00pm •
Registration
3:00pm •
Registration
5:00pm •
Registration
Ruby Room
8:00am •
Hospitality Room — Sponsored by Cutting Block Books
Thornapple Room
9:00am •
Ann Radcliffe Academic Conference: Panel 5 — Myth and Femininity
10:45am •
Ann Radcliffe Academic Conference: Panel 6 — Creeping, Crawling, Cosmic Monsters
1:00pm •
Creating The Collection: Collaborative Anthology Publishing Projects
2:00pm •
Beyond The Sale: Working With Editors
3:00pm •
The Truth Inside the Lie: An Examination of Peter Straub's Use of the Unreliable Narrator
4:00pm •
Triumphs and Tribulations of Underrepresented Voices in Horror
Winchester Room
9:00am •
Reading Block 5
10:00am •
Reading Block 6
11:00am •
Reading Block 7
12:00pm •
Reading Block 8
1:00pm •
Reading Block 9
2:00pm •
Reading Block 10
3:00pm •
Reading Block 11
4:00pm •
Reading Block 12
Saturday
, May 11
Ambassador Ballroom East
10:00am •
Meet the Authors—JournalStone
10:00am •
Dealer Room
Ambassador Ballroom West
9:00am •
Inclusiveness in the Horror Genre: Are We Doing Enough? (90 Minute Session)
11:00am •
Army of Darkness and Other Hollywood Adventures (90 Minute Session)
1:00pm •
Robert McCammon Q&A (90 Minute Session)
3:00pm •
120 Years of Dracula from Myth to Movies and much, much more...
7:00pm •
Bram Stoker Awards® Banquet
8:00pm •
Bram Stoker Awards®
Berkey Room
9:00am •
Room reserved for HWA Board and StokerCon™ business
10:00am •
Little Bites: Writing the Short Horror Film
12:00pm •
Financial Planning for Writers
1:00pm •
GAME: Bedlam Hall: An All Female RPG Game
Crown Foyer
6:00pm •
Bram Stoker Awards® Cocktail Reception
Emerald Room
10:00am •
He Said... What? How Dialogue Can Make or Break A Story
11:00am •
Author Readings: Captivating Your Audience Is As Easy As...
12:00pm •
Clive Barker's Books of Blood — 35 years on
1:00pm •
Not One Word Wasted: The Art of the Short Story
2:00pm •
The Agony and the Ecstasy of Writing Workshops
3:00pm •
African American Images in Horror
4:00pm •
100 Years of Horror Movies: The Legacy of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Grand View Room A
10:00am •
Fairy Tales: A Child's Introduction to Horror
11:00am •
Promoting Yourself for the Bram Stoker Awards®
12:00pm •
Bloody or Creepy: Can It Ever Be Too Much?
1:00pm •
Alternate History: Creating Stories by Changing the Past
2:00pm •
Writing Just Enough: The Novella
3:00pm •
Married and in the Business
4:00pm •
Creating Memorable Villains
Grand View Room B-C
10:00am •
Library-Author Partnerships: How To Work Together To Find Readers
11:00am •
Introduction to Deconstruction
12:00pm •
Weird Poetry Panel: Weird, Horror & Otherwise Speculative Poetry
1:00pm •
Pitch Session Panel
2:00pm •
Going Wide - How to Reach an International Audience with Ebooks
3:00pm •
When Your Life Becomes the Horror Story: Writing Through Personal Tragedy
4:00pm •
Twisted Tropes: Making the Common Uncommon
Heritage Hill Room
8:00am •
Horror University — Saying More With Less: Word Economy in Writing Genre Fiction
10:00am •
Horror University — Making the Reader Squirm
12:00pm •
Horror University — More Scary Forms: The World of Structured Poetry for All Writers
2:00pm •
Horror University — From Indie to Traditional: Every Dirty Little Secret You Need to Know
4:00pm •
Horror University — Audiobooks: Another Revenue Stream For Writers
Pantlind Ballroom
2:00pm •
Pitch Sessions
10:00pm •
Bram Stoker Awards® After Party
Registration Counter 2
9:00am •
Registration
11:00am •
Registration
1:00pm •
Registration
3:00pm •
Registration
Ruby Room
8:00am •
Hospitality Room — Sponsored by Cutting Block Books
Thornapple Room
9:00am •
Horror University — Research and Write Horror Non-Fiction
11:00am •
Why Does Horror Matter — an Exploration of the Relevance and — Dare We Say — Necessity of Horror in a Tumultuous World
12:00pm •
Reading Block 17
1:00pm •
Reading Block 18
2:00pm •
Reading Block 20
3:00pm •
Reading Block 23
4:00pm •
Reading Block 25
5:00pm •
Reading Block 26
Winchester Room
9:00am •
Reading Block 13
10:00am •
Reading Block 14
11:00am •
Reading Block 15
12:00pm •
Reading Block 16
1:00pm •
Reading Block 19
2:00pm •
Reading Block 21
3:00pm •
Reading Block 22
4:00pm •
Reading Block 24
5:00pm •
Reading Block 27
Sunday
, May 12
Ambassador Ballroom East
9:00am •
Dealer Room
12:00pm •
Dealer Room Breakdown
Emerald Room
11:00am •
HWA General Meeting
12:00pm •
Closing Ceremonies
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