A dinner will be held by fans or Karl Edward Wagner at Patrick Sullivan’s Saloon in Knoxville, Tennessee on Saturday, October 17 at 7:00pm. In part to honor Wagner, the group also seeks to begin hosting an annual festival in honor of Wagner beginning in 2010.
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Ellen Datlow will speak on “The Impact of the Economy on The Current Editing Climate” at the next Garden State Horror Writers on September 12 at 11 AM. The meeting and talk will be held at the Monmouth County Library (125 Symmes Dr. in Manalapan, NJ). Admission is free.
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The city of Baltimore will be holding a funeral for Edgar Allan Poe beginning on October 7, 2009. The Poe house will be open for viewing from noon to 11pm. At midnight on October 8, a vigil will begin at the Poe Monument at Westminster Graveyard, lasting until 7am. A funeral procession and two services will be held on October 11. Poe’s eulogy will be given by editor Ellen Datlow.
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The winners of the Shirley Jackson Award, which recognizes excellence in psychological suspense, horror, and the dark fantastic in literature, were announced at Readercon on July 12.
- Novel: The Shadow Year, by Jeffrey Ford
- Novella: “Disquiet,” by Julia Leigh
- Novelette: “Pride and Prometheus,” by John Kessel
- Short Story: “The Pile,” by Michael Bishop
- Collection: The Diving Pool, by Yoko Ogawa
- Anthology: The New Uncanny, edited by Sarah Eyre and Ra Page
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The 2011 World Horror Con will take place in Austin, Texas from April 28 through May 1. Bram Stoker Award-winning author Sarah Langan will be the guest of honor. The convention will be co-chaired by Nate Southard and Lee Thomas.
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The Bram Stoker Awards for superior achievement in horror writing were presented by the Horror Writers of America on June 13 at the Stoker Awards Weekend in Burbank, California.
- Superior Novel: Duma Key, by Stephen King
- Superior First Novel: The Gentling Box, by Lisa Manetti.
- Superior Long Fiction Award: “Miranda,” by John R. Little
- Superior Short Fiction: “The Lost,” by Sarah Langan
- Superior Fiction Collection Award: Just After Sunset, by Stephen King
- Superior Anthology Award: Unspeakable Horror, edited by Vince Liaguno and Chad Helder
- Richard Laymon President’s Award to John Little
- Superior Non-Fiction: A Hallowe’en Anthology, by Lisa Morton
- Superior Poetry Award: The Nightmare Collection, by Bruce Boston
- Silver Hammer Award: Sephera Giron for her service to the organization.
The ballot for the Shirley Jackson Award has been released. The award, which recognizes excellence in psychological suspense, horror, and the dark fantastic in literature, will be presented on July 12 at Readercon in Burlington, MA.
Novel
- Alive in Necropolis, Doug Dorst
- The Man on the Ceiling, Steve Rasnic Tem and Melanie Tem
- Pandemonium, Daryl Gregory
- The Resurrectionist, Jack O’Connell
- The Shadow Year, Jeffrey Ford
- Tender Morsels, Margo Lanagan
Novella
- Disquiet, Julia Leigh
- “Dormitory,” Yoko Ogawa
- Living With the Dead, Darrell Schweitzer
- The Long Trial of Nolan Dugatti, Stephen Graham Jones
- “N,”, Stephen King
Novelette
- “Hunger Moon,” Deborah Noyes
- “The Lagerstatte,” Laird Barron
- “Penguins of the Apocalypse,” William Browning Spencer
- “Pride and Prometheus,” John Kessel
- The Situation, Jeff Vandermeer
Short Story
- “68° 07’ 15″N, 31° 36’ 44″W,” Conrad Williams
- “The Dinner Party,” Joshua Ferris
- “Evidence of Love in a Case of Abandonment: One Daughter’s Personal Account,” M. Rickert
- “The Inner City,” Karen Heuler
- “Intertropical Convergence Zone,” Nadia Bulkin
- “The Pile,” Michael Bishop
Collection
- A Better Angel, Chris Adrian
- Dangerous Laughter, Steven Millhauser
- The Diving Pool, Yoko Ogawa
- The Girl on the Fridge, Etgar Keret
- Just After Sunset, Stephen King
- Wild Nights! , Joyce Carol Oates
Anthology
- Bound for Evil, edited by Tom English
- Exotic Gothic 2: New Tales of Taboo, edited by Danel Olson
- Fast Ships, Black Sails, edited by Ann and Jeff Vandermeer
- The New Uncanny, edited by Sarah Eyre and Ra Page
- Shades of Darkness, edited by Barbara and Christopher Roden
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The Bram Stoker Awards nominations, honoring excellence in horror fiction, have been announced. The awards, given by the Horror Writers of America, will be presented the weekend of June 12-14 in Burbank during the Stoker Awards Weekend.
Superior Achievement in a Novel
- Coffin County, by Gary Braunbeck
- The Reach, by Nate Kenyon
- Duma Key, by Stephen King
- Johnny Gruesome, by Gregory Lamberson
Superior Achievement in a First Novel
- Midnight on Mourn Street, by Christopher Conlon
- The Gentling Box, by Lisa Mannetti
- Monster Behind the Wheel, by Michael McCarty and Mark McLaughlin
- The Suicide Collectors, by David Oppegaard
- Frozen Blood, by Joel A. Sutherland
Superior Achievement in Long Fiction
- “The Shallow End of the Pool,” by Adam-Troy Castro
- “Miranda,” by John R. Little
- “Redemption Roadshow,” by Weston Ochse
- “The Confessions of St. Zach,” by Gene O’Neill
Superior Achievement in Short Fiction
- “Petrified,” by Scott Edelman
- “The Lost,” by Sarah Langan
- “The Dude Who Collected Lovecraft,” by Nick Mamatas, and Tim Pratt
- “Evidence of Love in a Case of Abandoment,” by M. Rickert
- “Turtle,” by Lee Thomas
Superior Achievement in an Anthology
- Like a Chinese Tattoo, edited by Bill Breedlove
- Horror Library, Vol. 3, edited by R. J. Cavender
- Beneath the Surface, edited by Tim Deal
- Unspeakable Horror, edited by Vince A. Liaguno and Chad Helder
Superior Achievement in a Collection
- The Number 121 to Pennsylvania, by Kealan Patrick Burke
- Mama’s Boy and Other Dark Tales, by Fran Friel
- Just After Sunset, by Stephen King
- Mr. Gaunt AND Othet Uneasy Encounters, by John Langan
- Gleefully Macabre Tales, by Jeff Strand
Superior Achievement in Nonfiction
- Cheap Scares, by Gregory Lamberson
- Zombie CSU, by Jonathan Maberry
- A Hallowe’en Anthology, by Lisa Morton
- The Book of Lists: Horror, by Amy Wallace, Del Howison, and Scott Bradley
Superior Achievement in a Poetry Collection
- The Nightmare Collection, by Bruce Boston
- The Phantom World, by Gary William Crawford
- Virgin of the Apocalypse, by Corrine De Winter
- Attack of the Two-Headed Poetry Monster, by Mark McLaughlin and Michael McCarty
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