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Thursday
, May 12
Dodgeball - 2nd Floor
4:00pm •
Horromance: The Blending of Horror and Romance
5:00pm •
What Makes Cosmic Horror Cosmic?
11:00pm •
Midnight Madness: Monster Mash!
Duck Duck Goose - 3rd Floor
6:00pm •
Other Terrors: The HWA's Newest Themed Anthology
Four Square Ballroom - 3rd Floor
8:00pm •
Opening Ceremony
Hopscotch - 3rd Floor
4:00pm •
Horror University: Afro-Surrealism in Horror
Jax - 2nd Floor
1:00pm •
Registration Lounge
Paper - 2nd Floor
8:00am •
HWA Boardroom
Patty Cake - 2nd Floor
4:00pm •
More than a Paper Clown: Dealing with Imposter Syndrome
5:00pm •
Red Flags! When an Editor or Publisher Might Not be Right for You
6:00pm •
Welcome to the Horror Shows: Defining horror in different media.
Peek-A-Boo Ballroom - 2nd Floor
4:00pm •
Dealer Room
Red Rover - 3rd Floor
4:00pm •
Author Readings
5:00pm •
Author Readings
6:00pm •
Author Readings
7:00pm •
Author Readings
Friday
, May 13
Dodgeball - 2nd Floor
9:00am •
The Tell-Tale Kidney: What Writers and Filmmakers Get Wrong Writing Medical Scenes
11:00am •
Hardcore Horror: Body Horror, Splatterpunk, and Other Branches of Extreme Horror Fiction.
12:00pm •
Stalking Halloween in Less than Twelve Parsecs: Blending Horror and Science Fiction
1:00pm •
The Gothic in Horror and Dark Fantasy
2:00pm •
Comics and Graphic Novels in Horror
3:00pm •
Whatever Possessed You? Different Traditions of Demonic and Spiritual Possession in Horror.
4:00pm •
A Conversation with Lifetime Achievement Award Winner Jo Fletcher
Duck Duck Goose - 3rd Floor
9:00am •
Tract One – Film and Television
10:45am •
Tract Two – Vampires
12:15pm •
Tract Three – Literature and Nature
3:00pm •
How to Make a Silk Purse Thriller With a Sow's Ear Budget: A Newbie's Guide to Producing an Indie Feature Film
Four Square Ballroom - 3rd Floor
9:00am •
Genre Blending in Horror
10:00am •
Promoting Collections through Horror Programming
11:00am •
Meet the Current HWA Diversity Grant Scholarship Recipients
1:15pm •
HWA Chapters and You
1:30pm •
Horror Press Roundtable
2:30pm •
Middle Grade Horror
3:30pm •
Different Paths to Horror Success
8:00pm •
Final Frame Short Film Competition
11:00pm •
Final Frame Short Film Competition Results
Four Square Terrace - 3rd Floor
12:00pm •
Librarians' Day Buffet Luncheon
10:30pm •
Final Frame Reception
Hopscotch - 3rd Floor
9:00am •
Horror University: Writing and Storyboarding for Horror Comics
11:00am •
Horror University: No One Wants to Read Your Script
1:00pm •
Horror University: Your Book Is Your Business
3:00pm •
Horror University: Characterization Through Dialogue
Jax - 2nd Floor
8:00am •
Registration Lounge
Keep Away - 2nd Floor
9:00am •
In This Space, They Can Hear You Scream: Audiobooks, Podcasts, Audio Adaptations.
10:00am •
Setting the Hook: How to Open a Story
11:00am •
Ask the Agent with Cherry Weiner
12:00pm •
Editors on Dark Poetry
1:00pm •
Professionalism in Writing: How Not to be "That" Person
2:00pm •
Creating Short Fiction: Creating Fully Realized Compelling Stories in 5,000 Words or Less.
3:00pm •
Interview with Kristin Nelson
4:00pm •
The Ins and Outs of Creating Anthologies
Marco Polo Ballroom - 3rd Floor
12:30pm •
Pitch Sessions with Kristin Nelson
5:00pm •
Mass Author Signing and Ice Cream Social
Paper - 2nd Floor
8:00am •
HWA Boardroom
Patty Cake - 2nd Floor
9:00am •
Kolchak the Night Stalker--50th Anniversary: How Kolchak Influenced the Modern Supernatural Investigator
10:00am •
Chilling Voices: A look at works and authors who have brought new, different, and personal visions to horror fiction.
11:00am •
Horror Noire: The Influence of Black Americans in Horror
12:00pm •
Stronger than the Sum of its Parts: The Author-Editor Relationship
1:00pm •
Horror that Hits Close to Home: Bringing Personal Experience to your Writing
2:00pm •
Horror in the 21st Century: What are the books published since 2001 that define the genre? What are today's Frankenstein, Dracula, I Am Legend, and The Stand?
4:00pm •
Horror and Hope: Writing in the Age of COVID
Peek-A-Boo Ballroom - 2nd Floor
9:00am •
Dealer Room
Red Rover - 3rd Floor
9:00am •
Author Readings
10:00am •
Author Readings
11:00am •
Author Readings
12:00pm •
Author Readings
1:00pm •
Author Readings
2:00pm •
Author Readings
3:00pm •
Author Readings
4:00pm •
Author Readings
Saturday
, May 14
Dodgeball - 2nd Floor
9:00am •
Psychological Horror: When the Monster Is Human!
10:00am •
Have You Seen the Yellow Sign? The Legacy of the King in Yellow
11:00am •
Pitch Panel
12:00pm •
A Conversation with Lifetime Achievement Award Winner Nancy Holder
1:00pm •
Digging Up Graves: Researching and Writing Horror Non-Fiction
2:00pm •
The Psychology of YA and Middle Grade Characters
3:00pm •
Ghost Stories: They Haunt Your Dreams
4:00pm •
From Bloody Page to Big Screen: Writing a Script and Pitching it to a Studio
5:00pm •
Epistolary and Found Footage Horror
Duck Duck Goose - 3rd Floor
9:00am •
Interactive Horror: How Board Games, Card Games, RPGs, and Video Games Bring You into the Horror.
10:00am •
The Devil's in the Details: The Basics of Contracts
11:00am •
Modern Monsters: Who Are the New Monsters Keeping Us Scared?
12:00pm •
From Lone Wolf To Werewolf Pack: Starting and Sustaining a Horror Writers Group
1:00pm •
The HWA, Libraries, and You!
2:00pm •
Horror on the Big Screen... and the Big Stream: The state of horror cinema today
3:00pm •
Open Mic Poetry Reading
4:00pm •
DARK STARS: New Tales of Darkest Horror
5:00pm •
Read My Book, Please! Advice and Techniques for Attracting a Readership and Interesting People in Your Book.
Four Square Ballroom Foyer - 3rd Floor
6:00pm •
Bram Stoker Awards® Cocktail Reception
Four Square Ballroom - 3rd Floor
12:00pm •
Pitch Sessions
7:00pm •
Bram Stoker Awards® Banquet
8:00pm •
Bram Stoker Awards® Presentation
Four Square Terrace - 3rd Floor
10:00pm •
Bram Stoker Awards® After Party
Hopscotch - 3rd Floor
9:00am •
Horror University: Engaging Author Readings: How to Select and Present Your Words to an Audience
11:00am •
Horror University: Kidlit 101--Understanding the Children’s Fiction Market
1:00pm •
Horror University: Your Corner of the Crypt--Finding Your Niche in Horror
3:00pm •
Horror University: The Master Plotting Crash Course
6:15pm •
DÖPPLEBANGER—A Short Film Viewing
Jax - 2nd Floor
8:00am •
Registration Lounge
Keep Away - 2nd Floor
9:00am •
Tor Nightfire: A Look at What's to Come
10:00am •
A Picture's Worth a Thousand Words: What Everyone Should Know About Good Cover Art
11:00am •
Writing Routines and Schedules: Are They For You or Not?
12:00pm •
Houses, Forests, and Other Haunts: The Importance of Setting in Horror
1:00pm •
Bringing All The Elements Together: What Works and Doesn't with Plot Structure
2:00pm •
When Character Collides with Plot: The Use of Moral Dilemma in Fiction
3:00pm •
Narrative Voices: First, Second, and Third. What Works and What Doesn't
4:00pm •
Hey, That's Me!: Creating Relatable Characters
5:00pm •
You've Signed a Contract. Now What?
6:00pm •
The Phantasmagoria of death, art, immortality and the memory of Bill Nolan... What Remains by Firbolg Publishing
Marco Polo Ballroom - 3rd Floor
10:00pm •
Bram Stoker Awards® After Party--Dance Edition
Paper - 2nd Floor
8:00am •
HWA Boardroom
Patty Cake - 2nd Floor
9:00am •
Finding Your Scooby Gang: Building a Network and Professional Relationships in Horror Publishing
10:00am •
Resurrecting the Past: Historical Horror
11:00am •
The HWA General Meeting
12:00pm •
Banned Books: The Rising Threat of Censorship
1:00pm •
Folk Horror Revival: When All the Old Superstitions Are New Again.
2:00pm •
The Rules of Horror: The Guest of Honor Panel
4:00pm •
Pushing the Envelope: Where Do You Stop with a Dark Poem? Over the Top Poetry and How To Make it Work.
5:00pm •
They Said What? How to Get Reviews and the Etiquette of Communicating with Reviewers
Peek-A-Boo Ballroom - 2nd Floor
9:00am •
Dealer Room
Red Rover - 3rd Floor
9:00am •
Author Readings
10:00am •
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11:00am •
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12:00pm •
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1:00pm •
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2:00pm •
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3:00pm •
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4:00pm •
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5:00pm •
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Sunday
, May 15
Paper - 2nd Floor
8:00am •
HWA Boardroom
Patty Cake - 2nd Floor
11:00am •
Closing Ceremony
Peek-A-Boo Ballroom - 2nd Floor
9:00am •
Dealer Room
Red Rover - 3rd Floor
9:00am •
Author Readings
10:00am •
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