WHC2008 Announces Author Guest of Honor
The 2008 World Horror Convention is proud to welcome award-winning author and editor Dennis Etchison as Author Guest of Honor.
Etchison is best known for his psychological horror short stories.
As well as his short story work, he is also a novelist, an editor and a screenwriter. He has won the British Fantasy Award twice for Best Short Story, for "The Olympic Runner" (1986) and "The Dog Park" (1994). and the World Fantasy Award for Best Short Story in
1982 for “The Dark Country.” As editor, Etchison has received two World Fantasy Awards for Best Anthology, for Metahorror (1993) and The Museum of Horrors (2002)
His novelizations include Halloween II, Halloween III and The Fog.
Etchison’s stories are deliciously disturbing, featuring a
contemporary setting that may hit a little too close to home. They
are well-crafted tales about solitary individuals that could be someone you know--even yourself.
Etchison is generally regarded as one of the finest writers currently working in the horror genre, especially by his peers.
He will join Artist Guest of Honor John Jude Palencar, Academic Guest of Honor Dr. Michael R. Collings and Special Guests Jeff Strand and Dave Dinsmore of Biting Dog Press.
For more information visit
WHC2008.org.
Posted by Chad Savage / Sinister Visions # 9:42 AM
2.13.2007
WHC2007 CHARITY RAFFLE
Following the phenomenal success of our roof-top raffle at the World Horror Convention in San Francisco last year, we shall be holding a Charity Raffle event late on the Sunday morning at this year’s convention.
For those North American attendees who may not be aware of the difference between a raffle and a more traditional auction, we will be selling colour-coded and numbered raffle tickets throughout the convention from different locations. On the day of the draw, those tickets will be matched against a randomly-drawn prize and, if you have the correctly corresponding ticket, then you win that item. It’s as simple as that! And remember, THE MORE TICKETS YOU BUY, THE MORE CHANCES YOU HAVE OF WINNING.
Please note: You will have to be present at the raffle, or give a representative your tickets to hold, as any unclaimed prizes will be re-drawn at the time.
As always, there will be a veritable treasure-trove of prizes to be won, from signed, limited editions to expensive hardcovers, rare proofs, film memorabilia and much more besides. Any writers, publishers or others wishing to donate copies of books or other items can either bring them to the convention and hand them in at the Registration Desk or mail them arrive before FRIDAY, MARCH 23 to:
“WORLD HORROR CONVENTION RAFFLE”
c/o 77 Frankdale Avenue
Toronto, Ontario
CANADA M4J 4A1
Please mark packages “FREE GIVEAWAYS -- NO COMMERCIAL VALUE” and remember to use a customs form (if mailing from overseas).
We are proud to announce that all the money raised via raffle ticket sales will go to helping put a deserving student through the BORDERLANDS PRESS WRITERS BOOT CAMP. The 2008 Winter Session for Short Fiction is limited to just twenty participants and will be held over January 25-27, 2008 at the Marriott Burkshire Hotel, Towson, MD 21204, USA.
Instructors for the 2008 session are Richard Chizmar, Douglas E. Winter, F. Paul Wilson and Thomas F. Monteleone. Previous instructors at the Borderlands Boot Camp have included David Morrell, Thomas Tessier, Jack Ketchum, Douglas Clegg, Richard Chizmar and Ginjer Buchanan.
Posted by Chad Savage / Sinister Visions # 11:25 AM
2.07.2007
HWA ANNOUNCES SPECIAL GUEST AT WORLD HORROR CONVENTION 2007
The Horror Writers Association, in conjunction with
World Horror Convention 2007, is extremely proud to announce that legendary cartoonist and author GAHAN WILSON will be the Special HWA Guest at World Horror Convention 2007 in Toronto, Canada.
GAHAN WILSON is a previous winner of the Horror Writers Association Lifetime Achievement Award and best known for his macabre cartoons in PLAYBOY and THE NEW YORKER.
His work has been collected in GAHAN WILSON'S GRAVESIDE MANNER, THE MAN IN THE CANNIBAL POT, I PAINT WHAT I SEE, IS NOTHING SACRED?, . . . AND THEN WE'LL GET HIM, THE WEIRD WORLD OF GAHAN WILSON, GAHAN WILSON'S CRACKED COSMOS, STILL WEIRD, EVEN WEIRDER, GAHAN WILSON'S GRAVEDIGGER'S PARTY, GAHAN WILSON'S MONSTER PARTY and THE BEST OF GAHAN WILSON.
He has also written a number of short stories for magazines and anthologies, some of which were collected in THE CLEFT AND OTHER ODD TALES. Wilson has also published a number of children's books, written two unusual mystery novels (EDDY DECO'S LAST CAPER and EVERYBODY'S FAVOURITE DUCK), and edited the anthologies FIRST WORLD FANTASY AWARDS and GAHAN WILSON'S FAVORITE TALES OF HORROR.
For more information, please contact
Convention Chairperson:
AMANDA FOUBISTER amanda@whc2007.org
www.whc2007.org
For more information about the Horror Writers Association, go to:
www.horror.org
Posted by Chad Savage / Sinister Visions # 11:06 PM
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