UPDATE: 2009 Award Finalists Anounced.

Each year, the Horror Writers Association presents the Bram Stoker Awards for Superior Achievement in the field of horror writing, named in honor of Bram Stoker, author of the seminal horror work Dracula. Since 1987, the approximately 500 members of the HWA have recommended, nominated and voted on the greatest works of horror and dark fantasy of the previous calendar year, making the Stokers the most prestigious award in the field of horror literature.
 
Currently the awards are presented in eight categories: Novel, First Novel, Long Fiction, Short Fiction, Fiction Collection, Anthology, Non-fiction, and Poetry Collection. The organization's Active members will select the winners from this ballot; voting will close on March 3rd, and the awards will be presented this year at a gala banquet on Saturday evening, March 27, at the World Horror Convention in Brighton, UK.

29^th January, 2010

Oxford, UK

 TODAY: Rebellion is proud to announce the launch of The Abaddon & Solaris Books Podcast. The podcast is available free from iTunes and is posted on both the Solaris and Abaddon blogs. The podcast will be available at the end of each month, check out the blogs for updates.

After a much needed break in the fall of 2009, Macabre Cadaver is now open to submissions for the new year. We would like to extend a warm welcome to all prospective authors of horror, science fiction, and dark fantasy. We are particularly interested in fiction that is well-written and defies classification, breaks the rules, sets new standards, knows no boundaries, and doesn’t fit nicely into any particular nook or cranny. We are not averse to any topics or subject matter as long as it is well written, unique, and distinctive.

This year we hope to gather together the best stories by new and established authors and publish our first anthology. We will also begin publishing PDF issues of MC again on a quarterly basis, with the first issue available in the spring of 2010.