Name: The Chapter Experience: Making the Most of Your Horror Writers Association Membership
Start: 2025-06-14T12:00:00-0400
End: 2025-06-14T12:45:00-0400

Welcome to the premiere horror literary convention presented by the Horror Writers Association. Registration for StokerCon 2025 is now available! This year the convention is being hosted by the city of Stamford, Connecticut, at the Hilton Stamford Hotel and Executive Meeting Center. We’re taking over from June 12th through the 15th, 2025.

Saturday June 14, 2025 12:00pm - 12:45pm EDT

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Curious about joining an HWA chapter or launching one in your area? This panel explores how local chapters can expand your creative community. From critique groups and author events to mentorship and networking, chapters offer meaningful ways to connect and grow. Panelists will share what they’ve learned from building and participating in chapters, including what’s worked, what to avoid, and how to get the most from your involvement. Whether you’re new to HWA or a longtime member looking to engage more deeply, this session will show you how to bring your membership to life.

Moderators

Carol Gyzander

I love quiet horror, weird fiction, and cosmic horror.

Speakers

B.C. Bull

Douglas Ford

Christopher Hawkins

Co-chair, Chicagoland Chapter

Christopher Hawkins (he/him) is the multi-award-winning author of Downpour and Suburban Monsters. His latest novel is I Contain Multitudes.

Janine Cross

Author

Janine Cross's dark fantasy trilogy The Dragon Temple Saga was published with Random House USA and with Heyne in Germany. Publishers Weekly called the trilogy a “bold debut in a richly detailed, well-imagined world”, and Library Journal voted Touched by Venom (Book One in the... Read More →

James Chambers

Trustee; Co-Chair, StokerCon Governing Committee; Chair, Horror University, Horror Writers Association

James Chambers is the Bram Stoker Award® and Scribe Award-winning editor and author of A Bright and Beautiful Eternal World, On the Night Border, On the Hierophant Road, the graphic novel, Kolchak the Night Stalker: The Forgotten Lore of Edgar Allan Poe, and editor of Under Twin... Read More →

Saturday June 14, 2025 12:00pm - 12:45pm EDT
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