StokerCon 2025: Grid

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.

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HU: Understanding Tone and Word Placement in Poetry 4:00pm - 6:00pm

Author Readings - Thursday 04 Aspen 4:00pm - 4:45pm

Author Readings - Thursday 05 Aspen 5:00pm - 5:45pm

Open Mic Poetry Reading 6:00pm - 7:30pm

Roleplaying Games and Horror 3:00pm - 3:45pm

Eco-Horror: Is Nature Trying to Kill Us? 4:00pm - 4:45pm

Stake the Landing 5:00pm - 5:45pm

Sex and Monsters: How Horror Is Redefining Bodie... 6:00pm - 6:45pm

Boardroom 8:00am - 7:45pm

Author Readings - Thursday 04 Elm 4:00pm - 4:45pm

Author Readings - Thursday 05 Elm 5:00pm - 5:45pm

Opening Ceremony 8:00pm - 10:00pm

Author Readings - Thursday 04 Glen 4:00pm - 4:45pm

Author Readings - Thursday 05 Glen 5:00pm - 5:45pm

Adapting Books to Film: Bringing Horror from the... 4:00pm - 4:45pm

Bram Stoker Awards Panel 5:00pm - 5:45pm

Hooked on Horror: Writing Horror for YA and Midd... 6:00pm - 6:45pm

Monster Mash! 11:00pm - 11:59pm

Dealer Room 4:00pm - 7:00pm

Found Forms in Horror 4:00pm - 4:45pm

Folklore And Fiction: Turning Ancient Myths Into... 5:00pm - 5:45pm

Public Domain Horror 6:00pm - 6:45pm

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HU: Peele and the Furious Five: Unlocking the Layers of Jordan Peele’s Storytelling 9:00am - 11:00am

HU: Into Darkness I Go: The Horror Hero's Journey 11:00am - 1:00pm

HU: Magic Realism for Rebels 1:00pm - 3:00pm

Author Readings - Friday 09 Aspen 9:00am - 9:45am

Author Readings - Friday 10 Aspen 10:00am - 10:45am

Author Readings - Friday 11 Aspen 11:00am - 11:45am

Author Readings - Friday 12 Aspen 12:00pm - 12:45pm

Author Readings - Friday 01 Aspen 1:00pm - 1:45pm

Author Readings - Friday 02 Aspen 2:00pm - 2:45pm

Author Readings - Friday 03 Aspen 3:00pm - 3:45pm

How To Be A Pro 9:00am - 9:45am

Combating Loneliness in the Writing Profession 10:00am - 10:45am

Oi Vey, The Horror! Issac Bashevis Singer and th... 12:00pm - 12:45pm

Industrial Gothic: Horror in the Industrial and... 1:00pm - 1:45pm

Slashers Never Die! 2:00pm - 2:45pm

Boardroom 8:00am - 7:45pm

Mass Author Signing 4:00pm - 6:00pm

Author Readings - Friday 09 Glen 9:00am - 9:45am

Author Readings - Friday 10 Glen 10:00am - 10:45am

Author Readings - Friday 11 Glen 11:00am - 11:45am

Author Readings - Friday 12 Glen 12:00pm - 12:45pm

Author Readings - Friday 01 Glen 1:00pm - 1:45pm

Author Readings - Friday 02 Glen 2:00pm - 2:45pm

Author Readings - Friday 03 Glen 3:00pm - 3:45pm

Horror Podcasts: Conversations That Feed the Gen... 9:00am - 9:45am

Scaring And Daring Anthology Panel 10:00am - 10:45am

80's/90's Kindertrauma 11:00am - 11:45am

Salem's Lot at 50/Nosferatu at 103 12:00pm - 12:45pm

Feedback That Doesn’t Haunt You: What to Look fo... 1:00pm - 1:45pm

The Tangled Skein of Short Stories 2:00pm - 2:45pm

Southern Gothic in the Contemporary South 3:00pm - 3:45pm

Welcome to Librarian's Day! 8:00am - 8:25am

Brains! Brains! Brainstorming Ways to Engage Your Com... 8:30am - 9:20am

How to Feature Horror at Your Library 9:30am - 10:20am

Buzzing About Horror Books 10:30am - 11:20am

What Horror Means to Me 1:00pm - 1:50pm

This Book is Haunted: Cursed Objects and Texts in Fil... 2:00pm - 2:50pm

Summer Scares: A Thrilling Summer Reading Program 3:00pm - 3:50pm

Joyce Carol Oates Reading 3:00pm - 4:00pm

Final Frame Short Film Competition 8:00pm - 10:00pm

Nightfire Happy Hour! 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Final Frame Film Competition Reception 10:00pm - 11:00pm

Dealer Room 10:00am - 6:00pm

Bleeding Hearts: Where Horror Meets Romance 9:00am - 9:45am

The Myth of Making It 10:00am - 10:45am

HWA Open Member Board Meeting 11:00am - 11:45am

Oh My Goth: The Gothic Heroine Renaissance 12:00pm - 12:45pm

The Fearsome Final Girl 1:00pm - 1:45pm

Building a Prolific Career in Horror 2:00pm - 2:45pm

A Conversation with Del Howison 3:00pm - 3:45pm

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HU: The Uncanny and The Abject: Unraveling the Psychology of Horror 9:00am - 11:00am

HU: Dread-Inducing Narratives: Mastering Horror Storytelling 11:00am - 1:00pm

HU: Dramatic Structure for Storytellers 1:00pm - 3:00pm

HU: Bringing Cosmic Horror Down to Earth 3:00pm - 5:00pm

Author Readings - Saturday 09 Aspen 9:00am - 9:45am

Author Readings - Saturday 10 Aspen 10:00am - 10:45am

Author Readings - Saturday 11 Aspen 11:00am - 11:45am

Author Readings - Saturday 12 Aspen 12:00pm - 12:45pm

Author Readings - Saturday 01 Aspen 1:00pm - 1:45pm

Author Readings - Saturday 02 Aspen 2:00pm - 2:45pm

Author Readings - Saturday 03 Aspen 3:00pm - 3:45pm

Author Readings - Saturday 04 Aspen 4:00pm - 4:45pm

New England Gothic 9:00am - 9:45am

Pitch Session Panel 10:00am - 10:45am

Fowl Play: Birds in Horror 11:00am - 11:45am

The Chapter Experience: Making the Most of Your... 12:00pm - 12:45pm

Writing for Performance: Horror Across Audio and... 1:00pm - 1:45pm

The House Is Trying To Kill Me And Other Single-... 2:00pm - 2:45pm

50 Years of Jaws and Aquatic Horror 3:00pm - 3:45pm

Gunslingers And Ghouls: Western Horror 4:00pm - 4:45pm

Boardroom 8:00am - 7:45pm

Author Readings - Saturday 09 Elm 9:00am - 9:45am

Author Readings - Saturday 10 Elm 10:00am - 10:45am

Author Readings - Saturday 11 Elm 11:00am - 11:45am

Author Readings - Saturday 12 Elm 12:00pm - 12:45pm

Author Readings - Saturday 01 Elm 1:00pm - 1:45pm

Author Readings - Saturday 02 Elm 2:00pm - 2:45pm

HU: Write Your Trauma: Harness Your Darkness to Create Compelling Work 3:00pm - 5:00pm

Breakfast with the Guests of Honor 8:00am - 9:45am

Bram Stoker Awards® After Party 10:00pm - 11:30pm

Author Readings - Saturday 09 Glen 9:00am - 9:45am

Author Readings - Saturday 10 Glen 10:00am - 10:45am

Author Readings - Saturday 11 Glen 11:00am - 11:45am

Author Readings - Saturday 12 Glen 12:00pm - 12:45pm

Author Readings - Saturday 01 Glen 1:00pm - 1:45pm

Author Readings - Saturday 02 Glen 2:00pm - 2:45pm

Author Readings - Saturday 03 Glen 3:00pm - 3:45pm

Author Readings - Saturday 04 Glen 4:00pm - 4:45pm

The Halloween Librarians and You: A Not So Scary... 9:00am - 9:45am

Behind The Scenes Of Anthology Editing 10:00am - 10:45am

How To Promote Your Book Without A Big Budget 11:00am - 11:45am

Runnin' With the Devil 12:00pm - 12:45pm

Horror as Therapy 1:00pm - 1:45pm

Crafting Original Monsters 2:00pm - 2:45pm

Writing Horror Novelizations and Media Tie-Ins 3:00pm - 3:45pm

Editing Horror: Shaping Stories and Building Wor... 4:00pm - 4:45pm

Pitch Sessions 12:00pm - 2:00pm

Bram Stoker Awards® Banquet 7:00pm - 7:45pm

Bram Stoker Awards® Presentation 8:00pm - 10:00pm

Joyce Carol Oates Book SIgning 4:00pm - 4:45pm

Bram Stoker Awards® Cocktail Reception 6:00pm - 6:45pm

HWA Diversity Gran...

Dealer Room 10:00am - 6:00pm

Wrestling with Horror 9:00am - 9:45am

Power of A Poetic Voice 10:00am - 10:45am

Parental Horror: Generational Trauma and the Fam... 11:00am - 11:45am

Perspectives in the Writing Life: From Rookie to Veteran 12:00pm - 1:30pm

Authentic Representation in Horror 2:00pm - 2:45pm

A Conversation with Joyce Carol Oates 3:00pm - 3:50pm

Chilling Comics 4:00pm - 4:45pm

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HU: Writing the Beautiful Macabre: Perfecting Your Twisted Prose 10:00am - 12:00pm

Author Readings - Sunday 10 Aspe... 10:00am - 10:30am

Author Readings - Sunday 11 Aspen 11:00am - 11:45am

What's So Scary About Video Games? 10:00am - 10:45am

Closing Ceremony 12:00pm - 12:45pm

Boardroom 8:00am - 2:00pm

Author Readings - Sunday 10 Elm 10:00am - 10:45am

Author Readings - Sunday 11 Elm 11:00am - 11:45am

Author Readings - Sunday 10 Glen 10:00am - 10:45am

Author Readings - Sunday 11 Glen 11:00am - 11:45am

Off the Beaten Path: Self-Publishing, Indie Pres... 10:00am - 10:45am

Dealer Room 9:00am - 1:00pm

Cosmic Horror: Beyond Lovecraft 10:00am - 10:45am