World Horror Convention

The World Horror Convention is an annual professional gathering of the World Horror Society and other interested parties.

Site selection

The annual World Horror Conventions had historically been held in the United States or Canada, usually alternating between east and west sides of the continent. In 2010, the convention was held outside North America for the first time, in Brighton, UK.

The bids from potential committees are presented to the members of the board of directors of the World Horror Society, who then decide where future conventions will be held. Bids are usually made two years before the specific year (e.g., bids for 2001 were considered in 1999). The Horror Writers Association's Bram Stoker Award® ceremony had been held in conjunction with the convention for some years but now that is normally only the case in even-numbered years. In odd-numbered years the HWA stages the ceremony at its own convention, the Bram Stoker Awards Weekend. The World Horror Convention Grand Master Award is given every year at the Convention.

Conventions

Conventions are listed in reverse chronological order, with the most recent conventions listed at the top.

World Horror Convention 2013 - New Orleans, United States,^[1] in conjunction with the Horror Writers Association's Bram Stoker Awards Weekend.

Author Guests of Honor: Ramsey Campbell, Caitlin R. Kiernan and Jonathan Maberry

Artist Guest of Honor: Glenn Chadbourne

Editor Guest of Honor: John Joseph Adams

Poet Guest of Honor: Bruce Boston

Toastmaster: Jeff Strand

World Horror Convention 2012 - Salt Lake City, United States^[2]

Author Guests of Honor: Sherrilyn Kenyon

Artist Guest of Honor: Mike Mignola

Special Guest: Rocky Wood

Horror Writers Association Guests of Honor: Joe R. Lansdale, Karen Lansdale, and Robert McCammon

Toastmistress: P. N. Elrod

HWA Special Guests: Dacre Stoker and Jeff Strand

Grand Master: T. E. D. Klein

World Horror Convention 2011 - Austin, Texas, United States

Author Guests of Honor: Sarah Langan and Joe Hill

Media Guest of Honor: Steve Niles

Editor Guests of Honor: Brett Alexander Savory and Sandra Kasturi

Artist Guest of Honor: Vincent Chong

Toastmaster: Joe R. Lansdale

Special Guests: Brian Keene and Del Howison

Grand Master: Jack Ketchum

World Horror Convention 2010 - Brighton, UK^[3]

Author Guests of Honor: Tanith Lee and David Case

Editor Guest of Honor: Hugh Lamb

Artist Guests of Honor: Les Edwards and Dave Carson

Special Guest of Honor: James Herbert

Mistress of Ceremonies: Jo Fletcher

Special Media Guest: Ingrid Pitt

World Horror Society Lifetime Achievement Award: Basil Copper

Grand Master: James Herbert

World Horror Convention 2009 - Winnipeg, Canada^[4]

Guests of Honor: Conrad Williams, Edo van Belkom, F. Paul Wilson, and Joshua Gee

Artist Guest of Honor: Tommy Castillo

Grand Master: Tanith Lee

World Horror Convention 2008 - Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

Author Guest of Honor: Dennis Etchison

Artist Guest of Honor: John Jude Palencar

Toastmaster: Simon Clark

Academic Guest of Honor: Michael R. Collings

Special Guest: Jeff Strand

Special Guest: Dave Dinsmore

http://www.whc2008.org/

World Horror Convention 2007 - Toronto, Canada

Author Guests of Honor: Michael Marshall Smith, Nancy Kilpatrick,

Artist Guest of Honor: John Picacio

Editor Guests of Honor: Peter Crowther & Don Hutchison

Media Guest of Honor: Peter Atkins

http://www.whc2007.org/

World Horror 2006 - San Francisco, United States

Author Guests of Honor: Kim Newman, Koji Suzuki

Toastmaster: Peter Straub

Artist Guest of Honor: Brom

Media Guest of Honor: Bill Moseley

Editor Guest of Honor: John Pelan

http://www.whc2006.org/

World Horror 2005 - New York City, United States

Author Guests of Honor: Harlan Ellison, Joe R. Lansdale, Tim Lebbon, Tom Piccirilli, Jack Ketchum, Mort Castle, Amber Benson

Filmmaker Guest of Honor: Mick Garris

Artist Guest of Honor: Allen Koszowski

Editor Guests of Honor: Tom and Elizabeth Monteleone

Masters of Ceremonies: Stan Wiater and Poet Linda Addison

World Horror 2004 - Phoenix, Arizona, United States

Author Guest of Honor: Douglas Clegg

Artist Guest of Honor: Jeremy Caniglia

Editor Guest of Honor: Stephen Jones

Media Guest of Honor: Dee Snider

Special Guest of Honor: Adam Niswander

Grand Master: Jack Williamson

http://www.whc2004.org/

World Horror 2003 - Kansas City, Missouri, United States

Author Guest of Honor: Brian A. Hopkins

Publisher Guest of Honor: Don D'Auria

Artist Guest of Honor: Nick Smith

Special Guest of Honor: Forrest J. Ackerman

Mistress of Ceremonies: Laurell K. Hamilton

Grand Master: Chelsea Quinn Yarbro

World Horror 2002 - Chicago, United States

Author Guests of Honor: Gene Wolfe, Neil Gaiman

Editor Guests of Honor: Melissa Ann Singer

Artist Guest of Honor: Randy Broecker

Poetry Guest of Honor: Jo Fletcher

Photography Guest of Honor: Beth Gwinn

Music Guest of Honor: Liz Mandville Greeson

Comics and Young Adult Guest of Honor: Jill Thompson

Media Guests: Rich Koz, Patricia Tallman, Robert Z'Dar

Special Guests: Karen E. Taylor, Yvonne Navarro, Brian A. Hopkins

Grand Master: Charles L. Grant

World Horror 2001 - Seattle, United States, ^[5] in conjunction with the Horror Writers Association's Bram Stoker Awards Weekend.

Guest of Honor in Memoriam: Richard Laymon

Writer Guests of Honor: Simon Clark, Michael Slade, Jessica Amanda Salmonson

Publisher Guests of Honor: Barbara Roden, Christopher Roden

Artist Guest of Honor: Charles Vess

Grand Master: Ray Bradbury

http://www.whc2001.org/

World Horror 2000 - Denver, United States

Writer Guests of Honor: Peter Straub, Melanie Tem, Steve Rasnic Tem, J. Michael Straczynski, Graham Joyce

Artist Guest of Honor: Rick Lieder

Editor Guest of Honor: Ellen Datlow

Master of Ceremonies: Dan Simmons

Grand Master: Harlan Ellison

World Horror 1999 - Atlanta, United States

Writer Guests of Honor: Michael Bishop, John Shirley

Artist Guest of Honor: Lisa Snellings

Master of Ceremonies: Neil Gaiman

Grand Master: Ramsey Campbell

World Horror 1998 - Phoenix, Arizona, United States

Writer Guests of Honor: Brian Lumley

Artist Guest of Honor: Bernie Wrightson

Media Guest of Honor: Tom Savini

Publisher Guest of Honor: Tom Doherty

Master of Ceremonies: John Steakley

Grand Master: Brian Lumley

World Horror 1997 - Niagara Falls, New York, United States

Writer Guests of Honor: Ramsey Campbell, Poppy Z. Brite, Joe R. Lansdale

Artist Guest of Honor: Rick Berry

Media Guest of Honor: Gunnar Hansen

Editor Guest of Honor: Darrell Schweitzer

Master of Ceremonies: Edo van Belkom

Grand Master: Peter Straub

World Horror 1996 - Eugene, Oregon, United States

Writer Guests of Honor: Clive Barker, Charles de Lint, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Don Maitz, Janny Wurts

Special Guests: Tim Powers, Edward Bryant

Grand Master: Dean Koontz

World Horror 1995 - Atlanta, United States

Writer Guests of Honor: John Farris, Neil Gaiman, R. L. Stine

Artist Guest of Honor: Alan M. Clark

Special Media Guest: Alice Cooper

Master of Ceremonies: Brian Lumley

Grand Master: Clive Barker

World Horror 1994 - Phoenix, Arizona, United States

Writer Guests of Honor: Charles L. Grant, Dan Simmons

Artist Guest of Honor: Gahan Wilson

Master of Ceremonies: Edward Bryant

Grand Master: Anne Rice

World Horror 1993 - Stamford, Connecticut, United States

Writer Guests of Honor: Peter Straub, Les Daniels

Artist Guest of Honor: Stephen Gervais

Special Media Guest: Paul Clemens

Master of Ceremonies: Stanley Wiater

Grand Master: Richard Matheson

World Horror 1992 - Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Writer Guest of Honor: Richard Matheson

Artist Guest of Honor: Harry O. Morris

Special Media Guest: Richard Christian Matheson

Master of Ceremonies: Brian Lumley

Grand Master: Stephen King

World Horror 1991 - Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Writer Guest of Honor: Chelsea Quinn Yarbro

Artist Guest of Honor: Jill Bauman

Masters of Ceremonies: David J. Schow, John Skipp, Craig Spector, Richard Christian Matheson

Grand Master: Robert Bloch

References

External links

• World Horror Convention
• World Horror Society