StokerCon 2026

StokerCon 2026

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Allegheny Ballroom Foyer I

4:00pm • The HWA Diversity Grant Raffle Drawing

Allegheny Ballroom Foyer II

6:00pm • Bram Stoker Awards Cocktail Reception

Allegheny Ballroom I

10:00am • Dealers Room

Allegheny Ballroom II-III

Allegheny Ballrooms 1-2-3 Foyers

10:00pm • Bram Stoker Awards Afterparty

Armstrong

Butler

Cambria

Crawford

7:00am • Boardroom

Fayette

Lawrence

Somerset

Third Floor Coat Check

8:00am • Registration

Washington

Westmoreland

9:00am • Uncanny Educators: Learning Horror, Writing Horror
10:00am • Guest of Honor Spotlight: Rachel Harrison's Character Driven Narratives
11:00am • Lifetime Achievement Award Spotlight: The Devil's in the Details: writing to a theme with Lisa Morton
12:00pm • Guest of Honor Spotlight: From Sexual Decadence to Dire Loneliness: A Range of Relationship-Driven Horror with Billy Martin (Poppy Z. Brite)
1:00pm • When Horror Crosses the Line: the Rise of Genre-Blending Fear
2:00pm • Guest of Honor Spotlight: Herding Three-Eyed Cats: editing weird fiction with Ann Vandermeer
3:00pm • Hopeful Nihilism: How Cosmic Horror Can Inspire
4:00pm • The Past is Now: Modern Folk and Gothic Horror