Name: Demystifying the Stoker Awards
Start: 2026-06-04T17:00:00-0400
End: 2026-06-04T17:50:00-0400

Thursday June 4, 2026 5:00pm - 5:50pm EDT

The Bram Stoker Awards are among the pinnacle of honors bestowed upon horror writers. But what is the process by which the awards are determined? What is a Recommended Reading List, what the heck is a jury, and how can a writer get their works on either, or both?

Join this panel of Stoker Award experts who will clarify the award process and answer all of your questions.

Moderators

Laura Blackwell

Writer, copy editor, Story Hour cohost

Laura Blackwell is a Shirley Jackson Award-winning writer of speculative fiction. Her stories have appeared in magazines and anthologies including Nightmare, PseudoPod, CatsCast, and Shirley Jackson Award-winner Aseptic and Faintly Sadistic. She is copy editor for The Deadlands... Read More →

Speakers

Andrew Wolter

Author/Columnist/HWA Trustee

Andrew Wolter is the award-winning author of several books, including Much of Madness, More of Sin, Nightfall, and the forthcoming novel, The Haunted Ones. His short stories have appeared in dozens of online and print magazines and anthologies. Under a known pseudonym, Andrew writes homoerotic thrillers and is a contributing columnist for several regional and nationwide LGBTQ+ publications. A resident of Seattle, Washington, Andrew is an ac... 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 →