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Sep 24
Congratulations to Eugen Bacon: British Fantasy Award winner for AN EARNEST BLACKNESS
Eugen Bacon’s AN EARNEST BLACKNESS by Anti-Oedipus Press, a collection of essays that offers critical perspectives on blackness, Afrofuturism, colonialism, historicity, gender and (mis)recognition, has won the British Fantasy Award for Best Non-Fiction. Congratulations to all winners and finalists. Eugen is honoured that this collection has also made the preliminary ballot for the Australian Ditmar …
Sep 24
New Release – CRETACEOUS CANYON: A PREHISTORIC THRILLER by Deborah Sheldon
Australia’s outback holds a mysterious canyon. Hidden deep within is a forest of pine tree that dates from the Cretaceous Period. A megacorporation sends in a team of experts to research this canyon for botanical riches. The expedition enters a no-man’s land formed 100 million years ago when Australia was still attached to Antarctica, and …
Jul 31
Submission Call: Spawn 2
SUBMISSION CALLOUT FOR AUSTRALASIAN HORROR WRITERS Spawn: Weird Horror Tales About Pregnancy, Birth and Babies (IFWG Publishing, 2021) featured work by Australian writers. It was nominated for five awards and won two of them, including the Australian Shadows ‘Best Edited Work’ Award. Now, award-winning author and editor Deborah Sheldon is looking for submissions to the …
Jul 31
160 Black Women in Horror
Eugen Bacon is honoured to feature among some the most prolific Black women horror writers of this century in the newly released edition of 160 Black Women in Horror (2023). This book celebrates black history, and women writers in history. Her book Mage of Fools is also a silver award winner in the Foreword Book …
Jul 31
This Fresh Hell
Discover something fresh in horror. Curated by Katya de Becerra and Narrelle M. Harris, This Fresh Hell presents stories by: A.J. Vrana, Annie McCann, C. Vonzale Lewis, Candace Robinson, Chuck McKenzie, Claire L. Smith, Claire Low, Clare E. Rhoden, Elle Beaumont, Eugen Bacon, Gillian Polack, Greg Herren, Jason Franks, Katya de Becerra, L.J.M. Owen, Narrelle …
May 08
2022 Australian Shadows Awards finalists announced!
The judges have read everything with great criticism, arguments were had, fights broke out and bodies were buried in shallow graves… *touches earpiece* Errr, okay. I’m being told none of that happened. In fact, all the judges did an amazing job and our huge thanks go out to them. And now, the AHWA is very …
Apr 12
Nightmare Fuel Magazine seeks submissions!
Nightmare Fuel Magazine is a small online magazine brought to you by AHWA member Emma Nayfie. We are a small Australian online publication on a mission to showcase the work of Australian emerging and established horror and dark fiction writers. We actively encourage submissions from traditionally under-represented voices. We publish micro fiction and poetry that …
Mar 09
Ebook Pre-Orders for Killer Creatures Down Under: Horror Stories with Bite
Pre-orders are now available for the ebook version of the anthology conceived and edited by Deborah Sheldon, KILLER CREATURES DOWN UNDER: HORROR STORIES WITH BITE, to be released 15 May by IFWG Publishing. The ebook is also available to pre-order on various other platforms including: Kobo Nook Book iBook Print pre-orders are filtering through, including …
Feb 12
New indie, queer Slashic Horror Press launches
AHWA member David-Jack Fletcher is proud to announce the launch of a new indie, queer Slashic Horror Press (SHP). He has created this in conjunction with a UK-based colleague, Leeroy Cross James. SHP has been designed not to simply ‘cater’ to queer voices and their allies, but rather to be a space specifically for them. …
