WORLD HORROR 2011 NAMES SAVORY AND KASTURI OF CHIZINE PUBLICATIONS EDITOR GUESTS OF HONOR Independent Canadian Press Honored in Austin, Texas. Austin, TX – July 26: The World Horror Convention 2011 is proud to announce the addition of Brett Alexander Savory and Sandra Kasturi of ChiZine Publications, as Editor Guests of Honor. The international conference [...]

We would like to take a moment to thank the fabulous organizational team for the 32nd ArmadilloCon convention in Austin, Texas for lending their expertise, as well as their physical support to the planning committee of the 2011 World Horror Convention. ArmadilloCon has generously agreed to allow our convention to use their personal art display [...]

The 2011 World Horror Convention planning committee received the fabulous news this weekend that the renowned Austin, Texas bookstore Austin Books & Comics has agreed to become an Official Sponsor of the convention! Specifically, Austin Books & Comics will be sponsoring the appearance of our “Media Guest of Honor” Steve Niles, creator of the wildly [...]

We are pleased to announce the release of our first official progress report for the 2011 World Horror Convention in Austin, Texas! Click the link below to download the PDF file to your desktop. Future progress reports will be also available in printed form, which will be mailed at regular intervals throughout the year to [...]

The World Horror 2011 planning committee wishes to extend its congratulations to Amanda Foubister, Stephen Jones, Michael Marshall Smith, and the rest of the Brighton committee for selling out World Horror 2010. “When it was first announced that a World Horror Convention would take place in the United Kingdom, there was plenty of cause for [...]

We’re only a few short days away from the Sixth Annual STAPLE! Independent Media Expo! That’s right! Please join committee members Nate Southard, Lee Thomas and Gabrielle Faust THIS WEEKEND! They will be in attendance taking registrations and handing out information on how you can join the 2011 horror convention in the ATX! As always, [...]

Black Static Magazine and WHC 2011 Short Story Contest: In conjunction with Black Static Magazine, we are proud to announce the World Horror Convention 2011 Short Story Contest. Writers from around the world will be able to submit their most engaging and terrifying short fiction to our judging panel for the chance to have their [...]

VINCENT CHONG ADDED AS ARTIST GUEST OF HONOR FOR WORLD HORROR CONVENTION 2011 Two-time winner of the British Fantasy Award for Best Artist joins all-star convention line-up. Austin – January 21: The World Horror Convention 2011 is honored to announce the addition of visionary artist and designer, Vincent Chong, as Artist Guest of Honor. The [...]

First off, a quick note about registration. As many of the committee members were overwhelmed with the holidays we were not able to make announcements about early registration the way we had intended. In lieu of this, we have extended the early-early registration discount. World Horror Convention 2011 memberships are available now through Feb. 28th, [...]

**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE** Austin – August 14: The World Horror Convention 2011 is proud to announce the addition of Award Winning and Bestselling author Joe Hill to the lineup of special author guests. The international conference of horror’s premier talents and their fans will take place in Austin, Texas from April 28th through May 1st, [...]