Welcome to the official website of the 2011 World Horror Convention in Austin, Texas! The World Horror Convention is an annual gathering of professionals in the horror industry; publishers, authors, artists, musicians, filmmakers, dealers and, of course, horror fans. WHC serves as both an industry insider’s networking event and a chance for fans of the genre to get together, meet some of the creative talents in the field, and generally spend a weekend celebrating All Things Scary.Read more about me »
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, [...]
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, [...]
The World Horror Convention Austin is proud to announce the additions of legendary author Joe R. Lansdale and bestselling author Brian Keene to the lineup for its 2011 convention. Lansdale, the master of mojo storytelling, will be taking on the mantle of Toastmaster for the event, while Keene will be in attendance to run an [...]
