AHWA News Updates [2009 Years End Edition]
by admin ~ December 31st, 2008. Filed under: Editing.The following digest of recent horror news is compiled from pieces published to HorrorScope
and the Australian Horror Writers’ Association website.
A Night Of Horror NYE Deadline!
Horror filmmakers and screenplay writers take note: This is the last chance to enter your film or screenplay to the Third Annual A Night of Horror International Film Festival.
Australian Writers’ Guild National Conference
The Australian Writers’ Guild National Screenwriters Conference will be held in the Barossa Valley, South Australia from Wednesday 25 to Friday 27 February 2009.
ASAL 2009: Call For Papers
Australian literature is not just a collection of texts: it is a diverse set of formal and informal cultures—from school curricula to bestseller lists, from university courses to writers’ festivals—that all have their own ways of talking about texts and their own forms of cultural expertise. This conference seeks to explore the diversity of readers and modes of reading that make up Australian literary culture.
Film Victoria Fiction Development Deadlines
Please note Film Victoria’s Fiction Development deadlines are fast approaching!
Euchronia
Euchronia is a steampunk / neo-Victorian Year’s End Ball taking place in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia on the last day of the calendar year of 2008.
AntipodeanSF #127
AntipodeanSF Issue 127 is available for your enjoyment on the net!
Ticon4
TiconderogaOnline is back! Now called ticon4, located at ticon4.com…
The writer’s guide to making a digital living: choose your own adventure
Just when you thought it was time to pack away the quill and kick back for the holidays, here’s an end-of-year surprise to get you in the writing mood!
ASif! Podcast Episode 3
Download and listen to the latest episode of the ASif! Podcast.
P’rea Press publishes S.T. Joshi’s Emperors of Dreams: Some Notes on Weird Poetry
P’rea Press in Sydney is fast becoming an important publisher of horror and weird material including verse, bibliographies and criticism. Their new book has just hit print – EMPERORS OF DREAMS: SOME NOTES ON WEIRD POETRY by eminent critic and scholar S.T. Joshi.
Eldritch Horrors: Dark Tales
Eldritch Horrors: Dark Tales is a new anthology of Lovecraftian horror stories, edited by Henrik Sandbeck Harksen, and available by POD from www.lulu.com.
Aussiecon 4 T-Shirts
Desperate to wear your pride in attending or supporting or loving Aussiecon 4 for all the world to see? Why then, you need to get yourself an Aussiecon 4 tshirt!
MUFF 2008 Winners
The Melbourne Underground Film Festival recently announced the winners of The MUFF Awards.
MUFF 2009 Call for Entries
Entries are now open for the 2009 Melbourne Underground Film Festival.
2009 Bluecat Screenplay Contest
The 2009 BLUECAT SCREENPLAY COMPETITION is accepting submissions of feature length screenplays!
Australian Dark fiction in 2008
Click through to read the editorial wrap up at HorrorScope.
Tasmaniac’s Festive Fear
Tasmaniac Publications are launching an annual series, Festive Fear. Australian writers are invited to submit horror stories based on a ‘Christmas Down Under’ theme.
Aurealis Award finalists
The finalists have been announced for the 13th Aurealis Awards, representing the best Australian works of science fiction, fantasy, and horror.
Dymocks Southland Bestselling Horror Titles for November ‘08
Dymocks Southland is a general bookshop in Cheltenham, Victoria, boasting an extensive range of genre stock.
The Bullsheet #81
The Australian Science Fiction Bullsheet #81, December 2008 edition is now available.
Ballarat Ghost Tour
Eerie Tours have recently commenced a new Ballarat Ghost Tour.
Terra Incognita Australian Speculative Fiction
The latest venture from Coeur de Lion publishing is Terra Incognita Australian Speculative Fiction, a monthly podcast featuring the best Australian speculative fiction read by the authors who created it. Each show is podcast no later than the 15th of the month.
Submitting News
If you have news about Australian and New Zealand Horror publishing and film, or news of professional development opportunities in the field, feel free to submit news to
Talie Helene, AHWA News Editor. Just visit HorrorScope, and click on the convenient email link. (International news is not unwelcome, although relevance to Antipodean publishing is preferred.)
For information on the Australian Horror Writers’ Association, visit australianhorror.com
This AHWA NEWS DIGEST has been compiled, written, and republished in select Australian Horror Haunts by Talie Helene.
