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Annual professional gathering
The World Horror Convention was an annual
and other interested parties that ran annually for 26 years, from 1991 through 2016, before being discontinued.
Site selection
The annual World Horror Conventions were held mostly in the United States or Canada, frequently alternating between the east and west sides of North America. In 2010, the convention was held outside North America for the first and only time, in Brighton , England .
The bids from potential committees were presented to the members of the board of directors of the World Horror Society, who then decided where future conventions would be held. Bids were usually made two years before the specific year (e.g., bids for 2001 were considered in 1999). The Horror Writers Association 's Bram Stoker Award ceremony was held in conjunction with the convention for many years, but the HWA now stages the ceremony at its own event, the Bram Stoker Awards Weekend. The World Horror Convention Grand Master Award was given most years, until the World Horror Convention was discontinued in favor of the annual Bram Stoker Awards Weekend.
Conventions
Dates
Location
Info
1991
Nashville, Tennessee Writer: Chelsea Quinn Yarbro . Artist: Jill Bauman . MC : David J. Schow , John Skipp , Craig Spector , Richard Christian Matheson . Grand Master : Robert Bloch .
1992
Nashville, TennesseeWriter: Richard Matheson . Artist: Harry O. Morris . Special media guest: Richard Christian Matheson . MC: Brian Lumley . Grand Master: Stephen King .
1993
Stamford, Connecticut Writers: Peter Straub , Les Daniels . Artist: Stephen Gervais . Special media guests: Paul Clemens . MC: Stanley Wiater . Grand Master: Richard Matheson .
1994
Phoenix, Arizona Writers: Charles L. Grant , Dan Simmons . Artist: Gahan Wilson . MC: Edward Bryant . Grand Master: Anne Rice .
1995
Atlanta Writers: John Farris , Neil Gaiman , R. L. Stine . Artist: Alan M. Clark . Media: Alice Cooper . MC: Brian Lumley . Grand Master: Clive Barker .
1996
Eugene, Oregon Writers: Clive Barker , Charles de Lint , Nina Kiriki Hoffman , Don Maitz , Janny Wurts . Special: Tim Powers , Edward Bryant . Grand Master: Dean Koontz .
1997
Niagara Falls, New York Writers: Ramsey Campbell , Poppy Z. Brite , Joe R. Lansdale . Artist: Rick Berry . Media: Gunnar Hansen . Editor: Darrell Schweitzer . MC: Edo van Belkom . Grand Master: Peter Straub .
1998
Phoenix, Arizona Writer: Brian Lumley . Artist: Bernie Wrightson . Media: Tom Savini . Publisher: Tom Doherty . MC: John Steakley . Grand Master: Brian Lumley .
1999
Atlanta Writers: Michael Bishop , John Shirley . Artist: Lisa Snellings . MC: Neil Gaiman . Grand Master: Ramsey Campbell .
2000
Denver Writers: Peter Straub , Melanie Tem , Steve Rasnic Tem , J. Michael Straczynski , Graham Joyce . Artist: Rick Lieder . Editor: Ellen Datlow . MC: Dan Simmons . Grand Master: Harlan Ellison .
2001
Seattle In conjunction with the Horror Writers Association Bram Stoker Awards Weekend.[1] Guest of Honor in Memoriam: Richard Laymon . Writers: Simon Clark , Michael Slade , Jessica Amanda Salmonson . Artist: Charles Vess . Publishers: Barbara Roden , Christopher Roden . Grand Master: Ray Bradbury .[2]
2002
Chicago Writers: Gene Wolfe , Neil Gaiman . Editor: Melissa Ann Singer . Artist: Randy Broecker . Poetry: Jo Fletcher . Photography: Beth Gwinn . Music: Liz Mandville Greeson . Comics and Young Adult: Jill Thompson . Media: Rich Koz , Patricia Tallman , Robert Z'Dar . Special: Karen E. Taylor , Yvonne Navarro , Brian A. Hopkins . Grand Master: Charles L. Grant .
2003
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2004
Phoenix, Arizona Writer: Douglas Clegg . Artist: Jeremy Caniglia . Editor: Stephen Jones . Media: Dee Snider . Special: Adam Niswander . Grand Master: Jack Williamson .[3]
2005
2006
2007
Toronto Writers: Michael Marshall Smith , Nancy Kilpatrick . Artist: John Picacio . Editors: Peter Crowther , Don Hutchison . Media: Peter Atkins .[5]
2008
2009
Winnipeg Writers: Conrad Williams , Edo van Belkom , F. Paul Wilson , Joshua Gee . Artist: Tommy Castillo. Grand Master: Tanith Lee .[7]
2010
Brighton Writers: Tanith Lee , David Case . Editor: Hugh Lamb. Artists: Les Edwards , Dave Carson . Special: James Herbert . MC: Jo Fletcher . Media: Ingrid Pitt . WHS Lifetime Achievement Award: William F. Nolan , Basil Copper . Grand Master: James Herbert .[8]
2011
Austin, Texas Writers: Sarah Langan , Joe Hill . Media: Steve Niles . Editors: Brett Alexander Savory , Sandra Kasturi . Artist: Vincent Chong . Toastmaster: Joe R. Lansdale . Special: Brian Keene , Del Howison . Grand Master: Jack Ketchum .
2012
2013
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2014
Portland, Oregon Writers: Nancy Holder , Jack Ketchum , Norman Partridge . Artist: Gret Staples . Editor: Paula Guran . Grand Master: Brian Keene . HWA Lifetime Achievement Awards: Stephen Jones , R. L. Stine . Ghost of Honor: Edward Gorey . Special: Victoria Price , John Shirley . Toastmaster: Alan M. Clark .
2015
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April 28 - May 1, 2016
Provo Marriott Hotel and Convention Center .
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