HWA Silver Hammer Award
The Horror Writers Association[1] (HWA) periodically gives the Silver Hammer Award to an HWA volunteer who has done a truly massive amount of work for the organization, often unsung and behind the scenes. It was instituted in 1996, and is decided by a vote of HWA's board of trustees.
The award is so named because it represents the careful, steady, continuous work of building HWA's "house" — the many institutional systems that keep the organization functioning on a day-to-day basis. The award itself is a chrome-plated hammer with an engraved plaque on the handle. The chrome hammer is also a satisfying allusion to The Beatles' song, "Maxwell's Silver Hammer", a miniature horror story in itself.
The Horror Writers Association is a worldwide organization promoting dark literature and its creators. It has over 700 members who write, edit and publish professionally in fiction, nonfiction, videogames, films, comics, and other media.
Past winners[edit]
Past award winners include:[2]
- (1997) Lawrence Watt-Evans and Robert Weinberg[3]
- (1998) Sheldon Jaffery[3]
- (2001) Nancy Etchemendy[3]
- (2001) Nancy Etchemendy[3]
- (2003) Douglas E. Winter[3]
- (2004) Robert Weinberg[3] (second award)
- (2005) Stephen Dorato[3]
- (2006) Donna K. Fitch[3]
- (2008) Sephera Giron[4]
- (2009) Kathryn Ptacek[5]
- (2010) Angel Leigh McCoy[6]
- (2011) Guy Anthony De Marco[7]
- (2012) Charles Day[8]
- (2013) Norman Rubenstein[9]
- (2014) Rena Mason[10]
- (2015) Michael Knost[11]
- (2016) James Chambers[12]
- (2018) Jess Landry[12]
- (2019) Leslie S. Klinger[12]
- (2020) Carina Bissett, Brian W. Matthews[12]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Horror Writers Association". HWA official website. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
- ^ "Past Bram Stoker Nominees and Winners". HWA official website. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "HWA Volunteer Service Awards". Horror Writers Association Service Awards. Archived from the original on 4 May 2012. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
- ^ "2009 Bram Stoker Award Winners". Horrorscope. Archived from the original on 1 March 2011. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
- ^ "Kathryn Ptacek to receive HWA's Silver Hammer Award". SciFinds News. Archived from the original on 9 September 2012. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
- ^ "2010 Bram Stoker Winners". TOR Publishing Blog. 19 June 2011. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
- ^ "Guy Anthony DE MARCO to receive The Silver Hammer Award from HWA". HWA Official Blog. 17 January 2012. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
- ^ "2012 Bram Stoker Winners". HWA Website. 15 June 2000. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- ^ "2013 Bram Stoker Winners". HWA Website. 15 June 2000. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- ^ "2014 Bram Stoker Winners". HWA Website. 15 June 2000. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- ^ "2015 Bram Stoker Winners". HWA Website. 15 June 2000. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- ^ a b c d "Horror Writers Association's Silver Hammer Award Winner". HWA Website. 7 March 2017. Retrieved 19 September 2021.