HWA Oregon

The Oregon Chapter of the Horror Writers Association
WELCOME TO HWA OREGON!
Horror Writers Association

This chapter of the HWA celebrates, supports, and promotes the work of Oregon and southern Washington horror writers and publishing professionals.

  • Our chapter meetings are held on the third Sunday of each month at 6 p.m. via Google Meet.
  • Our book club meetings are held on the last Sunday of each month at 6 p.m. via Google Meet.

We also host private and public in-person events for our members and the community, and our table with information about how to join our chapter and our members’ books can be found at various events throughout the year.

If you are an HWA member who lives in Oregon or southern Washington and would like to attend, please contact us via email: oregonhwa@gmail.com

As an HWA member in this region, you may also edit your profile on the HWA WildApricot member website. After you log into your member account, click “View profile” under your name. Press the “Edit profile” button. Scroll down to the “Public Information” section. Select the Oregon chapter under the “Are you a member of an HWA chapter?” dropbox. Then press the “Save” button at the bottom of your profile.

UPCOMING EVENTS

April Chapter Meeting

When: Sunday, April 19 at 6:00 p.m. 

Where: Online

What: Valentina Sainato (she/they/Mx.), Associate Agent, JABberwocky Literary Agency, will be our guest speaker at this month’s chapter meeting.

April Horror Movie Night

When: Thursday, April 23 at 7:00 p.m. 

Where: Chair’s House

What: Join us for a movie night at our Chair’s house! We will decide on a horror movie via poll voting (in Discord). Feel free to bring a snack, I will have popcorn on hand. Seats limited to the first ten responders (we have a few extra chairs we can pull in to max out space)

Spring Horror Reading

Event announcement: HWA Oregon Presents a Horror Reading at Memento Mori Cafe, 533 NW 24th Ave., Portland, Saturday, April 25th from 2-2:30 P.M. Join us to hear local horror authors read some spooky stories. There is a round HWA Oregon Chapter logo in the top right with graphic of a slug on a typewriter with "Horroregonian" typed on paper. In the middle left is the round Memento Mori Cafe logo with an ornamented skull with long hair and flowers as a crown over the name of the cafe, with coffee beans sprinkled around. In the background is a desaturated and dark closeup image of flowers standing in a field.
Graphic by Amber Finnegan with logos courtesy HWA Oregon and Memento Mori Cafe

When: Saturday, April 25 at 2:00 – 3:30 p.m. 

Where: Memento Mori Cafe

What: Join local horror authors for our spring reading at the fitting location of Memento Mori Cafe in Portland, Oregon.

April Book Club

When: Sunday, April 26 at 6:00 p.m. 

Where: Online

What: We’re reading and discussing Night of the Living Dead Trekkies by Kevin David Anderson and Sam Stall.

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