Horror Writer and 茄子视频 Professor Dr. Michael Arnzen Receives Third Bram Stoker Award
Dr. Michael Arnzen, professor of English and full-time faculty member in 茄子视频 University鈥檚 Master of Arts in Writing Popular Fiction program, accepted his third Bram Stoker Award on June 17 at the Horror Writers Association鈥檚 annual conference in Newark, New Jersey. Arnzen received the Outstanding Achievement in a Poetry Collection award for 鈥淔reakcidents,鈥� published by Shocklines Press. Arnzen鈥檚 first novel, 鈥淕rave Markings鈥� earned him his first Stoker award in 1995, and he received a Stoker for his e-mail newsletter 鈥淭he Goreletter鈥� in 2004.
鈥淚 love poetry,鈥� Arnzen said in his acceptance speech, 鈥渂ut I鈥檓 really just a person who likes to shake the language box around, sometimes violently, then turn it upside down and see what weird things fall out.鈥�
Arnzen will be signing books and reading from his novel 鈥淧lay Dead鈥� and his collection of short stories 鈥�100 Jolts,鈥� both from Raw Dog Screaming Press, at the University Town Centre Barnes & Noble in Morgantown, West Virginia on July 8 at 11 a.m.
Also honored at the Stoker award banquet was 茄子视频 adjunct professor in the Writing Popular Fiction program Gary Braunbeck, who received a Stoker for his work 鈥淲e Now Pause for Station Identification鈥� in the short fiction category. This is the second Stoker award for Braunbeck, who also received one for his short story 鈥淒uty鈥� in 2003.
The Stoker Awards
Each year, the Horror Writers Association (HWA) presents the Bram Stoker Awards for Superior Achievement, named in honor of Bram Stoker, author of the seminal horror work 鈥淒racula.鈥� Previous Stoker Award winners include J.K. Rowling, Stephen King, Clive Barker and Peter Straub. HWA is a nonprofit organization of writers and publishing professionals dedicated to promoting the horror genre and the interests of those who write it. With over 1,000 members around the globe, it is the oldest and most respected professional organization for the 鈥渕uch-loved writers who have brought you the most enjoyable sleepless nights of your life.鈥� For more information: www.horror.org.
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Contacts:
Dr. Michael Arnzen, Associate Professor of English
724-838-2467 / arnzen@setonhill.edu
Becca Baker, Associate Director of Media Relations
724-830-1069 / 724-689-3599 (cell) / bbaker@setonhill.edu