Welcome to the GSHW Website!

The GSHW Welcomes Authors of Horror, Suspense, Mystery, Science Fiction, Dark Fantasy and Other Genres.

The GSHW is a multi-genre writers group catering to the needs of writers from all walks of life. We offer monthly meetings, critique groups, guideline and sample copy libraries, national short story contests, and much more. Members also receive the acclaimed monthly newsletter, The New Jersey Graveline, containing market news, reviews, essays, interviews, writing tips, humor and whatever else we can fit inside. Twelve month memberships to the GSHW are just $35 ($24 for associate out-of-staters). Join today!

Announcing the 15TH ANNUAL GSHW SHORT STORY CONTEST
(Contest Guidelines, PDF, 24KB) - Note: Contest Deadline extended to JULY 31!

Next Meeting: JULY 11, 2009
Mike Penncavage
Writing Workshop: Activities to Prompt Beginning of Stories
to Finish on Your Own

GSHW 2009 CALENDAR

JAN 10

Postponed: Inclement weather

FEB 14

Writing Workshop with Pat Lundrigan
"Engineering a Story"

MAR 14

Space & Time Slush Readers Panel
(Jenn Persson, Edward Greaves, Gary Frank)

APR 11

Elizabeth Bear
(World Building & How Writers Get Their Ideas)

MAY 9

Gregory Frost

JUNE 13

John Passarella, Author & Webmaster
Leveraging the Internet: Self-Promo Guide for Writers

JULY 11

Mike Penncavage
Writing Workshop

AUG 8

Summer Event TBA (Members Only)

SEPT 12

Ellen Datlow, Editor (Topic TBA)

OCT 10

Keith R.A. DeCandido

NOV 14

Cherry Weiner, Agent

DEC 12

Holiday Party (Members Only)

Past Guest Speakers: Past Guest Speakers: Ellen Datlow, John Ordover, Tom & Elizabeth Monteleone, Gordon Linzner, Diane Weinstein, Don D'Auria, Richard Chizmar, F. Paul Wilson, Brian Keene, Jack Ketchum, John Passarella, Lee Thomas, Jeffrey Ford, Richards Sanfilippo, Sean Wallace, Lee Thomas, Gerard Houarner, Darrell Schweitzer, Mary Sangiovanni, John Joseph Adams, Jonathan Maberry, Lori Perkins & Jenny Rappaport, Chester County Paranormal Society, the NJ Ghost Hunters Society, a NJ State Board Certified Medical Examiner, Sarah Langan, Nicholas Kaufmann, Delia Sherman, Lawrence C. Connolly, Hildy Silverman, Robert Dunbar.

Meetings are held at the Monmouth County Library Headquarters in Manalapan, NJ. Get Directions. Business Meeting begins at 11:00 am. Guest Speakers Presentation begins at Noon. Guests are always welcome. Come join us!

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For more information on the GSHW or upcoming meetings, please contact us via e-mail.

GSHW OFFICERS

President -Brian Pederson- president@gshw.net   |   Vice President - Jennifer Persson - vicepresident@gshw.net
Treasurer - Michael Penncavage - treasurer@gshw.net   |   Secretary - Ed Greaves

The GSHW remembers, with gratitude, Pat Graversen 1935-2000 Novelist and GSHW Founder

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