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!

Current members: To renew your dues via PayPal, go to the Payment Page.

* * * 16th Annual GSHW Short Story Contest Announced * * *
Opens JULY 1, Closes July 31, 2010 Deadline Extended to AUG 31!
Read the Rules!

Next Meeting: SEPTEMBER 11, 2010
Speaker: Daniel Ackley-McPhail, Author/Anthologist

GSHW Podcasts

Ellen Datlow
(Full Recording, OCT 2009)

Pat Lundrigan - Workshop
(Teaser, APR 2010.)
(Full Recording, Members Only)

Listen now or download for later. (19.2MB)

Listen now or download for later. (6.6MB)

GSHW 2010 CALENDAR

JAN 9

Dina Leacock (aka Diane Arrelle)

FEB 13

John Joseph Adams

MAR 13

Ty Drago, Editor of Allegory e-Zine & Author

APR 10

Writing Workshop with Pat Lundrigan

MAY 8

John Grant (aka Paul Barnett), Author

JUNE 12

Neil Clarke, Editor, Clarkesworld Magazine

JULY 10

Writing Workshop with Mike Penncavage

AUG 14

Summer Event - Ghost Tour (Members Only)

SEPT 11

Daniel Ackley-McPhail, Author/Anthologist

OCT 9

Ellen Datlow, Editor

NOV 6

Lawrence Connolly
The Sound of Horror: Readings Set to Music.

DEC 11

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, Elizabeth Bear, Gregory Frost, Keith R.A. DeCandido, Cherry Weiner

Beginning 2010, meetings are held at East Brunswick Library,
12 Jean Walling Civic Center, East Brunswick, NJ 08816-3529
Get Directions.

Business Meeting begins at 11:00 am. Guest Speaker presentation begins at Noon.
Guests are always welcome. Come join us!

Prior to 2010, meetings were held at the Monmouth County Library Headquarters
in Manalapan, NJ.

Need More Garden State Horror Writers Info?

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

GSHW OFFICERS

President - Neal Levin - president@gshw.net   |   Vice President - Hildy Silverman - vicepresident@gshw.net
Treasurer - Neil Morris - treasurer@gshw.net   |   Secretary - Nicole DeNardo

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

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