3-512: The World Horror Convention Grand Master Award is a yearly distinction given to an author who has contributed greatly to the field of horror literature. Nominees must be alive at the time of voting and can not have previously won the award. The award is given at the annual World Horror Convention . After 2016, there were no World Horror Conventions organized, and no World Horror Convention Grand Master Awards were given since. The Bram Stoker Awards are still presented annually to horror writers by
6-646: The Horror Writers Association . Recipients of the award include: World Horror Convention The World Horror Convention was an annual professional gathering of the World Horror Society and other interested parties that ran annually for 26 years, from 1991 through 2016, before being discontinued. The annual World Horror Conventions were held mostly in the United States or Canada, frequently alternating between
9-628: The east and west sides of North America. In 2010, the convention was held outside North America for the first and only time, in Brighton , England . The bids from potential committees were presented to the members of the board of directors of the World Horror Society, who then decided where future conventions would be held. Bids were usually made two years before the specific year (e.g., bids for 2001 were considered in 1999). The Horror Writers Association 's Bram Stoker Award ceremony
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