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Grand Master Award

What is the Grand Master Award

The World Horror Society's Grand Master Award recognizes significant achievement by a professional in the horror field. The award is given to a member of the horror community who has spent many years in horror, either in film, literature, art, theater, or any mix of these. One can only win one Grand Master Award.

World Horror Society Grand Master Award FAQ

Nominations

Only those who have purchased a membership to WHC 2009 can vote for the Grand Master Award winner. You cannot nominate someone who has already won the award (see list of winners below). Nominee must be living at the time of nomination.

Only one nomination per member.

The person with the most nominations will win the award

To nominate someone for the GMA, please mail the following information to the WHC2009 Grand
Master Award Administrator as follows:

Mike Willmoth
WHC2009 GMA Administrator
PO Box 8068
Scottsdale AZ 85252 USA

Please include the name of the nominee, your name as member, your address and sign your name to validate the nomination ballot. Your ballot must be postmarked by January 31, 2009, or it will be considered invalid. Your name and address will be compared to the membership list for WHC2009 to further validate the ballot.

If you have any questions about the nomination process, or the status of your ballot, please contact the Administrator using mwillmoth@earthlink.net or +1-480-945-6890 (24hr home office).

Nominee for GMA 2009: ____________________________________________________________

Member Address: _________________________________________________________________

Member Signature: ________________________________________________________________


Past Grandmaster Award recipients

Year

Recipient

1991
Robert Bloch
1992
Stephen King
1993
Richard Matheson
1994
Anne Rice
1995
Clive Barker
1996
Dean Koontz
1997
Peter Straub
1998
Brian Lumley
1999
Ramsey Campbell
2000
Harlan Ellison
2001
Ray Bradbury
2002
Charles Grant
2003
Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
2004
Jack Williamson
2005
F. Paul Wilson
2006
Ray Garton
2007
Joe R. Lansdale
2008
Robert McCammon