World Horror Con Mar 2-5, 1995 (long info)
Paul W. Cashman
March 2-5, 1995
at Atlanta's Sheraton Colony Square
(update 11/27/94)
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*** Guests of Honor: ***
*** ALAN M. CLARK ***
*** ALICE COOPER ***
*** JOHN FARRIS ***
*** NEIL GAIMAN ***
*** R.L. STINE ***
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A WORLD HORROR CONVENTION IN ATLANTA
We are proud to announce that the 1995 World Horror Convention
will take place March 2-5, 1995 at the Sheraton Colony Square
Hotel (host hotel of the 1992 Nebula Awards Weekend) in Atlanta,
Georgia. The Sheraton Colony Square Hotel is located at:
188 14th Street (at Peachtree St), Atlanta, Georgia 30361.
The Sheraton Colony Square features over 460 spacious guest rooms
and 34 distinctively styled standard and deluxe suites. Special
discounted room rates are $92 per night for single and double,
$102 triple and quad. One bedroom standard suites are $225 per
night; deluxe double-wide suites are $425 per night. Children
attending will not be charged for their hotel stay, regardless of
age, provided they share the same room as their parents.
Call 1-800-422-7895 or (404) 892-6000 (in Georgia) to make your
reservations. Be sure to specify the 1995 World Horror
Convention to receive your special discounted rates. All rooms
must be reserved by February 10, 1995 to guarantee your discount
rates.
Attached to the Colony Square Hotel is the Colony Square Mall,
with 28 retail merchants including an American Express Travel
Office, U.S. Post Office, Trust Company Bank, and eight different
restaurants and bars.
In addition to the Mall, the Colony Square Hotel is within two
blocks walking distance of The High Museum of Art, The Atlanta
Symphony, The Atlanta Ballet, The 14th Street Playhouse, Atlanta
Center of Puppetry Arts, Atlanta Botanical Gardens, Piedmont
Park, The Goethe Institute and the Dorothy Fuqua Conservatory.
DISCOUNT TRAVEL
Our official travel agency is World Travel Advisors; they can
guarantee you the lowest rates in getting to Atlanta. Call World
Travel Advisors at 1-800-545-3210 and ask for the 1995 World
Horror Convention Travel Coordinator.
Colony Square is easily accessible from Atlanta's Hartsfield
International Airport via taxicab (approximately $22), Atlanta
Airport Shuttle Service (currently $14 for a round trip), or the
MARTA Rapid Rail System (currently $1.25). If riding MARTA, exit
at the Arts Center station to Lombardy Way, walk one block left
to Peachtree Street, then one block right to 14th Street.
VACATIONING IN ATLANTA
Home of the Braves, Falcons, Hawks and Knights, Atlanta offers a
wide diversity of attractions for every interest and taste. The
chosen home of the 1995 World Horror Convention, 1995 North
American Science Fiction Convention, and 1996 Olympic Summer
Games, Atlanta is truly the Gateway City to the World! From Six
Flags Over Georgia, Stone Mountain Park, and the High Museum of
Art to Underground Atlanta, Hard Rock Cafe and the Gold Club,
Atlanta's many amusements, parks, historical sites and museums
are just moments away from the 1995 World Horror Convention.
WORLD HORROR CONVENTION 1995 MEMBERSHIP
As is required by World Horror Convention administration, the
convention is limited to 1,000 Attending members. Advance
Attending Memberships are $65 to December 15, 1994 and $75
thereafter, payable in US dollars. At-the-door memberships will
be $100.
Supporting Memberships are $25, which entitles you to all
convention publications and the right to vote for the Grand
Master Awards. Supporting memberships may be converted to
Attending memberships (even at-the-door) with an additional
payment of $50.00, provided Attending memberships are still
available.
We will allow the transfer of Attending memberships if the
following conditions are met. First, we must have a signed
letter from the current member making this request. Second, the
letter must contain the name and address of the person to whom
the transfer is being made. Memberships are not refundable.
PROGRAMMING
Programming is the traditional heart of the World Horror
Convention. We would like your input on what programming you
want to see. There will be panels and discussions related to
literature, arts, motion pictures, television, music, crossover
genres such as comics and gaming, and much more! We will also
host a live performance of the Atlanta Radio Theatre's original
dark fantasy "Cronos Beach," written and adapted by Thomas E.
Fuller. Many members have already submitted ideas or volunteered
to appear on panels. We have a fair amount of meeting space, so
we can accommodate most special requests.
Please send programming requests to: Phil Nutman and Anya
Martin, 799-3 Twin Oaks Drive, Decatur, GA 30030. Phone / Fax:
(404) 377-1553.
We'll update programming and present our schedule in our next
Progress Report; if you would like to receive it, call or write
and we'll put you on our mailing list.
GRAND MASTER AWARDS
"Each World Horror Convention shall present a Grand Master award
which shall be voted on by the paid members of the upcoming World
Horror Convention. Each member may nominate only one person for
the award. The individual with the most votes will be the Grand
Master.
"A Grand Master is a person who has had a significant influence
on your interest in and appreciation of Horror literature and
art. The person must be alive and can only win this award once.
Previous winners were Robert Bloch (r.i.p.), Stephen King,
Richard Matheson and Anne Rice; thus, they are ineligible from
any further Grand Master Awards.
You must be an attending or Supporting Member of the 1995 World
Horror Convention to vote. Your ballot must be postmarked no
later than December 15, 1994. The winner will be announced at
Opening Ceremonies, 6:00 pm on Thursday evening, March 2nd with
the award presentation to take place at Closing Ceremonies, 3:00
pm on Sunday, March 5th.
ART SHOW AND PRINT SHOP
The Art Show and Print Shop areas encompass a total of over 3,000
sq. ft. of convention space. The ceilings are 11' in height with
exceptionally good lighting. There will be approximately 125 4'
x 4' panels available for hanging 2-D art with additional tables
for 3-D art. No mail-in artwork will be accepted. A Print Shop
will also be available to those artists participating in the Art
Show. Our Art Show Director is Roseanne Stutts.
The 1995 World Horror Convention Art Show is juried; all
interested artists must submit a minimum of 3 slides (or other
representative samples) of their work. If you have already
displayed at a previous WHC, you need not re-submit samples. The
deadline for all jury submissions is December 15th, 1994.
However, since jurying will be done as submissions are received,
artists are encouraged to send their samples as early as
possible. Due to limited space, panels and tables are reserved
on a "first come" basis, based on receipt of Art Show fees and
Memberships. For rules and additional info, write to Roseanne at
2322 Creekview Drive, Martinez, Georgia 30907. Include a long
(#10) SASE and please specify WHC '95; be sure to also include a
SASE with jury submissions.
4' x 4' pegboard panels are $35; each additional panel is $20
(limit 3 total). 30" x 6' tables for three-dimensional work are
$35; each additional table is $20 (limit 2 total). A 5%
commission is taken for Art Show sales to offset credit card
expenses; a 20% commission is taken for Print Shop sales (no
hanging fee is charged for the Print Shop). Checks are made
payable to the 1995 World Horror Convention.
DEALER'S ROOM
Our Dealer's Room will feature approximately 65 six-foot tables
of the best and foremost horror and dark fantasy merchandise.
Load-in will be available both Wednesday evening and Thursday
morning. Dealer tables are available at $100 each, and must be
reserved with at least one 1995 World Horror Convention
Membership. Our Dealer's Room Director is Pat Henry. Checks
should be made payable to the 1995 World Horror Convention.
HOSPITALITY SUITE / PUBLISHER PARTIES
The 1995 World Horror Convention Hospitality Suite will open on
Thursday, March 2nd at 10:00 am. It is located in the Toulouse
Lounge, a spacious open air room with seating for 100 on Colony
Square's Plaza Level, overlooking the hotel lobby.
Publishers may host parties in the Sheraton Colony Square's 34
distinctively styled standard and deluxe suites, or host the
World Horror Convention's own Hospitality Suite on Thursday,
Friday, or Saturday evenings (contact Ed Kramer for information
on Hospitality Suite sponsorship).
The Sheraton Colony Square also features the Crowne Room, a 4,000
sq. ft. reception hall on encompassing the hotel's top floor,
available for publisher parties. The Crowne Room will seat over
200 and looks out over the Atlanta skyline. Please contact Ed
Kramer should you wish to reserve this room.
ALL-NIGHT CONCERTS AND DANCES
Our all-night dances begin Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
evenings at the strike of midnight in our Grand Ballroom and
continue until 6 am, so you vampires can boogie until the sun
comes up!
*** Trio Nocturna ***
This Atlanta Gothic trio features harpist Thomas Dodd and
vocalist Jennifer Hartshorn. Their set ranges from Mary Poppins
lullabies to Enya and Kate Bush, with The Sex Pistols, Nick Cave,
and John Cale thrown in for good measure. Beyond their
interesting covers, Trio Nocturna makes a point to stretch the
boundaries of the songs they play. Trio Nocturna will perform at
Midnight on Friday evening, followed by a Gothic Dance till
'dawn.
*** ODK ***
This Atlanta Gothic rock foursome featuring Joe Sikes, Joseph
McCannon, Regan Keepet and Will Wise will perform at Midnight on
Saturday evening, followed by a Gothic Dance till 'dawn.
ACCESS FOR MOBILITY IMPAIRED
Marilyn and Robert Teague will coordinate Access for the World
Horror Convention in 1995. You'll get fast registration at the
Access booth for you and your family or friends; buttons, for you
and one helper, that let you use Access when you want to, without
separating you from your friend or family; first-in-room-entry to
help you avoid that run-down feeling; and other devices (such as
inside information on the Convention's facilities) designed to
make Word Horror accessible to you. Please let us know if you
will be bringing a Companion Animal so that we can inform a local
veterinarian.
For more info, please contact: Marilyn and Robert Teague, 3926
Wolcott Circle, Atlanta, GA 30340. Phone: (404) 938-7143.
ADVERTISING
The ad rate for the second Progress Report is $150 for a full
page ad (5" x 8"), based upon availability. The ad deadline for
the second Progress Report is December 15th, 1994 for release in
February, 1995.
The Convention Program Book will feature a full-color wrap around
cover by Alan M. Clark, and contain articles about our Guests of
Honor, short stories, art, diagrams of the hotel, publishers' and
dealers' ads, and other interesting information we'd like you to
know. There will be a separate pocket program for scheduled
events.
Program Book ad rates are $300 for a full page (7.5" x 10"), $175
for a half page (7.5" x 5") and $100 for a quarter page (3.5" x
5"). Inside front and back covers are available for $150
additional.
Dimensions include borders. All copy must be camera ready and
include payment with the ad. Half-tones should be produced using
an 85 to 150 line screen. Inquire for full color and spot color
ads. The ad deadline for the Program book is January 15, 1995.
REGISTRATION HAND-OUTS:
Books, magazines, pins, buttons, calendars, and other interesting
items will be included with each registration packet. Publishers
may send any of the above for inclusion to: Ed Kramer, World
Horror Convention, 449 Pleasant Hill Road, Suite 311, Lilburn, GA
30247. This office is open Monday - Friday from 8:30 am to 5:00
pm and can receive all types of packages and/or freight.
Packages and/or freight scheduled to arrive after February 24th,
1995, may be shipped directly to the World Horror Convention c/o
Sheraton Colony Square, 188 14th Street NE, Atlanta, GA 30361.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
For additional information about attending the 1995 World Horror
Convention, please write to Ed Kramer, WHC '95, P.O. Box 148,
Clarkston, GA 30021-0148 or call (404) 921-7148 (voice) / (404)
925-2813 (fax). You can also leave a message for Ed on GEnie at
E.KRAMER5, AOL at Ed Kramer, or Internet at
ed.k...@lightspeed.com.
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WORLD HORROR CONVENTION 1995 MEMBERSHIP
AND GRAND MASTER AWARD BALLOT
PLEASE PRINT
Name _____________________________________ Date ____________
Company ______________________________________________________
Address ______________________________________________________
City ___________________________ State ___ Zip ___________
Day Phone ___________________ Eve Phone _____________________
_____ WHC '95 4-day Advance Memberships @ $65 (prior to
12/15/94)
_____ WHC '95 4-day Advance Memberships @ $75 thereafter.
_____ WHC '95 Supporting Memberships @ $25 (may be converted to
Attending Membership for $50 -- even at-the-door).
(At-the-door Memberships will be $100.)
_____ I would like to participate on programming (please include
a short bio).
TOTAL ENCLOSED: _________
My vote for the WHC '95 Grand Master is:
_______________________________________________________________
Use one form per person; copy as needed.
Mail to: World Horror Convention '95, PO Box 148, Clarkston, GA
30021-0148
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