Happy Women in Horror Month! It’s one of my favorite times of year, and for 2025, we’re trying to get back to the spirit of celebrating all the great women in our genre!
A little background on the history of Women in Horror Month: it was started back in 2010 by Hannah Neurotica, and it used to be such a fun time to celebrate women and learn about new and established female horror creators across mediums.
Unfortunately, there was some bullying over the years, and a lot of people stepped back from being involved. This seriously broke my heart to see. There were still a few of us here and there who tried to put together different interview series and spotlights, but it’s fizzled out a lot.
That’s where all of us come in.
We’ve got so much interest in continuing this tradition. I’m spearheading this right now, but just to be clear: I’m not some kind of gatekeeper with this in any way. Everyone is free to celebrate Women in Horror Month whenever and however they want. I’m just trying to act as a catalyst for getting this back off the ground.
A couple points to clarify: while Women in Horror Month used to be in February, most of us have shifted to celebrating in March. That’s my plan for this year and future years. Also, just to make sure that everyone is clear: Women in Horror Month includes ALL women. That means trans woman, queer women, women of color, nonbinary folks who identify as femme and want to be involved. Absolutely everyone and anyone who identifies under the umbrella of being a woman has always been and will always be welcome.
This year, thanks to a suggestion from the fabulous Cynthia Gómez, we’ve opted to do a theme! For 2025, we’re highlighting the fabulous female villains of horror! Hence our brand-new logos!
So for anyone who’s like me and super excited to see Women in Horror Month thriving once more, here is a list of places celebrating this year!
INTERVIEWS, FEATURES, & MORE
Tales to Terrify is spotlighting stories by female horror authors all month.
The George A. Romero Foundation is highlighting Women in Horror Month on their social media.
Lindy Ryan’s The Chill Quill at BookTrib is featuring women horror authors this month.
The Weird Library is highlighting stories from women in horror all through March.
Christi Nogle is hosting Women in Horror interviews on her website.
Mae Murray is running an interview series for Women in Horror Month on her blog.
Candace Nola is promoting spotlights on women in horror every day this month on her site.
HWA is spotlighting women in horror with articles on their site!
Cinema Crazed is hosting a series of interviews and guest essays for Women in Horror Month.
Weird West Fiction did a spotlight on Women in Horror Month, written by Kristina Grifant.
What Sleeps Beneath is highlighting work by women in horror this month.
Mary Rajotte will be hosting a Women in Horror series on her blog.
The Ladies of Horror Awards is featuring ongoing women in horror content.
Travis D. Johnson has put together a Bookshop list of women in horror authors.
Can Wiggins is doing daily horror spotlights on her Facebook page.
Erin Al-Mehairi at Hook of a Book will be hosting an interview series on her site in which anyone can interview any woman in horror. Contact her at hookofabook@hotmail.com for more details.
And last but not least, I’ll be hosting a roundtable as well as a feature on female villains right here on this site!
ONLINE & IN-PERSON EVENTS IN MARCH
Strong Women Strange Worlds has an ongoing virtual readings series throughout March and beyond.
Poetry Open Mic Night featuring Amy Grech on March 21st at 7pm in Kew Gardens, NY
The Ghoultastic Book Fair featuring numerous women in horror is happening on March 22nd in Media, PA
East Village Wordsmiths Literary Salon featuring Amy Grech on March 25th at 8pm in NYC
So there are plenty of ways of getting involved and celebrating all the amazing female horror creators! Please keep supporting each other and fostering community in whatever way you can for women in horror; we need to be there for each other, now more than ever!
Happy reading, and happy Women in Horror Month!