| The Stoker Dracula Organisation Worldwide rallying call! |
| We
invite fans,
scholars and enthusiasts of Gothic, Horror, Bram Stoker, Dracula,
Science Fiction etc. around the world to join us on a new voyage! |
| In
the lead up to
the Bram Stoker Centenary in April 2012, the new and
invigorated Stoker Dracula Organisation incorporates its 20th
International Summer School into a Halloween Horror Festival
to be held
in the fitting surrounds of the character laden, baronial gothic
Clontarf Castle Hotel on Castle Avenue, Clontarf - Bram Stoker's
Hometown. The
festival dates are October 27th - 31st, 2010. |
| Be
part of it! Be
with us! Prepare now! |
| The
Festival
represents a bright (or dark!) new future for Stoker Dracula and the
Gothic in general. Events will be dazzling, daring, challenging,
different, even unique in the chilling nocturnal Clontarf Halloween
winds! |
| Events |
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An international Vampire World Championship Cloak Race - with the winner declared a genuine world champion! |
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A
Bram Stoker
Clontarf Ghost Walk with a visit to the ancient Clontarf
Cemetary containing the ruins of the church where Stoker was baptised
in 1847. |
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Three unique artistic
competitions in Gothic Horror. |
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We
invite entries to the Stoker Aademy Short Horror Film Competition.
Films must be of no more than 15 minutes duration - in film,
documentary or animation form - and deal with a subject of the
gothic/horror genre. |
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We
invite entries for the Stoker Academy Gothic Horror Writing Competition.
The format can be a prose piece, a short story, a poem, a play (drama)
or a song/ballad. The theme must be gothic/horror with a maximum of
2000
words. |
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The
third competition is in the field of photography.
You are invited to enter photos concerning a time, place, event,
building, person etc. of a gothic/horror nature. Photos must be titled
and mounted - minimum size 8 inch x 12 inch. |
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| All competitions
are open to everyone, everywhere! |
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| The closing date
for entries to all competitions in October 1st, 2010. |
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| Use English
language only. |
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| All entries must be
original and not have won a prize in any other competition. |
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A
Science Fiction
Convention with a horror mastermind table quiz and a
scream party. |
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Invited speakers
on various Stoker/Dracula/Gothic topics. |
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Stoker/Dracula
movies and
documentaries will be screened. |
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Access for all to our gothic library. | |
| General Enquiries |
| Tel: Email: Websites: Written Communication: |
+353(0)862364829 or +353(0)861654763 dracdennis@hotmail.com http://www.bramstokerdraculahalloweenhorrorfestival.com/ http://www.stoker-dracula.org/ The Director/CEO The Stoker Dracula Organisations 32 Howth Road Clontarf Dublin 3 Ireland |