Australian Horror Writers Association - Midnight Echo Magazine

Midnight Echo Magazine

AHWA produces a regular print publication Midnight Echo (Oct 2008 - ). It is designed to showcase the best in Australian horror writing, though it also publishes work by non-Australian writers. The magazine began as a PDF publication with limited hardcopies being printed outside Australia. As from Issue 5, the hardcopy magazine is printed in Australia by Black House Comics.

The Executive Editor of Midnight Echo Issues 1-5 was Australian author Scott Wilson. Leigh Blackmore became Acting Executive Editor with Issue 5. Previous President Dr Marty Young returned to the AHWA as Executive Editor for Midnight Echo in Sept 2011 in time for the release of Issue 6. Marty Young launched the new Midnight Echo website in Oct 2011.

Each issue is edited by a different editor or editorial team drawn from AHWA's membership. The Art Director for Issues 1-3 was David Schembri. On Issue 5 the Art team consisted of Juliet Bathory and David Schembri. Issue 5 was the first issue printed entirely in Australia.

Colour cover artwork has featured on all issues from Issue 1 onwards. Issues 1 and 2 contained no poetry or colour internal artwork. Poetry was featured prominently alongside fiction in Issue 3, which was also the first issue to include a graphic novel (in black and white).

Individual issues of Midnight Echo have been edited by

• Kirstyn McDermott and Ian Mond (Issue 1, Oct 2008))
• Angela Challis and Shane Jiraiya Cummings (Issue 2 (June 2009))
• Stephen Studach (see The Australian Horror and Fantasy Magazine) (Issue 3 (Nov 2009))
• Lee Battersby (Issue 4 (July 2010)
• Leigh Blackmore (Issue 5, Feb 2011).
• David Conyers, Jason Fischer and David Kernot (Issue 6, Nov 2011)