Category: Conventions

Early Bird Registrations are now open for Camp NECON 44. Robert McCammon will be in attendance as a “NECON Legend.” NECON 44 will take place from July 16 through July 19, 2026, at St. Anselm College in Manchester, NH.

A year ago, we announced that Robert McCammon would be attending this year, but a scheduling conflict prevented his attendance.

For more information, please visit the Camp Necon website. Slots fill quickly, so if you’re interested in attending, now’s the time.

Writer Guests of Honor: Clay McLeod Chapman, Lisa Springer & Johnny Compton

Artist Guest of Honor: HagCult

Toastmasters: Dianne & J. Edwin Buja

Camp Necon Legend: Robert McCammon


Robert McCammon is one of the authors participating in this year’s annual Monroeville Literary Festival. The festival takes place March 3 and March 4, 2023, in Monroeville, AL. From the website linked below:

Held each year in the Old Courthouse Museum in Monroeville, the Monroeville Literary Festival began in 2020 and follows the 22 year tradition of the Alabama Writers Symposium. During the Monroeville Literary Festival, guests are invited to explore the writing, music and art of the literary South through two days of fun, food and literature!

Admission is free, though there are luncheon and dinner tickets that can be purchased, too. For details and to register for the event, visit:

Annual Monroeville Literary Festival kicks off March 3rd + 4th—register now

Every year, Borderlands Press hosts a Writers Boot Camp for authors. Robert McCammon is scheduled to be the Special Guest Instructor for the 2021 Writers Boot Camp. The other instructors are Ginjer Buchanan, Thomas F. Monteleone, F. Paul Wilson, and Douglas E. Winter.

For full details about what the Writers Boot Camp is, please visit the Borderlands Press website.

2020-12-14 Update: The Writers Boot Camp has been rescheduled for April 23rd–25th.

As we previously announced, Robert McCammon will be the Literary Guest of Honor at Chattacon 45 in Chattanooga, TN, the weekend of January 24–26, 2020. The schedule for the weekend has been posted, and the scheduled Robert McCammon events are listed below.

Friday, January 24:

  • 5–5:50 — Pros Reception: Come meet and greet our guests while enjoying a selection of hors d’oeuvres and beverages. McCammon, Hunter, Gay, BVD This event will conclude at 6:45.
  • 7–7:50 — Opening Ceremonies: An introduction to our guests and the official start of the convention! Sessoms, McCammon, Hunter, Gay, BDV

Saturday, January 25:

  • 11–11:50 — Author Signing: Robert McCammon
  • 12–12:50 — Remembering the 1980s Horror Boom: The Netflix cable series Stranger Things has romanticized horror in the 1980s, but what was it really like back then? Return with us to the glory days of printed paper fanzines and VHS “video nasties,” when Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone was resurrected as both a TV show and a newsstand magazine, and authors such as Robert McCammon, Whitley Strieber, Peter Straub, and Charlie Grant were hailed as “the next Stephen King.” Nicoll, McCammon, Webb, Antczak
  • 2–2:50 — A Reading from Guest of Honor: Robert McCammon. Award winning author Robert McCammon will read a sample of his work (author’s choice), followed by a short Q&A with the audience.
  • 5–5:50 — Historical Thriller: Matthew Corbett, Professional Problem Solver. With the latest release of Cardinal Black, there are now seven books in the popular Matthew Corbett series. Join GOH Robert McCammon as he discusses the world of Mattew Corbett and the future of the series.

Sunday, January 26:

  • 1–1:50 — Bullet or Boogeyman?: Has the current world, with mass shootings, nuclear tensions and climate disasters, become scarier than the horrors we imagine? Or does it provide fertile ground for new terrors? McCammon, Nicoll, Antczak, Mills

I presume there will be many opportunities to get books signed after each of these sessions.

Robert McCammon will be the Author Guest of Honor at LepreCon 46, to be held in Chandler, AZ, the weekend of April 10–12, 2020! The other guests that weekend are Local Artist GoH David Ayres, Filk GoHs Margaret & Kristoph, and Science GoH Dr. David A. Williams.

For all the details currently available and to register for LepreCon 46, please visit leprecon.org.