The Golden Bat Awards

For the first time, the 2021 International Dracula Conference granted awards not only for the best Gothic costume, but also in other categories, such as an "Award for the Most Original Research" and an "Award for the Best Visual Preparation." The award will come in the form of a separate diploma (PDF for printing in A4 size) with the name of the winner mentioned on it. Here is the design. Moreover, there will be a material reward in the form of a relevant book.

PS: There also is a Golden Bat Award for cricket, but that bat doesn't suck blood - not the real thing!

The winners of 2021

THE AWARDS OF THE 2021 Children of the Night International Dracula Conference have been granted as follows:

GOLDEN BAT AWARDS:

1. The Golden Bat Award for the Most Original Research: Roberto Cavalcante Rodrigues (Brazil), for "Blood & Couture: Dracula by Eiko Ishioka (石岡瑛子)."

2. The Golden Bat Award for the Best Visual Presentation: Enrique A. Palafox (Mexico), for "The Transmedia of Dracula."

3. The Golden Bat Award for the Best Gothic Costume: Magdalena Grabias (Poland), with her Steampunk Costume.

These three winners will be rewarded with a book (edited collection or monography) from the Palgrave Macmillan collection. Please visit the Palgrave Shop to select your book
(not the Gothic Handbooks, alas - they are special premium products...)

Further Golden Bat Awards:

4. The Golden Bat Award for the Best Baby Bat Contribution: Charlize Ayessa Marichu de Roos (Philippines), for "Born to be Bat."

5. The Golden Bat Award for the Best Educational Documentary: Hans Corneel de Roos (Philippines), for "Philippine Vampires and Other Mythical Creatures."

SILVER BAT AWARDS:

1) The Silver Bat Award for the Best Reference to a Vampire Character: Nina Trzaska (Poland)

2) The Silver Bat Award for the Best Classic Gothic Costume: Sharon Spendley (UK)

3) The Silver Bat Award for the Best Vampiric Make-up – Katerina Garcia Walsh (Madrid, Spain)

These three winners will receive a copy of "Powers of Darkness," plus a little surprise award.

FURTHERS AWARDS (Special Mentions):

Alucard Trophy for the Most Successful Debut: Connor Long-Johnson (UK).
Midnight Clock Award for Night Attendance of the COTN – Sean Rourke (California), Miguel Munoz (Mexico) and Ilmar Vanderer (New Jersey).
The Carmilla Award for the Sexiest Female Presenter Voice: Victoria Amador (Minneapolis).
The Varney Award for the Sexiest Male Presenter Voice: Matt Crofts (UK).
The Batman Award for Consistent Upside-Down Appearance: Timothy (Jack) Kline (Texas)
The Mystery Man Award for Anonymous Participation: Antonio Sanna (Italy)
The Blair Witch Project Award for Mobile Participation: Florin Nechita (Romania)

These particpants will receive an additional diploma (digitally).

We hope that everyone will be happy with their prize!

Winners of the Golden and Silver Bat Awards, please email your POSTAL addresses AND your cell phone number to Hans de Roos, via www.vampvault.jimdofree.com.
(Amazon needs your cell phone number for possible questions related to the delivery)

The Organizing Committee

April 19, 2021

About Us

A conference series organised by the foremost scholars in the field of Gothic and Vampire Studies.

The Children of the Night Conference series is a non-profit academic initiative, supported by worldwide renowned Dracula experts.

Our aim is to present groundbreaking research on Bram Stoker, his novel Dracula and related topics on an annual basis.

Participation is open to everyone who has a truly interesting presentation to make. Moreover, the conferences will feature artistic contests and will be accompanied by a cultural program.

Because of the ongoing COVID crisis, however, our event in November 2022 will be virtual. Pre-recorded presentations or videos are welcome, if they premiere on our conference. The event will be hosted by Transilvania University of Brașov, Romania, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University Lublin, Poland, State University of Rio de Janeiro in Brasil, The Dracula Store (Mexico) and the virtual platform created by hansderoos.com.

CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT

International Dracula Congress

Please contact us through the contact form or send an email to dracongress@gmail.com

“Children Of The Night” – Vampires In Literature, Film and Folklore, (ed.) Magdalena Grabias, Hans C. De Roos, Cristian Pralea, Florin Nechita.

Our virtual conference of April 2021 was followed up with a special issue of the Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Brasov, Series IV, dedicated to Dracula and vampires:

“CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT” – VAMPIRES IN LITERATURE, FILM, AND FOLKLORE

Edited by Magdalena GRABIAS, Hans C. DE ROOS, Cristian PRALEA, Florin NECHITA.

Many scholars who participated in our series of conferences - starting with the Fourth World Dracula Congress in Dublin, October 2016 - contributed to this volume. With 250 pages and many high-quality illustrations in color, it is a milestone in our efforts to build a platform for international, interdisciplinary Dracula Studies, together with Transilvania University of Brașov, Romania, and Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin, Poland.

FREE DOWNLOAD: HERE

"Children of the Night" Dracula International Congress Book of Abstracts, ed. Magdalena Grabias, Hans Corneel de Roos, Florin Nechita, Universitatea Babeș Bolyai Presa Universitară Clujeană, Cluj, Romania, 2021.

Children of the Night" Dracula International Congress (virtual event) April 16-18, 2021, Book of Abstracts, ed. Magdalena Grabias, Hans Corneel de Roos, Florin Nechita, Universitatea Babeș Bolyai Presa Universitară Clujeană, Cluj, Romania, 2021.

FREE DOWNLOAD HERE

Dracula-an International Perspective, ed. Marius-Mircea Crișan.

Click this link and you can preview a free chapter of Dracula-An International Perspective, edited by Marius Crișan (Palgrave, 2017), and with many interesting contributions (including chapters by our keynote speakers).

This volume analyses the role of Bram Stoker’s Dracula and its sequels in the evolution of the Gothic. As well as the transformation of the Gothic location—from castles, cemeteries and churches to the modern urban gothic—this volume explores the evolution of the undead considering a range of media from the 19^th century protagonist to sympathetic contemporary vampires of teen Gothic. Based on an interdisciplinary approach (literature, tourism, and film), the book argues that the development of the Dracula myth is the result of complex international influences and cultural interactions. Offering a multifarious perspective, this volume is a reference work that will be useful to both academic and general readers.