AWARD NAME: Santaquin Proclamation 2024

DATE OF RECOGNITION: April 21–27, 2024

WHO PRESENTED IT: Mayor Daniel M. Olson

LOCATION: Santaquin, Utah, USA

TEXT OF THE RECOGNITION:

February 22, 2024

As the Mayor of Santaquin City and knowing personally at least one former Santaquin City resident as a winner of the L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Contest, I am in support of the arts in Santaquin City, and in our society as one of the most vital contributions that citizens can make.

Mr. L. Ron Hubbard stated, “A culture is only as great as its dreams, and its dreams are dreamed by artists.”

Mr. Hubbard founded the Writers of the Future Contest in 1983 to initiate “a means for new and budding writers to have a chance for their creative efforts to be seen and acknowledged.” The Illustrators of the Future Contest was created five years later to provide that same opportunity for artists.

During the past forty years, the Writers and Illustrators of the Future Contests have discovered and published nearly 1,000 novice authors and artists; and

L. Ron Hubbard’s Contests—now celebrating four decades of helping new writers and artists—has further assisted thousands more in achieving their dreams.

The Writers and Illustrators of the Future Contests and associated programs provide an enduring gift to the field of speculative fiction.

Therefore, I, Daniel M. Olson, Mayor of the City of Santaquin, do hereby designate, Sunday, April 21, through Saturday, April 27, 2024 as L. Ron Hubbard’s Writers of the Future Week, and urge Santaquin City citizens to congratulate and to recognize L. Ron Hubbard’s Writers and Illustrators of the Future Contests. These two Contests support and encourage writers and artists in our community, and around the world, to pursue their dreams to the benefit of all.

Sincerely,

Daniel M. Olson
Mayor, Santaquin City