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Read how Preston Dennett never gave up on his dream of being a science fiction writer. Now, after entering the contest 47 times, and numerous honorable mentions later, his dream is coming true.

Amy Henrie Gillett hopes to kindle people's hearts and minds by contributing a little light to a world that sometimes seems so dark. And so the story of how "All Light and Darkness"—published in L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 34—came to be as told by Amy.

The judging results are in! And here are the 4th Quarter 2017 Writers of the Future Contest winners.

Vida Cruz's award-winning fantastic fiction, is a deeply moving "Beauty & the Beast" tale based on Filipino folklore entitled "Odd and Ugly."

This year’s Grand Prize Winners were presented at the 34th Annual L. Ron Hubbard Achievement Awards for Writers and Illustrators of the Future Contests in Science Fiction and Fantasy held at The MacArthur in Los Angeles, California.

Busy day for both Workshops. The writers finished their 24-hour stories and then there was the Big Reveal--where the authors see the illustration for their story for the first time. The pictures tell the story.

In this article originally written for and published in Writers of the Future Volume 5 in 1989, Hal Clement, member of Science Fiction’s First Fandom and Grand Master of Science Fiction, deals with how to effectively “challenge readers with the ‘what if?’ implications of a background significantly different from the familiar and everyday.”