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Bob Eggleton

Art Is a Journey by Bob Eggleton

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Art? So you want to do art for a living? Do you know what the chances of success are?”
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Writers of the Future Golden Pen Award and books published by the winners

Some Important Facts You Should Know About Writers & Illustrators of the Future

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The Writers of the Future Contest began in 1984 and the companion Illustrators of the Future Contest followed 5 years later. Both have grown to become the largest merit competitions of their kind in the world.
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Remember the stories in the news about exploding phone batteries? Well, Writers of the Future winner (Vol 33) Stephen Lawson turned the “Lithium-Ion Batteries exploding” phenomena into a terse rescue effort on the planet Titan. The story is “Homunculus” and it was this year’s grand prize award-winner in the Jim Baen Memorial Short Story category.

Alumni Update – Stephen Lawson

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Remember the stories in the news about exploding phone batteries? Well,…
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National Bestseller 4 Consecutive Years

L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future a National Bestseller 4 Years in a Row

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Nearly 100 aspiring writers and artists have realized a major accomplishment over the past 4 years as winners in the Writers & Illustrators of the Future Contests — when the book they were published in, L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, became a national bestseller.
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Never Give Up

Never Give Up!

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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.
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Meet the Illustrators

Meet the New Faces of Sci-Fi & Fantasy Art

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L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 34 debuts 12 new voices of creativity and diversity in science fiction and fantasy art. A full spectrum of illustrations from around the world by the winners in the international Illustrators of the Future Contest.
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Eneasz at library

Humanity vs. Monstrosity

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Eneasz Brodski has a definite opinion about the importance of…
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C Stuart Hardwick signing copies of his story in Writers of the Future Vol 30

C. Stuart Hardwick: Winning Is Just the Beginning

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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.
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Writer winner Amy Henrie Gillett

A Little Light in a World of Darkness

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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.
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Illustrators of the Future 1st Quarter Winners

Illustrators of the Future 1st Quarter Winners Announced for Volume 35

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Here are the 1st Quarter 2018 Illustrators of the Future Contest winners for Volume 35. Congratulations to you all!
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Writers of the Future 1st Quarter Winners

Writers of the Future 1st Quarter Winners Announced for Volume 35

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

About “Illusion”

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When Author Services sent me a request to add a fantasy fiction story to Volume 34 of the Writers of the Future anthologies, Jody Lynn Nye was excited. They asked if she had any tales in her archive that would fit into the theme of wizardry and magic. And that's the start of what became "Illusion."
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Robert J. Sawyer giving N.R.M. Roshak her award

“As You Like It” Alien Style

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There is no doubt the influence of Shakespeare on the English language and literature and that now includes science fiction. Case in point is N.R.M. Roshak’s story “A Bitter Thing,” which takes its title from Shakespeare's "As You Like It."
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Writer Vida Cruz (l) with Illustrator Reyna Rochin (r)

Filipino Fantastic Fiction

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Vida Cruz's award-winning fantastic fiction, is a deeply moving "Beauty & the Beast" tale based on Filipino folklore entitled "Odd and Ugly."
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Darci Stone (center) with fellow writer winners Cole Hehr and Amy Henrie Gillette.

Darci Stone’s Confession on Winning

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Darci Stone is the 2018 Writers of the Future Contest grand price Golden Pen Award winner and in this article find out inspired her story and she did to win.
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Mike Resnick (left) with writer winner Jonathan Ficke and his wife

Mike Resnick – Paying It Forward to New Writers

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Sci-Fi and Fantasy author and editor Mike Resnick on how he pays forward, in more ways than one, to help the next generation of new writers.
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Judges and Winners at the 34th Annual Awards Ceremony

34th Annual Writers & Illustrators of the Future Winners Announced

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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.
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Larry Niven talks to the Writer winners

Writers & Illustrators of the Future Workshop – Day 5

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Another busy, informative day of workshops including today's guest speakers Larry Niven, Robert J. Sawyer, Eric Flint, Nancy Kress and many more.
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Brandon Sanderson addresses the Writer winners

Writers & Illustrators of the Future Workshop – Day 4

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Another busy, informative day of workshops including today's guest speakers Brandon Sanderson, Mike Resnik, Jody Lynn Nye and Larry Elmore.
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Writer & Illustrators winners with their art for the stories

Writers & Illustrators of the Future Workshop – Day 3

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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.
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Writer winners along with Tim Powers arriving for the workshop at Author Services, Inc.

Writers & Illustrators of the Future Workshop – Day 2

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Today is the first full day of both the Writers & Illustrators of the Future Workshop. Get the behind-the-scenes scoop on what went down here.
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