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Writer & Illustrator Winners along with the Judges at the 2015 Annual Awards Ceremony

31 Years

April 19, 2015

Well, the annual awards event is over—by all consent, the best celebration we've had in our 31 years—and we have now had a whole week to get back to our normal functions. So we thought . . .

The opening of the 2015 Writers and Illustrators of the Future Awards ceremony held at the Wilshire Ebell Theater in Los Angeles.

And the Winner Is…

April 15, 2015

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On the evening of April 12th, science fiction and fantasy writers…

Guest speaker Nathan Fowkes talks to the Illustrator winners

Another packed day and no rest for the winners as they moved through a full slate of presentations. Nancy Kress talked with the writers about the most common problems she's seen with beginning writers.

Writers and Illustrators holding a copy of the book with their winning stories and illustrations outside Bang Printing in Valencia, California

WotF Workshop – Day 5

April 11, 2015

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Nothing compares to seeing a book come off the press. Watching the machines print, stack, and cut, is a fascinating process. What takes that feeling to the next level is knowing it's your book coming off that press. And that's what the writers and illustrators experienced today at Bang Printing Press.

Group shot of the artists with their illustration and the authors to the stories.

WotF Workshop – Day 4

April 10, 2015

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Today was an emotional day where the illustrator winners got to show the illustrations they did for the winning stories to the writers for the first time—but more on that below.

The writers doing research in preparation for their 24 hour writing assignment (shown left to right: Auston Habershaw, Steve Pantazis, Sam Murray.)

Wotf Workshop – Day 3

April 9, 2015

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The writers reported to ASI at 9am this morning and hung out downstairs in the illustrator's workshop room while the illustrators themselves took a tour of the L. Ron Hubbard Library and the Writers & Illustrators of the Future Hall upstairs. Scott Parkin and Martin L. Shoemaker discussed last night's homework about suspense and what made it different from simply having tension, which made an unusual segue into a secondary conversation of Scott's lovely radio voice.

The Writer Workshop begins with instructors Dave Farland and Tim Powers.

WotF Workshop – Day 2

April 8, 2015

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Day Two started out bright and early—we were set to meet at 9:00am in the lobby and I know the writers were all excited to be there because everyone was early. Dan Davis admitted he had arrived nearly an hour early. Tim Powers asked him why he would be so early.

Illustrator winner Daniel Tyka, arriving in sunny Los Angeles, California from Warsaw, Poland

WotF Workshop – Day 1

April 7, 2015

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Writers of the Future Workshop — Day 1: Writers of the Future offers winning writers a lot. Cash prize, free weeklong workshop, meeting bestselling writers who judge the contest, the gala event. When writers aspire to win Writers of the Future, they don't think about the real prize. The real prize is the people...

Typewriter in the Sky – One of the Top 100 Fantasy Books

February 10, 2015

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The story “Typewriter in the Sky” by L. Ron Hubbard is regarded by critics and literary historians as the prototypical “inward voyage” or “journey of the mind” story and has been given a brand new look for the launch of the first-ever Writers of the Future Bundle.