Martin L. Shoemaker on stage accepting his award

Martin Shoemaker Teams Up with International Artist Tung Chi Lee

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Martin L. Shoemaker likes to consider himself as a “writer with a lucrative programming habit.” Coming from over three decades of programming, writing, and teaching ...
Tim Napper on stage at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre in Los Angeles accepting his award.

Author, Tim Napper & Artist, Quinlan Septer

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When Tim Napper first got the call that he was a Writers of the Future winner, he start arguing with me—refusing to believe it!
Illustrators of the Future Judge, Cliff Nielsen in his studio.

Cliff Nielsen – A Life of Dreams

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Today spotlights prolific book illustrator and comic book artist Cliff Nielsen, who has been an Illustrators of the Future judge since 2007. He had this to say about the role when he took it on: “Through this competition, L. Ron Hubbard’s great legacy of supporting young creative talents is without equal in the world today.”
Auston Habershaw on stage accepting his award during the Annual Awards Ceremony

Auston Habershaw – Conjurer of Stories

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Today's feature is on Auston Habershaw, one of the 13 winners…
Daniel J. Davis on stage accepting his award with presenters Sean Williams and Sergey Poyarkov

Daniel J. Davis and Alex Brock

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Although some of the winning stories contain a sense of humor, it isn’t often that one wins that is humorous. But, that’s exactly what Daniel J. Davis’ story is and here is the story behind what inspired him to write it.
Kary English, on stage at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre in Los Angeles accepting her award.

Kary English & Megen Nelson – A Winning Pair

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Today we are spotlighting author Kary English, whose fantasy short story "Poseidon's Eyes" is one of over a dozen award-winning titles in 2015 edition of Writers of the Future.
Author Steve Pantazis signing Kevin J. Anderson’s copy of Writers of the Future Volume 31

Author & Artist’s Creative Efforts

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In addition to hosting the Writers and Illustrators of the Future winners who come to Los Angeles for the week-long workshop and awards celebration, I get to meet all these new and upcoming writers and artists. Steve Pantazis is one of the writer winners for his story "Switch."
Michael T. Banker on stage at the Wilshire Ebell Theater in Los Angeles to accept his award.

New Story Inspires Award-Winning Art

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Michael T. Banker is one of our award-winning authors featured in the latest edition of L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 31. He currently lives in New York City where he works as an actuary in a life insurance company. Subway rides into and out of Manhattan are generally spent either with his nose in a book or furiously scribbling down notes for a story. Not a terribly interesting existence. But that's the trick of stories, isn't it?
Scott R. Parkin, author of “Purposes Made for Alien Minds”

Scott R. Parkin – There Is No Looking Back

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Scott should get a Guinness World Record for most finalist wins in the history of the contest. With 40 entries in 25 years, he earned 5 finalist wins when this year, he finally made it into the top three in the 2nd quarter with his story “Purposes Made for Alien Minds.”
Dave Dorman

Dave Dorman – A Legend in the Star Wars Universe

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You may not know this but back when there was no Illustrators of the Future Contest, we commissioned artists to illustrate the winning stories. That was when we first came into contact with Dave Dorman—he illustrated “Rachel's Wedding” in Writers of the Future Volume V, published in 1989.