Podcast

Winners From Year 41 at the Writers & Illustrators of the Future Workshop and Awards Gala

These eight winners from year 41 at the Writers & Illustrators of the Future workshop and awards gala: Seth Atwater, Jr., author of “A World of Repetitions,” Jefferson Snow, author of “The Rune Witch,” Joel C. Scoberg, author of “The Stench of Freedom,” Sandra Skalski, author of “Slip Stone,” T.R. Naus, author of “Storm Damage,” Haileigh Enriquez, illustrator of “Storm Damage” and “Slip Stone,” HeatherAnne Lee, illustrator of “Code L1,” and Andrew Jackson, author of “Code L1.”

We discuss their journey as creative individuals and what makes the workshop so special for them and what Writers and Illustrators of the Future means to them and to the genre.

A World of Repetitions

by Seth Atwater Jr.

Illustrated by
CL Fors

The world is trapped in a thirty-four-hour time loop where everything resets except memories. With reality fractured, humanity struggles to forge a new normal.

The Rune Witch

by Jefferson Snow

Illustrated by
David Hoffrichter

In the wake of a devastating tragedy, the last member of a magical sisterhood must choose between forgiveness or unleashing a vengeful demon.

The Stench of Freedom

by Joel C. Scoberg

Illustrated by
John Barlow

In a lightning-powered city, a father confronts the rotten truth of the man he has become as he discovers that no one is truly free in a society built on oppression.

Slip Stone

by Sandra Skalski

Illustrated by
Haileigh Enriquez

Carlos Buela doesn’t know where or when he is, or how to find the bus back home—but that rock he bought as a souvenir is to blame.

Storm Damage

by T. R. Naus

Illustrated by
Haileigh Enriquez

A beleaguered scientist discovers time travel is possible, but a brewing storm threatens to erase his legacy.

Code L1

by Andrew Jackson

Illustrated by
HeatherAnne Lee

On an uncharted jungle world, a survey team meets an impossible horror from beyond death itself.