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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.

The Magic Picture

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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.”
Robert J. Sawyer speaking to writer winners

Eight Things New Writers Need to Know

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Here is the next in a series of articles addressing the barriers to achieving your writing goals as a new and aspiring writer from the science fiction bestselling author, Robert J. Sawyer.
Matt Dovey with a cuppa tea

Matt Dovey: Two Years Later

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From aspiring writer to writing contest winner to—let’s find out! It has been nearly two years since Matt Dovey was announced as the Golden Pen Award winner in the L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future writing contest. As a contest for aspiring writers, we thought we would find out how winning the writing contest has affected Matt.
WotF finalist Molly Elizabeth Atkins doing research at the library

“Search for Research” by L. Ron Hubbard

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Here is the first in a series of articles addressing the barriers to achieving your writing goals as requested by you, the aspiring writer.
Jake Marley on stage with Dave Farland and Erika Christensen

Jake Marley: One Year Later

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It has been nearly a year since Jake Marley was announced as the Golden Pen Award winner in the L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future writing contest. As a contest for aspiring writers, we thought we would find out how winning the writing contest has affected Jake. So we asked him.
Writer judges Hal Clement, Robert Silverberg, Frederik Pohl and Jerry Pournelle

Why Is Writers of the Future the Top of the Top Writing Contests

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If you are an aspiring author or know someone who is, then this article is for you. Find out for yourself why Writers of the Future is the top writing contest in the world and why you have nothing to lose and everything to gain by checking it out.
International Space Station

Science fiction is the herald of possibility: How fantastic fiction has become science fact.

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Science fiction—earlier termed fantastic fiction and later speculative fiction for its probing, multi-sided search of the world of “What If?”—has anticipated major developments in science and technology for decades
Larry Niven at the Writers Workshop

Tell Me a Story by Larry Niven

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I can’t tell you how to write, not in a thousand words. I’ve been telling what I know as fast as I learned it for twenty-two years. My collaborators now know everything I do. I’ve spoken on panels and published articles on writing. Is there anything left to say?
ShaunTan. Photo by Stefan Tell.

Advice for a New Illustrator by Shaun Tan

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Award-winning illustrator and artist, Shaun Tan, gives sound advice to new illustrators with tips that are relatively universal, useful and encouraging.