Tag Archive for: Writers of the Future

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

31 Years

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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…

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On the evening of April 12th, science fiction and fantasy writers…
Guest speaker Nathan Fowkes talks to the Illustrator winners

WotF Workshop – Day 6

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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

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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.
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

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

WotF Workshop – Day 1

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

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

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

Australian Writer Releases Third Story in Ambassador Series After Winning L. Ron Hubbard’s International Writers of the Future Award

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Patty Jansen of Sydney, Australia, who was honored as a first…
Illustrator winner Daniel Tyka, arriving in sunny Los Angeles, California from Warsaw, Poland

2012 Writers of the Future Winner Tom Doyle Announces His 2nd Novel

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Tom Doyle announced that he will see his second novel, in…