We’ve added a fantastic new writing judge: Nnedi Okorafor, an American-born author with her roots in Nigeria. She was a Writers of the Future published finalist in 2002 and went on to publish prolifically and win dozens of honors on the international stage, including the 2011 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel with her book Who Fears Death.
We also added a new illustrating judge: Larry Elmore, who is well known for his work as a fantasy artist for TSR. He has worked on Dragonlance and done artwork for dozens of magazines and book covers.
Additionally, we gained another Coordinating Judge, Dave Wolverton, also known in fantasy as David Farland, who acts as first reader for story submissions. He forwards the best entries on to the other writing judges, edits the anthology and teaches the writing workshop.
We will miss and remember Leo Dillon and K.D. Wentworth as we look forward to another successful year of Writers and Illustrators of the Future.
For Contest year 29, the L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Contest winners are:
First Quarter
1. Tina Gower
TWELVE SECONDS
2. Marina J. Lostetter
MASTER BELLADINO’S MASK
3. Stephen Sottong
PLANETARY SCOUTS
Second Quarter
1. Alisa Alering
EVERYTHING YOU HAVE SEEN
2. Eric Cline
GONNA REACH OUT AND GRAB YA
3. Kodiak Julian
HOLY DAYS
Third Quarter
1. Andrea Stewart
DREAMEATER
2. Marilyn Guttridge
THE GHOST WIFE OF ARLINGTON
3. Alex Wilson
VESTIGIAL GIRL
Fourth Quarter
1. Christopher Reynaga
THE GRANDE COMPLICATION
2. Brian Trent
WAR HERO
3. Shannon Peavey
SCAVENGERS
Published Finalist: Chrome Oxide
COP FOR A DAY
For the year 2012, the L. Ron Hubbard Illustrators of the Future Contest winners are:
First Quarter
Jackie Albano
Sida Chen
Olivia Xu
Second Quarter
Jon Eno
Luis Menacho
Karsen Slater
Third Quarter
Lucas Durham
Tiffany England
Aldo Katayanagi
Fourth Quarter
James J. Eads
Joshua Meehan
Daniel Reneau
Our heartiest congratulations to all the winners! May we see much more of their work in the future.
NEW WRITERS!
L. Ron Hubbard’s
Writers of the
Future Contest
Opportunity for new and amateur writers of new short stories or novelettes of science fiction or fantasy. No entry fee is required. Entrants retain all publication rights.
ALL AWARDS ARE ADJUDICATED BY PROFESSIONAL WRITERS ONLY
Prizes every three months: $1,000, $750, $500
Annual Grand Prize:$5,000 additional!
Don’t delay! Send your entry now!
To submit your entry electronically go to:
www.writersofthefuture.com/submit-your-story
E-mail: [email protected]
To submit your entry via mail send to:
L. Ron Hubbard’s
Writers of the Future Contest
PO Box 1630
Los Angeles, California 90078
WRITERS’ CONTEST RULES
1. No entry fee is required, and all rights in the story remain the property of the author. All types of science fiction, fantasy and dark fantasy are welcome.
2. By submitting to the Contest, the entrant agrees to abide by all Contest rules.
3. All entries must be original works, in English. Plagiarism, which includes the use of third-party poetry, song lyrics, characters or another person’s universe, without written permission, will result in disqualification. Excessive violence or sex, determined by the judges, will result in disqualification. Entries may not have been previously published in professional media.
4. To be eligible, entries must be works of prose, up to 17,000 words in length. We regret we cannot consider poetry, or works intended for children.
5. The Contest is open only to those who have not professionally published a novel or short novel, or more than one novelette, or more than three short stories, in any medium. Professional publication is deemed to be payment of at least five cents per word, and at least 5,000 copies, or 5,000 hits.
6. Entries submitted in hard copy must be typewritten or a computer printout in black ink on white paper, printed only on the front of the paper, double-spaced, with numbered pages. All other formats will be disqualified. Each entry must have a cover page with the title of the work, the author’s legal name, a pen name if applicable, address, telephone number, e-mail address and an approximate word count. Every subsequent page must carry the title and a page number, but the author’s name must be deleted to facilitate fair, anonymous judging.
Entries submitted electronically must be double-spaced and must include the title and page number on each page, but not the author’s name. Electronic submissions will separately include the author’s legal name, pen name if applicable, address, telephone number, e-mail address and approximate word count.
7. Manuscripts will be returned after judging only if the author has provided return postage on a self-addressed envelope.
8. We accept only entries that do not require a delivery signature for us to receive them.
9. There shall be three cash prizes in each quarter: a First Prize of $1,000, a Second Prize of $750, and a Third Prize of $500, in US dollars. In addition, at the end of the year the four First Place winners will have their entries rejudged, and a Grand Prize winner shall be determined and receive an additional $5,000. All winners will also receive trophies.
10. The Contest has four quarters, beginning on October 1, January 1, April 1 and July 1. The year will end on September 30. To be eligible for judging in its quarter, an entry must be postmarked or received electronically no later than midnight on the last day of the quarter. Late entries will be included in the following quarter and the Contest Administration will so notify the entrant.
11. Each entrant may submit only one manuscript per quarter. Winners are ineligible to make further entries in the Contest.
12. All entries for each quarter are final. No revisions are accepted.
13. Entries will be judged by professional authors. The decisions of the judges are entirely their own, and are final.
14. Winners in each quarter will be individually notified of the results by phone, mail or e-mail.
15. This Contest is void where prohibited by law.
16. To send your entry electronically, go to: www.writersofthefuture.com/submit-your-story and follow the instructions.
To send your entry in hard copy, mail it to:
L. Ron Hubbard’s
Writers of the Future Contest
PO Box 1630
Los Angeles, California 90078
17. Visit the website for any Contest rules updates at www.writersofthefuture.com.
NEW ILLUSTRATORS!
L. Ron Hubbard’s
Illustrators of the
Future Contest
Opportunity for new science fiction and fantasy artists worldwide. No entry fee is required. Entrants retain all publication rights.
ALL JUDGING BY PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS ONLY
$1,500 in prizes each quarter.
Quarterly winners compete for $5,000 additional annual prize!
Don’t delay! Send your entry now!
To submit your entry electronically go to:
www.writersofthefuture.com/submit-you-illustration
E-mail: [email protected]
To submit your entry via mail send to:
L. Ron Hubbard’s
Illustrators of the Future Contest
PO Box 3190
Los Angeles, California 90078
ILLUSTRATORS’ CONTEST RULES
1. The Contest is open to entrants from all nations. (However, entrants should provide themselves with some means for written communication in English.) All themes of science fiction and fantasy illustrations are welcome: every entry is judged on its own merits only. No entry fee is required and all rights to the entry remain the property of the artist.
2. By submitting to the Contest, the entrant agrees to abide by all Contest rules.
3. The Contest is open to new and amateur artists who have not been professionally published and paid for more than three black-and-white story illustrations, or more than one process-color painting, in media distributed broadly to the general public. The ultimate eligibility criterion, however, is defined by the word “amateur”—in other words, the artist has not been paid for his artwork. If you are not sure of your eligibility, please write a letter to the Contest Administration with details regarding your publication history. Include a self-addressed and stamped envelope for the reply. You may also send your questions to the Contest Administration via e-mail.
4. Each entrant may submit only one set of illustrations in each Contest quarter. The entry must be original to the entrant and previously unpublished. Plagiarism, infringement of the rights of others, or other violations of the Contest rules will result in disqualification. Winners in previous quarters are not eligible to make further entries.
5. The entry shall consist of three illustrations done by the entrant in a color or black-and-white medium created from the artist’s imagination. Use of gray scale in illustrations and mixed media, computer generated art, and the use of photography in the illustrations are accepted. Each illustration must represent a subject different from the other two.
6. ENTRIES SHOULD NOT BE THE ORIGINAL DRAWINGS, but should be color or black-and-white reproductions of the originals of a quality satisfactory to the entrant. Entries must be submitted unfolded and flat, in an envelope no larger than 9 inches by 12 inches.
7. All hardcopy entries must be accompanied by a self-addressed return envelope of the appropriate size, with the correct US postage affixed. (Non-US entrants should enclose international postage reply coupons.) If the entrant does not want the reproductions returned, the entry should be clearly marked DISPOSABLE COPIES: DO NOT RETURN. A business-size self-addressed envelope with correct postage (or valid e-mail address) should be included so that the judging results may be returned to the entrant.
We only accept entries that do not require a delivery signature for us to receive them.
8. To facilitate anonymous judging, each of the three photocopies must be accompanied by a removable cover sheet bearing the artist’s name, address, telephone number, e-mail address and an identifying title for that work. The reproduction of the work should carry the same identifying title on the front of the illustration and the artist’s signature should be deleted. The Contest Administration will remove and file the cover sheets, and forward only the anonymous entry to the judges.
9. There will be three co-winners in each quarter. Each winner will receive an outright cash grant of US $500 and a trophy. Winners will also receive eligibility to compete for the annual Grand Prize of an additional cash grant of $5,000 together with the annual Grand Prize trophy.
10. For the annual Grand Prize Contest, the quarterly winners will be furnished with a specification sheet and a winning story from the Writers of the Future Contest to illustrate. In order to retain eligibility for the Grand Prize, each winner shall send to the Contest address his/her illustration of the assigned story within thirty (30) days of receipt of the story assignment.
The yearly Grand Prize winner shall be determined by the judges on the following basis only:
Each Grand Prize judge’s personal opinion on the extent to which it makes the judge want to read the story it illustrates.
The Grand Prize winner shall be announced at the L. Ron Hubbard Awards Event held in the following year.
11. The Contest has four quarters, beginning on October 1, January 1, April 1 and July 1. The year will end on September 30. To be eligible for judging in its quarter, an entry must be postmarked no later than midnight on the last day of the quarter. Late entries will be included in the following quarter and the Contest Administration will so notify the entrant.
12. Entries will be judged by professional artists only. Each quarterly judging and the Grand Prize judging may have different panels of judges. The decisions of the judges are entirely their own and are final.
13. Winners in each quarter will be individually notified of the results by mail or e-mail.
14. This Contest is void where prohibited by law.
15. To send your entry electronically, go to:
www.writersofthefuture.com/submit-your-illustration and follow the instructions.
To send your entry via mail send it to:
L. Ron Hubbard’s
Illustrators of the Future Contest
PO Box 3190
Los Angeles, California 90078
18. Visit the website for any Contest rules updates at
www.writersofthefuture.com.
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