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2010

Jump to Year:
Writers of the Future Vol. 25

 

The 26th Annual Awards Ceremony was held on Saturday, August 28 at the Hotel Roosevelt in the heart of tinseltown. It took place once again in the "Blossom Room", which is the same room that hosted the very first Academy Awards, today known as "the Oscars." Winners from the contest year 1 Oct 2008 to 30 Sep 2009 attended. The Writers and Illustrators of the Future workshops were held in Hollywood as well at Author Services Inc. The winner of the L. Ron Hubbard Gold Award for best illustrator of the year was Seth J. Rowanwood from Toronto, Ontario and the Gold Award for the best story of the year went to Laurie Tom from Torrance, CA for her tale Living Rooms.

Each volume contains creative tales selected by top authors in the speculative fiction field, and also includes articles on writing and illustration from the foremost writers and artists in the genre. The titles of each of these articles can be seen here. This volume has invaluable information to help foster your own growth as a writer or illustrator. 

  • The Golden Pen by L. Ron Hubbard
  • Standing Up by Dean Wesley Smith 
  • Advice to Illustrators Gettin getting into the Field by Stephen Youll
Grand Prize Winner 2010
Writer Gold Award winner, Laurie Tom

Illustrator Grand Prize Winner 2010
Illustrator Gold Award winner, 
Seth J. Rowanwood



Book Signing After Awards Ceremony

Judges, winners and guests attend the post-awards party where winners autograph copies of the newly released anthology. 

 

 

WRITERS OF THE FUTURE
CONTEST WINNERS


L. Ron Hubbard Gold Award: 
Living Rooms by Laurie Tom
 


Winners 2010: 



The Black Side of Memory by Lael Salaets


Lisa With Child by Alex Black


Seeing Double by Tom Crosshill


Exanastasis by Brad R. Torgersen


Poison Inside the Walls by Scott W. Baker


Confliction by Simon Cooper


Digital Rights by Brent Knowles


Written in Light by Jeff Young


The House of Nameless by Jason Fischer

 

Not in the Flesh by Adam Colston

 

Coward's Steel by K. C. Ball

 

 

ILLUSTRATORS OF THE FUTURE
CONTEST WINNERS


L. Ron Hubbard Gold Award:
Seth J. Rowanwood


Winners 2010:


Irena Kovalenko


Ven Locklear


Tyler Carter


Jordan Cornthwaite


Olivia Pelaez


Jingxuan Hu


Kelsey Wroten


Rebecca Gleason


R. M. Winch


Rachael Jade Sweeney

Cassandra Shaffer 

Writers of the Future ceremony