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Introducing: Marie Croke, Writers of the Future Winner

Marie Croke was born and raised in southern Maryland. Being the sixth child out of nine, she watched the rest of her family go to bed with books, so she would sit in bed with a [...]

Introducing: Gerald Warfield, Writers of the Future Winner

Gerald Warfield was born in Fort Worth, Texas. He attended TCU, UNT and Princeton University, taking degrees in music composition. He taught music briefly at Princeton and the University of Illinois, and his compositions enjoyed modest [...]

Introducing: Harry Lang, Writers of the Future Winner

Harry Lang was born in a suburb of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, back when Eisenhower was president and no one had visited space. One of his earliest memories is watching John Glenn being strapped into a Mercury capsule [...]

Introducing: Hunter Bonyun, Illustrators of the Future Winner

Hunter Severn Bonyun has said from a young age, “I want to be an artist when I grow up.” Watching her mother paint watercolor flowers inspired Hunter to create beautiful images, reading any book she could [...]

Introducing: Greg Opalinkski, Illustrators of the Future Winner

Greg began his artistic journey the way many others did. As a child growing up in Poland, he loved drawing, which contributed to many notebooks being filled with doodles and cartoons. In grade school his skills [...]

Introducing: Carly Trowbridge, Illustrators of the Future Winner

Hailing from Huntsville, Alabama, Carly Trowbridge has the pleasure of calling the town affectionately known as “Rocket City, USA” home. In a city brimming full of engineers and physicists, it is hard to pinpoint exactly where [...]

Introducing: William Ledbetter, Writers of the Future Winner

William Ledbetter was born in a small Indiana town the same year humans first flew in space. He grew up watching Star Trek, Lost in Space and real moon landings, but his first introduction to written [...]

Introducing: Nick T Chan, Writers of the Future Winner

Nick T Chan lives in Sydney, Australia, with his wonderful wife Fiona and future Hugo/Nebula/Pulitzer/Nobel prizewinning daughter Nina. He has previously worked as a technical writer for textbooks in various fields and currently works as a [...]

Introducing: Corry L Lee, Writers of the Future Winner

Inspired by a childhood spent reading science fiction, Corry L. Lee studied physics and applied mathematics in college while sneaking in writing time between classes and research. She went on to complete a PhD in experimental [...]

Introducing: Jay Richard, Illustrators of the Future Winner

Jay Richard is a graphic designer and freelance illustrator from the south coast of Massachusetts. He graduated from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth with a BFA in illustration. He has done numerous designs for private clients [...]

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