Predictions on Our Future Education. Were They Right?

Predictions on future education were sealed in a Time Capsule in 1998 and opened 25 years later at the 2023 Writers of the Future Gala.

Writers & Illustrators of the Future Workshop Week
2023 – Day 8

Writers and illustrators combined to learn about promoting their work, themselves, and each other.

Writers & Illustrators of the Future Workshop Week
2023 – Day 7

A gala celebration of the winners of the Writers & Illustrators of the Future Contests took place on April 28, 2023 in Hollywood, California.

Writers & Illustrators of the Future Workshop Week
2023 – Day 6

Workshop attendees heard from Dr. Beatrice Kondo, Dr. Nnedi Okorafor, Bill Fawcett, Scot and Jane Noel, and Brian C. Hailes. The illustrator winners received portfolio reviews from the Contest judges.

Writers & Illustrators of the Future Workshop Week
2022 – Day 5

Guest writer instructors Kevin J. Anderson, Dean Wesley Smith, S.M. Stirling, Nancy Cartwright and illustrator instructors Brittany Jackson, Dan dos Santos, Larry Elmore. Followed by a live radio performance of Hubbard’s “If I Were You” and a tour of Author Services, Inc.

Writers & Illustrators of the Future Workshop Week
2023 – Day 4

The writers submitted their 24-hour stories and learned about professionalism, while the artists learned the basics of commercial art.

Writers & Illustrators of the Future Workshop Week
2023 – Day 3

Monday opened with a video play of L. Ron Hubbard in His Own Voice. Then the illustrators met Coordinating Judge Echo Chernik, while the writers learned about conventions and traditional vs. self-publishing.

Writers & Illustrators of the Future Workshop Week
2023 – Day 2

Winners in L. Ron Hubbard’s Illustrators of the Future contest arrive in Hollywood, while the writers learn about story elements.

Writers & Illustrators of the Future Workshop Week
2023 – Day 1

Winners in L. Ron Hubbard’s Writers of the Future contest arrive at the Loews Hotel in Los Angeles to begin a week-long workshop.

Writers & Illustrators of the Future Workshop Week 2022 – Day 8

After a birthday surprise for keynote speaker J.T. Thompson, writers and illustrators combined to learn about promoting their work, themselves, and each other.