Illustrators of the Future is a contest like no other. There’s prize money sure, but what is truly inspiring and unique is the week-long workshop where you will meet with many artists who have established themselves and learn the sage advice you didn’t learn in school. This investment into the artist is what paying it […]
Here is the list of our Fourth Quarter (July 1 through September 30) Illustrators of the Future Contest Winners & Finalists Congratulations to all! Winners: Asher Alpay from the Philippines Rachel Quinlan from Michigan Ryan Richmond from Indiana Finalists: Dominick Critelli from Florida Katie Croonenberghs from Washington Darryl Knickrehm from […]
Here is the list of our Second Quarter (1 January through 31 March) Illustrators of the Future Contest Winners & Finalists Congratulations to all! Winners: Christopher Kiklowicz from California Shan Shu Man from British Columbia, Canada Jason Park from British Columbia, Canada Finalists: Stephen Glatfelter from Pennsylvania Anthony Moravian from New […]
Announcing the first quarter Illustrators of the Future Contest winners.
It was in the late summer of 2011 when I first found Illustrator of the Future Contest. I was in a great stress caused by not being able to find a decent place to live less than a month before my years-long master program started and trying to adapt to a whole new environment and American culture which was the first foreign country I had ever traveled to.
International Award-Winning Artist, Rob Prior, Named as Judge for Worldwide Illustration Contest
Martin L. Shoemaker likes to consider himself as a “writer with a lucrative programming habit.” Coming from over three decades of programming, writing, and teaching …
When Tim Napper first got the call that he was a Writers of the Future winner, he start arguing with me—refusing to believe it!
Today spotlights prolific book illustrator and comic book artist Cliff Nielsen, who has been an Illustrators of the Future judge since 2007. He had this to say about the role when he took it on: “Through this competition, L. Ron Hubbard’s great legacy of supporting young creative talents is without equal in the world today.”
You may not know this but back when there was no Illustrators of the Future Contest, we commissioned artists to illustrate the winning stories. That was when we first came into contact with Dave Dorman—he illustrated “Rachel’s Wedding” in Writers of the Future Volume V, published in 1989.