Winners Announced: 1st Quarter Writers and Illustrators of the Future Contests
The Winners and Finalists are announced for the 1st Quarter Year 39 of the L. Ron Hubbard Writers and Illustrators of the Future Contests.
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Walter Dinjos, author of “The Woodcutters’ Deity”
/0 Comments/in Author spotlight /by Joni LabaquiWalter Dinjos was not able to join us in person for the workshop week. This became a topic of discussion often enough that I could tell the thirteen writers who were able to assemble here sincerely missed him. They were …
Stephen Lawson, author of “Moonlight One”
/1 Comment/in Author spotlight /by Joni LabaquiStephen Lawson has a way of looking at the world. It’s a slanted thing. Analytical. Questioning. You feel like he’s watching and assessing everything. It makes him seem quiet at first. Sometimes you’re not sure what’s happening inside his mind, but then …
Ville Meriläinen, author of “The Fox, the Wolf, and the Dove”
/0 Comments/in Author spotlight /by Joni LabaquiVille Meriläinen’s cold country is Joensuu, Finland. His story, published in the 33rd annual volume of the Writers of the Future anthology, is titled “The Fox, the Wolf, and the Dove.” Oddly, the work is some kind of mix between …
Andrew Peery, author of “Useless Magic”
/0 Comments/in Author spotlight /by Joni LabaquiAndrew Peery is one of the more impressive people you could meet. He lives in Durham, North Carolina where he works as a physician. He has a family—wife and two younger children who he clearly adores. As a doctor, he’s a person who …
Dustin Steinacker, author of “Envoy in the Ice”
/0 Comments/in Author spotlight /by Joni LabaquiDustin Steinacker is soft-spoken and open. He’s calm and collected on the outside, but having a conversation with him makes you realize that his mind goes in directions that yours doesn’t, and that this is a very good thing. His story …
David VonAllmen, author of “The Magnificent Bhajan”
/0 Comments/in Author spotlight /by Joni LabaquiDavid VonAllmen is someone who seems to always be on an even keel. There’s this sense of stability riding under his veneer that comes out even stronger when he speaks. He looks at things with a sense of calm that suggests that, oh sure, maybe the tornado is coming through town and the banks are […]
C.L. Kagmi, author of “The Drake Equation”
/0 Comments/in Author spotlight /by Joni LabaquiC.L. Kagmi is a woman in blue. Lipstick, that is. “It’s part of the uniform anymore,” she told me when I asked about it. She wore the blue lipstick to an event, and it caused such a positive stir that her friends requested it at other events, and now if she shows up without it, […]
Sean Hazlett, author of “Adramelech”
/0 Comments/in Author spotlight /by Joni LabaquiIf you want something done, as the old saw goes, give it to a busy person. This probably goes a long way toward describing Sean Hazlett. He’s ex-military, having spent time driving tanks in the army. He’s got a pair of degrees from Stanford, and another pair from Harvard. He now works in the world […]
Jake Marley, author of “Acquisition”
/0 Comments/in Author spotlight /by Joni LabaquiTo meet Jake Marley is to encounter joy in its purest form. First there is the smile that comes to his face, and then the fact that the first thing you’re likely to hear from him is something like “I’m so happy!” So, yeah, Jake fills a room. After a while, you discover that within […]