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2016 • Volume 32

Twenty-five writers and artists from around the globe were honored Sunday night, April 10, 2016, at the 32nd Annual L. Ron Hubbard Achievement Awards at the prestigious Wilshire Ebell Theatre in Los Angeles. Winners from the contest year October 1, 2014, to September 30, 2015, attended. The Writers and Illustrators of the Future workshops were held in Hollywood at Author Services, Inc.

The keynote speaker was Kellie Girardi, the Media Specialist of the Commercial Spaceflight Federation, the US trade association of leading commercial spaceflight companies. Kellie also serves as an advisor for Masten Space Systems, a rocket technology and flight services company where she previously led business development, and the Waypaver Foundation, a lunar technology accelerator.

This year we inaugurate a new award: the L. Ron Hubbard Silver Star Award. It is bestowed on past winners for 25 years of outstanding contributions to promote and enhance creativity through their own art and through the Writers and Illustrators of the Future Contests.

The first recipient of the award is Sergey Poyarkov. 2016 marks his 25th anniversary as winner of the L. Ron Hubbard Illustrators of the Future Golden Brush Award. He has since become an internationally acclaimed artist. Sergey has tirelessly promoted the Contests in Ukraine with thousands of entries and no less than 40 winners from Eastern Europe.

Snapshot from 2016

Year in the Contests

In 2015 we celebrated the highest number of entrants ever for both the Writers of the Future and the Illustrators of the Future Contests.

Publishers Weekly, the publishing industry’s highly influential news publication, said of the 2015 anthology, “Genre insiders will find this an excellent place to spot fresh talent,” as the title reached the #7 position on the Publishers Weekly science fiction bestseller list.

Contest entries have originated in 176 different countries, with our first submissions this year from Swaziland, Samoa, Syria, and Saint Vincent. This year, our writer winners, which include our finalists, semi-finalists, and honorable mentions came from 14 countries, while our illustrator finalists and honorable mentions hailed from 31 countries.

AWARDS NEWS FOR PAST WINNERS

Tony Pi won Australia’s Aurora Award in the category of Best Poem with “A Hex, with Bees.”

For the Endeavor Award, for Best Novel written by a Northwest American Author, the winner was Jay Lake, for Last Plane to Heaven.

The Hugo Award, granted by Worldcon for Best Novel of the Year, went to the novel Three-Body Problem, written by Cixin Liu and translated by Ken Liu. Ken Liu also won the Sidewise Award for Alternate History for his short story “The Long Haul from the ANNALS OF TRANSPORTATION, The Pacific Monthly, May 2009.”

Jay Lake won the Locus Magazine Award for Best Collection with Last Plane to Heaven.

Past winner and current Contest judge Sean Williams won Australia’s Ditmar Award for his story “The Legend Trap.”

The Legend Award for Best Fantasy Novel of the Year was won by Brandon Sanderson, our Contest judge, for Words of Radiance.

Contest judge Nancy Kress won a Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Nebula Award for her novel Yesterday’s Kin.

The Jovian Award was presented to our Contest judge, Mike Resnick, for Best Editor, Short Form for his work on Galaxy’s Edge.

Our long-standing judge Larry Niven received the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Grand Master Award.

NEW ILLUSTRATOR OF THE FUTURE JUDGES

This year we added two new art judges to our distinguished panel: artists Rob Prior and Echo Chernik. We’re very glad to have them on board not only as judges but also participants in the Illustrators of the Future Workshop for the winners.

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Writers of the Future Class of 2016.
Illustrators of the Future Class of 2016.
Judge and bestselling author Larry Niven addresses the Writers Workshop.
Bestselling authors and publishers Rebecca Moesta and Kevin J. Anderson speak at the Writers Workshop.
Writer Workshop instructors David Farland and Tim Powers.
Break time for the Writers Workshop.
Award-winning Art Director, Bob Ciano imparts advice to the Illustrator winners.
Judge Larry Elmore speaking at the Illustrators Workshop.
Artists and authors together with their artwork for each of the stories.
Matt Dovey sees the illustration for his story by Adrian Massaro for the first time.
Illustrator Winners on the red carpet.
Writer winner Jon Lasser being interviewed on the red carpet.
A steam-punk percussion performance opened the show.
Illustrator judge Sergey Poyarkov receives the Silver Star Award for 25 years of service to the Contest.
Keynote speaker Ms. Kellie Gerardi, Media Specialist for the Commercial Spaceflight Federation.
Illustrator winner Preston Stone onstage with judges Larry Elmore and Todd McCaffrey.
Terl from Battlefield Earth brings the envelope onstage to judges David Farland and Orson Scott Card.
Illustrator Golden Brush Award Winner Adrian Massaro congratulated by Kellie Geradi and Sergey Poyarkov.
Matt Dovey reacts when he is announced as the Gold Pen Award winner.
Writers of the Future Gold Pen Award Winner Matt Dovey.
Gold Award Winners (writer) Matt Dovey and (illustrator) Adrian Massaro.
The Star Wars Seampunk Universe cosplayers pose with the Gold Award Winners.
A fan gets a selfie with Matt Dovey and the Gold Award at the reception.
Gold Award winner Matt Dovey interviewed at the reception.
Illustrator and Writer Winners and presenting judges.

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