Writers of the Future Sci-Fi/Fantasy Virtual Author Panel

Join us for a Writers of the Future Sci-Fi/Fantasy Virtual Author Panel!

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About the Book:

In the world of speculative fiction… Your favorite authors… have selected the best new voices of the year.

-24 Award-winning Authors and Illustrators

-3 Bonus Short Stories by Kevin J. Anderson • L. Ron Hubbard • S. M. Stirling

-Art and Writing Tips by Lazarus Chernik • L. Ron Hubbard • Kristine Kathryn Rusch

-Edited by Dean Wesley Smith • Jody Lynn Nye

-16-page color gallery of artwork • Cover art by Tom Wood

Check out the stories Brandon Sanderson, Orson Scott Card, Nnedi Okorafor, Robert J. Sawyer, Kevin J. Anderson, Jody Lynn Nye and others chose as the best of the best.

Be amazed. Be amused. Be transported … by stories that take you by surprise and take you further and deeper into new worlds and new ideas than you’ve ever gone before….

Twelve captivating tales from the most exciting new voices in science fiction and fantasy accompanied by three from masters of the genre.

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About David Hankins:

David Hankins is the award-winning author of the novel Death and the Taxman (publishing Tax Day 2024). He writes from the thriving cornfields of Iowa where he lives with his wife, daughter, and two dragons disguised as cats. His short stories have graced the pages of Writers of the Future Volume 39, Amazing Stories, DreamForge Magazine, Unidentified Funny Objects 9, Third Flatiron Anthologies, and others. David devotes his time to his passions of writing, traveling, and finding new ways to pay his mortgage. You can find him at https://davidhankins.com

About Sarah Morrison:

Sarah Morrison (she/her) is an award-winning fantasy illustrator and portrait artist. Working primarily with oil paint she focuses on figurative works designed to inspire narrative, with attention towards faces and fabric. Escapism through fantasy has always been a central theme to her art, and she embraces whimsy and enigmatic details. Sarah's imagery is designed to inspire a sense of wonder, encouraging viewers to develop stories about what might be going on in each piece. You can see her portfolio at sarahmorrisonillustration.com

Sarah also occasionally works with printmaking techniques and textiles. Born in Canada, she currently resides just outside of Boston MA (USA) with her husband, toddler, and cat.

About Jason Palmatier:

Jason Palmatier is a speculative fiction author who has written for screenplay projects (the short film “Hunter”), independent comics (Lords of the Cosmos, Ugli Studios), graphic novels (Plague, Markosia Enterprises Ltd.), and short story anthologies (Zombies Need Brains, LLC.). He holds a bachelor's degree in computer science and previously worked in the computer security sector as a software developer before turning to writing full time. His award-winning story “Under My Cypresses” placed second in the L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Contest for the 4th quarter of the 2023 contest year, and appears in volume 39 of the anthology. See details of his various projects at http://www.jasonpalmatier.com.

About Elaine Midcoh:

Elaine Midcoh (a pen name) is an award-winning writer of short stories and science fiction. Besides being a winner of the Writers of the Future contest, she was also a WotF published finalist, and she won the 2022 Jim Baen Memorial Short Story Award. In addition to, “Writers of the Future, Volumes 37 and 39” (Galaxy Press, Nov. 2021 & May 2023), she’s been published in the anthology “Compelling Science Fiction” (Flame Tree Press, Oct. 2022), and in the magazines/literary journals Escape Pod, Galaxy’s Edge, Daily Science Fiction, Jewish Fiction .net, Flash Fiction Magazine and The Sunlight Press. She is a retired criminal justice/law professor and lives in South Florida. You can connect with her on Facebook @Elaine Midcoh or visit her web page at www.ElaineMidcoh.wordpress.com.

About T.J. Knight:

TJ Knight is the pen name for a regular dude who lives in New York (upstate, not city) surrounded by oaks and pines, deer and turkeys, a cat, son, wife, and on holidays, a daughter. He makes soap, bakes too many paleo brownies, reads, runs, and writes. His favorite authors are KL Going, Laini Taylor, and John Steakley. While this may seem an eclectic group, he reads more for style than content. And oh, the style!

You can find his flash-length works in Every Day Fiction and Daily Science Fiction. His longer works appear in Future Finalists Publishing’s Starlight series, where he served as editor for volume two.

In his story “The Fall of Crodendra M,” TJ attempts to highlight the drawbacks of our evolving hyper-individualism. Technology allows us to remain home and watch weddings, graduations, and funerals on screens. This quickly went from unheard of to accepted, perhaps with normal coming soon. So as more and more of our entertainment is streamed into our living rooms (be it from space or otherwise), this story explores the meaning of actually visiting a friend or loved one instead.

About Writers of the Future:

L. Ron Hubbard established the Writers of the Future Contest in 1983 to provide a means for aspiring young authors to gain a foothold in the field of speculative fiction. Mr. Hubbard’s estate provided for the contest to continue in perpetuity after his passing. It is judged by leading authors in the fields of science fiction and fantasy. First-, second- and third-place winners are announced quarterly, and the top stories are judged against each other for highest yearly honors. Winners are announced at our annual awards ceremony, where they receive trophies, certificates and cash awards. Of even greater import, all winning stories are published by Galaxy Press in the annual Writers of the Future Anthology.

As part of administering the Writers of the Future Contest, Galaxy Press works with many luminaries in the field of speculative fiction, including Kevin J. Anderson, Orson Scott Card, Brandon Sanderson, Larry Niven, Nnedi Okorafor, Tim Powers, Robert Sawyer, Robert Silverberg, Sean Williams and David Farland.

In 1988, based on the success of the Writers of the Future program, a companion contest was created for new and aspiring illustrators seeking to become speculative artists. Winning illustrators—three each quarter—are assigned the winning stories from the writers’ contest and illustrate them for the annual anthology. The list of judges for the illustrator’s contest is no less impressive than that of the writers’ contest and includes in its roster of judges such notables as: Echo Chernik, Ciruelo, Bob Eggleton, Larry Elmore, Rob Prior and Shaun Tan.

Learn more here: https://www.writersofthefuture...