(NAPSI)—Fame and fortune can come to the writers and artists who enter an unusual contest.
This year, Matt Dovey of England and Adrian Massaro of Argentina were the grand prize winners of the 32nd annual L. Ron Hubbard Achievement Awards for Writers & Illustrators of the Future Contests for Science Fiction & Fantasy.
A dozen winners in each category shared in the combined cash prizes and royalties of over $30,000 and had their work published in the best-selling science fiction anthology series. “L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, Volume 32” is now available online at Amazon.com, KOBO.com and BN.com and in print where books are sold.
The winners also attended a weeklong workshop taught by contest judges, including New York Times best-selling authors Dave Wolverton (“Runelords” series), Orson Scott Card (“Ender’s Game”), Kevin J. Anderson (“Dune” series), World Fantasy Award winner Tim Powers (“On Stranger Tides”), multiple Hugo and Nebula Awards winner Robert J. Sawyer (“Flashforward” and “The WWW Trilogy”), Hugo and Nebula Awards-winning author Larry Niven (the “Ringworld” series) and internationally acclaimed artist Larry Elmore (“Dungeons & Dragons”).
The writing contest was initiated in 1983 to help aspiring writers get that much-needed break. The companion Illustrator Contest was created in 1988.
They’ve proven very successful. The 368 past writing winners have published 838 novels and nearly 4,000 short stories. They have produced 27 New York Times best sellers and their works have sold over 50 million copies.
The 298 past winners of the Illustrator Contest have produced over 4,500 illustrations and 356 comic books, graced 594 books and albums with their art, and visually contributed to 36 TV shows and 46 major movies.
For more information, including how to enter the contests and to see the awards ceremony online, go to www.writersofthefuture.com.