Writers of the Future ( WOTF ) is a science fiction and fantasy story contest that was originated by L. Ron Hubbard in the early 1980s.

The winning stories are published in the yearly anthology L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of Future.

The Writers of the Future ( WOTF ) contest may be entered quarterly, and is open to authors who have no, or few, professional publications.

Cover of Volume 22 of the anthology series Writers of the Future, prominently featuring Hubbard's name

However, records with the United States Patent and Trademark Office show that the rights to the Writers of the Future name were transferred from the L. Ron Hubbard estate (" Family Trust-B ") to the Church of Spiritual Technology in 1989, and under the 1993 IRS closing agreement with the Church of Scientology, the L. Ron Hubbard estate became part of the Church of Spiritual Technology, a " Scientology-related entity ".

* Writers of the Future Home Page

Anderson serves as a judge in the Writers of the Future contest.

In 2001, her book, The Next Canada: In Search of the Future Nation, was a finalist for the Writers ’ Trust of Canada ’ s Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing.

" Blue Shift " was originally published in Writers of the Future volume 5 in 1989.

The novel was based on a short story with the same title, which was awarded the L. Ron Hubbard Gold Award at the 1987 Writers of the Future contest.

* Wolverton, Dave On My Way to Paradise ( 1989 )-Originally published in L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, Vol.

* " Mudpuppies " ( 1986 ) ( First Writers of the Future Grand Prize winner )

Walker is the author of four books, To Be Real: Telling the Truth and Changing the Face of Feminism ; Black, White and Jewish: Autobiography of a Shifting Self ; What Makes A Man: 22 Writers Imagine the Future and her latest, Baby Love: Choosing Motherhood After a Lifetime of Ambivalence.

* What Makes A Man: 22 Writers Imagine The Future ( 2004 ) ( Editor )

Poole was invited to deliver the opening keynote address at the 2006 Sydney Writers ' Festival, and also gave a keynote at the 2008 Future and Reality of Gaming conference in Vienna.

* Future Boston a shared universe novel by the Cambridge Science Fiction Writers Workshop

Her short stories have been published in anthologies and magazines, including Dark Matter II, Strange Horizons, Moondance magazine, and Writers of the Future Volume XVIII.

* Recipient of First Prize in Writers of the Future Science Fiction Writing Contest.

*" In the Smoke " ( short story and prize-winner ) Writers of the Future # 2 March 1986.

Tasini was president of Economic Future Group and former president of the National Writers Union.

*“ Fire .” In Writers of the Future.

* Yari Yari: Black Women Writers and the Future ( 1999 )

No official tallies are given for the number of entrants in either contest, but it is believed that thousands enter the Writers contest every quarter, while only hundreds enter the Illustration contest.

According to Director of the Writers and Illustrators Contests Joni Labaqui, the funds to underwrite the contest — including the cash prizes, the gala awards ceremony and the weeklong pre-awards festivities — come from the Hubbard estate.

* The Young Native Writers Essay Contest is a writing contest for Native American high school students and is designed to inspire honest portrayals of the richness of Native American life and history.

Two of her stories published during 2005 were nominated for the best story of the year in StorySouth's annual Million Writers contest.

BSFS sponsors a young writers contest for Maryland students named " The Jack L. Chalker Young Writers Contest.

The contest was open to members and non-members alike and was administered by the Writers Resource Center in London, Ontario as of November each year.

Writers of this class of science fiction have clearly in mind the assumptions that man can master the principles of this cause-and-effect universe and that such mastery will necessarily better the human lot.

Writers of ads must get their inspiration from the attitude of `` modern '' parents they have observed.

The second speaker was Harvey Barcus, President of the Dog Writers Ass'n of America.

Arnold Palmer and Sam Snead will be among those honored at the national awards dinner of the Metropolitan Golf Writers Association tonight.

The five spokes each represent the original branches of the Academy: Actors, Writers, Directors, Producers, and Technicians.

: Hart's Rules and the Oxford Dictionary for Writers and Editors call the British style " new " quoting.

Webb, a specialist in throwing the sinkerball, received 15 of 32 first-place votes in balloting by the Baseball Writers Association of America.

* Eat, Memory: Great Writers at the Table, a Collection of Essays from the New York Times ( W. W. Norton & Company, 2009 ) 26 previously published essays

* Federal Writers ' Project.

Writers Sam Johnson and Chris Marcil suggested the idea of a character that the lads idolize even though he beats them up ; Judge based Todd on a teenaged bully who lived near him and terrified him as a kid.

In 2006 the Herald won two SABEW awards from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers for its breaking news coverage of the takeover of local company Gillette Co. and for overall excellence.

The award, created by the New York chapter of the Baseball Writers Association of America ( BBWAA ) in honor of Babe Ruth, was first awarded in 1949, one year after Ruth's death.

A successful ( though trophyless ) season with Manchester United had seen him take the honours of Football Writers ' Association Footballer of the Year and European Footballer Of The Year into the competition.

According to Pasternak, during the 1937 show trial of General Iona Yakir and Marshal Mikhail Tukhachevsky, the Union of Soviet Writers requested all members to add their names to a statement supporting the death penalty for the defendants.

Despite his decision to decline the award, the Soviet Union of Writers continued to denounce Pasternak in the State owned press.

On 31 October 1958, the Union of Soviet Writers held a trial behind closed doors.

Writers of Fantasy fiction draw heavily from the fanciful beasts described in mythology, fairy tales, and bestiaries.

Emerging: Conetmporary Readings for Writers.

He currently teaches at the University of Minnesota and in the Warren Wilson College MFA Program for Writers.

Baxter is considered an important writer, whose literary work is recognized and highlighted by Michigan State University in their Michigan Writers Series.

Writers who contributed to the programme included Graham Linehan, Arthur Mathews, Peter Baynham, David Quantick, Jane Bussmann, Robert Katz and the cast.

Ball used to tell Steinmetz stories to the Southern California Mystery Writers Association meetings.

Writers frequently shortened it to " Blues " due to the players'all-blue uniforms, but the players didn't like this name either.