ILLUSTRATOR 2ND QUARTER FINALISTS AND SEMI-FINLIASTS ANNOUNCED!

Here are the finalists and semi-finalists for the 2nd quarter of the
Illustrators of the Future contest:


Finalists


Tyler Carter of Utah
Olivia Pelaez of New Jersey
Jillian Marie Simpson of Kentucky
Rachael Jade Sweeney of Vermont
Ryan Winch of California
Michael James Wysochanski of California
Matthew Yale of Minnesota

Congratulations - Finalist art is sent to the 4 final judges and
there will be 3 winners from this group

Semi-Finalists

Starla Friend of Texas
William Muchiri Mbuba of Kenya
Peter Reed of New Hampshire
Jose Sanchez of Florida
James F. Smith of Florida
Lucy Welsh of Illinois
Adam Gabriel Winnie of Michigan

Congratulations! Semi-finalists are sent a critique
by contest coordinating judge Ron Lindahn


HAPPY 4TH OF JULY TO ALL!!!!

Final List of Honorable Mentions for the 2nd Quarter

Dear All,


Here are the last of the Honorable Mentions
for the 2nd Quarter:


Paul Abbamondi of New Jersey
Eric Bakutis of Maryland
Jacob A. Boyd of Oregon
Steve Cameron of Victoria, Australia
Robert Cutchin of New Hampshire
M.C. DeMarco of Massachusetts
Rebecca Fowler of California
Steven Gurr of Washington
Scott Hancock of Alabama
James Hurley of Oklahoma
R.M Kehrli of Washington
Karen Magon of Michigan
Amanda McCarter of Oklahoma
Eilis O'Neal of Oklahoma
Rodello Santos of New York

Congratulations to all of you!

I do hope you all have already submitted your
next story or are in the process of writing it.

2nd Quarter Finalists, Semi-Finalists and Honorable Mentions

Dear All,

Here are the results of the initial judging. If you do not
find your name on this list, we will have a few more Honorables
come in and I will post them as soon as I get them.

drumroll please!!!!

FINALISTS:

Dario Ciriello of California
Simon Cooper of Antrim, Ireland
John Parke Davis of North Carolina
Jason Fischer of Australia
William Mitchell of London, England
Chris Tissell of Oregon
Susan Watkins of Oregon
Jeff Young of Pennsylvania

Finalists stories go to 4 of our final judges and 3 of
the above writers will be our winners for the 2nd Quarter

SEMI-FINALISTS:

Sarah Adams of California
Shelley K. Davenport of Pennsylvania
Sara King of Alaska
Geir Lanesskog of Washington
William Ledbetter of Texas
Alastair Mayer of Colorado
Nikki McCormack of Washington
Tyler Powell of Oregon
Tom Rogers of Texas
Alvaro Zinos-Amaro of California

All semi-finalists stories are critiqued by our coordinating
judge, K.D. Wentworth.


HONORABLE MENTIONS:


Scott Andrews of Virginia
John Arkwright of Georgia
Bill Beauviche of Hunsingore, United Kingdom
Chris Boardman of Colorado
Jennifer Campbell-Hicks of Colorado
Louise Caroline Booth of Lincolnshire, England
Kenneth Cassell of Utah
Travis Coates of Calgary, Canada
Lisa Janice Cohen of Massachusetts
Spencer Cramer of Missouri
Vashti Brandy of Pennsylvania
Kathryn Brown of Arizona
Terry Burlison of Washington
Gwendolyn Clare of North Carolina
Kitti Cogswell of Virginia
L.J. Daly of Pennsylvania
Christopher Donahue of Texas
Jakob Nexo Drud of Denmark
Spencer Ellsworth of Washington
Robert Mitchell Evans of California
Katrina Forest of Pennsylvania
Carole Franklin of Michigan
Kelly A. Harmon of Maryland
Brennan Harvey of California
Judith Herman of Washington
Louise Herring-Jones of Alabama
William Hipp of South Carolina
Michael Hund of Pennsylvania
Peter Jessup of California
Emily Kajsa Herrstrom of Illinois
Erik Hoel of Massachusetts
Karrin Jackson of Oregon
Amy Power Jansen of Cambridge, England
J.C. Jenkins Jr. of Mississippi
Laura K.D. Jennings of Texas
K.J. Kabza of Massachusetts
Robert Laughlin of California
Anna-Lisa Macon of Massachusetts
Muri McCage of Tennessee
Scott Mikula of Washington
Nayad A. Monroe of Wisconsin
El Montaague of Missouri
Matthew Moore of Ontario, Canada
Mark Patrick Morehead of Colorado
Josh Morrey of Utah
Scott Overton of Ontario, Canada
Michelle Pang of Toronto, Canada
Douglas Sharp of Utah
Joseph Simmons of Texas
Steen R. Southard of Maryland
Lucien Spelman of Massachusetts
A.W. Sullivan of Kentucky
Brad Torgersen of Utah
Brian Trent of Connecticut
Helen Venn of Australia
Suanne Warr of North Carolina
Desmond Warzel of Pennsylvania
Cliff Winnig of California
L.L. Wise of Oregon

WOTF Winner from Volume XXIV Patrick Lundrigan Wins Another Writing Award

Message from Patrick:

I have a bit of good news: I won second place in the Jim Baen Memorial
Writing Contest. The story that won, "Burst Mode," was quarter finalist
from a few years ago when I first started entering the contest. I
rewrote it before sending it out again, though. I had to put all the
great information I learned at the workshop to good use.

The contest announcement is here:
http://williamledbetter.com/contest

First Set of 2nd Quarter Honorable Mentions Announced

Dear All,

Here is the FIRST set of Honorable Mentions for the Second
Quarter of the contest:


Daniel Ausema of Colorado
Gustavo Bondoni of Argentina
Valerie Boss of Georgia
Robert Boumis of Arizona
Brent Bowen of Kansas
Alvin Chua of California
Murray Clay of Connecticut
Russ Colson of Minnesota
Erik Elness of Tennessee
Jim Hartnett of Minnesota
Dr. Philip Edward Kaldon of Michigan
Lancer & Shelli Kind of Washington
Sean Lovett of New York
Mary E. Lowd of Washington
Django Mathijsen of The Netherlands
Corbin Maxwell of California
Christopher Moran of Alaska
Eugene Myers of New York
Sandra Odell of Washington
Mike Phillips of Michigan
Angela Rega of Australia
Robert Santa of Rhode Island
Jeff Soesbe of California
Andy Spackman of Utah
Jason Wallace of Connecticut
Richard Wolkomir of Vermont

Congratulations to you all. Your certificate is on its way
now. More Honorables coming soon. Best, Joni

1ST QUARTER WINNERS ANNOUNCED!!!!

Dear All,

OK, we have the final voting in and here are the winners for the 1st quarter
of the 2009 contest!!!

WRITERS OF THE FUTURE

1ST Place from New York is Tom Crosshill for his story Seeing Double

2nd Place from Oregon is Alex Black for his story Lisa with Child

3rd Place from Washington is K.C. Ball for her story Coward's Steel

ILLUSTRATORS OF THE FUTURE

The Three WINNERS

Kelsey Wroten of Kansas

Casssandra Shaffer of Arizona

Seth Rowanwood of Ontario, Canada


CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ALL. The winners will appear in
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume XXVI
which will be released in 2010.

Ahhh.....the success! Contest winners continue to show their stuff.

Well, I must tell you all, we are experiencing the largest quarter
(numbers wise) in living memory, and the good news has been
flooding in as I've been wading through the piles of manuscripts.

To keep you up-to-date in case you don't already know.
The Hugo nominations were announced and WOTF has a strong
presence as usual. Our former winners up this year are:

Robert Reed for Best Novella "Truth"

James Alan Gardner for his Novelette "The Ray-Gun: A Love Story"

Jay Lake and Tobias Buckell for Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form for
"METAtropolis"

Shaun Tan for Best Professional Artist

(Illustrator contest judge Bob Eggleton is also up for Best Professional Artist)

Aliette de Bodard and Tony Pi are both up for the John W. Campbell Award
for BestNew Writer (both are from Volume XXIII)

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL!!! But there is more good news......


ART NEWS - PUBLICATION

Bryan Beus (VOLUME XXIII) has a piece appearing in this years SPECTRUM,
which is THE illustration annual for Fantastic Art. CONGRATULATIONS Bryan!

Also, Sarah Totton (Volume XXII) has made her third SFWA qualifying sale to
Fantasy Magazine for her story "Choke Point". CONGRATULATIONS Sarah!