The year’s fourteen best tales from the Writers of the Future international writers’ program. Illustrated by winners in the Illustrators of the Future international illustrators’ program.

Three short stories from authors L. Ron Hubbard / Jody Lynn Nye / Kristine Kathryn Rusch

With essays on writing and illustration by L. Ron Hubbard / Orson Scott Card / Craig Elliott

L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 37

“Introduction” by David Farland

“The Illustrators of the Future Contest” by Echo Chernik

“The Tiger and the Waif” by John M. Campbell
Illustrated by André Mata

“Sixers” by Barbara Lund
Illustrated by Will Knight

“The Enfield Report” by Christopher Bowthorpe
Illustrated by Stephen Spinas

“The Widow’s Might” by Elizabeth Chatsworth
Illustrated by Madolyn Locke

“Magic Out of a Hat” by L. Ron Hubbard

“On ‘Magic Out of a Hat’” by Orson Scott Card

“The Dangerous Dimension” by L. Ron Hubbard
Illustrated by Anh Le

“How to Steal the Plot Armor” by Luke Wildman
Illustrated by Dan Watson

“The Redemption of Brother Adalum” by K. D. Julicher
Illustrated by Isabel Gibney

“The Argentum” by Anj Dockrey
Illustrated by Rumpam Grimoeuvre

“The Phoenixes’ War” by Jody Lynn Nye
Inspired by Echo Chernik’s Phoenix Passage

“Soul Paper” by Trent Walters
Illustrated by Mariah Salinas

“The Skin of My Mother” by Erik Lynd
Illustrated by Shiyi Yu

“Death of a Time Traveler” by Sara Fox
Illustrated by Jennifer Bruce

“The Battle of Donasi” by Elaine Midcoh
Illustrated by Ben Hill

“The Rewards of Imagination” by Craig Elliot

“The Museum of Modern Warfare” by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Illustrated by Isabel Gibney

“A Demon Hunter’s Guide to Passover Seder” by Ryan Cole
Illustrated by Jeff Weiner

“Hemingway” by Emma Washburn
Illustrated by Sethe Nguyen

“Half-Breed” by Brittany Rainsdon
Illustrated by Daniel Bitton

“The Year in the Contests”

For almost four decades, L. Ron Hubbard’s Writers and Illustrators of the Future Contests have discovered and nurtured the new stars of science fiction and fantasy, publishing their works and artwork in the annual anthology.

For almost four decades, L. Ron Hubbard’s Writers & Illustrators of the Future Contests have discovered and nurtured the new stars of science fiction and fantasy, publishing their works and artwork in the annual anthology.