Latest L. Ron Hubbard Stories

LOS ANGELES, July 9 /PRNewswire/ -- A prison security guard, a housewife, a computer technician, and a college student. They came from all walks of life but realized a common dream as winners of a worldwide writing contest now in its 25th year. The Writers of the Future Contest, specifically designed to help fledgling writers 25 years ago, has helped discover New York Times' bestselling authors Kevin J. Anderson (X Files, Dune, etc.), Sean Williams (The Resurrected Man), Jo Beverly (Dark...

HOLLYWOOD, Calif., July 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Science Fiction Grand Master, international bestselling author and 24-year judge for the "L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Contest," Anne McCaffrey (Dragon Riders of Pern series) will be attending this year's silver anniversary Hubbard Achievement Awards Ceremony, it was announced by Joni Labaqui, the Contest director. The event will take place in Hollywood, CA on August 29, 2009 at Author Services, Inc., the headquarters for both the Writers...

HUNTINGTON WOODS, Mich., July 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Al Bodgan, software developer, photographer, video editor and writer now enjoys going to science fiction conventions and signing autographs instead of seeking them. Less than one year after winning the 24th annual L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Contest for new and aspiring writers worldwide, Al has traveled locally to both ConFusion, Michigan's largest and oldest literary science fiction convention and Penguicon - a free software/tech...

ALLENDALE, Mich., July 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Less than a year after garnering top honors in the global L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Contest for new science fiction and fantasy writers, Allendale resident and writer Dr. Philip Edward Kaldon has been published 3 times in 2009. Twice in Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #38 with his story Machine, then again in Spaceways Inflight Magazine #39 for his story In the Blink Of An Eye and in Analog with his story The Brother on the Shelf....

PHILADELPHIA, July 2 /PRNewswire/ -- International award-winning artist and Philly resident Stephen Knox will launch an ongoing art tribute to the memory of Michael Jackson starting this Friday based on the pop star's 'Scarecrow' character from "The Wiz," a 1970s version of the Wizard of Oz. Knox will weave Jackson's character into a complete story on Friday, July 3rd to coincide with scheduled funeral services in California. The tribute can be seen on Knox's website, 7mages.com. In...

OKLAHOMA CITY, June 25 /PRNewswire/ -- The name and reputation of L. Ron Hubbard as a bona fide writer of westerns received widespread recognition from the writers and fans attending the 2009 Western Writers of America (WWA) annual conference held in Oklahoma City earlier this week. Galaxy Press, publisher of Hubbard's fiction works and who is also a WWA member, attended the conference for the first time to promote the author's westerns as part of its mammoth 80-novel, 150-story Stories...

LOS ANGELES, June 25 /PRNewswire/ -- L. Ron Hubbard Illustrator of the Future Contest Award winner James Galindo has recently won the John F. & Anna Lee Stacey Scholarship from the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City. Galindo received the scholarship of $5,000 to support his traditional classical painting - a style that was recognized as an Illustrator of the Future prize winner for new and aspiring artists worldwide and resulted in his first professional...

Turns 2008 First Place Writers of the Future Award, Publication Into Continued Success for 2009-10 BOULDER CREEK, Calif., June 25 /PRNewswire/ -- This once bustling logging town and railway stop now houses a resident writer who is fast making a name for herself in fantasy and science fiction circles. Boulder Creek's Erin Cashier has already been published or is scheduled for publication in five professional magazines or anthologies less than one year after winning first place in the 24th...

ENCINITAS, Calif., June 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Less than a year after garnering top honors in the global L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Contest for new science fiction and fantasy writers, Encinitas resident and writer David Parish-Whittaker has sold story rights to Aberrant for its high-profile, miniatures science fiction game "Rezolution." Parish-Whittaker was first professionally published in 2008 as part of the L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers and Illustrators of the Future Vol. 24...

JERSEY CITY, N.J., June 18 /PRNewswire/ -- After receiving an international award for illustration last year, local resident Robert Castillo is now working on an animated film about the New York Yankees called "Henry & Me," where a little boy meets the famous Yankee players of the past. Honored at the 2008 Annual L. Ron Hubbard Achievement Awards for Illustrators of the Future, Castillo has utilized the award and publication of his work in the Contest's annual published anthology to...