The Writers of the Future writing contest was initiated by L.
Ron Hubbard in 1983 to provide
a means for aspiring writers to
get a much-needed break to
give their career a boost. Due to
the success of the Writing Contest, the Illustrators of the Future
Contest was created in 1988.
Lockamy, who recently graduated from the Moore College of
Art and Design with a BFA in
Illustration, had never been in
an airplane before her trip to the
awards show. This was also her
first time on the west coast, and,
more importantly, her first time
winning an international contest.
“The experience is kind of indescribable,” recalled Lockamy.
“I’m very fortunate that I was
able to make such a trip early
on in my career, shortly before graduation. It came at the
perfect time. To be named the
Grand Winner was quite possibly the biggest surprise of my
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young life, but it was the icing on
the cake compared to the wonderful week of events.”
The 12 winners of the contest
were given the opportunity to
attend a week long workshop
taught by contest judges, including New York Times bestselling
authors David Farland (Runelord
series) and Kevin J. Anderson
(Dune series), World Fantasy
Award winner Tim Powers (On
Stranger Tides, adapted as the
4th Pirates of the Caribbean
film), multiple Hugo and Nebula
award winner Orson Scott Card
(Enders Game), multiple Hugo
and Nebula award winner Robert J. Sawyer (Flash Forward
and The WWW Trilogy), Hugo
and Nebula award winning author Larry Niven (the Ringworld
series), and internationally acclaimed artists, Cliff Nielsen
(cover artist for Chronicles of
Narnia), Dave Dorman (Star Wars
character designs) and Larry
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