His winning story will be published in the international
bestselling anthology, L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 37.
Luke is currently living in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States.
Anticipating that the pandemic will be over and large events
able to occur once again with visitors from around the world, Mr. Wildman will
travel to Hollywood this fall for a weeklong workshop and be honored at a
black-tie awards gala.
Luke’s story has earned him a cash prize and a trip to
Hollywood as well as having his story published in the annual bestseller, L.
Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 37.
Luke Wildman may be a figment of your imagination—or you may
be one of his. Either way, he was born and raised in West Africa, came to the
U.S. for college at nineteen, and has lived with his wife in Indianapolis ever
since. If you ever find yourself wandering the Indiana woods and notice a
rambling weirdo muttering about books, that’s probably Luke.
When not terrorizing the countryside, Luke reads copiously,
devotes unhealthy amounts of time to working on his novels, and dreams of
making his living through fiction. His work has appeared in Havok magazine and
Parnassus, Taylor University’s literary journal.
The Contest, one of the most prestigious writing
competitions in the world, is currently in its 38th year and is judged by some
of the premier names in speculative fiction.
The Writers of the Future Contest judges include, Tim Powers
(author of On Stranger Tides), Kevin J. Anderson and Brian Herbert (Dune
prequel series), Robert J. Sawyer (Quantum Night), Brandon Sanderson (Mistborn
series, Stormlight Archive), Larry Niven (Ringworld), Orson Scott Card (Ender’s
Game), Nnedi Okorafor (Who Fears Death), David Farland (Runelords), and
Katherine Kurtz (Deryni series) to name a few.
Illustrators of the Future Contest judges include, Bob
Eggleton (11 Chesley Awards and 7 Hugo Awards), Larry Elmore (Dungeons &
Dragons book covers), Echo Chernik (graphic designs for major corporations
including Celestial Seasons tea packaging), Rob Prior (art for Spawn, Heavy
Metal comics and Buffy the Vampire Slayer), Ciruelo (Eragon Coloring Book)
Following the 1982 release of his internationally acclaimed
bestselling science fiction novel, Battlefield Earth, written in celebration of
50 years as a professional writer, L. Ron Hubbard created the Writers of the
Future (writersofthefuture.com) in 1983 to provide a means for aspiring writers
of speculative fiction to get that much-needed break. Due to the success of the
Writers of the Future Contest, the companion Illustrators of the Future Contest
was inaugurated five years later.
The intensive mentoring process has proven very successful.
The 440 past winners of the Writing Contest have published 1,150 novels and
nearly 4,500 short stories. They have produced 32 New York Times bestsellers
and their works have sold over 60 million copies.
The 370 past winners of the Illustrating Contest have
produced over 6,000 illustrations, 360 comic books, graced 624 books and albums
with their art and visually contributed to 68 TV shows and 40 major movies.
The Writers of the Future Award is the genre’s most
prestigious award of its kind and has now become the largest, most successful
and demonstrably most influential vehicle for budding creative talent in the
world of contemporary fiction.
Since inception, the Writers and Illustrators of the Future
contests have produced 36 anthology volumes and awarded over $1,000,000
cumulatively in prize moneys and royalties.
Hundreds of winners have had successful writing careers
following their win and publication in the anthology, and to date has launched
the careers of 12 New York Times bestselling authors including: Jo Beverley,
Tobias S. Buckell, Nancy Farmer, Eric Flint, Karen Joy Fowler, Tim Myers,
Patrick Rothfuss, Lisa Smedman, Dean Wesley Smith, Elizabeth Wein, Sean
Williams, and Dave Wolverton aka David Farland.
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