CONTENTS

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1. Introduction by Jody Lynn Nye
2. The Illustrators of the Future Contest by Echo Chernik
3. List of Illustrations
4. The Edge of Where My Light Is Cast by Sky McKinnonIllustrated by Carina Zhang
5. Son, Spirit, Snake by Jack NashIllustrated by Pedro N.
6. Nonzero by Tom VandermolenIllustrated by Jennifer Mellen
7. On Writing and Science Fiction by L. Ron Hubbard
8. The Last Drop by L. Ron Hubbard and L. Sprague de CampIllustrated by Chris Arias
9. The Imagalisk by Galen WestlakeIllustrated by Arthur Haywood
10. Life and Death and Love in the Bayou by Stephannie TallentIllustrated by Ashley Cassaday
11. Five Days Until Sunset by Lance RobinsonIllustrated by Steven Bentley
12. Forty Years of Writers of the Future by Gregory Benford
13. It Seemed Like Just Yesterday by Dean Wesley Smith
14. Shaman Dreams by S.M. StirlingInspired by Dan dos Santos’s Starcatcher
15. The Wall Isn’t a Circle by Rosalyn RobilliardIllustrated by Guelly Rivera
16. Da-ko-ta by Amir AgooraIllustrated by Connor Chamberlain
17. Squiddy by John Eric SchleicherIllustrated by Tyler Vail
18. L. Ron Hubbard’s Illustrators of the Future at Thirty-Five! by Bob Eggleton
19. Halo by Nancy KressIllustrated by Lucas Durham
20. Ashes to Ashes, Blood to Carbonfiber by James DaviesIllustrated by May Zheng
21. Summer of Thirty Years by Lisa SilverthorneIllustrated by Gigi Hooper
22. Butter Side Down by Kal MIllustrated by Selena Meraki
23. The Year in the Contests
24. Writers’ Contest Rules
25. Illustrators’ Contest Rules
26. Get Exclusive Content
27. Become the Next Writer of the Future