Sean Williams, Connor Chamberlain and John Goodwin on the 40th Volume of 'Writers of the Future'

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L. Ron Hubbard created the Writers of the Future Writing Contest in 1983 to provide "a means for new and budding writers to have a chance for their creative efforts to be seen and acknowledged." The 559 winners and published finalists of the Writing Contest have published over 8,000 novels and short stories, created 36 New York Times bestselling novels, and their works have sold over 60 million copies. Selected from a field of thousands of entrants from 180 countries, Volume 40 features winners from eight countries: Canada, China, Malaysia, the Netherlands, Portugal, the UK, and the USA, and from Dunedin, New Zealand, illustrator winner Connor Chamberlain, with his illustration of the fantasy story "Da-Ko-Ta." In this episode Gregory Dobbs chats to the president of Galaxy Press about the 40th Anniversary volume of Writers of the Future, along with science fiction author Sean Williams and illustrator Connor Chamberlain, about their experiences as winners of the Writers of the Future and Illustrators of the Future contest.