I AM looking for potential science fiction or fantasy writers who may live in the local area. We are running a contest called "L. Ron Hubbard's Writers of The Future Contest" to give new SF writers the chance to make it into the big time as writers.

The contest was started in America in 1984 by top SF writer L. Ron Hubbard, author of the best selling "Battlefield Earth" and "Mission Earth" series, who wanted to encourage new writing talent and open up opportunities for them to make a career from SF writing. The contest has drawn many entries from all over the world.

Entrants have to submit a short story of up to 10,000 words or a tale of short novel length, less than 17,000 words. These entries are judged by a panel of top SF judges Each quarter there are cash prizes to be won, including a grand prize of £2500. All the 12 overall winners also get published in an anthology entitled "L. Ron Hubbard presents- Writers of The Future", which is distributed internationally.

If anyone would like to have a go at becoming a top science fiction, fantasy or horror author send a SAE for a free entry form to: L. Ron Hubbard's Writers of The Future Contest, P.O. Box 218, East Grinstead, West Sussex, RH13 4GH.

Andrea Grant-Webb

"Writers of the Future" administrator.