OLIVE W. GARVEY FELLOWSHIPS

Value: Students up to the age of 35: First Prize: $2,500; Second Prize: $1,500; Third prize: $1,000
Junior faculty members not yet tenured: First Prize: $10,000; Second Prize: $5,000; Third Prize: $1,500

APPLICATION DEADLINE: MAY 1, 2003

Administrator: The Independent Institute

Notes: Beginning with the 2002-2003 Contest, essay submissions may be made by both students and junior faculty members. For the 2003 essay topic and more information, see the Garvey Fellowship website.

Contact Information:
Mr. Carl P. Close
Academic Affairs Director
The Independent Institute
100 Swan Way, Oakland, CA 94621-1428
Phone: 510-632-1366
Fax: 510-568-6040
Email: CClose@independent.org
Website: http://www.independent.org/garvey.html

L. RON HUBBARD WRITERS OF THE FUTURE

Value: PRIZES EVERY THREE MONTHS: $1,000, $750, $500
ANNUAL GRAND PRIZE: $4,000 ADDITIONAL!

APPLICATION DEADLINE: 4 QUARTERS: OCTOBER 1, JANUARY 1, APRIL 1 AND JULY 1

Notes: Contest is open to writers who have not been professionally published. Stories of all types of science fiction, fantasy and horror with fantastic elements, are welcome. To be eligible, entries must be works of prose, up to 17,000 words in length. We regret we cannot consider poetry, or works intended for children.

Contact Information:
L. Ron Hubbard’s
Writers Of The Future Contest
P.O. BOX 1630
Los Angeles, CA 90078
Website: http://www.writersofthefuture.com/17/RUles/WOTFrules.html