The L. Ron Hubbard's Illustrators of the Future Contest is an opportunity for new science fiction and fantasy artists worldwide to have their work judged by some of the masters in the field and discovered by a wide audience. Applicants may enter three science fiction or fantasy pieces of art. Color or black and white. Applicants must submit their best original work. AI art is not accepted. The contest is open to entrants from all nations. However, entrants should provide themselves with some means for written communication in English. The contest is open to new and amateur artists who have not been professionally published and paid for more than three black-and-white story illustrations, or more than one process-color painting, in media distributed broadly to the general public. Each entry must include three original illustrations created solely by the entrant. The entry must be original to the entrant and previously unpublished. First quarter deadline is December 31. Second quarter deadline is March 31. Third quarter deadline is June 30. Fourth quarter deadline is September 30. Please visit the scholarship's website and contact the Author Services, Inc. for more information.