The L. Ron Hubbard Writers and Illustrators of the Future Podcast Celebrates 400 Episodes

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LOS ANGELES, CA, UNITED STATES, October 8, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The L. Ron Hubbard Writers and Illustrators of the Future Podcast has just posted episode 400 featuring a father-son writing partnership and their growth from novice to bestselling authors, and a discussion of their writing journey. Now in its seventh year, the #1 fiction-writing podcast has over 3 million weekly listeners from more than 150 countries as reported by the United Public Radio Network.

Launched in April 2019, the Writers and Illustrators of the Future Podcast provides writing and illustrating tips, advice, and inspiration from contest judges, winners, best-selling authors, and industry professionals. It is based on the world-famous Writers of the Future Contest, which was established in 1983 by L. Ron Hubbard.

The Writers and Illustrators of the Future Podcast is hosted on SoundCloud and available on Apple Podcasts (iTunes), iHeartRadio, Pocket Casts, Podbay, Podbean, Spotify, and YouTube. The Podcast was syndicated on the United Public Radio Network as it neared its 100th episode.

Providing help to aspiring writers and artists is all the more urgent, says podcast host John Goodwin, “There were over 4.1 million books published in 2025, with more than 3.5 million being self-published.” L. Ron Hubbard noted in his inaugural essay to Writers of the Future that “The competition is very keen and even dagger sharp.” Goodwin concluded, “And so this podcast is dedicated to those writers and artists wanting to succeed and wanting help to be heard above the din of the millions of other authors and artists also trying to be discovered.”

The Writers and Illustrators of the Future Podcast was inspired by L. Ron Hubbard’s mission statement in 1983 when he created the Writers of the Future Contest: “A culture is as rich and as capable of surviving as it has imaginative artists. The artist is looked upon to start things. The artist injects the spirit of life into a culture. And through his creative endeavors, the writer works continually to give tomorrow a new form.”

In addition to Contest winners, guests of the Podcast have included such industry giants (listed alphabetically) as Craig Alanson (Expeditionary Force series), Kevin J. Anderson (Dune Prequels), Orson Scott Card (“Ender’s Game”), Echo Chernik (Art Nouveau artist), Roger Christian (Academy Award winner for Star Wars set design), Tom Doherty (Publisher of Tor), Neo Edmund (“A Tale of Red Riding”), Bob Eggleton (winner of 11 Chesley Awards), Larry Elmore (Dragonlance artist), Brian Herbert (Dune prequels), Hugh Howey (“Silo”), Nancy Kress (“The Queen’s Witch”), Brandon Mull (“Fablehaven”), Larry Niven (“Ringworld”), Nnedi Okorafor (“Death of the Author”), Tim Powers (“On Stranger Tides”), Rob Prior (Spawn and Heavy Metal artist), A.G. Riddle (“Quantum Radio”), James Rosone (“Monroe Doctrine”), Robert J. Sawyer (“The Oppenheimer Alternative”), Dean Wesley Smith (Seeders universe), Brandon Sanderson (“Mistborn”), Alex Shvartsman (“Kakistocracy”), Toni Weisskopf (Publisher of Baen Books), and Tom Wood (Tom Wood Fantasy Art). To see the full gallery of past guests, visit www.writersofthefuture.com/podcast

The Writers and Illustrators of the Future Podcast is one of several tools available to aspiring writers and artists through the Writers and Illustrators of the Future Contests. For over four decades—and over 1,000 writers and artists from 54 countries—L. Ron Hubbard’s Writers and Illustrators of the Future Contests have discovered and nurtured a steady stream of new talent who have changed the face of science fiction and fantasy.

For more information, visit www.WritersoftheFuture.com.

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