WATCH this FREE, STAR-STUDDED
ONLINE CHARITY EVENT
Reading Sci-Fi Stories
from New Sci-Fi Writers!
FEATURING:
David Dean Bottrell (Boston Legal , Justified, Longmire)
Osric Chau (Supernatural & Dirk Gently’s)
Ruth Connell (Supernatural)
Jeryl Prescott (The Walking Dead, Ray Donovan, The Skeleton Key)
Tim Russ (Star Trek: Voyager)
Steven L. Sears (Xena, Sheena)
Nana Visitor (Star Trek: Deep Space 9, Wildfire)
Mira Furlan (Babylon 5, Lost)
hosted by Patricia Tallman
Our Mission
The Tomorrow Prize for Los Angeles County high school students and The Roswell Award for writers worldwide are short science fiction writing competitions that inspire up-and-coming storytellers to explore their craft and dream up tomorrow’s ideas. Each year, we honor the competition finalists with a live staged reading of their stories featuring celebrity guests. Founded by Sci-Fest L.A. six years ago, thousands of writers from dozens of countries and from high schools across L.A. have participated in our sci-fi writing journey. Now, with a precipitous decline in funding for the literary arts, we need your help.
Our goal is to raise $10,000 by July 31. This will pay for one-year of the competitions: outreach, the readings, program management, and prizes.
How do we benefit from science fiction writing? Sci-fi encourages imagination, novel ideas, exploring today’s problems through different lenses and perspectives, and reflecting on our technological progress and the intersection of science and society. And it’s a means to examine the moral and ethical challenges of our time. Sci-fi has inspired some of the world’s greatest inventions and deepest thinking. What’s more, it inspires teens and adults alike to find confidence in their voices. We need science fiction writing more than ever.
Meet the Fundraising “Host Committee”!
The sci-fi competitions are presented by Sci-Fest LA in conjunction with Light Bringer Project.
Michael Blaha: Co-founder of Sci-Fest L.A.
David Blue: Actor
Steven Calcote: Writer / Director
Thomas Coston: Light Bringer Project Founder
Lillian Diaz-Przybyl: Creative EP
Joshua Dysart: Writer of “Hellboy”
Bobak Ferdowsi: Engineer
Lena Garcia: Literature for Life Managing Editor
Rosalind Helfand: Director of The Roswell Award & The Tomorrow Prize
Patricia Hurley: Light Bringer Project Director
Tamara Krinsky: Actor/Broadcast Host/Writer
Cassandra Lane: Author / Managing Editor
Bruno Oliver: Actor
Corey Roskin: Literary Organizer
Joel Silberman: Writer / Producer
Patricia Tallman: Actor
David Westbay: Actor
Jeffrey Wylie: Director / Producer
Rave Reviews
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“I wanted to extend my genuine appreciation for the creation of this event. I like the personal touch. It’s heartwarming that in this time of crisis, we are still able to connect more deeply than ever before. On a personal note, I am super excited because it will give me an opportunity to take a break from my personal anxieties. There is a lot of loss in my life. Anyways, I just wanted to express my sincere gratitude for giving me this once in a lifetime opportunity.”
-C
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