We attended the Salt Lake City Comic Con which took place at the Salt Palace in downtown Salt Lake City with over 100,000 attendees over the 3-day event.

One of the best parts of attending these conventions is seeing amazing friends—judges from Writers and Illustrators of the Future, contest winners and the amazing fans! We also made some great new friends.

Our Writers of the Future judges Brandon Sanderson, Jody Lynn Nye and David Farland were on panels promoting Writers of the Future…

(L to R) Brandon Sanderson, Jody Lynn Nye, Tad Williams, Jim Butcher and David Farland.

And they also talked about the Contest on television.

John Goodwin and Dave Farland on Park City TV with Joe Davis.

Author Jody Lynn Nye being interviewed by Joe Davis from Park City TV

Illustrators of the Future judge Rob Prior promoted the Contest from his booth.

Rob Prior

Writers of the Future winners, past and soon-to-be-awarded, were also on hand to lend their support to the Contest.

Eric James Stone (WOTF 20 & 21) and Darci Rhoades Stone (WOTF 34) with Park City TV’s Joe Davis.

And then Terl showed up figuring he would steal the show.

Terl at the Galaxy Press booth

Stormtroopers take a minute to get their picture with Terl

But he was certainly not to be outdone by all the fans who stopped by our booth.

Galaxy Press booth at Salt Lake Comic Con

We also met the convention organizer Dan Farr and will team up to promote Writers and Illustrators of the Future at future Comic Cons.

John and Emily Goodwin with Dan Farr

And then there was all the other great media we were featured on.