Dream Foundry announced the 2023 finalists of its latest contest for speculative fiction writers and artists on July 31. 

The contest is open to relatively new writers and artists. The finalists for each category are:

WRITING CONTEST

• Fatima Abdullahi
• Jessica Andrewatha
• Zary Fekete
• Ariel Finkle
• Mallika Kamat
• Toshiya Kamei
• Felicia Martínez
• Albert Nkereuwem
• Alexia Tolas
• Alan Mark Tong

ART CONTEST

• Ahmed Asi
• BraveBurattino
• chocokkyo
• Alieha Dryden
• Galtenoble
• ©Jin
• MarMar
• Mocarro
• ReYtzin
• Larissa Usuki

The finalists were chosen by Julia Rios and Dante Luiz for the writing and art contests respectively. The finalists’ entries have been sent to writing contest judges John Wiswell and Suzan Palumbo, and art contest judges Sloane Hong and Solomon Enos, who will pick the first, second, and third place winners.