Artist wins top award in international event

Lawrence artist and Kansas University graduate Michael Brenner has been awarded $500 as a first-quarter winner of the internationally acclaimed L. Ron Hubbard Illustrators of the Future Contest for new and aspiring illustrators of science fiction and fantasy,

Brenner will attend the award celebration in Hollywood later this year and participate in the Writers and Illustrators of the Future creative workshop. He also will illustrate one of the winning stories to be published in the “L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume XXI” anthology.

Brenner has an undergraduate degree in design and illustration from KU.

Manhattan to celebrate 150 years with contest

Manhattan and Riley County are having a Celebrate 150! poetry contest in conjunction with their sesquicentennial.

All entries must be postmarked by May 15.

For more information, go to www.celebrate150.org