IF Magazine Nov 1957: College Youth Contest Special, Globe of Tomorrow
A gleaming terrestrial globe — symbol of scientific mastery and world-shaping ambition — is cradled between a stylish young couple representing America's optimistic postwar youth. Behind them, schematic blueprints of rockets, atomic symbols, electronic tubes, and futuristic architecture evoke a technological utopia in development. The retro-futurist imagery celebrates collegiate scientific imagination, tying the cover's $2000 contest prize directly to the promise of youth designing tomorrow's world.
It's neat that they put regular kids like us on the cover, but where are the aliens and rocket ships? Still, winning $2000 for a sci-fi story would be the most amazing thing ever — I'm definitely entering!
“SPECIAL! if NOVEMBER 35 CENTS What the Youth of Today Thinks About the America of Tomorrow! $2000 COLLEGE SCIENCE FICTION CONTEST AWARDS!”
