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Writers of the Future Contest Winners Come From All Walks of Life ... Are You Next?

Posted on: Thursday, 9 July 2009, 15:56 CDT

LOS ANGELES, July 9 /PRNewswire/ -- A prison security guard, a housewife, a computer technician, and a college student. They came from all walks of life but realized a common dream as winners of a worldwide writing contest now in its 25th year.

The Writers of the Future Contest, specifically designed to help fledgling writers 25 years ago, has helped discover New York Times' bestselling authors Kevin J. Anderson (X Files, Dune, etc.), Sean Williams (The Resurrected Man), Jo Beverly (Dark Champion), Dave Wolverton (Star Wars), Karen Joy Fowler (The Jane Austen Book Club), Nancy Farmer (The Ear, the Eye and the Arm) and Patrick Rothfuss (The Name Of The Wind).

"It's free and anyone can enter," says Joni Labaqui, Contest director. "We're always looking for the next amazing talent -- no matter what they do or where they're from."

Recognized as the most successful new writer competition in the world, the Contest each year collects winning stories for an annual anthology series, L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future -- now in its 24th year of publication (the 25th edition will be released in the fall) -- available in bookstores and Wal-Mart stores everywhere.

The Writers of the Future contest was established in 1983 by international best-selling author L. Ron Hubbard to help new writers. Since inception, the Contest has recognized and published 400-plus authors, produced 23 anthologies, and awarded a cumulative $500,000 in cash prizes.

Labaqui encourages everyone to get a hold of the current volume to get an idea of what is winning: "If I was trying to get my story sold I would certainly want to know what the editor was looking for."

For more information regarding Writers of the Future Contest, go to http://www.writersofthefuture.com or call Joni Labaqui 1-323-466-3310.

SOURCE Writers of the Future Contest

Source: PR Newswire

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