From the United States to Argentina the 2nd Quarter of the 2014 contest sees entrants from many non-English speaking countries
Hollywood, CA (PRWEB) April 02, 2014
Offices of the L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future contest announced the top five countries in the world with the most amount of entrants for the 2nd quarter of the contest, which ran from 1 January to 31 March of this year.
1) United States
2) United Kingdom
3) Canada
4) Australia
5) India
The United States is always number one and this quarter it is followed by the United Kingdom and Australia for the obvious English speaking reasons," contest Director Joni Labaqui stated. "Our 5th place country this year was India, as it was in the 1st quarter. South Africa however is picking up and could overcome India next quarter, it was that close. In recent years we have seen a growing number of entrants from foreign countries. Ireland and New Zealand both had significant increases in people entering."
Every state in the United States except for Wyoming had entrants to the contest this quarter.
The youngest entrant was a female from British Virgin Islands at 10 years old and a man from Florida who is 100 years old, is the oldest person to have ever entered the contest.
Now in its 30th year, the Writers of the Future Contest began in 1983 and attracts entries worldwide in science fiction and fantasy. Twelve quarterly winners receive prize monies and, along with selected finalists, are published in an annual anthology, L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future (Galaxy Press). The book is sold in bookstores and at Amazon.com and gives the winners the exposure that they need.
Inspired by multiple New York Times best-selling author L. Ron Hubbard, the merit-based Writers of the Future Contest was initiated by him to discover and encourage talented beginning writers of science fiction and fantasy, and thus launch careers.
The idea has proved very successful. Hundreds of winners have had successful writing careers following their win and publication in the anthology, and to date has launched the careers of 12 New York Times bestsellers including:
Jo Beverley, Tobias S. Buckell, Nancy Farmer, Eric Flint, Karen Joy Fowler, Tim Myers, Patrick Rothfuss, Lisa Smedmen, Dean Wesley Smith, Elizabeth Wein, Sean Williams, and Dave Wolverton aka David Farland.
For more information on the contest visit http://www.writersofthefuture.com Reported by PRWeb 3 hours ago.
Hollywood, CA (PRWEB) April 02, 2014
Offices of the L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future contest announced the top five countries in the world with the most amount of entrants for the 2nd quarter of the contest, which ran from 1 January to 31 March of this year.
1) United States
2) United Kingdom
3) Canada
4) Australia
5) India
The United States is always number one and this quarter it is followed by the United Kingdom and Australia for the obvious English speaking reasons," contest Director Joni Labaqui stated. "Our 5th place country this year was India, as it was in the 1st quarter. South Africa however is picking up and could overcome India next quarter, it was that close. In recent years we have seen a growing number of entrants from foreign countries. Ireland and New Zealand both had significant increases in people entering."
Every state in the United States except for Wyoming had entrants to the contest this quarter.
The youngest entrant was a female from British Virgin Islands at 10 years old and a man from Florida who is 100 years old, is the oldest person to have ever entered the contest.
Now in its 30th year, the Writers of the Future Contest began in 1983 and attracts entries worldwide in science fiction and fantasy. Twelve quarterly winners receive prize monies and, along with selected finalists, are published in an annual anthology, L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future (Galaxy Press). The book is sold in bookstores and at Amazon.com and gives the winners the exposure that they need.
Inspired by multiple New York Times best-selling author L. Ron Hubbard, the merit-based Writers of the Future Contest was initiated by him to discover and encourage talented beginning writers of science fiction and fantasy, and thus launch careers.
The idea has proved very successful. Hundreds of winners have had successful writing careers following their win and publication in the anthology, and to date has launched the careers of 12 New York Times bestsellers including:
Jo Beverley, Tobias S. Buckell, Nancy Farmer, Eric Flint, Karen Joy Fowler, Tim Myers, Patrick Rothfuss, Lisa Smedmen, Dean Wesley Smith, Elizabeth Wein, Sean Williams, and Dave Wolverton aka David Farland.
For more information on the contest visit http://www.writersofthefuture.com Reported by PRWeb 3 hours ago.