4th Quarter Winners Announced in International Writers of the Future Contest

HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Feb. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- The 4th Quarter winners of the 26th year of the L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Contest were announced today by Joni Labaqui, the contest Director.

They were chosen from a group of 8 finalists and are awarded cash prizes, a week long intensive workshop, an awards ceremony and are also published in the annual L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future. Laurie, Scott and Lael will receive a cash prize for their win this quarter.

A Grand Prize winner is announced at the annual awards ceremony in August and is selected by another panel of judges. Laurie will now compete with the other first place winners from the first three quarters for the grand prize of $5,000.00.

Well-known contest judges include multiple Nebula and Hugo Award winners and finalists such as Kevin J. Anderson, Orson Scott Card, Anne McCaffrey, Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle, Tim Powers, Robert J. Sawyer, Robert Silverberg, Dave Wolverton, Sean Williams, Rebecca Moesta, K.D. Wentworth and Eric Kotani.

"The chance of being published elsewhere in the publishing industry is much, much smaller," Labaqui said. "Only three out of every 10,000 manuscripts submitted in the United States each year get published -- 1,800 are science fiction and fantasy novels -- and most of them are written by established authors. This is one very effective way to get in the door for the newcomer."

For more information about the contest, go to www.writersofthefuture.com.

SOURCE Writers of the Future

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