Writers of the Future Contest Winners Come From All Walks of Life ... Are You a Potential Writer?

LOS ANGELES, March 4 /PRNewswire/ -- An airline pilot, Federal Express driver, a computer technician, a college student and a housewife. They came from all walks of life but realized a common dream as winners of a worldwide writing contest now in its 26th year.

The Writers of the Future Contest, specifically designed to help fledgling writers 26 years ago, has helped discover New York Times' bestselling authors Kevin J. Anderson (X Files, Dune, etc.), Sean Williams (Star Wars, The Force Unleashed), Jo Beverly (Dark Champion), Dave Wolverton (Star Wars, The Courtship of Princess Leia), Karen Joy Fowler (The Jane Austen Book Club), Nancy Farmer (The Ear, the Eye and the Arm), Patrick Rothfuss (The Name Of The Wind) and Tim Myers (Basho and the Fox).

"It's free and anyone can enter," says Joni Labaqui, Contest Director. "We're always looking for the next bestselling author, no matter what they currently do for a living."

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 25th year of publication (the 26th edition will be released this 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 its inception, the Contest has recognized and published 400 authors, produced 25 anthologies, and awarded a cumulative $600,000 plus in cash prizes.

Sean Williams, contest winner and now judge says "buy the book; enter the contest; take a chance on yourself! The future might be brighter than you think."

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