Winners Announced In Annual International Writers Of The Future Contest
Aug 10, 2017
2nd Quarter Winners continue the contest's 34th Year of L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future
Los Angeles, United States - August 10, 2017 /PressCable/ —
The 2nd Quarter winners of the 34th year of the L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Contest were announced today. “The finalist stories were exceptionally good this quarter,” contest coordinating judge David Farland said.
THE 2ND QUARTER WINNERS ARE
1st Place – Vida Cruz from Philippines 2nd Place – Amy Gillett from Texas 3rd Place – Eneasz Brodski from Colorado
They were chosen from a group of 8 finalists and are now 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.
Vida is a student, Amy is a housewife, new mother and an aspiring writer, and Eneasz is an accountant. Vida, as first place for the quarter, will now compete with the 1st place winners of each quarter for the Grand Prize of $5,000.00.
Contest judges include: Tim Powers, author of On Stranger Tides, Kevin J. Anderson and Brian Herbert, Dune, Brandon Sanderson, Mistborn series, Todd McCaffrey the Dragons of Pern series, Robert J. Sawyer, Flash Forward, Robert Silverberg, Sailing to Byzantium, Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, A Mote in God’s Eye, Orson Scott Card, Ender’s Game and Doug Beason, Gregory Benford, Eric Flint, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Nancy Kress, Rebecca Moesta, Jody Lynn Nye, Nnedi Okorafor, Mike Resnik, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Dean Wesley Smith and Sean Williams.
Literary legend L. Ron Hubbard started the contest in 1984 to help new writers get a leg up in a very competitive field. The contest has launched the careers of hundreds of authors and 12 New York Times bestsellers.
For more information about the Writers of the Future contest, go to www.writersofthefuture.com or find us on Facebook at Writers of the Future Facebook.
On the home page click on “contest rules” to find out how to enter.
Contact Info:
Name: Emily Goodwin
Email: [email protected]
Organization: Writers & Illustrators of the Future
Address: 7051 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90028, United States
Phone: +1-323-466-3310
For more information, please visit http://www.writersofthefuture.com
Source: PressCable
Release ID: 227374
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