L. Ron Hubbard's Writers of the Future Contest Winner Makes New York Times Fiction...

L. Ron Hubbard's Writers of the Future Contest Winner Makes New York Times
Fiction List

LOS ANGELES, April 17 /PRNewswire/ -- A former winner of the annual L. Ron
Hubbard Writers of the Future Contest for beginning writers worldwide has
earned a spot on the New York Times' Extended List of paperback mass-market
fiction sellers for his first novel, "The Name of the Wind."
Patrick Rothfuss of Central Wisconsin is currently listed as number 24 on
the overall New York Times list -- the sixth time a winner of the contest has
achieved such recognition, according to Writers of the Future Contest
officials.
"When an excerpt from one of my novels won the contest back in 2000, it
gave me hope that some day the entire story might be published," Rothfuss
said. "But I never dreamed of success on this scale."
In addition to Rothfuss, other Contest winners who have had New York Times
bestsellers include Jo Beverley, an early "published finalist" (Volume IV),
Sean Williams (Volume IX), Nancy Farmer (Volume IV), Dave Wolverton (Volume
III), and Karen Joy Fowler (Volume I). Other past winners of the contest have
gone on to publish over 630 novels and have published over 1,182 short
stories.
The Writers of the Future contest has become the top merit-based
competition of its kind for new or little-published writers worldwide. Entries
are received throughout the year and are judged by leading literary
professionals. The L. Ron Hubbard Presents Illustrators of the Future, begun
in 1988, similarly honors artists who illustrate the winning short stories.
Since inception, the Writers and Illustrators of the Future contests have
produced 23 anthology volumes and awarded a cumulative $500,000+ in cash
prizes.
"L. Ron Hubbard started the contest in the early 80s to help new writers
because he knew what it takes to enter the field and succeed. It takes not
only talent, but mentors, encouragement and a lot of people noticing. The
contest accepts all entrants as long as the author has not published a book by
a major publishing label or have more than 5,000 copies of a previous work
printed," said the contest administrator.
For more information regarding the contests visit
http://www.writersofthefuture.com.
SOURCE L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Contest

Joni Labaqui, +1-323-466-3310, for L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future
Contest