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Article: International Writers Contest Launches Careers of Seven New York Times Bestselling Authors.
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- Entertainment Newsweekly
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- November 13, 2009
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The annual L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Contest and anthology series now in its 26th year may be producing more successful, best-selling authors in speculative fiction than any similar publishing vehicle for new and aspiring writers, it was announced in Hollywood.
At least seven of the 300 winning writers have made the New York Times (NYT) best-sellers' list -- Dave Wolverton (Star Wars: The Courtship of Princess Leah), Nancy Farmer (The Ear, the Eye and the Arm), Jo Beverley (A Lady's Secret), Sean Williams (Star Wars: Force Unleashed), Tim Myers (Basho and the Fox), Karen Joy Fowler (The Jane Austen Book Club) and Patrick Rothfuss (Name of the Wind).
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