Coffee Table Book Getting Ready for the Printer

The editorial team has gotten together one last time before sending the Writers of the Future coffee table book to the printer. And here is what they have to say:

Writers of the Future Coffee Table Book - Proofs, proofs and more proofs

We've been gone for a while. But we have gone through literally hundreds of proofs and here is what we have to say for ourselves:

25th Anniversary Book Design Now Begun

After photographing over 600 book covers from winners in the first 25 years, the interior book design is now well underway.



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WOTF Success Rate

As part of his research, Kevin J. Anderson has established some fantastic facts. One, he comments on below.

Also — and this is astonishing — if you measure success by whether our winners/students leave the workshop and go on to publish professional novels or multiple pro short stories [most aspiring writers would call that success], WotF has about a 30-35% success rate. That’s unheard of for a writing class or workshop.

Thousands of photos to go through for WOTF Coffee Table Book

Kevin J. Anderson has been going through all the photos, year by year, to pick out the key representative shots for each year. It is quite an exciting process. Kevin, who was already extremely excited about this project, has gotten more and more excited every day as we discover more incredible photos and letters from those first 25 years.



Again, please be sure to pass this along to other aspiring writers and past winners. It is a very exciting project.

Ray Bradbury, AE van Vogt and Jack Williamson

This shot was taken at the first Writers of the Future dinner celebration at Chasen's Reataurant in Beverly Hills. We are finding an amazing number of incredible photos as we research the contest's history in putting the 25th Anniversary Edition together.


(from l to r) Ray Bradbury, A.E. van Vogt and Jack Williamson, three of science fiction’s greatest authors, in attendance at the first awards ceremony for “L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future” held in 1985 at the Beverly Hills Chasen’s Restaurant.

To see the full article that went out with the above photo go to:
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2010/04/prweb3878814.htm

Kevin J. Anderson Has Arrived

Kevin J. Anderson has now arrived to our offices and is writing the 25th Anniversary Writers of the Future book. Jason Niedle is the book's designer who you will see with Kevin in this short clip.



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And the books from winners continue pouring in...

Every day, more and more boxes of books from past winners are arriving.

And today we also received a very special package. Sarah Totton, winner in WOTF 22, sent in her first published book which is now going into the library. You can see her site at www.sarahtotton.com.

Have a look and see for yourself:



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25th Anniversary Edition Update

If you haven't seen the Writers of the Future library at Author Services, then have a look at this video. You will also see what we are doing to ensure we have all the books that have been published by our past winners!



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