During the first five years of the "Debut" more than 170,000 manuscripts were submitted from all regions of Russia, most of the countries of Europe and the former Soviet Union, as well as from the United States, Israel, Australia and Japan.
In 2007, the prize "Debut" created a new award, "Young Russian world" presented annually to young writers (not older than 25 years), writing in Russian, and living outside the Russian Federation (regardless of nationality).