ɐbˌaʊt fˈaɪv tə sˈɪks hˈʌndɹɪd ɹˈaɪɾɚz ˈɛntɚ ðə kˈɑːntɛst ˈɛvɹi jˈɪɹ, ɐbˌaʊt tˈuːθˈɜːdz ʌv hˈuːm mˈænɪdʒ tə kəmplˈiːt ænd səbmˈɪt ɐ nˈɑːvəl.
About five to six hundred writers enter the contest every year, about two-thirds of whom manage to complete and submit a novel.