Geographical distribution of submissions
| 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | |
| UK | 320 | 303 | 265 | 326 | 348 | 323 |
| Western Europe | 264 | 236 | 242 | 230 | 268 | 345 |
| Spain | 42 | 45 | 44 | 37 | 38 | 46 |
| The Netherlands | 44 | 49 | 41 | 40 | 51 | 50 |
| Italy | 48 | 19 | 38 | 40 | 36 | 65 |
| France | 28 | 24 | 27 | 26 | 34 | 33 |
| Turkey | 14 | 22 | 20 | 17 | 27 | 36 |
| Israel | 17 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 16 |
| Eire | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| Switzerland | 13 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 18 |
| Germany | 26 | 23 | 20 | 29 | 31 | 37 |
| Belgium | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 14 |
| Greece | 7 | 6 | 15 | 6 | 12 | 13 |
| Austria | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 7 |
| Portugal | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Malta | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Andorra | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| USA and Canada | 71 | 84 | 76 | 81 | 87 | 68 |
| Japan | 53 | 64 | 46 | 54 | 56 | 69 |
| Australasia | 31 | 60 | 48 | 38 | 60 | 57 |
| Scandinavia | 32 | 39 | 36 | 38 | 41 | 49 |
| Asia | 26 | 26 | 35 | 30 | 39 | 26 |
| Eastern Europe | 10 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 16 |
| South America | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| Africa | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Middle East | 5 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 8 |