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A year-old social networking and digital distribution platform that aims to bring writers and agents together has created a contest to find "the next big crime fiction blockbuster." Circalit, launched in February 2010 as a place for screenwriters to showcase their work to studios, began inviting novelists, playwrights, and short story writers to post their work in July 2010. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2011-01-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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