so, please, welcome charles and clydette degroot. [applause] >> thank you very much, mitchell. when clydette and i and my parents set up the foundation, one of the first projects that we initiated was a prize for an unpublished novella. we picked the novella because it's a genre that's perfect in this fast-paced society. it's a small book, and they translate very well into films. elmore leonard's, just about all of his books have been made into movies. for the last two cycles we partnered with shakespeare and company, the english bookstore in paris. and in the last competition, we had productionly 600 entrants -- approximately 600 entrants from all around the world. and now we're very excited to be partnering with miami-dade college and the miami book fair, because we feel they can extend the reach of the prize as well as create a solid home so it's sustainable and will live a long life. >> and as charles just said, we're absolutely thrilled to be working with mitchell kaplan and the wonderful team that organize toes this wonderful book fair that goes on literally all year long.