elmore leonard, almost all of his books have been made into movies. so for the last two cycles of the prize we partnered with shakespeare and company, the bookstore in paris and in the last competition we had a approximately 600 entrants from all around the world. and now we're very excited to be partnering with miami-dade college and mime book fair because -- miami book fair because we feel they can extend the reach of the prize as well as create a solid home so it is sustainable and it will live a long life. >> as charles just said, we're absolutely thrilled to be working with mitchell kaplan and the wonderful team that organizes this wonderful book fair that goes on literally all year long. a prize like this serves i think a very important purpose. it's important to keep discovering new voices and also we need to keep supporting and encouraging anyone who writes. as mitchell said the written word is very important. and the novella is a wonderful form. it is longer than a short story and shorter than a novel. when you think of some -- we grew up lea