Circalit is an

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for writers, screenwriters, agents and producers. It mediates between industry professionals and individuals, and also provides a forum for writers to discuss each other's work. It was " beled as the first ever

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for screenwriters" by Movie Maker website, and dubbed the 'Facebook for screenwriters'. Recently, Circalit has partnered the website with

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, which has links to both

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and

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History

Circalit was founded by a group of

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students in February 2010. The CEO came up with the idea while working in a film production studio, noticing scripts he enjoyed that were ignored. In 2011 the company won the UCL Bright Ideas award.

Competitions

Circalit holds competitions, many of which take place in conjunction with publishing companies, literary agents or film producers. Finished competitions have included both a

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and a

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category done with Ether Books. Additionally the independent publishing company Little Episodes and Circalit jointly

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d a short story on the subject of 'Broken Identities'. The publisher A. P. Watt linked up with the social networking site and its agents have attempted to read as many scripts as possible, with one manuscript winning a personal review by the publishers themselves. Alex Merkin hosted a screenplay competition with Circalit in which he reviewed the winning script.

References

External links

*{{Official website, http://www.circalit.com British social networking websites Professional networks