America’s Top Cellphone Novelist

Today the twenty semifinalists were announced in the “Next Best Celler” contest, a search for the best cellphone novel on a serialized writing site.

The contest is being held on the cellphone literature site TextNovel, a socially networked community created by Soper Literary Agency. The shortlist was created by counting total votes and subscriptions by readers. Dorchester Publishing editors will determine the ten finalists by November 16th, and choose a winner early next year.

The most popular book on the shortlist was written by Lillie Spencer, who has racked up hundreds of votes for her cellphone novel-in-progress, “Manhunt.” Here’s the ultimate prize: “The winner will receive the $2,000 prize as an advance and a publishing contract with Dorchester.”

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