Following the release of Ziv Navoth's Nanotales' in 2007, Guardian Unlimited and Bebo.com joined forces to launch a new literary competition. Over 2,000 authors submitted their 'nanotales' - short stories of under 1,000 words - to the Bebo community and a panel of judges comprising Alan Yentob, creative director of the BBC, Caroline Michel, m.d. of the William Morris agency, Sarah Crown, literary editor of Guardian Unlimited, Franc Roddam, founder of Ziji Publishing, Joanna Shields, president of Bebo International, and author Navoth.'