19. The system according to claim 16 , further comprising an authoring tool for creating segment candidates.
16. A system for creating collaborative works over a computer network, comprising a host server coupled to the computer network to distribute segment instructions and receive from a plurality of participants segment candidates based on the segment instructions, a voting module associated with the host server for presenting submitted segments to a voting audience over the computer network and for tabulating votes received from the voting audience for selecting winning segments to be used in the creation of the collaborative work, wherein said segment candidates are submitted with a promo, said promo being only authored by the author of the submitted segment, and constituting a subset of the submitted segment candidate, wherein said promo is designed to generate interest amongst members of the voting audience to view the submitted segment in full, wherein said promo comprises an image or graphic, and a title, summary and excerpt, and wherein participation in said voting audience is open to the general public.