Copyright Question

Arol

When using the forums “Write Your Own Christie”, is using Christie characters and maybe events permitted and accepted?
Copyright questions and such?  

GKCfan

For the "Write Your Own Christie" contest from a few years ago, it was allowable to use the mentioned Christie characters from A Murder is Announced, although now that the contest is over such permissions have been ended.  During that contest, many of the characters were completely reimagined and had very little connection to the original cast of characters aside from the name, and the pollen was completely different in  Murder in a Green and Pleasant Land.  (http://agatha-christie-cms-production.s3.amazonaws.com/archive/pdfs/wyoc murder in a green and pleasant land.pdf).