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The 15th Annual American Gem Short Script & Literary Festival
American Gem Short
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Attention: C/O FilmMakers Magazine LitFest
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
Web:
http://filmmakers.com/contests/short/
Email:
info@filmmakers.com
Contact: Jennifer Brooks, Director
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Objective
To promote and support new talent by creating real and original opportunities.
To make Hollywood more accessible than ever before to more aspiring screenwriters, American Gem Short Script Writing Contest: presented by Filmmakers Magazine and Write Brothers, is forming strategic alliances with the powers that be in Film, TV and Literary Publishing.
SHORT SCRIPTS | SHORT STORIES | SHORT TV SCRIPTS | TELEVISION AND PILOTS OR EXISTING | SITCOMS | TV SHOWS | REALITY SHOW ON TV OR THE WEB | TREATMENTS | DIGITAL OR WEBSERIES | GAME SHOWS | ETC.
Rules
For rules please visit us at: http://filmmakers.com/contests/short/index.htm#RulesAwards
Short Story and Short Script Writing Awards & PrizesTop 10 SCRIPTS (including short stories) to be READ by Leading Hollywood Television Producers, Publishing Houses, Development Executives, Management Companies & Agents for Representation, and/or Production Consideration and/or or Publication.
GRAND PRIZE WINNER (from all submissions)
A) 1000 (USD) +
B) a copy of screenwriter or Dramatica Pro by Write Brothers +
D) Emerging Artist Award Certificate for Best script of the Year +
E) an Official Selection laurel
ELITE PRIZE WINNER - SHORT SCRIPT OR TV SCRIPT
A) $250 (USD) +
B) a copy of Movie Magic Screenwriter by Write Brothers +
D) Emerging Artist Award Certificate for best or 2nd best short script
E) an Official Selection laurel
ELITE PRIZE WINNER - SHORT STORY
A) $250 (USD) +
B) a copy of Dramatica Pro by Write Brothers +
D) Emerging Artist Award Certificate for best or 2nd best short story
E) an Official Selection laurel
DIAMOND PRIZE WINNER - SHORT SCRIPT OR TV SCRIPT
A) $150 (USD) +
B) a copy of Movie Magic Screenwriter by Write Brothers +
D) Emerging Artist Award Certificate for 2nd or 3rd best Script
E) an Official Selection laurel
DIAMOND PRIZE WINNER - SHORT STORY
A) a copy of Movie Magic Screenwriter by Write Brothers +
B) Emerging Artist Award Certificate for 2nd best or 3rd best short story)
C) an Official Selection laurel
PLATINUM PRIZE WINNERS - SHORT SCRIPT OR TV SCRIPT
A) $50 (USD) +
B) a copy of Movie Magic Screenwriter by Write Brothers +
D) Emerging Artist Award Certificate for 3rd or 4th place
E) an Official Selection laurel
PLATINUM PRIZE WINNERS - SHORT STORY
A) a copy of Movie Magic Screenwriter by Write Brothers +
B) Emerging Artist Award Certificate for 3rd or 4th place
C) an Official Selection laurel
PLATINUM PRIZE WINNERS - ONE HOUR, NEW OR EXISTING
A) Emerging Artist Award Certificate for 3rd Best Script in a category
B) an Official Selection laurel
10 RUNNERS-UP
A) an Official Selection laurel
American Gem Short
Contact
Attention: C/O FilmMakers Magazine LitFest
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
Web:
http://filmmakers.com/contests/short/
Email:
info@filmmakers.com
Contact: Jennifer Brooks, Director
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American Gem Short Script & Literary Festival
Contact
Attention: C/O FilmMakers Magazine LitFest
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
Web:
http://filmmakers.com/contests/short/
Email:
info@filmmakers.com
Contact: Jennifer Brooks, Director
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Contest News
American Gem Announces Contest Winners
American Gem and The Write Brothers have announce the Winners of the 2006 American Gem Short Screenplay Competition:
First Place Winner - Michael Ugulini
PARCHED — Drama
Logline: A farmer defends his dying field during a prolonged drought.
Second Place Winner - Hyemin Koo
SOMEWHERE BETWEEN CALM AND PASSION — Drama
Logline: A nerdy high-school senior falls in love a month before the Harvard application deadline and learns in a twisted way the bitter lesson of the balance between calm and passion. A satire about the college admissions process.
Third Place Winner - Jason N. Zimmatore
TABLOID — Thriller
Logline: A sleazy tabloid reporter, who takes photos of celebrities on their deathbeds, gets his comeuppance at the hand of an aging TV tough guy.
Fourth Place Winner - Alexandra Torterotot
BY THE HAND — Drama
Logline: AElijah, a young 8-year-old boy becomes friends with Malaika, an elderly homeless woman in order to avoid going home to his estranged mother.
Fifth Place Winner - Musa Jackson
THE GARDNER — Drama
Logline: As new wealth and prosperity helps Harlem rise up from urban decay. One its long standing residents, a beloved elderly Harlem widow wrought with Alzheimer's descends into dementia as she waits for her grandson the doctor to rescue her.
Sixth Place Winner - Kent Young
COOKIES — Drama/Comedy
Logline: Fresh out of rehab, Samantha can't seem to hang on to anything. As the sober lifestyle quickly loses luster, she begins to push its boundaries, and finds herself reconnecting with someone from her dark past.
Seventh Place Winner - Meredith Rose
UNBROKEN FALL — Drama/War
Logline: AU.S. Army Captain Gabby Davis has worked hard to get to where she is. Now she has to use all her wits, imagination and years of training to navigate her platoon through hard lessons about honor and friendship, prejudice and trust, love, loss and betrayal, and, oh yeah, there's a war going on out there, too.
Eighth Place Winner - Douglas Stark
NIGHT — Supernatural
Logline: A newcomer to a senior facility meets residents crippled not only with the fear of dying, but a shadowy spirit who is stealing their souls.
Ninth Place Winner - Diana Kemp-Jones
VOYEUR — Film Noir
Logline: A loner dominated by his voyeuristic appetites descends into murder and madness.
Tenth Place Winner - Lawrence Whiteside
AUTOMATA — Drama
Logline: A toy-maker is asked to make a mechanical sister for a little girl. He will find out the girl's father has more in mind for the toy than a companion for a lonely girl.
Updated: 01/25/2007
American Gem Short Script & Literary Festival
Contact
Attention: C/O FilmMakers Magazine LitFest
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
Web:
http://filmmakers.com/contests/short/
Email:
info@filmmakers.com
Contact: Jennifer Brooks, Director
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