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Diverse Voices presented by WeScreenplay
Diverse Voices
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Los Angeles, CA 90017
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Contact: Mark , Director of Contests
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Diverse Voices is a screenplay contest and lab that strives to encourage stories that are told from perspectives that are often underrepresented in Hollywood today. This includes writers of color, women writers, writers with disabilities, writers over 40, writers in the LGBTQ+ community, and any other voices that have historically been ignored by Hollywood.
The Diverse Voices competition includes an in-person Screenwriting Lab experience in Los Angeles with the first ever Diverse Voices Lab. Four winners will be flown out to LA for mentorship and meetings with industry professionals.
Every entry gets free, written feedback!
Deadline/Entry Fees
Expired. Previous Deadline: 04/15/2020Notification: Semifinalists – May 15th, 2020 – Top 20%. Finalists – June 15th, 2020 – Top 50. Winners – July 20th, 2020 – Top 4.
Rules
Please see https://www.wescreenplay.com/contests/diverse-voices for full list of updated rules.Awards
Past winners have signed with Heroes and Villains, Industry Entertainment, and Gotham Group! The contest has helped raise over $12,000 for non-profits.
Top scripts will be read by our jury which includes the writer of ROSEWOOD, managers from Zero Gravity and Circle of Confusion, and Tribeca and Sundance screening short creator Jesse Atlas.
The Grand Prize Winner and some category winners as determined by the jury will be promoted to producers, agents, and managers through e-mail distribution from WeScreenplay and all Finalists will be publically recognized through our website and e-mail lists.
The Grand Prize Winner and the First-Place Winner in each category will be invited for a Diverse Voices Lab in Los Angeles for hands on development with industry executives, WeScreenplay staff, writers, and each other.
Diverse Voices
Contact
Los Angeles, CA 90017
Web:
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Email:
support@wescreenplay.com
Contact: Mark , Director of Contests
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Diverse Voices presented by WeScreenplay
Contact
Los Angeles, CA 90017
Web:
Click here
Email:
support@wescreenplay.com
Contact: Mark , Director of Contests
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Contest News
Diverse Voices Names Semifinalists
The Diverse Voices Screenwriting Competition has announced 175 semifinalists from among an entry pool of more than 900 submissions. [Updated: 05/16/2017]
Interview with Diverse Voices Feature Screenplay Winner Lillian Wang
Lillian Wang was recently named the Feature Screenplay Winner of the 2016 Diverse Voices Screenplay Competition for her script P.O. Box 1142, a story inspired by true, historical events about a Jewish interrogator stationed in a U.S. Nazi POW camp who learns that she must extract information from the high-ranking Nazi responsible for the death of her parents. [Updated: 01/26/2017]
Diverse Voices Names Fall, 2016 Contest Winners
The Last Bookstore, by Brook Purdy and Colette Freedman, has been named the Grand Prize Winner of the Fall, 2016 Diverse Voices Screenwriting Competition. Lillian Wang's P.O. BOX 1142 was the Feature Screenplay Winner, while Phoenix by Natasha M. Hall won the TV Category. The Short Screenplay category winner was In One Split Second by Chloe Owens. [Updated: 01/17/2017]
Diverse Voices Names Contest Finalists
Diverse Voices, presented by WeScreenplay and focused on promoting and encouraging diverse voices and stories, has named their Screenplay Contest Finalists for 2016. [Updated: 06/15/2016]
WeScreenplay Announces Diverse Voices Semifinalists
WeScreenplay has announced the Semifinalists for their Diverse Voices Screenplay Competition, which raised $1,437 for the Books for Kids Foundation. [Updated: 05/17/2016]
Interviews
MovieBytes Interview:Screenwriter J J Hillard
An interview with screenwriter J J Hillard regarding the Diverse Voices Writing Competition. [Updated: 07/20/2016]
Diverse Voices presented by WeScreenplay
Contact
Los Angeles, CA 90017
Web:
Click here
Email:
support@wescreenplay.com
Contact: Mark , Director of Contests
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