CineStory TV/Digital Retreat & Fellowship
CineStory TV/Digital

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The CineStory Foundation has always believed in helping writers find their voice. We’re entering a world in which the ways to tell stories are limitless. Those stories always begin with a blank page. Our goal with the TV/Digital Series Retreat is to assist writers, whether they long for the collaborative nature of Television or they dream of going out on their own to create their own web series.
Structured like the CineStory Feature Retreat, the CineStory TV/Digital Series Retreat will take place over three days in the beautiful mountains of Idyllwild, California. Attendees will receive three one-on-one, one and a half hour sessions with CineStory mentors during which they can discuss everything from the project they submitted for feedback to jump starting their writing careers. Show More
Rules
LegalAs author(s) of the submitted material, my/our submission attests to the following:
- To the accuracy of all information I/we have entered herein.
- That I/we are 18 or older.
- That the submitted material is my/our original work, with all rights to said work held by me/us.
- That I/we will indemnify CineStory, hold it harmless and defend it against all claims, demands, losses, costs, damages, judgments, liabilities, and expenses arising out of or in connection with any and all claims of third parties, whether or not groundless, based on any stories submitted for the CineStory Television Retreat or on any material developed out of such stories.
- That I/we understand that CineStory judges, directors, officers, employees or agents may be exposed to or may develop materials and ideas that may be similar to those of the submitted material. I/we understand and acknowledge that I/we will not be entitled to any compensation from such similar material that is independently conceived and created.
- That I/we agree that I/we will never assert against CineStory (or any of its judges, directors, officers, employees or agents) any claim based on an assertion of plagiarism, idea theft, confidential or fiduciary relationship or any other theory relating to the submitted material.
- That I/we understand that individual feedback is not provided and that CineStory notifies winners only.
- That I/we have read, understood and complied with all guidelines and rules herein, and failure to do so may result in disqualification.
- Teleplays must have a CLEAN COVER PAGE. This means the title only on the cover, no author’s name/contact information. If submitting a hardcopy script, please include two cover pages. The first, containing only the title of the entry, should be attached directly to the screenplay. The second including the title, author's name, address and phone number should be submitted unattached to the script. If submitting electronically, please ensure that your name and contact information DO NOT appear on the title page.
- Teleplays must be original pilots or spec scripts for any network or cable program that was on air from the 2013-2014 broadcasting season.
- Submit one copy of a 30 to 75-page teleplay.
- Do not send originals. Materials will not be returned under any circumstances.
- The author's name must not appear anywhere within the body of the script.
- Body pages must be numbered.
- No additional materials, artwork, illustrations etc. should be attached to the script.
- Hardcopy scripts must be bound with two or three brads and in industry-standard format. Cardstock covers are required. Consult any screenwriting text or format guide.
- Teleplays must be in English.
- Teleplays must be on plain white paper. Single or double-sided accepted.
- Digital Series materials must have a CLEAN COVER PAGE. This means the title only on the cover, no author’s name/contact information. If submitting a hardcopy script, please include two cover pages. The first, containing only the title of the entry, should be attached directly to the screenplay. The second including the title, author's name, address and phone number should be submitted unattached to the script. If submitting electronically, please ensure that your name and contact information DO NOT appear on the title page.
- Submit 1-3 scripted episodes of Digital Series totaling no more than 30 pages in length. Each script must be submitted as part of the same PDF files.
- Do not send originals. Materials will not be returned under any circumstances.
- The author's name must not appear anywhere within the body of the script.
- Body pages must be numbered.
- No additional materials, artwork, illustrations etc. should be attached to the script.
- Hardcopy scripts must be bound with two or three brads and in industry-standard format. Cardstock covers are required. Consult any screenwriting text or format guide.
- Screenplays must be in English.
- Screenplays must be on plain white paper. Single or double-sided accepted.
- Entrants must be 18 or older.
- Any teleplay from any genre will be considered.
- This contest is open to any person who hasn't sold a pilot to a network or cable channel or written on staff for a network or cable channel in the last five years..
- CineStory notifies winners only. Entrants are advised to check CineStory's website and e-newsletter for judging announcements.
- Entered teleplays may not be optioned, sold or produced at the time of entry.
- Multiple entries are accepted, provided a signed entry form and appropriate entry fee is attached to each submission.
- Multiple authorship is acceptable. However, if the teleplay wins an award, only one award will be given and it will be divided equally among the writers.
- Pilot Teleplays must be the original work of the author. If based on another person's life story, a statement attesting to the rights obtained must be attached.
- Spec Teleplays must be the work of a show currently being produced.
- No adaptations of other written work will be accepted unless the writer owns the rights to the original material.
- There must be no dispute about the ownership of submitted teleplays or the writer's right to submit a teleplay.
- CineStory recommends registering your screenplays with the WGA or the Copyright Office of the Library of Congress.
- No substitutions of new drafts or corrected pages for entries will be accepted under any circumstances. However, you may submit a new draft as a separate submission.
- Judges' decisions are final and no correspondence will be entered into. Sorry, we cannot provide individual feedback from the judges.
- Entrants acknowledge that CineStory, its judges, mentors and officers may be exposed to or may develop materials and ideas that may be similar to those of the submitted material. Entrants acknowledge they will not be entitled to any compensation because from such similar material which is independently conceived and created.
- Entrants agree to never assert against CineStory (or any of its judges, directors, officers, employees or agents) any claim based on an assertion of plagiarism, idea theft, confidential or fiduciary relationship or any other theory relating to the submitted material.
- Entries that fail to follow competition rules and guidelines will be disqualified.
- No refunds for entries that do not comply with competition rules and guidelines.
- Winners will be responsible for their own U.S. income tax withholding.
- Entering the contest constitutes permission to use the winners' names and likenesses for publicity and promotions with no additional compensation.
- All entries must be postmarked, emailed or uploaded by the appropriate deadline.
- CineStory reserves the right to extend the final deadline however an extended deadline is not guaranteed.
- CineStory is not responsible for entries lost, stolen or damaged in transit.
- Finalists are required to submit a letter and video as part of the finals judging process.
Awards
- Invitation to attend the Retreat.
- One-on-one mentor sessions with industry professionals.
- Experience in the simulated Writer's Room. (TV only)
CineStory TV/Digital

Contact
Web:
http://www.cinestory.org
Email:
info@cinestory.org
Contact: Leah Estrin, Managing Director
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CineStory TV/Digital Retreat & Fellowship

Contact
Web:
http://www.cinestory.org
Email:
info@cinestory.org
Contact: Leah Estrin, Managing Director
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Contest News
CineStory Names 2017 TV/Digital Semifinalists & Quarterfinalists
Semifinalists and Quarterfinalists have been named for the 2017 CineStory TV and Digital Writing Competition:
Orginal Comedy - Quarterfinalists | ||
Elda Winnows | Terrence Michael | |
Girl with a Mustache | Tulica Singh | Los Angeles, CA |
Good(ish) Dad | Scott Reynolds | |
HAREM | Jillian Lauren | |
Hockey Moms | Mike Carrier | Los Angeles, Ca |
Idyllwild | Erin Fischer | Los Angeles, CA |
Intelligents | Scott Reynolds | |
Jack & Ginger | Scott Reynolds | |
JUNKED | Alice Dennard | Los Angeles, CA |
KILL ME | Alix Joyce | Vancouver, Canada |
Loser Says What | Elizabeth Quinn | Los Angeles, CA |
Love and Diamonds | Kate Novack | Brooklyn, NY |
Minority Club | Robert Villalobos | Seattle, WA |
Open | Jake Arky | CA |
Outliers | Robbi Dallessandro | Hingham, MA |
People Like Us | Alice Dennard | Los Angeles, CA |
Pixel Garden | Odin Ozdil | Santa Monica, CA |
Runners Up | Colleen Smith | |
Secondary Inspection | Mouhamed Adeeb | Los Angeles, CA |
Separated Together | Andrew Babick | |
shadow monster | Sarah Gouda | Chicago, Il |
Summer Break | Melissa Somosky | Brooklyn, NY |
Suzie Blue | Kathleen Kreiser | Van Nuys, CA |
The DuChamps | Charlie Lyons | Somerville, MA |
The Life Coach | Michael C. Bryan | |
The Rock Shop | Travis Carr | Astoria, NY |
Tough House | Nir Shelter | |
Trusts & Wills | Christina Pamies | Glendale, CA |
Unsung | Charlemagne Rafols | Riverside, CA |
Original Drama - Quarterfinalists | ||
AEVALON | Alex Ricciardi | |
Alyssa Craft | Ian Slater & Matt Penna | North Hollywood, CA |
American Morning | cara rosenbloom | |
ARRIVAL | Nate Geez | North Hollywood, CA |
BONDAGE | Lisa Gold | Long Beach, CA |
Branded | Christian Lybrook | Boise, ID |
BUSCÓN | Jeffrey Storms | Maplewood, MN |
Charles Towne | Alston Jones | Atlanta, GA |
COINTELPRO NOW | Carlos Dorsey | |
Community Gun | Amyn Kaderali | San Rafael, CA |
Cyber Ego | Kenny Pearson | Scottsdale, AZ |
CyBioSys | Diandra Leslie-Peleck | |
DOUBLE BLIND | AMY TAYLOR | |
DRIVE | Hillary Schoelzel | Nashville, TN |
Duke Tango | Reed Kowit | |
Edison of Mars | Larry Pontius | Los Angeles, CA |
EVOLUTION | Cara Winter | Chicago, IL |
F--ME | Tameson Duffy | Sherman Oaks, CA |
Faithless | Tamar Halpern | Los Angeles, CA |
Fight | Benjamin Kim | Los Angeles, CA |
FLY GIRLS | Lynelle White | Los Angeles, CA |
Focus | Heidi Nyburg | Santa Cruz, CA |
Fort Haven | Laura Villandre | Los Angeles, CA |
From The Ashes | Nick Hurwitch | Los Angeles, CA |
Gilded Cages | Trish MacEnulty | |
Give It Up | Sean Cardinalli | |
GOING RENO | ELIZABETH QUINN | Los Angeles, CA |
Grave Matters | Gus Avila | Burbank, CA |
Hell Off Earth | Dave Pirinelli | Los Angeles, CA |
House of Aegea | Diana Lanham | |
How Jane Austen Ruined My Life | Teresa Warner | Los Angeles, CA |
How To Catch A Time Traveler | Graham Parke | Netherlands |
Incompatible | Faye Yuan & Rob Raffety | New York, NY/ Arlington, VA |
Insurrection | simon Bowler | |
It's All Relative | Michael Miller | Denver, CO |
JETLAG | Amanda Parham | Rancho Palos Verdes, Ca |
Joan of Light and D'Arc | Jo Buckman | Hollywood, CA |
Laurel Canyon | Marissa Goodhill | Los Angeles, CA |
Leading Edge | A.W. Tony Scott | Los Angeles, CA |
LEVEE | Jeffrey Storms | Maplewood, MN |
LIMBO | Tameson Duffy | Sherman Oaks, CA |
locals only | Daniel Hogan | Santa Monica, CA |
Matryoshka | Angela Berliner | Los Angeles, CA |
Mule | Jenna Milly | Los Angeles, CA |
no more heroes | Lily Mercer | Sherman Oaks, CA |
OVERPOWERED | Wendy Pierce | Sherman Oaks, CA |
PRINCES' HOSPITAL | Lisa Kors | Los Angeles, CA |
RESPONDER | Alan R. Baxter | Valencia, CA |
Roar | Dragos Berghia | SANTA MONICA, CA |
Serpent's Row | Chance Muehleck | New York, NY |
Small Town Law | Ian Stoddart | Toronto, Canada |
Southern Gothic | Jared Ronin | Los Angeles, CA |
Southwark | Kyle Francis | Toronto, Canada |
Stray Dog | Emily Blake | North Hollywood, CA |
SWEET LEAF | Kevin Caruso | Redondo Beach, CA |
The Artificials | Kristin Kirby | Eatonville, WA |
The Claytons | Beverly Neufeld | Los Angeles, CA |
The Factory | Jon Davis | Bellevue, WA |
The Ghost in the Machine | Trinity Shi | Los Angeles, CA |
The Lady of Heian | Ashley Darnall | Los Angeles, CA |
The Loving Wrath of Eldon Quint | Chase Pletts | Los Angeles, CA |
The Other Side | Kat Smith | Pacific palisades, CA |
The Sensualist | Suzanne Griffin | Brooklyn, NY |
Use Your Words | Julia Batavia | Los Angeles, CA |
Where it's at | Laura Lee Bahr | Studio City, CA |
WINDY CITY | LS Garvey | Venice, CA |
Word of Mouth | Ace Hasan | Los Angeles, CA |
Spec Comedy - Semifinalists | ||
Baskets "Movie Star" | Tyler Chatham | Studio City, CA |
Bojack Horseman "The Box Set" | Matthew Van Onselen | |
Broad City "Pastafari" | Ashley Darnall | Los Angeles, CA |
Brooklyn Nine Nine "Jake 'n' Bake" | Thomas Morgan | United Kingdom |
Brooklyn Nine-Nine "Couples Therapy" | Marcia Simmons | Petaluma, CA |
Modern Family "Telephone Games" | Lilly Camp | Brooklyn, NY |
MOM "Magic Mike and the 14th Step" | Lucia Gervino | Los Angeles, CA |
The Family Guy "Vinny's Got Woods" | Nina Sharifi | Laguna Niguel, CA |
The Goldbergs "Men At Work" | Charlemagne Rafols | Riverside, CA |
The Goldbergs "Bad Goldberg Rising" | Kevin & Tasha Bowden | Murray, UT |
The Grinder "A House Divided Takes the Stand" | Robin Bird | Boise, ID |
The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt "Kimmy is a VIP" | Michael Miller | Denver, CO |
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt "Kimmy Likes Dong!" | Paige VanTassell | Charlotte, NC |
Veep "Lucinda" | Ian Simpson | Los Angeles, CA |
Veep "Mabel" | Judy Bernardino | Los Angeles, CA |
Spec Drama - Semifinalists | ||
BLINDSPOT "Body in Bunk"/"Bound by Ink" | Nate Geez | North Hollywood, CA |
Man in the High Castle "Fate is Fluid" | Renee Buck | Los Angeles, CA |
Masters of Sex "Flights of Fancy" | Barbara Rey | Toluca Lake, CA |
POWER "Done Playing Pawn" | Gia Gordon | Los Angeles, CA |
Ray Donovan "Father/Daughter Day" | Gjok Dusi | |
Scream Queens "Enchantment Over the Sea" | Tim Aguirre | |
Shameless "Magical Mystery Trip" | Anastasia Basche | Glendale, CA |
The Americans "It's Trash Day" | Dave Pirinelli | Los Angeles, CA |
Web Series - Semifinalists | ||
Between Us Girls | Courtney Hope Therond & Emily Claire Utley | New York, NY |
The Donut Man | Dylan Silver | Los Angeles, CA |
Hypocrites & Oaths | Eliza Shine | |
Parent Management | A.W. Tony Scott | Los Angeles, CA |
Strong | Jean Lee | Ladera Ranch, CA |
Talk Therapy | Thomas Moore | New York, NY |
A Ticket To Paradise | Erin Li | Los Angeles, CA |
Updated: 01/23/2017
CineStory TV/Digital Retreat & Fellowship

Contact
Web:
http://www.cinestory.org
Email:
info@cinestory.org
Contact: Leah Estrin, Managing Director
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