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Script Savvy Announces May, 2009 Contest Winners
Sheri Davenport's Kiss Me Lucky has been named the winner from amoung 142 entries to the May, 2009 Script Savvy Screenwriting Competition.
British Feature Screenplay Competition Announces Contest Winner
Kaos Films has announced THE LEGEND OF NEW YORK PIZZA by John Paul Sheerin as the winner of their 2008 competition.
TWP Announces Contest Winners
The Writers Place has announced the winners and honorable mentions of their November 2008 - April 2009 screenplay contest.
PAGE Announces Quarterfinalists
The PAGE International Screenwriting Awards have announced their quarterfinalists for 2009, representing the top 10% of all entries in this year's competition.
Script P.I.M.P Announces Finalists
Script P.I.M.P has announced their top 20 screenplay and top 10 TV writing finalists for 2009.
WriteMovies.com Announces Finalists
WriteMovies.com has announced the finalists of their International Writing Competition #21.
StoryPros Awards Announces Quarterfinalists
The StoryPros Awards Screenplay contest has announced the quarterfinalists of their 2nd annual competition.
MoviePoet.com Announces May, 2009 Short Script Winners
MoviePoet.com has announced Kyle Patrick Johnson's Simeli Mountain as the winner of their May, 2009 Short Script Competition.
CineStory Announces Semifinalists
CineStory has announced their 2009 semifinalists, each of whom is invited to their exclusive Fall Retreat in Idyllwild, CA. In addition, each remains in contention for the top prize, The CineStory Fellowship, worth over $7000 in cash and prizes.
Scriptapalooza 2005 1st Place Winner sells movie at Cannes
Patrick Andrew O'Connor, writer of The Break-Up Artist, Scriptapalooza 2005 1st Place Winner has sold his film at the Cannes Film Festival to Lightning Media.
HSI Announces Latest Contest Winner
The Hollywood Scriptwriting Institute has announced "Dark Option" by Gered Beeby as the winner of their latest screenwriting competition.
HollywoodIQ: Silent R Management's Jewerl Ross: The Next Greatest Thing
It was his senior year at Yale University when Jewerl Ross decided he should be a representative in Hollywood. Ross had grown up in L.A., but left the area to study political science at Yale. Back in L.A., he pursued his new goal, working entry level positions for a few agencies before joining APA as an agent in 1999. Later, Marathon hired Ross as a manager. In January of 2006, Ross left to form his own company, Silent R Management.
BlueCat Announces 2009 Quarterfinalists
BlueCat has announced their screenwriting contest quarterfinalists for 2009, representing approximately the top 20 percent of their 3200 entries.
Cowrite Announces Final Segment Winner
The Cowrite screenwriting contest has named Australian Josh Helen as the winner of their Week 10 screenwriting competition for his conclusion the Cowrite, community written screenplay.
Chicago Screenwriters Network Announces Quarterfinalists
The Chicago Screenwriters Network, a non-profit organization devoted to furthering the careers of Midwestern screenwriters, has announced the Quarterfinalists of their first-ever screenwriting contest.
CWA Introduces New Industry Blog
The Creative World Awards has announced a new industry blog from freelance entertainment journalist, Georgia Cassimatis.
Big Apple Fest Announces Contest Results
Rebirth by T.L. Lewis has been named the winner of the 2009 Big Apple Film Festival Screenplay Competition.
Feature Film Producers Marvin V. Acuna and Evan Astrowsky to Hold Free Teleseminar
In an industry full of doubt and uncertainty, where truly talented screenwriters can go their entire careers without ever "making it," Producer Marvin V. Acuna is dedicated to opening the door for ambitious Hollywood scribes.
Writers Place Announces Contest Finalists
The Writers Place has announced their November, 2008 - April, 2009 screenwriting competition finalists.
Script Savvy Announces April Contest Results
Muhammad Ali Hasan's Benazir has been named the winner from among 143 entries to Script Savvy April, 2009 screenwriting competition.
MoviePoet Announces Feature Finalists
MoviePoet.com has announced the Finalists in their Feature Length Screenplay Contest.
Philadelphia Logline Festival Announces Contest Results
Dave Kraft's Logline "FULL CONTACT" has been named the winner of the Philadelphia Logline Festival.
Adventures in Screenwriting: When Is Enough, Enough
At least a couple of times a year I get into a melancholy frame of mind and wonder if this is it. You know what I mean: the end of the world as we know it, the end of Haagen Dazs or the end of double coupons at the supermarket. This mood usually happens when I've suffered a cruel rejection, haven't lost as much weight as I'd hoped, or I'm recuperating, as I am now, from the jiggy of all kidney stone flare-ups.
Screenplay Festival Announces 2008 Contest Winners
The Screenplay Festival has announced their 2008 Grand Prize Winners in all genres.
Cowrite Announces Week 9 Winner
The Cowrite screenwriting contest has announced Christopher Valin as their week 9 winner, and have posted his winning entry on their website.
CineStory Announces Quarterfinalists
CineStory has announced their 2009 quarterfinalists.
HSI Announces Latest Contest Winner
The Hollywood Scriptwriting Institute has announced "Witness For JFK: The Jean Hill Story" by Sharlin Quest as the winner of their latest screenwriting competition.
ASA Announces Competition Semifinalists
The semifinalists in the American Screenwriters Association's 12th Annual International Screenplay Competition have been announced by Gotham Writers' Workshop, co-sponsor of the contest.
Dark Hero Studios to Judge Austin Film Festival Sci-Fi Competition
"Watchmen" co-writer David Hayter and producer Benedict Carver's Dark Hero Studios will judge the 2009 Austin Film Festival (AFF) Sci-Fi Competition.
Bridge International Screenplay Competition Announces Contest Results
Ada Lee Halofsky's Honest Gabe has been named the winner of the Bridge International Screenplay Competition.
WriteMovies.com Announces Contest #20 Results
Craig Rosenthal's The Shanghailanders has been named the winner of the 20th WriteMovies.com Screenwriting contest.
PAGE Award Winner Writes NBC Series
2006 PAGE Award winner Davah Avena is now on the writing staff of the hit TV series "Medium."
Cowrite Announces Week 8 Contest Winners
Week 1 winners Tim Dragga and Jacob Michael have become the first two-time winners of the Cowrite screenwriting competition.
HollywoodIQ: Marvin V. Acuna - The Screenwriter is an Entrepreneur
With more than fifteen years in the business, Marvin V. Acuna works with some of Hollywood's best talent. He is CEO and President of production company Rainmaker Films and literary representation company Acuna Entertainment, Inc.
London Independent Film Festival Announces Screenplay Winners
The London Independent Film Festival has announced their screenplay competition winners for 2009.
The Canadian Short Screenplay Competition Announces Winners for 2008
The Canadian Short Screenplay Competition has announced the winning scripts and scribes for their 2008 competition.
Script Savvy Announces March Contest Winner
Irin Evers' The Way It Spins has been named the winner of the March, 2009 Script Savvy Screenwriting Competition.
Script Magazine Launches Writers Workspace Giveaway Contest
Script magazine has announced its Ultimate Writer's Workspace Giveaway. The contest is designed to outfit one up-and-coming screenwriter with everything required to create a box-office hit-making haven.
MoviePoet.com Announces March Winners
MoviePoet.com has announced Brian Wind's The Process of Elimination as the winner of their March, 2009 screenwriting competition.
Spec Scriptacular Announces Contest Winners
The results of the 14th Spec Scriptacular TV writing competition have been announced.
People's Pilot Announces Contest Winners
The results of the 17th People's Pilot TV writing competition have been announced.
CoWrite Announces Week 7 Winner
The Cowrite contest has announced Rich Schleich as their week 7 competition winner, and his pages are now posted on the Cowrite website.
Sundance Announces Lab Projects
The Sundance Institute has announced the 12 projects selected for its annual June Directors and Screenwriters Labs set for June 2-26, 2009 at the Sundance Resort in Utah.
Spec Scriptacular Announces Contest Finalists
TVWriter.com has announced the finalists of the 14th Spec Scriptacular TV writing competition.
TVWriter.com Announces People's Pilot Finalists
Finalists have been announced for the 17th People's Pilot TV writing competition.
Spec Scriptacular Semifinalists Announced
TVWriter.com has announced the semifinalists of 14th Spec Scriptacular TV writing competition.
Who's Buying What Interview: Writer/Producer Kirk Ellis
Did someone say "award"? For his work on the seven-part HBO miniseries "John Adams," writer/producer Kirk Ellis won two Emmys, a Golden Globe, a Writers Guild of America Award and the Humanitas Prize. Based on David McCullough's Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of Adams and working with Tom Hank's Playtone, Ellis wrote and co-executive produced the series which starred Paul Giamatti and Laura Linney. As supervising producer and writer for "Hell on Wheels," an episode from the Steven Spielberg-produced DreamWorks miniseries "Into the West," Ellis was awarded the Western Writers of America's Golden Spur Award for Best Drama Script and the National Western Heritage Museum's Wrangler Award for Best Television Feature. Before that, he won a Writers Guild of America Award and the Humanitas Prize for the ABC miniseries "Anne Frank," which he wrote and co-produced. Ellis also earned a Critics' Choice Award for co-executive producing "Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows." Other credits include writing ABC's miniseries "The Beach Boys: An American Family" and "The Three Stooges" telefilm.
People's Pilot Announces Semifinalists
TVWriter.com has announced the semifinalists of the 17th People's Pilot tv-writing competition.
Scriptapalooza Interviews TV Contest Winners
Scriptapalooza has interviewed their TV competition winners Erica B. Peterson, John Raucci, Guy Borgford, and Andrew Colville.
Screenplay Festival Announces 2008 Finalists
Screenplay Festival has announced their 2008 finalists in all genres.
Screenwriters' Group Forms in Orange County
The Orange County Screenwriters Association (OCSWA) is a network of writers, educators, film professionals and mentors, based in the belief that the passion and dedication to write and produce film should be encouraged as a community; so that within that community, all can achieve artistic, professional and economic success.
HollywoodIQ: Miguel Tejada-Flores
Miguel Tejada-Flores has worked as executive, producer and writer on various projects that have taken him from Hollywood to countries around the globe. His ever-growing and prolific slate of credits spans film and television in many genres including comedy ("Revenge of the Nerds"), animation ("Lion King"), sci-fi ("Screamers"), horror ("Beyond Re-Animator"), and thriller ("Atomic Dog"). Currently, he's working on several projects including a psychological thriller with the producer of "Hotel Rwanda."
20/20 Announces Fall, 2008 Contest Winners
The 20/20 Competition has announced two winners for their Fall 2008 Contest #11: Ken Mora for MAGNUM FARCE, and Martin Fisher and Steve Hartman for THE CHARIOTEER.
American Screenwriting Competition Announces 2008 Final Results
Flat Shoe Entertainment and Hollywood Scriptwriter Magazine have announced Gary Graham's GODLESS as the winner of the 2008 American Screeenwriting Competition.
Cowrite Announces Week 6 Winner
The Cowrite contest has announced their week 6 winner, Canada's Shane Laporte.
Contest of Contest Winners Announces Contest Winner
ScriptDoctor.com has named James Walker's The Afterglow as the winner from over 70 entrants to their Contest of Contest Winners Screenwriting Competition.
Adventures in Screenwriting: The Never Ending Story
A question that is routinely asked on screenwriting message boards is words to the effect of, "When do I know when my script is done?" See, some people are under the impression that when they type "Fade Out, The End" that it really means, THE END.
Script Savvy Announces February Contest Winners
Cat Bistransin's The Kids, the President and the Apache has been named the winner of the February, 2009 Script Savvy Screenwriting Competition.
Female Eye Announces Screenplay Winners
The Female Eye Film Festival has announced their screenplay contest winners for 2009.
MoviePoet Announces February, 2009 Contest Winners
Steve Dexheimer's The Last Few Minutes of Sunlight has been named the winner of the February, 2009 MoviePoet short script competition.
All Access Announces Contest Winners
Stephen Partin's The Chicago Incident has been named the winner of the latest All Access Screenwriting Competition.
Red Inkworks Announces Latest Contest Winners
Red Inkworks has announed their latest top 3 finalists.
WriteSafe Announces Contest Winners
WriteSafe has announced their Present-A-Thon contest winners for the 4th quarter of 2008.
HollywoodIQ: Attorney Mike Farris on True Stories as Source Material
Production companies and studios often think true stories make good movies. Have you thought about scripting one? Do you know what you need to do before taking it into the market? What may cause your story to be rejected by studios and production companies? How do you balance the demands of a compelling script with the truth? Can you reduce the chances of being sued? This month, we've got the perfect person to address these questions: attorney and agent Mike Farris.
WriteSafe Announces Contest Finalists
WriteSafe has announced their contest finalists for the Fourth Quarter of 2008, representing the top 10% of eligible entries.
Academy's Nicholl Screenwriting Competition Now Underway
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is now accepting entries for the 2009 Don and Gee Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting competition. As many as five $30,000 fellowships will be awarded through the program later this year.
Cowrite Announces Week 5 Winner
The Cowrite contest has announced their week 5 winner, Australia's Tim Roberts.
WriteSafe Announces 4th Quarter Semifinalists
WriteSafe has annouced the semifinalists for their 4th Quarter, 2009 writing competition.
Scriptapalooza featured in BusinessWeek Magazine
The Scriptapalooza Screenplay Competition is featured in BusinessWeek's SmallBiz Magazine. The final deadline for this year's competition is April 15th.
Candadian Short Screenplay Competition Announces Top 25
The Canadian Short Screenplay Competition has announced the 25 scripts that have advanced to their final round of competition.
HSI Announces Latest Contest Winner
The Hollywood Scriptwriting Institute has announced "The Garbage Disposal" by Oksana Leslie as the winner of their latest screenwriting competition.
IFFF Announces 2009 Screenplay Awards
The International Family Film Festival has announces their 2009 screenplay awards for both feature and short screenplays.
Cowrite Announces Week 4 Winner
The Cowrite contest has announced Steven Dexheimer as their week 4 winner for his very creative entry, which has been posted on the Cowrite website, www.cowritescript.com.
Call for Entries: 2009 Eerie Horror Film Festival Screenplay Competition
The 2009 Eerie Horror Screenplay Call for Entries is now open, offering beginning, aspiring and veteran screenwriters in the horror genre a chance to have their work recognized by people in the industry and beyond.
HollywoodIQ: Creative Convergence's Bradley Kushner: Learn About the Business
Literary Manager Bradley Kushner helps clients chart their way through Hollywood. He heads up the literary department at Creative Convergence where the company's slate of clients includes Ann Knapp Austen, a Disney Channel writer and "Power Rangers" showrunner, who in 2008 received both a HUMANITAS Prize and a WGA Award. Some of the company's other clients include Chuck Austen, comic book author and screenwriter/creator of Sci Fi's "Tripping the Rift"; screenwriter/director Gary Boulton-Brown, who penned Lifetime Movie Network's "They Come Back"; Rodney Johnson, the screenwriter/author that wrote Lifetime's "Queen Sized" and the "Rinnah Two Feathers" children's mystery novels; and screenwriter/director Gary Sinyor, who scripted "In Your Dreams" and "Bob the Butler," and directed "The Bachelor."
StoryPros International Announces Screenplay Contest Winners
Vincent Szopa's Home Fear has been named the winner of the 2nd Annual StoryPros International Screenplay Contest.
ASA Announce Quarterfinalists
The quarterfinalists of the American Screenwriters Association's 12th Annual International Screenplay Competition, co-sponsored by Gotham Writers' Workshop, have been selected from more than 1,100 entries.
Script Savvy Announces January 2009 Contest Winners
Drawing Dead by Kelly Parks has been named the winner of the January 2009 Script Savvy Screenwriting Competition.
All Access Announces Contest Finalists
The All Access Screenwriting Competition has announced their contest finalists.
MoviePoet.com Announces Feature Contest Semifinalists
MoviePoet.com has announced the semifinalists of their first Feature Length Contest
AWS Announces Contest Finalists
Finalists have been announced for the 2009 AWS Screenplay Contest.
Adventures in Screenwriting: A Rose By Any Other Name Is Still Stinkweed
Like everyone else in the country, it seems, I've been affected by the gloomy economic times. You know, I haven't always been a stay at home writer; for many years, I worked in the customer service and sales departments of a major newspaper. I spent many a lunch hour at my desk, toiling on scripts. Even though I had a full time job, I always considered myself a "writer".
Vail Film Festival Announces Contest Winners
Chasing Echoes by Bill Schreiber has been named the winner of the Vail Film Festival Feature Screenwriting Contest. Shoe by Nick Kelly was the winner in the short script category.
Scriptapalooza Semifinalist interviewed in Arizona Newspaper
Brian Hill, a 2008 Scriptapalooza semifinalist, who wrote DOG MAGIC has been interviewed by the Arizona Republic.
Cinema City Announces Contest Results
Cinema City has announced their most recent contest winners.
CWA Announces New Q & A
CWA has posted a new spotlight Q & A featuring an interview with actor-writer-director, David Hayter. David Hayter is best known as the voice for Solid Snake and later Big Boss in the popular Metal Gear video game series, and most recently for writing the screenplays for X2, X-MEN, THE SCORPION KING, and the upcoming film, WATCHMEN.
Nevada Film Office announces 2008 Screenwriting Competition Winners
The Nevada Film Office has announced Adam Bellamy's Cover with the Moon as the winner of their 2008 Screenwriting Competition.
More PAGE Award Winners in the News
Since receiving their prizes, many PAGE Award winners have gone on to land writing assignments, secure representation, and sign option agreements on their winning scripts, and several now have movies in various stages of production and release.
The Movie Deal Announces Contest Winner
The Movie Deal has announed Muffin Top by Robert Ross & Ashkin Heydarypour as their Grand Prize winner.
Cowrite Announces Week 3 Winner
The Cowrite contest has announced Tony Martin as their week 3 winner, and his 10 pages have been posted on the Cowrite website.
AceFest Announces Great American Sreenplay Competition Winners
Michael Palm's The Audition has been named the winner of the AceFest Great American Screenplay Competition.
Acclaim Announces TV Contest Winners
Acclaim TV has announced their TV Contest winners for Fall/Winter 2008.
Acclaim Announces Feature Contest Winners
Ursula Hollman's SUCK has been named the winner of hte Fall/Winter 2008 Acclaim Screenwriting Coemptition.
Two Scriptapalooza Alumni Get Projects Produced
2008 Scriptapalooza Semifinalist John Muscarnero just wrapped his film called DARK WOODS, directed by Michael Escobedo, while 2005 1st Place Winner Patrick Andrew O'Connor wrapped his film called BREAK-UP ARTIST, directed by Steve Woo.
CWA Announces 2008 Successes
The Creative World Awards (CWA) has announced recent successes for the 2008 season, which wrapped up last September.
First Glance Announces Feature Contest Winner
Too Much of Nothing by Lawrence Levine & Sophia Takal has been named the winner of the FirstGlance Feature Screenwriting Competition.
ScriptapaloozaTV Announces Contest Results
ScriptapaloozaTV has announced their contest results in the Pilot, Sitcom, 1-Hour, and Reality categories.
All Access Competition Announces Semifinalists
Semifinalists have been announced for the 2009 All Access Screenwriting Competition.
Free Screenplay Contest Announces Winners
Arnold G. Chan's The Highway Robberies has been named the winner of the 2009 Free Screenplay Contest.
Kairos Prize Announces Competition Winners
Christina D. Denton's A Matter of Time has been announced as the winner of the $50,000 Kairos Prizes for Spiritually Uplifting Screenplays.
