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12th Annual Monterey Screenplay Competition Opens for Entries
MONTEREY, CA – The Monterey County Film Commission and NESTech Management Group, Inc. announces the 12th Annual Monterey Screenplay Competition is open for entries from aspiring screenwriters.
Every year, the Monterey County Film Commission awards monetary prizes and promotional opportunities to the top screenwriters of feature-length screenplays. The film commission also gives an On-Location Award for the best screenplay with a Monterey County backdrop or written by a Monterey County resident.
"This is a golden opportunity for aspiring screenwriters to earn recognition for their hard work," said Wendy A. Goldman, co-chair of this year's competition. "We look forward to reading some really great screenplays this year." Ben Spencer is also a co-chair of the competition.
The awards include a $2,000 grand prize, a $1,000 runner-up prize, and a $1,000 On Location Award. All winning screenplays will also be considered for potential optioning by a Monterey County-based investor.
Entry fees are $40 for early entry screenplays postmarked by May 19, and $50 for entries postmarked between May 20 and the June 30 final deadline. Submissions must be completed feature-length scripts between 90 and 120 pages.
Competition details and the application form are posted on the film commission's website, www.FilmMonterey.org. For more information call 831-646-0910.
Updated: 04/06/2007
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Post Your Script Here!Xanadu Shores: Proof of Concept (PoC)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller.
AT THE MERCY OF FAITH
A former preacher, haunted by the tragic rape/murder of his twin sister, spirals into darkness as supernatural forces, both angelic and demonic, wage war for his soul.
The Coyote
When a Native American scholar and a graduate student unearth a mysterious tomb, they find it contains a Navajo god and soon find themselves embroiled in a cosmic battle between good and evil with the fate of humanity at stake.
The Umpire Has No Balls
A fiery young woman who has baseball running through her blood and can call the game better than anyone starts her journey through the umpire ranks to achieve her one goal in life – becoming a major league baseball umpire.
All That Glitters (excerpt) From The Novel: Xanadu Shores
The Xanadu Team in their second outing become pawns in a complicated gem heist, involving a beautiful Russian woman and her nefarious employer after a boat of stolen jewelry explodes.
Screenplay Adaptation (excerpt) From The Novel: Xanadu Shores
Two ex-pilots become embroiled in a kidnapping and gold heist, after an employer's scheme escalates from theft to kidnapping.
PITTSBURGH PHIL
Biopic of Harry Strauss, a.k.a.
IT'S A POPCORN WORLD
An inventor strives to pop the world like popcorn, to save his home from being stolen by government eminent domain, if his dance-clubbing hunchback lawyer can keep him out of jail.
Marilyn
The ghost of a young woman falls in love with the man living in her old apartment and must try to protect him from his murderous, adulterous wife.
The Storm
A small-town sheriff dealing with personal problems investigates the murder and kidnapping of several girls where there’s no lack of suspects.
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