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Academy's Nicholl Screenwriting Competition Now Underway
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is
now accepting entries for the 2008 Don and Gee Nicholl Fellowships in
Screenwriting competition.
As many as five $30,000 fellowships will be awarded through the
program later this year.
Application forms may be downloaded from the Academy's Web site and
mailed with the other required materials, or they may be completed and
submitted online.
Interested parties should go to www.oscars.org/nicholl
The Nicholl Fellowships competition is open to any individual who has
not earned more than $5,000 from the sale or option of a screenplay or
teleplay or received a fellowship or prize of more than $5,000 that
includes a "first look" clause, an option, or any other quid pro quo
involving the writer's work. To enter, writers must submit a
completed application form, one copy of their original screenplay in
English, and an entry fee of US$30. Entries must be postmarked no
later than May 1, 2008.
Fellowships are awarded with the understanding that the recipients
will each complete a feature-length screenplay during the fellowship
year. The Academy acquires no rights to the works of Nicholl fellows
and does not involve itself commercially in any way with their
completed scripts.
Last year's competition drew more than 5,000 entries. Since the
program's inception in 1985, 103 fellowships have been awarded.
Updated: 03/04/2008
Additional Contest Info: Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting
ScriptLinks
Post Your Script Here!Unknown Black Assailant
As the crack epidemic erupts across 1980s small-city America, a Black rookie detective investigating a string of gang murders in Little Rock, Arkansas uncovers a CIA-backed arms-for-drugs conspiracy—forcing him to choose between protecting his family and exposing a truth that could destroy him.
Eternal Blessings
A dying woman enters a time portal to confront her criminal past, only to realize that what she seeks is in the present--but getting back is proving harder than she thought.
SETTLING THE BOOKS
A cautious investigator is none the less drawn in, along with four other heirs, by the reading of a billionaire rare book dealer’s will, they’re sealed in an airtight panic room, and with only four hours air, must solve the centuries-old mystery contained in the book ‘The Castilian Cypher’ in order to escape.
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.
Lab Rats
An anonymous organization uses an ***AI Bot*** to moderate a Focus Group on the topic of ***Fake***.
She Curses Like a Sailor
A thought-provoking view of women and cursing is entertained at this art opening in New York.
Lady Diogenes of the Shadow
Three retired ladies candidly discuss their bizarre neighbor over morning coffee.
Perfect Beau
A Brainiac Plain Jane clones her ideal boyfriend out of her gorgeous girlfriends' boyfriends' DNA for her university's senior class science project.
Cold Pepper
A law-abiding, church-going court stenographer becomes a one-woman vigilante 'offing' violent domestic abusers (and other pathetic souls) after their third offense.
Psychotic USA
A dramedy. A razor-sharp satiric view of the laughable state of modern psychiatric treatment as seen through the lens of four patients in an asylum.
