Giving and Receiving Feedback
Updated: 08/26/2010
by Julie Gray
Giving and receiving feedback on scripts is a daily experience for writers. How do we know if our script works without the opinion of someone else? But we've all been burned by bad feedback. Rude, insensitive, bossy, arrogant, wrong-headed, cruel even. It can set back a writer's confidence and process hugely.
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Contest Deadline Alert
Screenwriting Expo Screenplay Competition
( Extended to September 7, 2010 )
Gotham Screen
(August 15th, 2010 (early); August 31st, 2010 (regular); September 7th, 2010 (extended))
Shiver's Short Horror Screenplay Competition
( Extended to September 11, 2010)
Soggy Mops Production Short Script Contest
(September 15, 2010 (final))
Guy Hanks & Marvin Miller Screenwriting Program
(Must be postmarked between July 15th to September 15th. )
Red Inkworks Screenwriter's Competition
(September 28th, 2010 (firm and final) )
Sin City Film Festival Screenplay Competition
(September 1, 2010 (regular); September 15, 2010 (late); September 29, 2010 (extended late); )
The-GreenLight.com Annual Script Contest
(May 30th, 2010 (early); July 30th, 2010 (regular); September 30, 2010 (late) )
SCRIPTOID Writer's Challenge
(June 30th, 2010 (early bird); August 15, 2010 (general); September 30th, 2010 (late). )
Zed Fest
(Extended to September 30, 2010)
Scifi Screenwriting Contest
(September 30th 2010)
Famfest LA
(March 31st, 2010 (early bird); June 30th, 2010 (regular); September 30th, 2010 (late) )
Scriptapalooza TV Writing Competition
(October 1, 2010)
Screenplay Festival
(August 1st, 2010 (early); October 1st, 2010 (final). )
Hearst Screenwriting Grant
(October 1, 2010)
3 x 3
(Oct. 5, 2010)
Woman Warrior Short Films
(October 10th, 2010.)
Wisconsin Screenwriters Forum Screenwriting Contest
(October 15, 2010)
All Genres Writing Contest
(August 15, 2010 (early bird); October 1, 2010 (regular); October 15, 2010 (extended). )
Acclaim Film
(Early: August 28, 2010 Regular: September 25, 2010; Late: October 23, 2010 )
Acclaim TV Screenwriting Competition
(Early: August 28, 2010; Regular: September 25, 2010; Late: October 23, 2010. )
StoryPros International Screenplay Contest
(August 31, 2010 (early); September 30, 2010 (regular); October 31, 2010 (final). )
Storyboard TV - Longform TV Script Competition
(October 31, 2010)
10 Minutes of Horror!
(September 30, 2010 (regular); October 31, 2010 (late) )
Holiday Screenplay Contest
(November 1, 2010)
Fresh Voices Original Screenplay Competition
(August 16th, 2010 (early); September 13th, 2010 (regular); October 11, 2010 (late); November 1, 2010 (extended) )
Gimme Credit International Screenplay Competition
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Features: March 9, 2010 (earlybird); July 6, 2010 (regular); September 21, 2010 (late); November 2, 2010 (final).
Shorts & Super Shorts: July 20, 2010 (regular); September 21, 2010 (late); November 2, 2010 (final).
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New Contests
Woman Warrior Short Films
(October 10th, 2010.)
Big Idea Writers Challenge
(Bi-monthly contest. Submissions will end every final day of the second month. )
3 x 3
(Oct. 5, 2010)
Scripted for Professionals
(October 15, 2010 (earlybird); December 15, 2011 (regular); January 15, 2011 (late); February 15, 2011 (WAB Extended). )
Sin City Film Festival Screenplay Competition
(September 1, 2010 (regular); September 15, 2010 (late); September 29, 2010 (extended late); )
