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Interview with 2019 Shore Scripts Short Film Fund Winner James Gould-Bourn

Updated: 06/02/2020

James Gould Bourn James Gould-Bourne, winner of the 2019 Shore Scripts Short Film Fund Competition, is originally from Manchester, England, but now lives with his wife in Malaysia after four years of living in Lithuania. His debut novel, Bear Necessity, will be published in U.S. on August 4, 2020.

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  • Interview with 2019 Shore Scripts Short Film Fund Winner James Gould-Bourn

    James Gould Bourn James Gould-Bourne, winner of the 2019 Shore Scripts Short Film Fund Competition, is originally from Manchester, England, but now lives with his wife in Malaysia after four years of living in Lithuania. His debut novel, Bear Necessity, will be published in U.S. on August 4, 2020.

  • Interview with 2019 Creative World Award
    Winner Taylor Hopkins

    Taylor Hopkins was the Grand Prize Winner of the 2019 Creative World Awards for his screenplay, Stagecoach Mary, a true story about a hard-drinking, cigar smoking black woman in Montana in 1885, who uses her six shooter and tough as nails attitude to defend a convent of nuns from the perils of the Wild West.

  • Interview with 2018 CineStory Second Place Winner Avishai Weinberger

    CineStory Co-Executive Director Carlo Martinelli catches up with the 2018 CineStory Fellowship second place winner, Avishai Weinberger.

  • Interview with ScreenCraft Fellowship Winner Davia Carter

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  • Interview with ScreenCraft Fellowship Winner Georgina Love

    Georgina Love was named a 2018 ScreenCraft Fellowship Winner for her sci-fi feature Pig, which follows an experimental scientist as he raises a sentient pig as a mirror image of his terminally ill son. When the pig learns his "father's" plans have a sinister bent, he fights to resist the inevitable.

  • Interview with ScreenCraft Fellowship Winner Brock Newell

    Brock Newell was named a 2018 ScreenCraft Fellowship Winner for his feature screenplay Ravenous, a fresh take on the cabin in the woods horror genre, about a man who invites his new girlfriend on a camping trip with his friends, only to realize that she's a cannibal who intends to kill them all. Brock graduated from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana with a degree in Creative Writing, and has been living in LA for 10 years by way of Chicago.

  • Interview with ISA Fellowship Winner Sean Collins-Smith

    Ever since graduating from film school in 2010, Sean Collins-Smith has wanted to move to Los Angeles to pursue a TV writing career. His goal seemed unobtainable, though, until he won an ISA Fast Track Fellowship on the basis of his pilots End of Life and Lifers Anonymous. As part of his ISA prize package, he scored a week of industry meetings and wound up signing with manager Jewerl Ross of Silent R Management. He'll be moving to Los Angeles in September.

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Screamfest Horror Film Festival and Screenplay Competition
Final: 06/02/2020
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GenreBlast Film Festival
Late: 06/03/2020
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Atlanta Film Festival Screenplay Competition
Hella Early: 06/04/2020
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Disney/ABC Writing Fellowship
Final: 06/05/2020
WSPro Discount: No

BOLT
Last Minute: 06/05/2020
WSPro Discount: $10.00

WriteMovies Sci-Fi and Fantasy Award 2020 New!
1 Week Extension: 06/07/2020
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Slamdance Screenplay Competition
Regular: 06/08/2020
WSPro Discount: No

Cinequest Screenwriting Competition
Early Bird: 06/10/2020
WSPro Discount: No

New Renaissance Film Fest (London, UK)
Final Deadline: 06/10/2020
WSPro Discount: $5.00

Launch Pad Screenwriting Competition
Regular: 06/12/2020
WSPro Discount: No

Cynosure Screenwriting Awards
Regular: 06/13/2020
WSPro Discount: $5.00

CineStory TV/Digital Retreat & Fellowship
Early: 06/14/2020
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WriteMovies Summer 2020 Screenwriting Contest
Late: 06/14/2020
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WeScreenplay Shorts Competition
Late: 06/15/2020
WSPro Discount: $5.00

WeScreenplay Television Pilot Competition
Early Bird: 06/15/2020
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Write LA
Final: 06/15/2020
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Screamfest Horror Film Festival and Screenplay Competition
Extended: 06/15/2020
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Capital Fund Screenplay Competiton
Extended: 06/15/2020
WSPro Discount: $5.00

Sherman Oaks Film Festival
Regular Deadline: 06/15/2020
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Short Com Sitcom Script Competition New!
Regular: 06/15/2020
WSPro Discount: $5.00

Stage 32 Screenplay Contest
Regular: 06/17/2020
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San Francisco International Screenwriting Competition
Regular: 06/18/2020
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Emerging Screenwriters Genre Screenplay Competition
Regular: 06/18/2020
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Australian International Screenwriting Awards
June: 06/18/2020
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Nashville Film Festival Screenwriting Competition
Late: 06/19/2020
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Toronto Metropolitan Int'l Screenwriting Competition
Regular: 06/19/2020
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Future Film Writers (Kids Short)
Late: 06/19/2020
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Filmmatic Short Screenplay Awards New!
Final: 06/20/2020
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Breaking Walls Thriller Screenplay Contest
Late: 06/20/2020
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Williamsburg International Film & Music Competition
Late: 06/20/2020
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Colorado Intl. SciFi & Fantasy Film Festival
Late: 06/21/2020
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Adapted Screenplay Competition
Extended: 06/23/2020
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Creative Screenwriting Unique Voices Screenplay Competition
Final: 06/24/2020
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Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Contest
Regular: 06/25/2020
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Nashville Film Festival Screenwriting Competition
Extended: 06/26/2020
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GenreBlast Film Festival
Extended: 06/26/2020
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Destiny City Film Festival
Earlybird: 06/26/2020
WSPro Discount: $10.00

Scriptation Showcase Features & Shorts
Late: 06/28/2020
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SCRIPT 2 SCREENS
Late: 06/29/2020
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ScreenCraft Horror Screenwriting Competition
Final: 06/30/2020
WSPro Discount: No

The Script Lab's Free Contest
Final: 06/30/2020
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Screenplay Festival
Extended: 06/30/2020
WSPro Discount: $5.00

Finish Line Script Competition
Late: 06/30/2020
WSPro Discount: $10.00

Filmmatic Comedy Screenplay Awards
Late : 06/30/2020
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ScreenCraft Stage Play Playwriting Competition
Early: 06/30/2020
WSPro Discount: No

L.A. Neo Noir Novel, Film, & Script Festival
Early: 06/30/2020
WSPro Discount: $5.00

Future Film Writers (Short)
Late: 06/30/2020
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SHRIEKFEST Horror/SciFi Film & Screenplay Competition
Regular: 07/01/2020
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Short Com Sitcom Script Competition New!
Final: 07/01/2020
WSPro Discount: $5.00

Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Contest
Extended: 07/09/2020
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Atlanta Film Festival Screenplay Competition
Early: 07/09/2020
WSPro Discount: No

Launch Pad Screenwriting Competition
Late: 07/10/2020
WSPro Discount: No

SHRIEKFEST Horror/SciFi Film & Screenplay Competition
Late: 07/10/2020
WSPro Discount: No

Breaking Walls Thriller Screenplay Contest
Extended: 07/11/2020
WSPro Discount: $5.00

CineStory TV/Digital Retreat & Fellowship
Regular: 07/12/2020
WSPro Discount: No

WeScreenplay Shorts Competition
Final: 07/15/2020
WSPro Discount: $5.00

WeScreenplay Television Pilot Competition
Regular: 07/15/2020
WSPro Discount: No

Sherman Oaks Film Festival
Extended Deadline: 07/15/2020
WSPro Discount: No

San Francisco International Screenwriting Competition
Standard: 07/16/2020
WSPro Discount: No

Toronto Metropolitan Int'l Screenwriting Competition
Ext Regular: 07/17/2020
WSPro Discount: No

NHMC Television Writers Program
Final: 07/20/2020
WSPro Discount: No

Slamdance Screenplay Competition
Late: 07/20/2020
WSPro Discount: No

Your Script Produced! International Film/TV/Short Script Competition
Late Deadline: 07/20/2020
WSPro Discount: $10.00

Stage 32 Screenplay Contest
Final: 07/22/2020
WSPro Discount: No

Australian International Screenwriting Awards
July: 07/23/2020
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Scriptation Showcase Features & Shorts
Final: 07/26/2020
WSPro Discount: No

Slamdance Screenplay Competition
Final: 07/27/2020
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New Renaissance Film Fest (London, UK)
Extended Fast Track: 07/28/2020
WSPro Discount: $5.00

SCRIPT 2 SCREENS
Extended: 07/29/2020
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Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Contest
Last Chance: 07/30/2020
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ScreenCraft Drama Screenwriting Competition
Final: 07/31/2020
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Shore Scripts Feature Screenplay Contest
Regular: 07/31/2020
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ScreenCraft Pilot Launch TV Script & Series Bible Competition
Early: 07/31/2020
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Shore Scripts TV Pilot Contest
Regular: 07/31/2020
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Screenplay Festival
Final : 07/31/2020
WSPro Discount: $5.00

Filmmatic Comedy Screenplay Awards
Extended: 07/31/2020
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L.A. Neo Noir Novel, Film, & Script Festival
Regular: 07/31/2020
WSPro Discount: $5.00

Nickelodeon Writing Program
Final: 08/01/2020
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SCRIPT 2 SCREENS
Final: 08/01/2020
WSPro Discount: No

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