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(1 thru 100 of 268 records) ASA Announces Semifinalists The American Screenwriters Association (ASA) has announced the Semifinalists in their 11th Annual International Screenplay Competition, co- sponsored by Gotham Writers' Workshop. (Posted: 05/07/2008) Script Savvy Announces March Winners Script Savvy has announced the results of their March, 2008 Screenwriting Competition. (Posted: 05/05/2008) TVWriter.com Announces Spec Scriptacular Winners TVWriter.com has announced the winners of the 12th Spec Scriptacular Competition (Posted: 05/03/2008) TVWriter.com Announces People's Pilot Winners Cassandra Hennessey's I.O.U. 1 SOUL has been named the winner of the 15th People's Pilot Competition. (Posted: 05/03/2008) MoviePoet Announces March Contest Winners MoviePoet.com has announced the winners of their March 2008 short script competition. (Posted: 05/03/2008) StoryPros Announces Quarterfinalists StoryPros has announced their contest quarterfinalists, (Posted: 05/03/2008) Hollywood comes to New Mexico for 10th Annual Screenwriting Conference in Santa Fe This year world-class William Morris agent Mike Esola, Morgan Creek Vice President Andy Fraser, Gary Goldstein, president of The Goldstein Company (co-producer of Pretty Woman), Michael Glassman of Outlaw Productions (producers of Sex, Lies and Videotape, Training Day), producers from The Safran Company (representing and producing for Djimon Hounsou, Nia Vardalos, David Hyde Pierce and more) and others gather with beginning, emerging and advanced screenwriters at the 10th Annual Screenwriting Conference in Santa Fe. (Posted: 05/03/2008) Sundance Announces June Screenwriters Lab Participants The Sundance Institute has announced the selection of projects for its annual June Screenwriters Lab, which will take place at the Sundance Resort in Utah from May 26 June 26, 2008. (Posted: 05/03/2008) Bare Bones Film Festival Announces Contest Results The Bare Bones Film Festival has announced their screenwriting contest results. (Posted: 05/03/2008) Phoenix Film Festival Announces Screenplay Challenge Results The Phoenix Film Festival has announced the results of the 2008 Arizona Screenplay Challenge. (Posted: 04/22/2008) Santa Fe Screenwriting Conference Starts May 27th On May 27 the Tenth Annual Screenwriting Conference in Santa Fe begins. This year they have added an extra day to the conference, making it six days of screenwriting immersion. (Posted: 04/21/2008) A Feeding Frenzy Announces 2008 Contest Winners A Feeding Frenzy has announced Ron Vincent's Shake as the winner of their 2008 Screenwriting Competition. (Posted: 04/21/2008) TVWriter.com Announces Spec Scriptacular Finalists TV Writer.com has announced the finalists in the 12th TV Writer.Com Spec Scriptacular Competition. (Posted: 04/17/2008) Garden State Announces Screenplay Competition Results The Garden State Film Festival has announced their Screenplay Award winners. (Posted: 04/16/2008) People's Pilot Finalists Chosen TVWriter.com has announced the finalists of the 15th People's Pilot Competition. (Posted: 04/14/2008) TVWriter.com Announce Spec Scriptacular Semifinalists TV Writer.com has announced the semifinalists in the 12th TV Writer.Com Spec Scriptacular Competition. (Posted: 04/11/2008) HollywoodIQ: Above The Line's Rima Greer Hollywood agent and author Rima Greer must be magnetic, because many of her clients have stuck with her for over 20 years. Representing feature writers and directors and in a few special cases, actors, she has negotiated thousands of deals. (Posted: 04/11/2008) The 10th Annual Screenwriting Conference in Santa Fe announces its Kick-Off Event -- Karl Iglesias Day Screenwriting instructor, author of two best-selling books on screenwriting, and script consultant Karl Iglesias will kick start the Screenwriting Conference in Santa Fe (LLC) on Wednesday, May 28, 2008, from 9:00 - 4:30. (Posted: 04/10/2008) Acclaim Fim and TV Extends Deadline The deadline for the Acclaim Film and TV Competitions has been extended to May 3, 2008. (Posted: 04/10/2008) TVWriter.com Announces People's Pilot Semfinalists TVWriter.com has announced the semifinalists of the 15th People's Pilot TV writing competition. (Posted: 04/09/2008) HSI Announces Monthly Contest Winner The Hollywood Scriptwriting Institute has announce Paul Bryne's Between Two Worlds as the winner of their April, 2008 screenwriting competition. (Posted: 04/07/2008) Adventures in Screenwriting: The Stripper in the Day Glow Casket It's April Fool, but the joke is on me. I have a boat load of work to do: columns and blogs to write, rewrites on my work, my new spec, other scripts to read and give notes on. If you didn't think that was enough, I need to e-mail my shaggy teen script to a producer and I'm shepherding my husband through his first finished screenplay (which hopefully will be his Nicholls entry), but man, that deadline is looming like an Obama-Hilary convention clash. (Posted: 04/04/2008) MoviePoet.com Announces February Results MoviePoet.com has announced the winners of their February 2008 short script competition. (Posted: 04/01/2008) Script Savvy Announces Contest Results Script Savvy has announced their monthly contest results for February, 2008. (Posted: 03/31/2008) CSW Produces Staged Reading of 'Beyond the Horizon' Chicago ScriptWorks (CSW), a non-profit organization for screenwriters, will presents Beyond the Horizon by George Ferris, on Wednesday, April 30th, 7 p.m. at the Chicago Cultural Center Studio Theatre. (Posted: 03/30/2008) Wildsound Announces Contest Results WILDSound has announced their latest Short Screenplay winners and feature screenlay finalists. (Posted: 03/29/2008) Who's Buying What Interview: Screenwriter Ryan Jaffe New Jersey native Ryan Jaffe developed an interest in screenwriting after he took a course offered at the University of Pennsylvania, where he earned a double major in history and communications. But one course in college doesn't make a career. Think again. Julie Golden has struggled in her quest to see her words translated from computer to the local megaplex. But she can see the light at the end of the projector with Disney attached to the comedy, "Six-Month Curse." (Posted: 03/28/2008) BlueCat Announces BlueCat Lab Feature Winner BlueCat Lab has announce Evan Wright Menzel's Kane ('Caine, 'Cane) as the winner of the BlueCat Lab feature script competition. (Posted: 03/27/2008) Santa Fe Early Registration Ends March 31 The Screenwriting Conference in Santa Fe, May 27-June 1, 2008, will help you jump-start your screenwriting career. (Posted: 03/26/2008) ASA Announces 11th Annual Competiton Quarterfinalists The American Screenwriters Association has announced the Quarterfinalists on their 11th Annual International Screenplay Competition, co-sponsored with Gotham Writers' Workshop. (Posted: 03/20/2008) Early Registration Ends March 31st The Screenwriting Conference in Santa Fe, May 27-June 1, 2008, brings Hollywood to New Mexico in two exciting components. (Posted: 03/19/2008) WriteSafe Announces Contest Winners WriteSafe has announced the winners in the WriteSafe Present-A-Thon contest for the 4th Quarter of 2007 (Posted: 03/18/2008) Deadline Nears for $1,000 Film Student Scholarshp & Awards Program for Montery County The deadline is nearing for film students to apply for the Monterey County Film Commission's new Film Student Scholarship & Awards Program. A $1,000 award is offered, and applications must be returned by March 31, 2008. (Posted: 03/13/2008) Scriptapalooza Semifinalist Set to Make Film with Glenn Close "I sent the script to Glenn, who had just moved to Maine and for whom I had written a small part," Scriptapalooza semifinalist and Maine resident Ben Monaghan recalls via an e-mail interview with FilmStew. "Six months later, I got a call from Glenn out of the blue. She loved it and wanted to meet that afternoon, which we did. You can only imagine how surreal that was." (Posted: 03/13/2008) Slamdance TV Announces Results Slamdance TV has announced their 2007 contest results. (Posted: 03/13/2008) IFFF Announces 2008 Screenplay Competition Winners The 2008 International Family Film Festival has announced their feature and short screenplay competition winners. (Posted: 03/12/2008) Slamdance Announces Horror Competition Winners Tony Mosher's The Punished has been named the winner of the Slamdance Horror Screenwriting Competition. (Posted: 03/12/2008) WriteSafe Announces Finalists WriteSafe has announced their finalists for the fourth quarter of 2007. (Posted: 03/10/2008) Contest of Contest Winners Announces Results Ruth Ellen Johnson's To The Ice has been named the winner of the "Contest of Contest Winners" screenwriting competitition. (Posted: 03/10/2008) The 10th Annual Screenwriting Conference in Santa Fe welcomes Academy Award Nominee Jeff Arch The Screenwriting Conference of Santa Fe, May 27-June 1, welcomes Academy Award nominee Jeff Arch. He will be speaking at the "Ask the Mentors" panel, and will run one of the Academy Labs. (Posted: 03/07/2008) CineStory Extends Deadline to March 24th The deadline for the CineStory screenwrting competition has been extended to March 24, 2008. (Posted: 03/06/2008) WriteSafe Announces Semifinalists WriteSafe has announced their semifinalists for the fourth quarter of 2007. (Posted: 03/06/2008) Rhode Island Fest Call for Entries The Rhode Island International Film Festival is calling for Screenplay Entries for its 12th annual festival, which takes place August 5-10, 2008 in historic Providence, Rhode Island. (Posted: 03/06/2008) Cosby Program Announces 2008 Program Recipients The Guy A. Hanks and Marvin Miller Screenwriting Program has announces its 2008 program participants. (Posted: 03/06/2008) Over 100 producers, agents and managers involved with Scriptapalooza Scriptapalooza is proud to announce that over 100 producers, managers and agents are onboard to read every script that comes in for the 10th Annual Competition. (Posted: 03/05/2008) New Companies Show Interest in Acclaim Contest Winners Acclaim Film most recently welcomed STARS NORTH, an award-winning, independent movie production company based in Florida (The Single Chick's Guide To Italy, Hotel Paradise) as well as London-based SCION FILMS (Doomsday, Butterfly on a Wheel) to the growing list of companies showing interest in reading the winners and finalists of the Acclaim screenplay competition. (Posted: 03/04/2008) SellAScript Announces Contest Results SellAScript.com has announced the results of the 2007 All Access Screenwriting Competition. (Posted: 03/04/2008) 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. (Posted: 03/04/2008) Adventures in Screenwriting: Mrs. McIlvaine and the Comedy That Thought It Was a Drama Well, that was interesting. Kid Number Two's fiancé wound up in the hospital with double pneumonia, then my Mom was felled by an awfu vertigoattack/grippe which now seems to have settled into bronchitis or smoker's cough (she stopped smoking because she was sick, which was the only good thing to come out of it). (Posted: 03/02/2008) MoviePoet.com Announces January Winners MoviePoet.com has announced the winners of their January 2008 short script competition. (Posted: 03/01/2008) BlueCat Screenwriting Lab Announces Short Screenplay Winners BlueCat has announce their Screenwriting Lab Short Screenplay Awards. (Posted: 02/29/2008) Scriptapalooza Interviews TV Contest Winners Scriptapalooza TV interviews the winners of the Reality, Pilot, Sitcom and 1 Hour Drama categories. (Posted: 02/28/2008) Script Savvy Announces January Contest Winners Script Savvy has announced their January, 2008 screenwriting contest results. (Posted: 02/28/2008) WILDSound Announces Contest Winners WILDSound has announced their Feature Screenplay Winning Script, as well as their Top 10 One Page Screenplay winners. (Posted: 02/28/2008) PAGE Award Winning Writers Build Careers in the Industry Many PAGE Award winning writers have landed script assignments, secured representation, and signed option agreements on their work, and several now have movies in various stages of production and release. (Posted: 02/27/2008) BlueCat Lab Announces Pitch Development Awards BlueCat Lab has announced their Screenwriting Lab Pitch Development Awards. (Posted: 02/26/2008) HSI Announces Monthly Contest Winner The March screenwriting contest winners at the Hollywood Scriptwriting Institute are Alejandro Seri & Steve Scarlata for their script "Poach". (Posted: 02/26/2008) CineStory Retreat Chosen as Top Prize for Final Draft Competition Boutique screenwriting competition, the CineStory Screenwriting Awards has extended its final postmark deadline until February 28, 2008, as it welcomes its new partner, Final Draft. (Posted: 02/26/2008) Monterey Screenplay Competition Announces 2007 Winners The Monterey County Film Commission has announced the winners of its 2007 Monterey Screenplay Competition, which this year attracted 183 screenplays from across the country. (Posted: 02/20/2008) BlueCat Lab Announces Feature Finalists BlueCat Lab has announced their feature screenplay finalists. (Posted: 02/18/2008) IFFF Announces Finalists The International Family Film Festival has announced thei two Finalists in each category of the 2008 Feature Screenplay competition. (Posted: 02/16/2008) ScriptapaloozaTV Announces Contest Winners ScriptapaloozaTV has announced their contest winners in all categories. (Posted: 02/15/2008) Who's Buying What Interview: Screenwriter Julie Golden You'd think after serving as an executive at a few high profile production companies, green lighting successful movies, a shift from decision-maker to screenwriter would be a smooth sail. Think again. Julie Golden has struggled in her quest to see her words translated from computer to the local megaplex. But she can see the light at the end of the projector with Disney attached to the comedy, "Six-Month Curse." (Posted: 02/15/2008) Kairos Announces Contest Winners The three winners who will share the $50,000 awarded annually in the Kairos Prize for Spiritually Uplifting Screenplays (sponsored by the Templeton Foundation) were announced at the Movieguide Awards Gala in Hollywood, attended by more than 200 top studio executives and celebrities. (Posted: 02/14/2008) The 10th Annual Screenwriting Conference in Santa Fe welcomes Chris Vogler The Screenwriting Conference of Santa Fe, May 27-June 1, welcomes Chris Vogler as part of its lineup. (Posted: 02/14/2008) Adrienne Shelly Wins ASA's Discover Screenwriting Award Adrienne Shelly has been selected by the American Screenwriters Association (ASA) to receive ASA's prestigious Discover Screenwriting Award. The award honors a writer who, perhaps for the first time, had his or her screenplay produced into a feature film or movie for television, which received wide distribution or broadcast, and, in the opinion of our Board of Directors and members, reflects the highest levels of artistic achievement in screenwriting. The American Screenwriters Association is proud to present this award and assist in recognizing the contributions and accomplishments of screenwriters. (Posted: 02/14/2008) Movie Script Contest Winner Secures Agency Representation and Writing Assignment John Arends, 1st place winner of the 2007 Movie Script Contest International Screenwriting Awards has just secured representation with Hollywood agent, Barry Perelman. (Posted: 02/14/2008) IFFF Announces Semifinalists The 2008 International Family Film Festival has announced their feature and short screenplay selections. (Posted: 02/12/2008) Acclaim Film & TV Announces Winners Phil Ferriere's thriller SILENT KILLER took top honors in the Acclaim screenplay competition, while 205 DONOVAN PLACE by V.J. Boyd won the Acclaim TV script contest in the pilot/MOW category. Brett Seamans's "Hello, My Name Is: Crazy," a 30 ROCK spec, won the TV spec script category. (Posted: 02/11/2008) Acclaim Film & TV Announces Winners Phil Ferriere's thriller SILENT KILLER took top honors in the Acclaim screenplay competition, while 205 DONOVAN PLACE by V.J. Boyd won the Acclaim TV script contest in the pilot/MOW category. Brett Seamans's "Hello, My Name Is: Crazy," a 30 ROCK spec, won the TV spec script category. (Posted: 02/11/2008) BlueCat Lab Announces Short Screenplay Finalists BlueCat has announced their short screenlay finalsts for the 2008 BlueCat Lab. (Posted: 02/08/2008) ScriptDoctor Announces Open Screenplay Contest Winner Adam Moser's Hibernation has been name dthe winner of the ScriptDoctor Open Screenplay Competition. (Posted: 02/07/2008) Kairos Prize Announces 12 Finalists The field of 32 semi-finalists in the annual $50,000 Kairos Prize for Spiritually Uplifting Screenplays (sponsored by the John Templeton Foundation) has been narrowed to 12 finalists, three of whom will share the $50,000 prize and have their names announced at the 16th Annual Movieguide Faith & Values Awards Gala and Report to the Entertainment Industry on Feb. 12. (Posted: 02/04/2008) All Access Announces Semfinalists The All Access Screenwriting Competiton has announced their semifinalists for 2007. (Posted: 02/03/2008) Santa Fe Conference Announces Newest Speaker The 10th Annual Screenwriting Conference in Santa Fe has announce Chuck Pfarrer as their lastest speaker. Pfarrer is a screenwriter, novelist and former US Navy SEAL. (Posted: 02/03/2008) MoviePoet Announces December Contest Winners MoviePoet.com has announced the winners of their December 2007 short script competition. (Posted: 02/01/2008) American Gem Announces Semi-Finalists American Gem Literary Festival and Write Brothers have announced the semi finalists in the American Gem Short Script Competition. American Gem's 6th Semi-Annual Competition attracted over 1200 entries worldwide. (Posted: 02/01/2008) Adventures in Screenwriting: Devine Inspiration 'Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse, 'cos they're all on strike. See, Santa wouldn't give an interim waiver to the reindeer so they could fly...heh, hey, hey, what do you say, no going flying with the Santa sleigh! On the second day of Christmas, I got some reader notes on my latest spec and promptly threw up. (Posted: 02/01/2008) BlueCat Lab Announces Semifinalists BlueCat Lab has announced their 2008 feature script semifinalists. (Posted: 01/31/2008) Script Savvy Announces December 2007 Contest Results Script Savvy has announced Ron Brassfield's ECLIPSE as the winner of their December, 2007 Sceenwriting competition. (Posted: 01/30/2008) Hollywood IQ: Dannie Festa, Part Two Last month, Festa Entertainment Manager/Producer Dannie Festa talked about how she became a producer and manager, defined what she looks for in writers and described projects that grab her attention. In the second part of this two-part interview, Festa discusses the evolution of her passion project "Chasing the Dragon" (Tribeca and Universal), talks about working with writer/filmmakers, and highlights a studio trend that that could affect your career strategy! (Posted: 01/25/2008) Hollywood IQ: Dannie Festa, Part Two Last month, Festa Entertainment Manager/Producer Dannie Festa talked about how she became a producer and manager, defined what she looks for in writers and described projects that grab her attention. In the second part of this two-part interview, Festa discusses the evolution of her passion project "Chasing the Dragon" (Tribeca and Universal), talks about working with writer/filmmakers, and highlights a studio trend that that could affect your career strategy! (Posted: 01/25/2008) Gimme Credit Announces Cycle VI Short Script Winners Gimme Credit has announced their Cycyle VI Short Screenplay Contest Winners. (Posted: 01/18/2008) Gimme Credit Announces Cycle VI Super Short Winners Gimme Credit has announced their Cycle VI Super Short Screenwplay contest winners and finalists. (Posted: 01/18/2008) Shot at stardom Newspaper interviews Scriptapalooza semifinalist. (Posted: 01/16/2008) All Access Announces Quarterfinalists The All Access Screenwriting Competiton has announced their quarterfinalists for 2007. (Posted: 01/16/2008) Kairos Announces Contest Semifinalists The annual $50,000 Kairos Prize for Spiritually Uplifting Screenplays (sponsored by the John Templeton Foundation) has announced 32 semifinalists for this year's competition. (Posted: 01/15/2008) ASA Announces Nominees for 2007 Discover Award The American Screenwriters Association has announced the nominees for the 2007 Discover Screenwriting Award. The award honors a writer who, perhaps for the first time, had his or her screenplay produced into a feature film or movie for television, which received wide distribution or broadcast, and, in the opinion of the ASA Board of Directors and members, reflects the highest levels of artistic achievement in screenwriting. (Posted: 01/11/2008) Who's Buying What Interview: Screenwriter Gustin Nash Gustin Nash wanted to be a filmmaker. Still in his teens, he learned the best way to direct is to learn how to write. So it was off to USC's film school and a major in writing. In 2008, he'll realize his goal as a writer with the release of "Charlie Bartlett," about a rich kid who becomes the self-appointed psychiatrist to the student body of his new high school. (Posted: 01/11/2008) WGA Announces Award Nominees The striking Writers Guild of America has announced their Award nominees for 2007. (Posted: 01/10/2008) BlueCat Announces Short Screenplay Lab Semfinalists BlueCat has announced the Short Screenplay Semifinalists for the 2008 BlueCat Lab. (Posted: 01/08/2008) Praxis Announces Fall 2007 Winners The Praxis Centre for Screenwriters has announced the finalists for their Fall 2007 Workshops. (Posted: 01/06/2008) Slamdance Horror Announces Semifinalists The Slamdance Horror Screenplay Competition has announced their semifinalists. (Posted: 01/06/2008) Filmmakers.com Announces Contest Winners FilmMakers.com has announced the Winners and Runners Up in the 2007 Filmmakers International Screenwriting Awards. Filmmakers Annual Competition attracted over 1300 entries worldwide. (Posted: 01/05/2008) Screenwriter Showcase Announces Contest Winner Frank Brady's How to Marry a Millionaire--In 30 Days has been named the winner of the Screenwriter Showcase Screenwriting Competition. (Posted: 01/04/2008) TWP Announces Contest Winners The Writers Place has announced their May - October 2007 contest winners. (Posted: 01/02/2008) MoviePoet.com Announces November Winners MoviePoet.com has announced the winners of their November 2007 short script competition. (Posted: 01/01/2008) Script Savvy Announces Contest Winner Mark Layne's laugh-out-loud-funny romantic comedy Coming Clean has been named the winner of the Script Savvy November 2007 Screenwriting contest. (Posted: 12/29/2007) AWS Announces Contest Winner Pieces of Eight, by Tommy Wood & Marc Benton, has been named the winner of the Award Winning Screenwriter September 2007 Screenwriting Comeptition. (Posted: 12/28/2007) HollywoodIQ: Literary Manager Dannie Festa Dannie Festa started out working in production on Chilean soap operas and commercials and later worked for Hollywood production companies. When a writer first suggested Festa become a manager, it was something that she had never thought about before, but then she reconsidered and opened her own management and production company, Festa Entertainment, nearly six years ago. Taking the leap paid off. She and her clients have sold to companies such as Tribeca, Universal, The Weinstein Company, Walden Media, Disney, Scott Rudin Productions, and Practical Pictures. As an added bonus, she discovered she loves to help clients reach their goals. (Posted: 12/28/2007) Results Page:     1 2 3 Submit Your News! 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