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Screenplay Search Announces Fall/Winter Contest Winners
The Mojo Hand by Jarad Matula and Marshall Hopkins has been named the Grand Prize Winner of Fall/Winter 2009 Screenplay Search Screenwriting Competition.
Script Savvy Announces January Contest Winner
Gus by R. Scott Shields has been named the winner of the January, 2010 Script Savvy Screenwriting Competition.
MoviePoet.com Announces Feature Contest Semi-Finalists
MoviePoet.com has announced the semifinalists of their first Feature Length Contest.
The-Greenlight.com Announces January Contest Winner
Antoine Mizel's Rematch has been named the winner of the January, 2010 Monthly Screenwriting contest sponsored by The-Greenlight.com.
MOVIEGUIDE® Announces Kairos Prize Winners
The 18th Annual Faith & Values Awards Gala wrapped up its awards presentation Tuesday night, February 23rd, and handed out more than $300,000 in cash prizes, including $25,000 to Dwight Carlson and Gregory Carlson for their Kairos Award-winning Screenplay, The Good Doctor.
WriteMovies.com Announces Contest Winners
Timothy Jay Smith's Cooper's War has been named the winner of the 23rd WriteMovies.com Writing Contest.
HollywoodIQ: Screenwriter/Director Josh Olson
Writing across genres, Josh Olson has twisted a few rules on his path to success. After writing and directing the horror flick "Infested," he sold Paramount his spec "Three Gun Blues," a modern-day tribute to Richard Lester's "Musketeers." Olson's adaptation of John Wagner and Vince Locke's graphic novel by the same name, "A History of Violence" (New Line), brought Olson a nomination for an Academy Award, the BAFTA, the WGA Award, the Edgar, a Chicago Film Critics Association Award and more. He recently adapted the Lee Child best-selling novel "One Shot" (Paramount Pictures) and penned the sequel to L. Frank Baum's "The Wizard of Oz" titled "Oz" (Warner Bros. Pictures). Currently, Olson is developing the pilot for "Meanwhile," a television series he sold to producer Peter Chernin and the Fox Network. In addition to having a day job that he loves, his passion project is the film adaptation of "Mystic River" author Dennis Lehane's compelling short story "Until Gwen," for which Olson wrote the screenplay and is slated to direct.
Scriptapalooza TV Announces Contest Winners
Scriptapalooza has announced the winners of their TV Competition (deadline October 15, 2009).
Vail Film Festival Announces Screenplay Contest Winners
Mike Bencivenga's Running Gun has been named the winner of the Vail Film Festival Screenwriting Competition.
IndieProducer.net Announces Contest Winners
IndieProducer.net has named the winning screenplays in each of the eight genres of the 7th Annual IP Screenwriting Contest.
Acclaim TV Announces Fall/Winter 2009 Winners
Acclaim TV has announced their Fall/Winter 2009 TV Competition winners: "Randall" by Michael Adams won the TV Pilot/MOW category while Chadwick Handley's script for "30 Rock" won the TV Spec category.
Acclaim Film Announces Fall/Winter 2009 Contest Winners
Acclaim Film has announced the winner of their Fall/Winter 2009 Screnwriting Competition. Steve LaMontagne took first place in the feature script category with "Gorgeous George," based on the life of the famed wrestler.
ScriptVamp Announces Dream Quest Competition Winner
Rebirth by T.L. Lewis has been named the winner of the Dream Quest Screenwriting Competition.
Free Screenplay Contest Names Winner
Colleen De Maio's The Devil and Harry Houdini has been named the winner of the Free Screenplay Competition.
Free Screenplay Contest Announces Finalists
The Free Screenplay Contest has announced seven finalists.
Twelve Finalists Named for $50,000 Kairos Prize Screenplay Competition
MOVIEGUIDE®: The Family Guide to Movies and Entertainment announced its short list of twelve finalists for the 5th Annual $50,000 Kairos Prizes for Spiritually Uplifting Screenplays by first-time and beginning screenwriters, funded by a grant from the John Templeton Foundation and presented by MOVIEGUIDE®.
Scriptshadow Announces Contest Winners
OH NEVER, SPECTRE LEAF C. Ryan Kirkpatrick and Chad Musick has been named the winner of the Scriptshadow Logline/Screenplay Contest.
BlueCat Announce Title Contest Winners
The 2010 BlueCat Screenplay Competition title contest winners have been announced.
Movie Deal! Announces Grand Prize Winner
Michael Menta's Suburban Kings has been named the Grand Prize Winner of The Movie Deal! Screenwriting Competition.
HollywoodIQ: Lucky Crow Films Producer Kerry David on Bringing Like Dandelion Dust to the Screen
No stranger to MovieBytes, Lucky Crow Films Producer Kerry David served on a panel of Hollywood pros that helped launch this column a few years ago. When one of her recent films reeled in more than 30 awards (and we're still counting!), we couldn't resist inviting her back to talk about it.
Nevada Film Office Names Contest Winner
April Rouveyrol has been named the winner of the 22nd Annual Nevada Film Office Screewriting Competition for her script, American Child.
American Zoetrope Announces Contest Results
Baby Fat, by Michael Raphan, has been named the winner from among 2,600 entries to the 2009 American Zoetrope Screenwriting Competition.
Scripts Savvy Announces December Contest Results
Script Savvy has named Michael Cravotta's Codex as the winner of their December, 2009 Screenwriting Competition.
MoviePoet.com Announces December Contest Winner
Tim Westland's Better Be Good has been named the winner of the MoviePoet.com short screenplay contest for December, 2009.
Screenplay Shootout Announces Semifinalists
The 2009 Screenplay Shootout has announced their top 40 semifinalists.
The-GreenLight.com Announces December Contest Winner
The-GreenLight.com has announced OPEN PIT by Dana Garrity as the winner of their December, 2009 Screenwriting Competition.
Endas Announces Contest Results
Results have been announced for the 2009 Endas International Screenwriting Competition for 2009.
Scriptapalooza Interviewed by View From Here Magazine
Meet Mark Andrushko, founder and chief executive magician of Scriptapalooza,
Screenplay Search Announces Semi-Finalists
The Screenplay Search Screenwriting Competition (September 2009-January 2010 round) has announced its semi-finalists in each of seven categories. Finalists and winners will be announced in early March, 2010.
Shiver Short Screenplay Contest Announces Winners
The Cube by Scott & Paula Merrow has been named the winner of the Shiver Short Horror Screenplay Competition. Colin Costello's Overkill was the second place winner.
Wildsound Announces Recent Contest Results
Wildsound has announced finalists for their most recent film and TV writing contests.
Bridge Announces 2010 Contest Winners
Jon Mongomery's The King of 42nd Street has been named the winner from among more than 800 entries to the 2010 Bridge International Screenplay Competition.
VFF 2010 Announces Finalists
The Vail Film Festival has announced their screenplay contest finalists for 2010.
Fifty semi-finalists announced for $50,000 Kairos Prize
Fifty semi-finalists have been announced for the 5th Annual $50,000 Kairos Prizes for Spiritually Uplifting Screenplays.
Adventures in Screenwriting: Killing Me Softly
I had to kill one of my babies today. As much as I hated to do it, it had to be done. I really had no alternative. The feeling that something was wrong had been niggling at me for days, and I couldn't ignore my baby's suffering any more. Its pitiful cries tore a hole in my heart. I had done everything humanly possible to save it, but nothing I did seemed to work. I was getting more confused and upset by the day. After another restless night, I had finally come to the inescapable conclusion that it was far kinder for me to put my darling out of its misery by my own loving hand than by some brutal, cold, uncaring stranger.
Wisconsin Screenwriters Forum Announces Contest Winner
"Fruit of the Tree," a remarkable true story of Dr. James Cameron, the only known survivor of a lynching in America was selected by celebrity judge Ken Rance as the winner of the 2009 WSF Screenwriting Experience contest. The screenwriters craft an intriguing work of Dr. Cameron's courageous life-long struggle to bear witness to his horrific experience and his inspiring journey towards racial healing. The screenplay weaves together different periods of Dr. Cameron's life as he remembers that fateful night in Marion, Indiana, how it came about, and how he survived to tell the story. Dr. Cameron went on to found America's Black Holocaust Museum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, a non-profit museum devoted to preserving the history of lynching in the United States and the struggle of Black people for equality.
Fade In Announces Contest Winners
Richard Barker's Charlie's Corner has been named the Grand Prize Winner of the 13th Annual Fade In Awards.
American Film Market Names Five Nominees for First Favorite Film Pitch Award
The American Film Market (AFM) has announced the five nominees for the first Favorite Film Pitch award: Stephanie Bell (The Devil of Appalachia), Carlo Besasie (All The Queen's Men), Mouncey Ferguson (Forger), Barry Kneller (The Mechanics) and David Minnihan (Father John).
TrackingB.com Announces Winning Script
ALREADY TOMORROW by Joe Johnson has been named the overall winner of the TrackingB.com screenwriting competition.
Champion Screenwriting Competition Announces Winners
Mr. Unlucky by Tony Nichols has been named the Grand Prize Winner of the feature script category of the Champion Screenwriting Competition.
TrackingB.com Announces Finalists
The trackingB.com contest has announced their finalists.
TrackingB.com Announces Honorable Mentions
The trackingB.com contest has announced the honorable mentions. Finalist and overall winners will be announced soon.
Script Savvy Announces November Contest Results
Robert Keith Watson's The Freebie has been named the winner from among 146 entries to the Script Savvy Screenwriting Competition.
StoryPros International Announces Grand Prize Winner
Patrick Andrew O'Connor's The Grenade has been named the Grand Prize Winner of the 3rd Annual StoryPros International Screenwriting Competition.
The-GreenLight.com Announces November Contest Winner
Mike Donald has been named the winner of the November, 2009 The-Greenight.com Screenwriting Competition for his script LOUISIANA BLOOD.
TWP Announces May - October 2009 Screenplay Contest Winners
Diane Meyer's Traded for Lies has been named the winner of the The Writers Place May - October 2009 Screenwriting Competition. Different Worlds Together by Anthony Ingoglia was the Teleplay/Short Script Competition winner.
StoryPros International Announces Finalists
Finalists have been announced for the StoryPros International Screenwriting Competition.
Holiday Screenplay Contest Announces Winners
Terri Kauffman's A WHITE TRASH CHRISTMAS CAROL has been named the winner of the 2009 Holiday Screenplay Contest.
StoryPros International Announces Semifinalists
Semifinalists have been announced for the StoryPros International Screenwriting Competition.
Holiday Screenplay Contest Announces Finalists
The Holiday Screenplay Contest has announced their five finalists.
Script Showcase Announces Contest Winners
Josh Rachlis, Aaron Yarber and Craig Cambria have been named the winners of the Script Showcase Screenwriting Competition.
ScriptShadow Announces Top 25
ScriptShadow has announced the Top 25 Loglines in their free logline contest.
StoryPros International Announces Quarterfinalists
Quarterfinalists have been announced for the StoryPros International Screenwriting Competition.
ScriptShark Announces Contest Winners
ScriptShark has announced Ted Campbell's The Blue Motel as the Grand Prize Winner of the 2009 ScriptShark Insider Screenwriting Competition.
Screenwriter Showcase Announces 2009 Contest Winners
Lance Oliver's Adventures of Aaron, The Mighty Toon has been named the winner of the 2009 Screenwriter Showcase screenwriting competition.
Scriptapalooza Celebrates Twelve Years of Helping Screenwriters Break into 'The Biz'
The Scriptapalooza Screenplay Competition is celebrating its twelfth year. Growing consistently year after year since its inception in 1998, Scriptapalooza has helped participating writers option over 40 scripts, get representation and move their careers in the right direction.
Slamdance Announces Horror Screenplay Semifinalists
Slamdance and co-sponsor Entertainment 7 have announced the semifinalists for the 2009/2010 Horror Screenplay Competition, representing the top 10% of this years competition.
Sundance Announces Writers Lab Participants
The Sundance Institute has announced the 12 feature film projects selected for its annual January screenwriters lab.
FilmMakers.com Announces 1st Round Qualifiers
FilmMakers.com is pleased to announce the First Round Qualifiers in the 2009 Filmmakers International Screenwriting Awards
Writers on the Storm Announces Contest Results
Kevin Madden's RIVETER, about a new kind of "War of the Words"-style invasion, has been named the winner of the 2009 Writers on the Storm screenwriting competition.
PAGE Award Winners Launch Careers in the Industry
Now in its 7th anniversary year, the PAGE International Screenwriting Awards competition continues its track record of success: discovering and promoting some of the most talented new screenwriters from across the country and around the world. Since receiving their prizes, many PAGE Award winners have gone on to land writing assignments, secure representation, and sign option agreements on their winning scripts, and several now have movies in various stages of production and release.
Producers of 'Spider-man' and 'Crash' join 2010 Chicago Screenwriters Network Contest
Laura Ziskin Productions ("Spider-man 1 - 4," "Stealth") and Mark R. Harris' ("Crash") Agape Media are among several new companies joining the roster of The 2010 Chicago Screenwriters Network Contest.
Screenplay Festival Announces 2009 Semifinalists
Screenplay Festival has announced their 2009 contest semifinalists in all genres.
HollywoodIQ: Writer Kevin Emerson
His stories have been optioned in Hollywood and his books have been published in New York. Kevin Emerson's original feature script "Sahara Cassidy and the Extinction Caverns" was a semifinalist in the 2006 Scriptapalooza International Screenwriting Competition. Later, that script landed Emerson representation with Los Angeles-based manager Margery Walshaw (Evatopia).
Script Savvy Announces October Contest Winners
Moutaz Jad's SHAPES OF THINGS has been named the winner from among 131 entries to the October, 2009 Script Savvy Screenwriting Competition.
Back in the Box Announces Contest Winners
Shane McCabes's THE BASE has been named the winner of the 2009 Back in the Box Screenwriting Competition for a Feature Length screenplay. Other winners included Kathy Herndl's short screenplay "Re: Action"; Rubi Herrera's micro-short screenplay, "Yes, there is an afterlife, but it is only 6 minutes long"; and Gordon Phipp's Episodic screenplay "Clauidia's Mother".
Chicago ScriptWorks Announces 2010 Season
Chicago ScriptWorks has announced four screenplays that will be a part of their 2010 reading series.
The-Greenlight.com Announces October Contest Winner
Ashley Kerr's PANDA-MONIUM has been named the October winner of The-Greenlight.com monthly screenwriting competition.
Writers Place Announces Finalists
The Writers Place has announced the finalists for the May through October 2009 competition period.
MoviePoet.com Announces October Short Script Winners
Micah Ricke's $25 has been named the First Place Winner of the October, 2010 MoviePoet.com Short Script Competition.
2010 Chicago Screenwriters Network Contest Adds States
The Chicago Screenwriters Network Contest announced the inclusion of other Midwestern states for its second annual contest.
Script Showcase Announces Finalists
The Script Showcase Screenwriting Competition has announced their finalists and semifinalists.
Movie Script Contest Announces 2009 Golden Brad Award Winners
The Movie Script Contest has announced their 2009 Golden Brad Award Winners: Jonathan Miller for Garbo's Last Stand (Drama), Jeff Travers for Identity Theft (comedy), and J.R. Taylor for Borderland (Thriller/Horror/SciFi).
WSF Announces Contest Top 5 Finalists, Celebrity Judge
Professional screenwriter Ken Rance, who co-wrote the 2009 film New in Town starring Oscar Winner Renee Zellweger, and Grammy and Emmy winner Harry Connick, Jr. will serve as celebrity judge of the Wisconsin Screenwriters Forum (WSF) Screenwriting Experience contest.
Champion Screenwriting Competition Announces Short Script Winners
KITTEN by Magali Rennes has been named the inaugural winner of the Champion Screenwriting Competition in the short script category.
Adventures in Screenwriting: An Unwelcome Visitor
And no, I'm not talking about punks egging my house on Halloween.
Here I am, plugging merrily away on my latest spec (albeit merrily laboriously, a sentence, a paragraph a page at a time). I'm on page 75, for me the equivalent of being in the seventh inning stretch of a baseball game. I've just hit a double; I'm rounding second and heading towards home when I'm clocked on the head. Not with a baseball, mind you, but with a new idea.
Script Savvy Contest Winner Optioned
Screenwriter Sheri Davenport of the San Francisco Bay area has optioned her May 2009 Script Savvy winning screenplay Kiss Me Lucky with Smash Media Films, helmed by producer Harry Winer and Shelley Hack.
ScriptShadow Announces Top 100 Loglines
ScriptShadow has announced the top 100 loglines from nearly 1,000 entries to ScriptShadow Logline/Screenplay Contest.
The Movie Deal! Announces Semifinalists
The Movie Deal! has announced their 2009 semifinalists in all genres.
One in Ten Announces Contest Winners
J.R. Taylor's BORDERLAND has been named the winner of the 2009 One in Ten Screenwriting Competition.
One in Ten Announces Contest Finalists
Finalists for the 2009 One in Ten Screenplay Contest have been announced.
Champion Contest Announces Finalists
The Champion Screenwriting Competition has announced their Top 20 Feature Script Finalists, and their Top 6 Short Script Finalists.
HollywoodIQ: Niad Management's Wendi Niad
Wendi Niad started out working as a comedy writer and today runs Niad Management, a company she founded that represents an extraordinary slate of new and established writers, directors and actors. A literary and talent manager, Niad also teaches and mentors, helping the up-and-coming learn about the entertainment industry, so this month, we asked Niad to talk with us about the business.
Scriptapalooza TV Winner Scores Local Press
Adrienne Simpson might be a TV-aholic. But the tube hasn't melted her brain.
Instead, the 25-year-old Glassboro native considers her TV-watching habit to be research -- fieldwork for penning award-winning scripts.
Scriptapalooza Interviews 1st Place Winner John Todd
Scriptapalooza interviews John Todd, winner of their 2009 screenwriting competition with his script Madam I'm Adam.
ScreamFest Announces Contest Results
Hate Night by VJ & Justin Boyd has been named the winner of the ScreamFest Screenplay Competition.
Interview with 20/20 Contest Winner Martin Fisher
"The most exhausting part of the process was researching our hero, Diocles, which took almost two years. Among other things, we learned he kept a journal of every race he entered and his results. Very exciting. This diary became our Holy Grail: we knew it existed but we had a lot of trouble getting our hands on it."
UCLA's Tremba Wins Goldwyn Award
Joseph Tremba of UCLA has been announced as the first place winner of the 54th annual Samuel Goldwyn Writing Awards for his screenplay "The Shoeshine Girl."
Writers Boot Camp Announces Fellowship Program
Each month, Writers Boot Camp will award three $5000 full scholarships to our Online Professional Membership (OPM), including an opportunity to compete for an annual writing/development deal with Writers Boot Camp Productions and/or a studio, network or independent producer.
Writers on the Storm Announces Top 10
The Writers on the Storm Screenwriting Competition has announced their top 10 finalists for 2009.
Script Savvy Announces September Winner
Script Savvy has announced White Elephant by Susan St. Peters as the first place winner from among 141 entries to their September, 2009 screenwriting contest.
Austin Fest Announces Screenplay Contest Results
The Austin Film Festival has announced their screenplay contest results in all genres.
MoviePoet Announces September Short Script Winners
Matias Caruso's Don't Let Her See has been named the First Place winner of the MoviePoet.com September,2009 Short Script competition.
Red Inkworks Announces Contest Results
Len and Ali Lippman, Mark Bond, and Mark Wagner have been named the top 3 finishers in the latest Red Inkworks Screenwriting Competition.
WriteMovies.com Announces Contest #22 Results
Jacques Hubert's Paracelsus has been named the winner of WriteMovies.com's screenwriting contest #22.
Final Draft Announces Big Break Competition Winners
Wyatt Wakeman's crime/drama Borderland has been named the winner of the Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Competition.
The-GreenLight.com Announces Annual Contest Winner
REBIRTH by T.L. Lewis has been named the winner of the 1st Annual The-GreenLight.com Screenwriting Competition.
The-GreenLight.com Announces Monthly Contest Winner
The-GreenLight.com has announced Robert Gately as the winner of their September, 2009 monthly screenwriting competitions for his script, HAT TRICK.
Golden Brad Finalists Announced
MovieScriptContest.com has announced the finalists for the 2009 Golden Brad Awards.
AMPAS Announces 2009 Nicholl Fellowship Winners
Six writers have been selected as winners of the 24th annual Don and Gee Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Each writer or writing team will receive a prestigious $30,000 prize, the first installment of which will be distributed at a gala dinner in Beverly Hills on November 12.
