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Scriptapalooza Television Writing Competition OPENS
August 8, 2009Hey all you TV writers, this is your chance to change the way you watch TV!
Scriptapalooza TV has seen major success in their 10 years…2 writers won Emmys,
numerous writers have gotten agents, managers and meetings.
The four categories include existing 1 hour shows like True Blood and Merlin.
Existing half hour sitcoms like The Office and Two and a Half Men.
Original pilots and reality shows. (for reality shows we would like a 1-5 page synopsis only)
Supported by the Writers Guild of America west and the Writers Guild of Canada.
323.654.5809 office
info@scriptapalooza.com
FINAL DEADLINE October 15th
Sincerely,
Mark Andrushko
President
Scriptapalooza Inc.
323.654.5809
www.scriptapalooza.com
2nd SkyFest Film & Script Festival 2009 – open for entries
August 5, 2009SkyFest Film & Script Festival 2009
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| July 15, 2009 Regular Deadline |
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| August 15, 2009 Late Deadline |
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CATEGORIES
Features
Features are fiction and 60 minutes or longer in length.
Short Film
Fiction under 60 minutes in length. As short as you like.
Feature Documentary
Nonfiction of all types 60 minutes or longer.
Short Documentary
Whatever length you feel covers the subject.
Animation
Animated films of any length or type.
Scripts
We are writers, also, and very encouraging to script submissions. Scripts are also eligible for the overall Best in Show award!
Horror & Science Fiction Feature
Films with a fantasy/horror/SF theme and 60 minutes or longer in length.
Horror & Science Fiction Short
Horror or SF/Fantasy …. Whatever length you feel tells the story.
Student
If you are a student (and we will ask the winners to prove this status) with any sort of film , enter it in this category.
MISSION & OBJECTIVE
The mission of SkyFest is to recognize, honor, and further the career of talented filmmakers and screenwriters. This is accomplished in two ways:
1- By the awarding of numerous quality trophies and certificates of excellence
2- By awarding a significant portion of the proceeds for the entire festival as cash prizes to the winners in each of the nine categories, plus a prize for Best Overall.
ABOUT THE FESTIVAL
SkyFest was created by Ralph Roberts, a nationally-known author for the past 33 years and now a professional filmmaker and script writer. Ralph takes his experiences with film festivals in general, what he likes and what he feels is detrimental to submitters, and puts together a festival oriented toward MAXIMIZING the odds for submitters! But, let him explain it:
Hi. Ralph here. I love film festivals. The crowds, meeting big stars and just plain old aspiring filmmakers like me. I like entering my stuff in the festivals. I’ve won a few awards but mostly lost while spending a lot of money on travel, motels, and food. All that’s great for the folk who put on these festivals (and I love them) but not the most efficient way for us guys to get what we want and need from a festival. The two most important things, iin my opinion, being a return on our huge investment of time and dough in creating video, and some recognition for that work that we can build on in furthering our careers. Both would help us keep going!
To do this, I’ve created SkyFest.
First, the name: I live up here in the Blue Ridge Mountains near Asheville, North Carolina, long known as “the Land of the Sky.” I also own a book publishing imprint, Land of the Sky Books. So, it?s a good name. And let me hasten to say that we have no connection with the very nice Asheville Film Festival, other than (so far) spending a good amount of entry money for no wins. Maybe this year or, at least, I qualify for the Asheville Rejects Festival like last year, eh? (Didn’t win that one either but my film was shown a couple of years ago! And, of course, I won’t win SkyFest because anyone connected with SkyFest, including me, is ineligible to win any award this festival gives out.)
Unlike most other festivals, which spend a ton of money on the actual event, SkyFest minimizes expenses by NOT having showings or banquets or hiring big name actor guests. We may or may not have an actual physical event (depending on how many submissions we get, but all awards will be awarded! For SkyFest I, we awarded 138 awards and we have 253 for SkyFest II.
But, you don?t care about our expenses because it DOES NOT affect your prize money. Here’s how SkyFest works (i.e:. a sampling of the rules, full rules are here):
1- A full fifty-percent of all money we take in, primarily entrance fees and advertising revenues, goes into the awards fund. NO expenses or anything else is charged against this fund (and the money goes into escrow as it comes in, protected for you to WIN!).
2- ALL expenses come out of the other half of the money and, if that’s not enough) out of our pockets (and, so far, we’re four figures in the hole but that’s not your problem and never will be).
3- There are 253 awards!! Your odds of receiving an award are MUCH better for this festival than any other I know!
4- Trophies and certificates will be substantial and classy (see the SkyFest I trophies and certificates at http://skyfest.net).
5- The awards fund is shared out in this manner:
- 10% goes to Best Overall
- In each of the nine categories, the winner gets 7% of the overall award fund, second place 2%, third place 1%. 1st to 3rd place winners get trophies and the next TWENTY-FIVE finishers receive a Certificate of Excellence (remember, our goal is to give out as MANY awards as possible). In essence, there will be TWENTY-FIVE 4th place winners in each category.
6- ALL money WILL be awarded. If there is just one entry in a category, that entry wins the full 10%. (This, by the way, is in response to a pet peeve of mine about film festivals, several times I’ve had the only entry in a category and NOT been awarded the prize because of ‘not enough participation’ and this will durn well NOT happen at SkyFest! Ff you win, you WIN!)
7- In the unlikely event of no entries in a particular category, that amount of money will be divided out and added to the other categories. And also the Certificates of Excellence will be parceled out into other categories.
8- You can enter as many films as you like in as many categories as you like. You can even enter the same film in more than one category IF there is a reasonable case it fits each area (paying the standard fee for each category, of course).
The entry fee is US$35.00, regardless of length and category *(remember, all categories share equally in the award money!)*
9- Entry fees are the same for each category because each category shares equally in the award money.
10-Judges will be professionals in the industry. All decisions of the judges are final.
11-The film festival runs for the announced time and awards will be presented as soon as judging is completed. SkyFest I ends midnight January 31st, 2009.
12-It?s a simple concept and no other warranties other than what is stated above, express or implied, exist.
ORGANIZERS:
Ralph Roberts (Festival Registrar) ; Ralph Roberts (Festival Registrar)
GENERAL RULES
1- A full fifty-percent of all money we take in ? primarily entrance fees and advertising revenues ? goes into the awards fund. NO expenses or anything else is charged against this fund.
2- ALL expenses come out of the other half of the money and, if that?s not enough) out of our pockets (and, so far, we?re four figures in the hole but that?s not your problem and never will be).
3- There are 208 awards!! Your odds of receiving an award are MUCH better for this festival than any other I know!
4- Trophies and certificates will be substantial and classy.
5- The awards fund is shared out in this manner:
? 10% goes to Best Overall
? In each of the nine categories, the winner gets 7% of the overall award fund, second place 2%, third place 1%. 1st ? 3rd place winners get trophies and the next TWENTY -FIVE finishers receive a Certificate of Excellence (remember, our goal is to give out as MANY awards as possible). In essence, there will be TWENTY 4th place winners in each category.
6- ALL money WILL be awarded. If there is just one entry in a category, that entry wins the full 10%. (This, by the way, is in response to a pet peeve of mine about film festivals ? several times I?ve had the only entry in a category and NOT been awarded the prize because of `not enough participation? ? this will durn well NOT happen at SkyFest ? if you win, you WIN!)
7- In the unlikely event of no entries in a particular category, that amount of money will be divided out and added to the other categories. And also the Certificates of Excellence will be parceled out into other categories.
8- You can enter as many films as you like in as many categories as you like. You can even enter the same film in more than one category IF there is a reasonable case it fits each area.
9- Entry fees are the same for each category because each category shares equally in the award money (paying the standard fee for each category, of course).
10-Judges will be professionals in the industry. All decisions of the judges are final.
11-The film festival runs for the announced time and awards will be presented as soon as judging is completed. SkyFest I ends midnight January 31st, 2009.
12-It?s a simple concept and no other warranties other than what is stated above, express or implied, exist.
La Femme Film Festival 2009 – open for submissions
July 17, 2009La Femme Film Festival – 5 Annual October 15, 2009 to October 18, 2009
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DEADLINES & ENTRY FEES Discounted fees apply to projects with pre-purchased Discount Packs, on entry fees greater than 15.00. All fees will be charged in
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CHAMPION SCREENWRITING COMPETITION 2009 – open for entries
July 7, 2009In the Spotlight this week is the CHAMPION SCREENWRITING COMPETITION (CSC), a Los Angeles-based competition championing the careers of promising screenwriters. Presented by A-List Screenwriting and renowned consultant and teacher Jim Mercurio, CSC declares, “Winning is just the beginning.”
CSC grants more than $20,000 USD worth of cash and prizes, and works hard to establish its winners as tomorrow’s working screenwriters. To this end, the lucky winners work with a marketing consultant, script consultant, career coach, and proofreader to hone current and future scripts to get them picture-perfect. CSC has partnered with some of the nation’s best-known consultants including Pilar Alessandra, Julie Marsh, Julie Gray, and “Breakfast with Sharks” author and ON THIN ICE writer, Michael Lent.
The top three scripts will also be presented to numerous production companies, agencies, and management companies for consideration. There are special awards for semifinalists, as well as for short scripts and low budget horror screenplays. All submitters receive a 50% discount to PitchQ, and winners receive free video pitches through the service.
UPCOMING DEADLINE
July 15, 2009 – Late Deadline
MISSION AND OBJECTIVE
The mission of the Champion Screenwriting Competition is to champion its winning writers, prepare them for Hollywood, and work toward establishing their careers by taking their work from the top of the competition to the top of Hollywood producers’ reading piles.
MORE ABOUT THE FESTIVAL
CSC founder Jim Mercurio has himself vetted more than 8,000 feature screenplays and awarded more than $250,000 in cash and prizes in screenwriting contests. One such success story is writer Brian Watanabe, whose award-winning script helped Watanabe secure representation and funding for his project, which eventually became ROGUE’S GALLERY, starring Zach Galifianakis, Ving Rhames, Ellen Barkin, and Maggie Q.
Mercurio ran the Expo Screenplay Competition during its first six years and is dedicated to growing CSC into one of the world’s largest screenwriting contests that can devote time, money, resources and the support of several talented mentors to change the lives of aspiring writers. He has also taught screenwriting to thousands of writing students, and has clients ranging from beginners to Oscar-nominated writers to A-list filmmakers. He has helped many contest winners get their first paid writing assignments and the attention of the industry.
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Early Bird (4/27)
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Regular Deadline (6/1)
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Late (7/15)
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Wab Ext 8/3
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$40
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| Screenplay (feature-length) with Coverage |
$60
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$20
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PRIZES
GRAND PRIZE
$2500 Cash
Script Coaching package for script of choice, which includes Development Notes from Julie Marsh as well as additional rounds of feedback.
1 year video membership with PitchQ.com
A half-day confidential pitch Coaching Session and taping of a Video Pitch to post on PitchQ.com
A-List Screenwriting: The Immersion (formerly Killer Screenwriting)
Proofreading from David Gillis
2 Career Coaching sessions with Choose Change’s Rhona Berens
Career or pitching chat with Michael Lent, author of Breakfast with Sharks and writer of the new Disney/Hyperion On Thin Ice.
Script will be read by 50 companies.
SECOND PLACE
$1000 Cash
Script Coaching package for script of choice, which includes Development Notes from Julie Gray as well as additional rounds of feedback.
1 Year video Membership with PitchQ.com
A two hour pitch coaching session with a professional Video Pitch to post on PitchQ.com
A-List Screenwriting: The Immersion (formerly Killer Screenwriting)
“Breaking the Story” session (90 minutes) with Pilar Alesandra
1 Career Coaching session with Choose Change’s Rhona Berens
Proofreading from David Gillis
Script will be read by 50 companies.
THIRD PLACE
$500 Cash
Development notes
1 Year video Membership with PitchQ.com
A two hour pitch coached Pitch session with a professional Video Pitch to post on PitchQ.com
A-List Screenwriting: The Immersion (Formerly Killer Screenwriting)
Proofreading from David Gillis
1 Career Coaching session with Choose Change’s Rhona Berens
Career or pitching chat with Jim Mercurio
Script will be read by 50 companies.
LOW BUDGET HORROR PRIZE
$500 CASH or a writing deal on a micro-budgeted straight-to-DVD horror film. Stay tuned.
5 FEATURE SEMIFINALISTS
6-month video membership with PitchQ.com.
A one hour coached pitch session with a professionally recorded Video Pitch to Post on PitchQ.com
A-list Screenwriting: The Lecture
QUARTERFINALISTS
All 25-100 Quarterfinalists will receive an opportunity for a free 3-month text membership with Pitch Q.com.
EVERYONE WHO ENTERS
All entrants will receive a special code which will allow them to receive a 50% discount on a PitchQ.com subscription.
SHORTS WINNERS
FIRST PLACE – SHORT SCREENPLAY
$1000 cash
Set of development, producing and directing notes.
SECOND PLACE – SHORT SCREENPLAY
$500
RULES
RULES of the Champion Screenwriting Competition
The following rules govern the submission of all material(s) to the Champion Screenwriting Competition, and each submitting writer agrees to abide by them (“Rules”):
All submitting writers must be 18 years of age or older (and able to prove it if required to do so).
Feature Screenplays must:
* be written and submitted in English;
* be an original and unproduced script that has not been optioned and to which the writer(s) retain(s) all rights, from the time of submission until the announcement of the winning script(s); be between 90 and 130 pages in length;
* have numbered pages; and
* be in industry-standard screenplay format
Short Screenplays must:
* be written and submitted in English;
* be an original and unproduced script that has not been optioned and to which the writer(s) retain(s) all rights, from the time of submission until the announcement of the winning script(s); be less than or equal to 15 pages in length;
* have numbered pages; and
* be in industry-standard screenplay format
Screenplays in any genre are accepted.
Adaptations are not accepted.
Only electronic copies of scripts submitted through Withoutabox with a valid credit card payment will be accepted. Please do not send a hard copy of any screenplay
Only screenplay submissions in Final Draft, Movie Magic, PDF, RTF, DOC and Word file formats are acceptable.
Multiple submissions – i.e., submissions of more than one different script – are accepted so long as each separate submission is accompanied with a separate application and entry fee.
Writer(s) may submit only one copy, draft or version of any single screenplay, (i.e., the same script can’t be submitted more than once, or one that is basically similar to another being submitted, even if a different title or author name were to appear the cover of a similar script). Warning: Any attempts to submit the same or similar scripts under different titles or different author names will result, if discovered, in the immediate disqualification of all entries by the submitting writer(s) with no possibility of any refunded payment(s).
After the submission of any script(s), no subsequent substitutions – of either corrected pages or new drafts of the entry screenplays – shall be allowed, except for scripts that are initially submitted in the “Screenplay (Feature) with Coverage” category, which may then subsequently be resubmitted in the “Screenplay (feature) Resubmission Category.” Once a script is validly resubmitted, only the most recent draft will remain in consideration for the competition prizes. If the original submission advanced to the Quarterfinalist round, the resubmitted script will automatically be placed in the Quarterfinalist round. It is not a requirement that if a script uses the coverage service, it also then has to be resubmitted.
Collaborative work undertaken by two writers is eligible for submission. Collaborative work by three or more writers is not eligible for submission. All prizes will be automatically split 50-50 by collaborators. If a submitted work has two authors, the names of both authors must appear on the submitted work and application.
Entering the competition constitutes permission for us from the submitting writer(s) to, as we see fit (a) use (or not use as we sit) finalists’ names and likenesses for publicity and promotions with no additional compensation, and (b) publicize and promote the progress, development and success of the entered script(s).
Partners, affiliated members, sponsors employees of Champion Screenwriting Competition or of A-List Screenwriting LLC, and any members of the immediate families of these entities, are not eligible to compete in this contest, nor are competition judges and their immediate families.
No applicant may have earned more than $10,000 in cash or other consideration (combined) as a screenwriter for theatrical films or television, or for the sale of, or sale of an option to, any original story, treatment, screenplay or teleplay. Applicants also may not have received, between the time period between the submission of their script and the final announcement of winners, a screenwriting fellowship or prize which includes a “first look” clause, an option or any other quid pro quo involving the work of any submitting writer(s).
The decisions of the judge(s) of the Champion Screenwriting Competition are final and not subject to dispute.
The Champion Screenwriting Competition reserves the right to substitute prizes for other prizes of equal monetary value and to extend the final deadline.
The Champion Screenwriting Competition will disqualify scripts and/or any writer(s) for not adhering to these Rules. No refund(s) will be issued for any disqualified scripts or writer(s). The Champion Screenwriting Competition reserves the right to remove submitted material from the competition with or without cause and the writer(s) will be notified. If without cause, the entry fee alone may be refunded.
In an effort to make a contribution toward a better environment, the Champion Screenplay Competition is a paperless contest. We only accept scripts and payments electronically through Withoutabox. All submission payments must be made by credit card in US dollars. Please do not mail scripts or payments, as such scripts shall not be returned nor such payments accepted/credited.
All monetary prizes will be paid in US dollars. The winners of time spent with consultants, coaches and mentors and/or industry professionals agree to work within the schedule and time constraints of the professionals who are donating their time.
All participants will be automatically registered to the Champion Screenwriting Competition’s email Updates list and A-List Screenwriting’s Career & Craft, a free e-newsletter. Clear instructions on how to unsubscribe are available in every email we send.
It is suggested to all submitting writer(s), for their own protection, that prior to submission they register their materials with either the WGA or the US Copyright Office.
All submissions must be processed through Withoutabox and adhere to the submission process and procedures, and anyone submitting scripts agrees to fully abide by any and all Champion Screenwriting Competition rules.
CHAMPION SCREENWRITING COMPETITION RELEASE STATEMENT TO WHICH EVERYONE SUBMITTING ANY SCRIPT(S) MUST AGREE TO ADHERE
By submitting any script(s) (“Material”) to the Champion Screenwriting Competition (“CSC”) for evaluation/judging by CSC and its employees, affiliates, partners and/or sponsors (individually or collectively, “CSC Associate(s)”), each submitting writer (who may or may not be one of two joint authors of the Material, hereafter “Writer”) agrees to and understands the following terms and conditions of this Release Form Agreement (“Agreement”) as well as rules of the screenwriting competition (“Rules”).
1. Because of CSC’s position in the entertainment industry: (a) CSC and CSC Associates receive many ideas, formats, stories, suggestions and other materials which CSC does not solicit or otherwise request; (b) CSC and CSC Associates would not accept this Material, consider or review the material without Writer agreeing to these terms and conditions; and (c) no confidential or professional relationships, including without limitation a partnership, agency, employer/employee or joint venture, is established between Writer and CSC and/or CSC Associates.
2. Writer will not hold CSC responsible if the Material is accidentally lost, misplaced, damaged or destroyed, in whole or in part, and agrees only to send a copy, not the original, of any Material, to CSC.
3. Licenses from Writer to CSC So Writer May Submit and Compete
A)Writer is not waiving, and this Agreement will not in any way limit any intellectual property rights (including copyright rights) that Writer may have in the Material. Writer hereby grants CSC and any CSC Associates a limited nonexclusive worldwide license to use, copy and display the Material for the purpose of evaluating it for coverage, judging it in the screenwriting competition, and/or, at CSC’s sole option, publicizing scripts or their associated screenwriters that have had some success in the competition; provided however that: (1) CSC shall only provide the Materials to: (a) CSC Associates; (b) industry professionals (i.e., agents, people at production companies, etc.) that may have expressed, to CSC or a CSC Associate, interest in Writer and the Material; and/or (c) industry professionals that CSC, in its sole discretion and judgment, otherwise believes might perhaps be helpful in advancing Writer’s screenwriting career; and (2) CSC shall never display online, nor provide to any publication to publish, Writer’s screenplay in its entirety. (B) Notwithstanding the foregoing, Writer hereby grants to CSC a limited nonexclusive worldwide license to post online, and/or to publish (or provide for publication), in a newspaper or periodical of CSC’s choice: (1) the Material’s logline; (2) a brief synopsis of the Material; or (3) a portion of the Material chosen solely by CSC that is a small percentage of the overall entire submitted screenplay yet nevertheless is, in CSC’s sole judgment and discretion, large enough to serve as a sample of the script’s overall quality and/or Writer’s writing talent. (C) Other than as licensed herein, CS will not use the Material or any part thereof unless Writer: (1) enters into an agreement granting CSC rights to the material; or (2) CSC determines in good faith that Writer does not own or control the Material because features or elements were independently developed by someone other than Writer.
4. Writer understands and agrees that CSC and CSC Associates may use in any fashion, no matter how similar to the Material and/or any elements or aspects thereof, any works that are: (a) independently developed by CSC or any CSC Associates without reference to the Material; (b) otherwise made available to CSC by some third party; (c) neither original with Writer(s), nor new, unique, concrete, novel; and/or (d) in the public domain (individually or collectively, the “Works”).
5. Writer releases CSC and CSC Associates from any and all liability to Writer for the use by CSC or any CSC Associates of any Works, or the use of the Material according to the license grant in Section 3 above, and Writer agrees not to sue CSC or any CSC Associates or bring any action or proceeding against CSC or CSC Associates for CSC or any CSC Associates for (a) using any such Works; (b) using the Material according to the license grant; and/or (c) failing to compensate Writer(s) for CSC’s use of the Material, unless CSC had otherwise agreed in writing with Writer(s) to do so; CSC and/or CSC Associates are entitled to an injunction or other equitable remedy if Writer brings such a suit, action or proceeding against them.
6. Writer represents and warrants that: (a) the Material is original to Writer, who has the full and exclusive right to submit the Material to CSC; (b) Writer knows of no dispute related to or associated with the Material; (c) Writer shall fully comply with any and all Rules and the terms and conditions of this Agreement; and (d) Writer will fully indemnify and hold CSC or any CSC Associate harmless if Writer incurs any losses, damages or expenses (including, without limitation, lawyers’ fees and expenses) due to (i) Writer’s breach of any of the Rules or terms and conditions of this Agreement; (ii) any or all of the representations or warranties of Writer in this Agreement not being true or having been made in bad faith; (iii) claims by any person, firm or corporation that any or all of Writer’s statements, representations or warranties in this Agreement are not true; (iv) the possession or licensed use by CSC, or any CSC Associate, of the Material; and/or (v) any claim by a third party that the Material or any aspect thereof violated, breached or infringed any intellectual property rights (including without limitation any rights related to copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, publicity, or patents) of such third party or that the Material or any aspect thereof was defamatory, obscene or otherwise illegal.
7. Writer understands that the nonperformance of any party shall be excused to the extent that performance is rendered impossible by strike, fire, flood, earthquakes, war, governmental acts or orders or restrictions, acts of God, or any other reason where failure to perform is beyond the reasonable control, and not caused by the negligence of, the non-performing party.
8. Writer understands that all federal, state and local laws and regulations apply. All taxes (including, without limitation, federal, state, and local taxes) on or connected with any prize, and the reporting consequences thereof, are the sole and exclusive responsibility of respective winners. All winners will be responsible for their own U.S. income tax withholding.
9. Writer hereby grants CSC the nonexclusive right to use Writer’s name, photograph, and likeness in connection with any and all promotional activities without any additional compensation. Each winner must, if so requested by CSC, complete CSC’s winner verification process and/or execute an Affidavit of Eligibility and a Liability/Publicity Release within a reasonable period of time if so required by CSC.
10. If more than one writer enters this contest, references to the submitting party as Writer, Writers or Writer(s) throughout this Agreement shall apply to each such party, jointly and severally. Any headings used in this Agreement are intended for convenience only. They are not a part of the written understanding between the parties and shall not be deemed to affect the construction and interpretation of this Agreement.
11. Writer may not assign Writer’s rights and/or obligations pursuant to this Agreement, in whole or part, without the prior written consent of CSC; provided, however, that all such assignees, licensees or successors-in-interest shall assume, via a written instrument, the original party’s duties to comply with the terms herein.
12. The failure to exercise any right provided in this Agreement shall not be a waiver of prior or subsequent rights.
13. If any provision of this Agreement is invalid under applicable statute or rule of law, it is to be considered omitted and the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall in no way be affected.
14. Writer agrees to notify CSC of any address change by email within a reasonable time of moving.
15. The parties agree that every dispute or difference between them, arising under this Agreement, shall be settled first by a meeting of the parties attempting to confer and resolve the dispute in a good faith and timely manner.
16. In no event will CSC or any CSC Associates be liable under the rules or this agreement for any kind of damages other than actual, direct and provable damages (i.e., consequential, special, statutory, indirect, or incidental), regardless of whether characterized as arising from breach of contract, warranty, tort (including negligence), strict liability, breach of warranties, failure of essential purpose or otherwise, even if advised of the possibility of such loss or damage, or if such loss or damage is foreseeable.
17. Each Writer agrees that they have read and understand this Agreement and the Rules. This Agreement and the Rules together state and constitute the entire agreement between Writer(s) and CSC and supersedes (if any) all prior and contemporaneous representations, agreements and understandings, whether written or oral.
18. This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of California, exclusive of its conflict of law rules. The courts located in Los Angeles, California (federal or state, as applicable) shall have exclusive jurisdiction over all disputes arising hereunder.
2009 – The 5th Annual ACTION ON FILM INTERNATIONAL FILM – open entries
May 18, 2009The 5th Annual ACTION ON FILM INTERNATIONAL FILM
AOF film submission information
AOF takes place July 24,2009 – July 31,2009
Pasadena, California
AOF 2009 is currently accepting submissions for Film, Video, Composers Writers, Documentary and Animation Now!
In our Film and Video Categories, we accept Features, Shorts, Experimental, Animation, Music Videos, Action Sequences, in all genres etc. In our Written Word Categories, we accept Scripts, Scenes in all genres, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Experimental etc.,
Please note: All Deadline Dates are ‘Post Mark By’ Dates
DEADLINES AND ENTRY FEES for FILM and VIDEO
Earlybird Deadline is March 15, 2009:
Short Shorts (10 Minutes and under in any genre) $35.00
Shorts (10 to 44 Minutes in any genre) $50.00
Features (45 Minutes plus in any genre) $50.00
Regular Deadline June 1, 2009
Short Shorts (10 Minutes and under in any genre) $35.00
Shorts (10 to 44 Minutes in any genre) $50.00
Features (45 Minutes plus in any genre) $50.00
Late Deadline June 17, 2009
Short Shorts (10 Minutes and under in any genre) $45.00
Shorts (10 to 44 Minutes in any genre) $60.00
Features (45 Minutes plus in any genre) $60.00
WAB Extended Deadline July 4, 2009
Short Shorts (10 Minutes and under in any genre) $60.00
Shorts (10 to 44 Minutes in any genre) $70.00
Features (45 Minutes plus in any genre) $70.00
DEADLINES AND ENTRY FEES for WRITTEN WORD
Feature and Short Screenplays
Earlybird Deadline is March 15, 2009: $50.00
Regular Deadline is June 1, 2009: $50.00
Late Deadline is June 17, 2009: $60.00
WAB Extended Deadline is July 4, 2009: $70.00
Screenplay Scenes
Earlybird Deadline is April 15, 2009: $25.00
Regular Deadline is June 1, 2009: $25.00
Late Deadline is June 5, 2009: $35.00
WAB Extended Deadline is June 25, 2009: $50
RULES AND REGULATIONS: All entries will be judged on content, creativity, imagery, story and skill of the filmmaker. Productions produced from 2005 to June 2009 may be submitted. Works in progress will be accepted. All films must be submitted on VHS (NTSC system only) or DVD (Region 1) for consideration by the Selection Committee. (PAL system VHS will be accepted but there will be $10.00 charge for transfer.)
All films submitted must be available on Digital Format (NTSC) or DVD (Region 1) for presentation. All entries must be postmarked by June 30, 2009. (Early submission discounts apply until June 5, 2009 see fee schedule.)
A completed entry form must accompany each entry. All entries must be sent to the Action on Film Festival prepaid and, for your own protection, should be insured. Videos and DVDs submitted will not be returned. Films selected for the Action on Film Festival will be announced no later than July 7, 2009.
All presentation materials for the Action on Film Festival must arrive in Los Angeles no later than July 20, 2009. Please notify us by mail, fax or email of any address changes.
All entries should be mailed to:
Action on Film Fest
C/O EFC
174 W. Foothill blvd
#332
Monrovia CA 91016
Or Call Us Directly at 323.878.5522
Make all checks and money orders payable to: EFC
All filmmakers who provide SASE or Postcards will receive notification of inclusion into the festival within 30 days of the festival preview. All accepted filmmakers will be placed on the AOF Website 30 days before the event for all categories selected before that date. Late entries that are accepted will be posted more closely to the event dates.
2009 – Cowrite: In Association with Benderspink – open for entries
May 13, 2009Cowrite: In Association with Benderspink
Description
In association with respected management/production company Benderspink (A History of Violence, Just Friends, The Butterfly Effect) Cowrite is launching a truly innovative screenwriting competition open to aspiring writers and movie lovers everywhere. The contest will provide a unique opportunity to those who have always thought they could write a screenplay to play an essential role in a potential Hollywood blockbuster.
The idea behind the web-based Cowrite contest is to have writers throughout the country collaborate on a movie script based on a posted story premise. The script will be written in ten-page increments based on contestant submissions.
Every other week, the best ten-page script submission ($10 per 10 page entry) selected by the Cowrite judges will be added to the developing story until the script is finished and ready to be sold. There will be eleven winners over the six-month contest. Each winner will receive money and prizes totaling $3,000, a pitch meeting with Benderspink and a chance to win the grand prize of a paid rewrite of the script. All winners will also share in any potential script sale proceeds.
Another exciting aspect of the Cowrite website is the “Pro’s Take” section where professional screenwriters and industry professionals will offer comments and suggestions on the developing story as well as insight into how to get started in Hollywood. This mentoring program will serve as an invaluable tool for aspiring screenwriters and help guide the story along. Guest mentors will include screenwriters Andrea Berloff (World Trade Center), Shintaro Shimosawa (The Echo) and Josh Schaer (TV’s Jericho).
This is believed to be the first screenwriting competition where the end goal is to try to sell a collaborative movie script. In true Web 2.0 fashion, Cowrite utilizes social networking and the “wisdom of the crowd” to create a community-sourced product. Cowrite believes this method of art creation will become a widely accepted, and, in fact, sought out way of finding new talent while producing blueprints for major motion pictures. After all, what better market research tool for studios trying to figure out what audiences want to see at the theaters than letting the audiences provide the content?
Deadlines and Fees
Description – Date – Fee
Deadline for fourth ten pages – May 17, 2009 – $10
Extended Deadline – May 20, 2009 – $14
Awards
Cowrite offers some of the most amazing prizes of any contest…and all for writing just a quick 10 pages!
Quick Cash: Each Cowrite winner will receive $2000 within two weeks of their submission being selected as a winner and posted
Benderspink Meeting: Each Cowrite winner will have a chance to pitch their movie ideas and scripts to Benderspink for possible representation
Industry Recognition: Each Weekly Winner will have his name and picture posted on the website
Grand Prize Paid Rewrite: 1 of the Cowrite winners will be selected to rewrite the Cowrite script for $5,000 and win a full Westwood Village pass to the 2009 LA Film Festival
Potential for More Money: Each Cowrite winner will receive a share of the proceeds for any potential script sale
Potential Onscreen Credit*: Each Cowrite screenwriter has the potential to receive onscreen credit in a major motion picture. (*Screenwriting credit will be determined by WGA for any produced film of a Cowrite script)
Great Sponsored Prizes: Each Cowrite winner will win Final Draft’s Scriptwriters Suite, Jungle Software’s Gorilla Pro and new Story O software, a 1 year subscription to Script Magazine, and 4 vouchers to the 2009 LA Film Festival
Formats
Screenplay – Feature
Genres
Action, Adventure, Comedy
Rules
Official Contest Rules and Conditions of Cowrite Screenwriting Contest
VOID WHERE PROHIBITED
Submissions which do not comply with these rules will not be considered.
Please read this document carefully and follow these directions prior to submitting your entries. If submitting with a writing partner, the reference to pronouns within this document shall apply to each party jointly and severally.
Submission fees:
- $10 per submission ($14 per extended deadline submission)
- $40 for five submissions (includes extended deadline submissions)
- $75 for eleven submissions (includes extended deadline sumbmissons)
Each submission must be submitted electronically by the respective deadline date and include the following: (1) a submission of between 8-12 standard script pages (any script shorter or longer will not be considered) written in English,; (2) a submission form completely filled out (or accepted log-in), which indicates acceptance of terms and conditions; (3) submission fee.
1. This contest is open to all writers except WGA members and independent contractors, sponsors and associates affiliated with Cowrite and/or Benderspink. Writers under the age of 18 must have a parent’s permission to submit.
2. Submissions must be submitted as a Microsoft Word/Works, Wordperfect, Final Draft, RTF or PDF file.
3. No indentifying information (name, address, email address, title) should be included on your submission.
4. Multiple entries per submission period are permissible, but must be accompanied by a separate submission fee. Collaborative work submitted by two writers is eligible. Collaborative work by three or more writers is not eligible. Both writing partners must be listed on the submission form. One collaborator must be designated the primary contact for all submissions. Cowrite will divide the prize money and other prizes equally for writing partners.
5. By entering the Cowrite contest, you acknowledge that contest judges receive numerous submissions of ideas, scenes, stories and scripts, and that your submission, and the ideas and stories embodied in it, may be similar or identical to other material received. You agree that you are not entitled to any compensation or credit for use of any such other material. Contest entrants must accept, without reservation, the decisions rendered by the judges.
6. Once a submission has been entered, no substitutions or new drafts or corrected pages will be considered. Entrants must retain at least one copy of the submitted material, and understand that all material we receive cannot and will not be returned under any circumstances.
7. All submissions must be the original work of the author(s) and not infringe on the copyright or other rights of other people. Content from work already assigned, sold or produced is not eligible.
8. By entering this contest and in the event you are declared a winner, you understand and accept that Cowrite will be free to use your name and likeness for advertising or promotional purposes without additional consideration. Winning entrants agree to supply, upon request, a picture and grant an interview to be posted on the website.
9. By entering the contest and accepting contest rules, Cowrite entrants agree and acknowledge that if entrant’s submission is selected as a winner of any part of the contest, the submission as originally written or as edited and all rights thereto are automatically assigned to Cowrite, L.L.C as well as all rights to the content therein. A two thousand dollar payment will then be sent to the selected winner. Entrant further acknowledges that as part of said assignment, Cowrite has the right to use the submission as written or edited in the final script, post the submission as originally written, as edited or as part of the script on it’s website, edit same and/or assign the winning submission and its content, as originally written or as edited as part of any final version of the script. Entrants who do not win retain all rights to their material but agree to allow Cowrite to post the submission as originally written or edited on the Cowrite website.
10. In the event of any sale or option of the Cowrite screenplay including your winning submission, then you acknowledge that 10% (ten percent) of the gross script sale consideration shall be paid by the purchaser to Cowrite as a representative’s fee before any payments are made to winning Cowrite entrants. Cowrite winning entrants will divide equally the net proceeds of the script sale after customary expenses of management fees, agent fees, legal fees, etc.
11. Entrants may only win a maximum of 3 times although writers are free to submit all 11 submission periods and submit multiple entries for each writing period.
12. Submission fees will not be returned or adjusted. Cowrite is not responsible for any lost or late submissions.
13. Cowrite contest entrants agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Cowrite and its affiliates against all demands, claims, losses, damages, costs, liabilities, judgments, and expenses (including attorney’s fees) arising out of and in connection with all third party claims based on any materials submitted by entrant and not fully owned by entrant as acknowledged above to this competition.
14. If you are using a program or file that includes macros or codes, do not activate such macros or codes. If macros are included, or if a file or program contains or appears to contain malicious or other damaging code, Cowrite may, at its discretion, disqualify the submission.
Announcements
Finalists announced: Jul 15, 2009
Winner(s) announced: Jan 26, 2009
There will be a new winner every other week. All winners will have their name and photo posted on the website.
2009 – The Writers Place Screenplay Contest
May 12, 2009The Writers Place Screenplay Contest
WRITERS PLACE SCREENPLAY COMPETITION
MEET AND COLLABORATE WITH AGENTS AND PRODUCERS
COORDINATE WITH PRODUCTION COMPANIES
We accept full-length features & MOWs, short film scripts, and TV scripts (1/2 hour)
Final Submission Deadlines: 15 May & 15 November
All participants receive a $50 coupon toward a Writers Place script consultation. In this sense, everyone wins! One coupon per script. Coupons expire six months after submission.
1ST Prize:
Certificate of achievement, plus submission to top agents and producers, free Final Draft Screenwriting Software or commensurate cash, a one-year subscription to any two of the magazines cited below.
2ND Prize:
Certificate of achievement, screenplay submitted to a literary agency, and a one-year subscription to any two of the magazines cited below.
3RD Prize:
Certificate of achievement, screenplay submitted to a literary agency, and a one-year subscription to any one of the magazines below.
2009 – FirstGlance Annual Feature Screenplay Competition – open for entries
May 12, 20092009 – FirstGlance Annual Feature Screenplay Competition
Call for Entries Opens: April 12, 2009
Early Deadline: May 12, 2009
Regular Deadline: June 12, 2009
Late Deadline: July 12, 2009
WAB Deadline :July 22, 2009
Top three scripts are judged by Hollywood production companies and top producers in the industry, including Greenestreet Films, Boxing Cat Films (Tim Allen’s production company), Madhouse Entertainment, Avalanche! Entertainment, CMM Productions, Alma Libra Films, Vine Entertainment, Converge Entertainment and some of Hollywood’s biggest producers.
Categories:
1. Drama
2. Comedy
3. Horror
4. Sci Fi/Fantasy
5. Action/Adventure
6. Historical/Period Biopic/Based on Actual Events
7. Animated/Children’s
Perks:
* All feature screenwriter’s receive one page feedback from our professional readers noting strengths and weaknesses with suggestions on how to proceed on your next re-write. (Valued at $150.00)
* All semi-finalists loglines will be shared with our esteemed judging panel for consideration.
Prizes:
* Final Draft Software
* Syd Field’s Screenwriting Seminars
* Creative Screenwriting, Scr(i)pt, Fade In , and Moviemaker subscriptions.
* Entrance to Screenwriting Expo 2008 in Los Angeles. Pitch meetings with Hollywood Producers and Agents.
* Writer’s Boot Camp Courses
* InkTip Membership
* In depth script analysis provided to winner.
* Winning scripts will be posted online at Moviebytes and shopped to Producers and Agents.
Entry Fees 45.00- 90.00 (depending on deadline)
