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FINAL
DEADLINE May 1st: 2010 Writing Competitions
8th Annual 2010 Script P.I.M.P. Screenwriting & Teleplay
Competitions
FINAL
DEADLINE: May 1st, 2010 - $50
$100,000 in
cash and prizes
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**Writers
may also request general script notes for an additional $40**
The 2010 Script Pimp Screenwriting and TV Competitions are accepting
entries for
feature film and TV scripts—all genres, styles, and lengths
accepted. This is
an international competition and non-U.S. writers are welcome.
Writing teams are welcome to submit as well.
$20,000 in cash to the finalists/winners, and $80,000 in prizes given
away
to ANYONE who enters. Finalist loglines/scripts are sent
to over 200 companies.
Four (4)
Grand-Prize winners receive:
- $14,000 total cash ($3,500 each)
- $250 travel voucher and invitation as recognized finalist to attend
the Script Pimp
Awards Ceremony at Writers Boot Camp in Santa Monica, CA in
July 2010 where the winners will be announced
- $1,000 toward the "Think Tank" program at Writers Boot Camp ($4,000)
- Winning script recorded by iScript ($800)
- Plus ALL the finalist prizes listed below...
Top 20
Finalists receive:
- $3,200 total cash (16 finalists receive $200 each)
- $250 travel voucher and invitation as recognized finalist to attend
the Script Pimp Awards
- Ceremony at Writers Boot Camp in Santa Monica, CA in July 2010 where
the winners will be announced
Guaranteed circulation to over 200 Companies
- Mentor teleconference meetings with a producer, manager, or agent to
discuss the finalist's script
- 5-year memberships to Script Pimp's Writers Database ($10,000)
- Featured 'Script Pimp Recommend' listing on Ink Tip™
- $100 "Creative Currency" for Writers Boot Camp ($2,000)
- A seat to Chris Soth's Million Dollar Screenwriting Teleseminar
(appx. $250/seat)
- A seat to Philippa Burgess' Million Dollar Screenwriting &
Content Career Teleseminar (appx. $300/seat)
- A seat to Steve Kaplan's Comedy Intensive Course (appx. $250/seat)
3rd Annual 2010 Script Pimp TV Writing Competition
$1,500 Cash
to Best Overall TV Script; Top 10 Finalists chosen
The 3rd Annual Script Pimp TV Writing Competition
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Acceptable entries: Specs (current or former TV shows); Original
Pilots; Reality/Game
Show Proposals. Any length or genre.
Grand prize is $1,500 to the best spec, pilot, or reality series
proposal. Nine (9)
other finalists receive $150 each, as well as guaranteed
circulation to 200
companies and other prizes.
Contact entry@scriptpimp.com
with questions or to request more information.
Script Pipeline Home Page: http://www.scriptpipeline.com
***All new Writers
Database members get one FREE entry into either competition!***
Questions?
E-mail entry@scriptpimp.com.
*miscellaneous
prizes are given away at random
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Script P.I.M.P.
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Same company, same ownership, slightly different name, and a
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Recent
Script Sales – April
Every genre
you can think of makes up April script sales, from horrors and legal
thrillers, to teen comedy franchises (see: American Pie 4) and an
animated religious drama.
I Dream of Jeannie is in
another stage of rewrites, as is Stretch Armstrong--yes, the
Hasbro toy. Sascha Baron Cohen will star in and produce a new
project (comedy, of course), and The Secret Life of Walter Mitty,
based on the short story, has found new life at 20th Century Fox. And
for those of you who can't get enough of a solid "stoner Western,"
Johnny Knoxville will take the lead in Mustache Riders. Hilarity will
undoubtedly ensure. . . . On the other end of the spectrum, Khalil
Gibran's The Prophet will be adapted as an animated feature.
Other
selected sales include:
--Think The Ring parts 1 and 2
were scary? No? Well, brace yourself: Ring 3D is on its way.
Vertigo and Benderspink will exec produce.
--The legal thriller The
Lincoln Lawyer, based on the best-selling novel, will star William
H. Macy, Marisa Tomei, and Ryan Phillippe.
--Final Destination
5, proving you can always find more clever ways to kill off a
character, is on the burner.
--Rachel Weisz will play Jackie
Kennedy in a biopic of the former first lady.
--He-Man and the
Masters of the Universe, now with Columbia since 2009, will take
another shot at development. Former Script Pipeline contest winner Evan
Daugherty worked on a previous draft for Warner Bros.
View previous
script sales
The Living
Wake, Produced by Script P.I.M.P., Premieres in NY/ LA
The Living Wake, Script P.I.M.P.'s first feature film
production company credit,
will be premiering at the following cities/dates this May:
May 14th –
New York City, Cinema Village
May 21st – Los Angeles, Laemmle's Sunset 5
The
film, produced by Chadwick Clough,
stars Mike O'Connell and Jesse Eisenberg
("Zombieland, "The Social Network") and revolves around the
final day in the life
of the eccentric K. Roth Binew as he prepares to make amends and
hold his living wake amidst
a timeless, storybook landscape. Sol Tryon directs.
*All newsletter subscribers (and their guests) who see the film in CA
or NY will
receive a FREE 6-month membership to the Script
Pipeline Writers Database.
Mail your ticket stub, along with your name and E-mail, to 7223
Beverly Blvd. #205, Los Angeles, CA 90036.
Become
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Script
Pipeline Success Stories
2008
Script Pipeline Winning Script “Shrapnel” Optioned by FilmEngine
“Shrapnel”
by Evan Daugherty, one of the four grand prize winners of Script
Pipeline’s 2008 competition, was recently optioned by FilmEngine LA.
The script is currently going out to talent and the process of securing
financing has begun.
After introductions to Jake Wagner
(previously of Energy Entertainment) by Script Pipeline, Evan landed
representation with Energy. After meetings with top execs, Evan was
hired by Warner Bros. to pen an adaptation of their then-franchise
Greyskull, based on the TV show and action figure line He-Man. To top
off a big year for the young writer: "Shrapnel" made The Blacklist as
one of the “hottest” unproduced scripts of 2008.
From the judges
who reviewed "Shrapnel" and the entire staff at Script Pipeline, we wish
Evan the best as his career steams ahead.
Read the Script Pipeline interview with Evan Daugherty
2009
Writers Workshop “Recommend” Screenplay Optioned by Paranormal Activity
Producers
Micah Barnett’s “The Merc List,” submitted to
the Script Pipeline Writers Workshop in 2009, has been optioned by Jason
Blum and Steven Schneider, the producers of Paranormal Activity.
In
what was a somewhat quick progression of events, writer Micah Barnett
submitted the action script to the Workshop, received his notes with a
“strong consider” grade, and was given some additional feedback from a
senior analyst within a handful of days. Script Pipeline then sent "The
Merc List" direct to some potentially suitable management companies, it
was quickly read, and Micah signed with a manager within the week. The
script getting optioned took less than a year.
For more info on
the Writers Workshop and our process of circulation assistance, click here.
Recommend Writers Suzanne Gill and Ann Isherwood Option
“The Pet Sitter”
Through an extensive series of notes and
feedback, including one-on-one consults, from Script Pipeline’s Writers
Workshop, Suzanne Gill and Ann Isherwood have drawn the attention of
Barbara Bitel with the Silver Bitela Agency, who is now repping their
project, “The Pet Sitter.” Barbara discovered the screenplay through
Script Pipeline partner InkTip. Numerous drafts of the romantic comedy
were submitted, as Suzanne and Ann reworked the screenplay based on
in-depth Workshop notes.
Other
recent or notable success stories:
- 2009
Screenwriting Competition finalist Kevin Jones found representation with
Zero Gravity Management.
- Writer
Joseph Calabrese, whose script "The Eyes of Mara" was a finalist in the
2004 Script P.I.M.P. Screenwriting Competition, has adapted the story
into a comic book series, Her Majesty's Bulldog Brigade. More
info can be found here: www.bulldogbrigade.com.
- 2009
Screenwriting Competition finalist Matt Allen garners representation
with Script Pipeline industry contact Abstract Entertainment.
- Brian
Watanabe, writer of "Rogues Gallery, has signed with The Gersh Agency.
- 2009
Screenwriting Competition winner Troy Taylor's script, "The Eleven,
optioned by Etch Media.
- Former
Script Pipeline Recommend writer Sam Benavides' short horror script
MANSFIELD PATH completed production in 2009.
- Former
Script Pimp Recommend screenplay Strength and Honour (dir. Mark Mahon), now
a multi-award-winning film with plans for a sequel, Strength
and Honour LA, was featured on NBC's Today show.
The film's star, Michael Madsen, was
interviewed by Meredith Viera on his role and
the film's success, along with an appearance by
writer/director Mark Mahon. The
entire interview.
- Former
Script Pimp Competition finalist Mandie Green recently began a writing
assignment
through Larry Levinson Productions to write a TV movie,
"Sisterly Advice, for the Hallmark
Channel, an opportunity credited in part to contest placements
for her script "The Michaels."
- With
the assistance of Kersey Management, Matt Savelloni, a former Script
Pimp writer, has
been placed with the agency Hohman, Maybank, and Lieb, one of
the top boutique agencies in Los
Angeles. Matt is currently teamed with another writer
developing two projects with high-profile producers.
More success
stories
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Script
Pipeline Recommends: 2010 Horror Screenplay Contests
www.HorrorScreenplayContest.com
Hollywood, CA - The creators of www.ScreenplayContests.com and
Executive Producer,
Michael David Jensen present the 2010 Horror Screenplay Contest.
The mission of the Horror Screenplay Contest - www.HorrorScreenplayContest.com
- is to further promote the horror genre in screenplay form.
The contest is open to all
writers, eighteen years and older. The contest is limited to
the first 600 entries and
the submission deadline is July 20, 2010. Writers may also
submit their material online.
The 2010 Horror Screenplay Contest is sponsored by: Brain Damage
Films, Gorilla Software,
www.ScreenplayContests.com,
www.TopFilmFestivals.com, Cherub
Productions,
www.KillerPumpkins.com,
Final Draft, Palace of Horror, The Haunted Studio and
Instock Costumes.
Winners of the 2010 contest will receive cash and industry
related prizes in
addition to having their material submitted to Hollywood
producers, agents and studios.
The
2010 HORROR SCREENPLAY CONTEST is now accepting
entries. Contest rules, information, and entry forms are
available at:
www.HorrorScreenplayContest.com
Script
Pipeline Feedback
Thanks to all the writers worldwide who took the time to send
in their comments. For more extensive list of Feedback, click here.
Here
are just a sampling of some recent quotes:
"My notes were provided in record time. I really
appreciate that, really do. Very pleased with the notes themselves; very
good coverage analysis; examples were greatly appreciated."
"Once
again, after a first quick read, these notes are already useful. The
script is still developing, as you know, but I am excited to report that
it has been optioned and I am working with a producer/director to
develop it. That process is underway, and your notes are timely."
"Thanks
for the prompt service.
I found the notes to be exceptional— well written, incisive,
thorough,
and upbeat. I have taken many of the suggestions to heart and
will begin a
rewrite forthwith."
"Although I'm just printing this out now to
read, I would like to extend a big thank you for responding
so promptly to
my questions. It looks like Andrew [consultant] addressed
everything I wanted to know."
"I appreciate the thoughtfulness of your
comments and the time you invested in this. This is way
above and beyond
anything I've encountered from contests in the past--and
I've entered many of them."
"As for your evaluator, I would give him/her a
10 across the board. Although I didn't agree with
everything, the comments
and suggests were all valid and smart. In my revised
script, I incorporated
many of the suggestions. Money well spent. Thanks again."
"I have to say Script P.I.M.P. has been a great
experience. The staff is always courteous and professional.
Any questions are
immediately answered, 24/7. The writer's database has been a
fantastic resource
and I look forward to continuing my relationship with the
P.I.M.P. –
Sean Fallon (2009 Finalist)
"I've found SP to be very professional and proactive, even
going
so far as calling me the day before the contest posted, to
let me know that I was a finalist.
Matt, over at Script P.I.M.P, has been very communicative
throughout the entire process,
and answered all my questions in a timely manner. The best
thing about the contest though,
is that I've already received several read requests from
managers and production companies. –
Jason Carreiro (2009
Finalist)
"Script P.I.M.P.'s contest is very professionally run, and
so far it has been an excellent experience. I feel that the
contest definitely has potential
to open doors, and potentially offer significant exposure to
winners and finalists. I highly
recommend this contest and commend the very helpful people
running it! –
Matthew Altman (2009
Finalist)
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websites
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this section
for approval, please contact us at matt@scriptpimp.com.
NETWORKING
SITES:
Screenwriters
Federation of America
Shooting People
Talentville
International Screenwriters
Association
RECENT
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Done Deal
SCRIPT
COPIES
MovieJigsaw.com (UK)
FREE
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Script
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Simply Scripts
SCREENPLAY
RECORDING
iScript
SCREENPLAY
CONTESTS
Screenplay Contests.com
Kairos Prize
Cinestory
Movie
Bytes
SCREENPLAY
FACILITATORS
InkTip
SCREENPLAYS
TO BUY
Hollywood Script Shop
SCREENPLAY
REVIEWS
Screenwriters Utopia
WRITERS
BOOT CAMP
http://www.writersbootcamp.com
SCREENWRITER
INTERVIEWS
MovieBytes
SCREENWRITING
BOOKS
Writers Store
SCREENWRITING
SOFTWARE
Final
Draft
Movie Outline
SCREENWRITING
MAGAZINES
Moviemaker
Script
Magazine
Creative Screenwriting
SCREENWRITING
SCHOOLS
AFI
Vancouver
Film School
SCREENWRITING
SUPPLIES
Writers Store
SCREENWRITING
HOW-TO
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