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| Slamdance Horror Screenplay Competition | Updated November 17th, 2008 |
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Slamdance, Angel Baby Entertainment and Maverick Red are hungry for blood, so we're pitting the best horror screenplays against each other in a fight to the death. The Grand Prize Winner will have their screenplay made into a feature motion picture. Rights to the winning screenplay will be purchased by Angel Baby Entertainment and Maverick Red and a feature film produced in association with Slamdance. The finished film will screen at the Slamdance Film Festival. Fill out application/entry form ONLINE. The Writer will receive an upfront payment of $10,000 for all screenplay rights (against 5% of the film's budget) as part of a purchase agreement for the screenplay rights. The screenplay will be produced by Angel Baby Entertainment and Maverick Red and in association with Slamdance. All submitted screenplays are in the running for the $1,000 Creative Excellence Award, including those not willing to sign the Purchase Agreement. The first reader will determine whether the screenplay will be passed on to the second round of the competition. Over half of the screenplays submitted make it to Round Two. From those screenplays the top finalists will be selected by Slamdance readers and sent to Angel Baby Entertainment and Maverick Red. Producers will select the Grand Prize Winner. Any writer not interested in signing a "Purchase Agreement" will be in the running for the Creative Excellence Award. send: Complete MS looking for: Screenplay specifically: Horror |
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| The Ralph Williams Prize for Speculative Fiction | Updated July 09th, 2008 |
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Looking for complete short stories, written in English, fitting into the broad category of speculative fiction. Send short story, entry form, payment, and SASE. Stories must be specified as one of the following: a) Science Fiction: ($1,000.00 prize) Must have some integral element of a scientific nature b) Fantasy ($1,000.00 prize) Any departure from generally accepted limits of present or past reality c) Humor or Horror ($1,000.00 prize) Any speculative fiction grounded in humor or horror. d) Alaskana ($1,000.00 prize) Any speculative fiction with an Alaskan theme or integrated setting. Merely placing the story in Anchorage, if the setting is not integral to the story, will not qualify the entry as Alaskana. Some unique aspect of life in Alaska must be an integral element of story. e) Young adult ($1,000.00 prize) Speculative fiction, which might otherwise fall into any of the above categories, written for and appealing particularly to an audience from upper elementary through high-school level. GRAND PRIZE: $5,000 ($4,000 in addition to $1,000 first place prize = $5,000) Only the first 3,000 entries will be accepted. There will be one prize in each category, as indicated, with a grand prize winner chosen from one of the category winners. Five to six finalists will be chosen in each category, with the final judging to be from this short list. Prizes will be awarded and winning entries read at the Alaska Conference on Speculative Fiction, presently scheduled for October 2008. send: Complete MS looking for: Short Story |
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| tags: $1000+ prize Fiction YA contest fantasy horror humor regional sci-fi short story | |
| Writer's Digest Self-Published Book Awards | Updated September 03rd, 2008 |
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Writer's Digest is searching for the best self-published books of the past few years. Whether you're a professional writer, part-time freelancer, or a self-starting student, here's your chance to enter the only competition exclusively for self-published books! ONE GRAND PRIZE WINNER will be awarded $3,000 cash and promotion in Writer's Digest andPublishers Weekly, and marketing advice from self-publishing guru Dan Poynter. Plus, the editors of Writer'sDigest will endorse and submit 10 copies of theGrand Prize-Winning book to major review housessuch as The New York Times and The Washington Post. In addition, Book Marketing Works, LLC will provide a one-year membership in Publishers Marketing Association, a customized Book Market Map Directory, guaranteed distribution to bookstores and libraries through Baker & Taylor, six hours of book shepherding from Poynter Book Shepherd Ellen Reid, guaranteed review in Midwest Book Review, and an all-day PublishingGame.com workshop with Fern Reiss. THE CATEGORIES: Mainstream/Literary Fiction, Genre Fiction, Nonfiction, Inspirational (Spiritual, New Age), Life Stories (Biographies, Autobiographies, Family Histories, Memoirs), Children's Picture books, Middle-Grade/Young Adult books, Reference Books (Directories, Encyclopedias, Guide Books), Poetry RULES: 1. The competition is open to all English-language self-published books for which the authors have paid the full cost of publication, or the cost of printing has been paid for by a grant or as part of a prize. 2. Entrants must send a printed and bound book. Entries will be evaluated on content, writing quality and overall quality of production and appearance. No handwritten books are accepted. 3. All books published or revised and reprinted between 2003 and 2008 are eligible. ( Writer's Digest may demand proof of eligibility of semifinalists.) 4. All books must be accompanied by an Official Entry Form. Photocopies of the Official Entry Form are acceptable. You may enter more than one book and/or more than one category; however, you must include a separate book, entry form and the additional fee for each entry. 5. Check, money order or credit card payment for the required judging fee of $100 for the first entry, $50 for each additional entry must accompany submissions. First entry: $100 Additional entries: $50 each send: Complete MS looking for: Novel |
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| tags: $1000+ prize Fiction YA children's erotica horror literary mystery religious/inspirational romance sci-fi western | |
| Writer's Digest Short Short Story Contest | Updated September 24th, 2008 |
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We're looking for fiction that's bold, brilliant...but brief. Send us your best in 1,500 words or fewer. But don't be too long about it—the deadline is December 1, 2008. First Place: $3,000 Second Place: $1,500 Third Place: $500 The First-Place winner has the option of a FREE "Best Seller Publishing Package" from Trafford Publishing, a leading provider of book-publishing services. Winners' names will appear in the May/June 2009 issue of Writer's Digest magazine. Send entry form, short story, payment, and SASE. Enclose a self-addressed, stamped postcard with your entry if you want to be notified of its receipt. Entries outside the word limitation will be disregarded. Type the word count on the first page of your entry along with your name, address, phone number and email address. The entry fee is $12 per manuscript. You may enter as many manuscripts as you wish. Winners will be notified by February 13, 2009. send: Complete MS looking for: Short Story specifically: Flash Fiction |
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| tags: $1000+ prize Fiction contest flash fiction horror literary mystery novel excerpt romance sci-fi short story thriller western womens fiction | |
| Writer's Digest Contest | Updated June 26th, 2008 |
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GRAND PRIZE: $3,000 cash and a trip to New York City to meet with editors or agents. Writer's Digest will fly you and a guest to The Big Apple, where you'll spend three days and two nights in the publishing capital of the world. While you're there, a Writer's Digest editor will escort you to meet and share your work with four editors or agents! Plus, you'll receive a free Diamond Publishing Package from Outskirts Press. Compete and Win in 10 Categories! - Inspirational Writing (Spiritual/Religious) - Memoirs/Personal Essay - Magazine Feature Article - Genre Short Story (Mystery, Romance, etc.) - Mainstream/Literary Short Story - Rhyming Poetry - Non-rhyming Poetry - Stage Play - Television/Movie Script - Children's/Young Adult Fiction LENGTH REQUIREMENTS- IMPORTANT- Mainstream/Literary Short Story and Genre Short Story: 4,000 words maximum. Entry Fee: $15 for the first manuscript; $10 for each additional manuscript submitted in the same online session. Add $2 per manuscript to all entries postmarked after Thursday, May 15, 2008. Entries postmarked after Monday, June 02, 2008, will not be accepted. Entry must be accompanied by an Entry Form, and the required entry fee. If you are entering more than one manuscript, you may mail all entries in the same envelope and write one check for the total entry fee; however, each manuscript must have its category indicated in the upper left-hand corner. send: Complete MS looking for: Short Story |
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| tags: $1000+ prize Fiction contest horror literary mystery novel excerpt romance sci-fi short story thriller western womens fiction | |
| Howling Moon Productions 1st Annual Horror/Thriller Screen Writers Competition | Updated May 17th, 2008 |
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Must submit ONLINE only. looking for: Screenplay |
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| Horror Screenplay Contest | Updated May 17th, 2008 |
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TO SUBMIT: 1. Submissions must be in standard motion picture script format. 2. Submissions must be accompanied by entry form. 3. Title ONLY should appear on the script title page. 4. Author(s) name(s) should not appear anywhere on the script. 5. Each submission must include a 4 sentence or less synopsis. 6. Submissions will not be returned. RULES: 1. Screenplays must not have been previously optioned, produced, or purchased prior to July 15, 2008. 2. Screenplays must be original work of applicant(s). 3. Winning screenplay submissions written by 2 or more writers require all awards to be divided equally among the writers. 4. Screenplays must be in English. 5. Multiple submissions are accepted but each submission requires a separate entry form and separate fee. 6. Screenplays must be between 90 - 125 pages. 7. Cherub Productions is not responsible for screenplays lost, stolen, or lost in shipping. 8. Judges decisions are final. 9. Entry must be postmarked by July 15, 2008. 10. Each submission must be accompanied with a $35.00 (US) submission fee 1st Place: $1000 cash prize and submission to a minimum of 10 film studios/producers/agents/managers 2nd Place:$250 cash prize and submission to a minimum of 5 film studios/producers/agents/managers 3rd Place: Final Draft software Additional prizes provided by InkTip and scr(i)pt mgazine. send: Complete MS looking for: Screenplay |
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| Lambda Literary Foundation Debut Literary Awards | Updated October 28th, 2008 |
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Two prizes of $1,000 each are given annually for debut books of fiction by a gay writer and by a lesbian writer published in the current year. Submit four copies of a first novel or a short story collection (or bound galleys) with a $20 entry fee by December 1. A book can be nominated only by its author or by its publisher. Each nomination includes a completed nomination form, an administrative fee of $20, and four (4) copies of the book. Only one nomination form is required per book; however, additional fees and books are required if a book is nominated in two categories. Example: A debut novel may be entered in both the Fiction and Debut Fiction categories. One (1) nomination form, two fees ($40) and eight (8) copies of the book will be necessary to be judged in both categories. The book must be published and distributed (i.e. available in bookstores) in the United States during 2008. Categories: Fiction—Novels, novellas, and short story collections. Anthologies are not eligible. Memoir/Biography—Posthumously published authors or those with co-authors are also eligible. Anthologies are not eligible. Mystery— Novels, novellas, and short story collections. Anthologies are not eligible. Romance— Novels, novellas, and short story collections. Anthologies are not eligible. LGBT Anthology—Collections of fiction, poetry, drama, and/or nonfiction are eligible. LGBT Arts & Culture—Books about music, architecture, visual arts, dance, film, TV, popular culture, essays, literary criticism, etc. LGBT Children’s/Young Adult—Fiction, nonfiction, picture books, poetry, and anthologies—whose intended audience are young readers—are all eligible. LGBT Drama/Theater—Books and anthologies of plays, histories of theater, drama studies are all eligible. An auto/biography of an actor, director, or theater professional is eligible, but may be better placed in Autobiography/Biography. LGBT Erotica—Anthologies, novels, memoirs, short story collections whose content is principally of an erotic nature. LGBT Nonfiction—Books and subjects for the general reader, e.g. histories, politics, community organizations, humor, parenting, religion, spirituality, relationships, psychology, travel, etc. LGBT Poetry—Single volumes, selected and collected poems, and anthologies are eligible. Chapbooks are not eligible. LGBT Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror—Novels, novellas, short story collections, and anthologies are eligible. LGBT Studies—Scholarly work oriented toward academia, libraries, cultural professionals, and the more academic reader. Betty Berzon Prize for Lesbian Debut Fiction—Novels, novellas, or short story collections by lesbians who have not previously published a book of fiction. Anthologies are not eligible. Authors who have appeared in anthologies are eligible, as long as they have not published a volume identified as theirs alone. Betty Berzon Prize for Gay Debut Fiction—Novels, novellas, or short story collections by gay men who have not previously published a book of fiction. Anthologies are not eligible. Authors who have appeared in anthologies are eligible, as long as they have not published a volume identified as theirs alone. Bisexual—Fiction and nonfiction: novels, short story collections, anthologies, poetry, memoirs, cultural studies, public policy, law, history, spirituality, gender studies, etc. Transgender—Fiction and nonfiction: novels, short story collections, anthologies, poetry, memoirs, cultural studies, public policy, law, history, spirituality, gender studies, etc. send: Complete MS looking for: Novel |
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| tags: $1000+ prize Fiction LGBT YA children's contest erotica fantasy horror literary low entry fee mystery novel romance sci-fi short story | |
| Movie Script Contest | Updated May 15th, 2008 |
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Now you have a chance to win and get your screenplay in front of some of the biggest names in Hollywood. And get a $1,000 cash prize if you win 1st place in any of our genre categories. Enter the 2008 Movie Script Contest International Screenwriting Awards with your feature length script (85-130 pages) now. To encourage the widest representation of film genres, the 2008 Movie Script International Awards will give awards in three feature length screenplay categories: 1 Best Drama, 2. Best Comedy, 3. Best Thiller/Horror/Sci-fi. Our genre categories ensure that every screenplay has a fighting chance of winning and opening the doors to Hollywood. In addition to the unparalleled Hollywood access provided the winners of each category; first place feature length winners will also receive a $1,000 cash prize, screenwriting books and the fabled Golden Brad Award trophy. 2nd and 3rd place winners in each feature length category will also be promoted to Hollywood and receive the Silver Brad and Bronze Brad Awards respectively. The 1st place winner of the 2008 Movie Script Short Contest will have their winning short script produced. 1st, 2nd and 3rd winners of the short contest will also receive screenwriting books and awards. Feature Script Contest: $50 by 5/30 $60 by 7/31 For optional professional judge’s feedback, add $40. Submit payment, feature length screenplay, completed Submission & Release forms send: Complete MS looking for: Screenplay |
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| International Horror & Sci-Fi Film Festival | Updated November 16th, 2008 |
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The second Annual International Horror and Sci-Fi Screenplay Challenge will coincide with the International Horror and Sci-Fi Film Festival. All screenplays should fall within the Horror or Sci-Fi genres. The big news is that the top five scripts will be reviewed by Lions Gate Films for production consideration. Give us the best you've got! RULES: Entry scripts must be the contestant’s original work. Entry scripts may NOT have been previously sold or produced. The screenplay must be written in English. Entry scripts must be in industry standard format and bound with two or three brads (brass fasteners). Body pages must be numbered. Entry scripts must be on plain white paper. No substitutions of new drafts or corrected pages for script entries will be accepted under any circumstances. Applicants name or contact information should NOT appear on the cover, the title page or any other page of the script. Send one copy of an original feature film screenplay 90-130 pages in length. A contestant may submit more than one (1) Screenplay Submission provided a signed entry form and appropriate entry fee is attached to each submission. Entry scripts involving multiple authorships are acceptable. If the screenplay wins an award, it is the sole responsibility of the writers to divide that award. send: Complete MS looking for: Screenplay |
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