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Flash Fiction Writing Competition 
Category:   Fiction
Closes:   10th February 2012
Fees:   £3.50 for one entry. Free to Creative Competitor Premier1 Members.
Prizes:   £150 for first place. 2nd Prize: £100 3rd Prize: £75 etc.
Details:  Using the photo on the website for inspiration, write a compelling story in less than 1200 words. Must be original and previously unpublished.
Contact:   Creative1 Publishing 15 Rue Canigounenc Ceret 66400
Country:   France
Email:   info@creative-competitor.co.uk
Website:   http://creativecompetitor.com/2011/12/04/flash-fiction-writing-competition/

Character Profile Writing Competition
Category:   Fiction
Closes:   21st February 2011
Fees:   £2.50 for one entry. Free to Creative Competitor Premier1 Members.
Prizes:   £100 for first place. 2nd Prize £75 3rd Prize: £50 4th Prize: 3 months membership to Premier1.
Details:   Write a detailed character profile using the photo published on this page for inspiration. We want to know everything there is to know about your character. Bring him to life by adding rich layers of detail to the profile.
Contact:   Creative1 Publishing 15 Rue Canigounenc Ceret 66400
Country:   France
Email:   info@creative-competitor.co.uk
Website:   http://creativecompetitor.com/2011/12/04/character-profile-writing-competition/

2012 Bristol Short Story Prize
Category:   Fiction
Closes:   31st March 2012
Fees:   £7 for one entry.
Prizes:   £1,000 for first place. 2nd – £700 3rd – £400.
Details:   Open to all writers over 16 years of age. Any theme or subject, entry online or by post. Entries must be previously unpublished with a maximum length of 3,000 words (There is no minimum). The entry fee is £7 per story. Closing date:   March 31st 2012. Prizes: 1st £1000 plus £150 Waterstone’s gift card 2nd £700 plus £100 Waterstone’s gift card 3rd £400 plus £100 Waterstone’s gift card 17 further prizes of £100 to other shortlisted writers. 20 stories pub’d in anthology.
Contact:   Unit 5.16, Paintworks, Bath Road, Bristol BS4 3EH
Country   :United Kingdom
Email:   enquiries@bristolprize.co.uk
Website:   http://www.bristolprize.co.uk

Writers’ Journal Fiction Contest
Category:   Fiction
Closes:   30th January 2012
Fees:   $15 for one entry.
Prizes:   $500 for first place. £200; $100.
Details:   For short stories up to 5,000 words.
Contact:   Fiction Contest, Val-Tech Media, P.O. Box 394, Perham, MN 56573
Country:   United States
Website:   http://www.writersjournal.com/FictionContest.htm

Thomas Wolfe Fiction Prize
Category:   Fiction
Closes:   30th January 2012
Fees:  $25 for one entry. $15 for members.
Prizes:  $1,000 for first place. Possible magazine publication.
Details:   For unpublished fiction up to 12 double-spaced pages.
Contact:   Professor Tony Abbott, PO Box 7096, Davidson College, Davidson, NC 28035
Country:   United States
Website:  http://www.ncwriters.org/programs-and-services/competitions/26-thomas-wolfe-fiction-prize

Christmas Chillers Short Story Comp.
Category:   Fiction
Closes:   31st December 2011
Fees:   £5 for one entry. One entry consists of up to four submissions.
Prizes:   £50 for first place. £25 x 2.
Details:   For spooky Christmas stories up to 1,200 words. Enter online.
Country:   United Kingdom
Website:   http://write-link-creative-writing-contests.com/christmas-chillers

G. S. Sharat Chandra Prize
Category:   Fiction
Closes:   15th January 2012
Fees:   $25 for one entry.
Prizes:   $1,000 for first place.
Details:   For short fiction collections between 125 and 300 pages, double-spaced.
Contact:   Sharat Chandra Prize for Fiction, BkMk Press, University of Missouri-Kansas City, 5100 Rockhill Road, Kansas City, MO 64110-2499
Country:   United States
Email:   bkmk@umkc.edu
Website:   http://cas.umkc.edu/bkmk/poetry.html

Willesden international story prize
Category:   Fiction
Closes:   16th December 2011
Fees:   £3 for one entry.
Prizes:   £300 for first place. 2 x £150. Also anthology publication.
Details:   For short stories up to 7,500 words. Enter via website.
Country:   United Kingdom
Website:   http://www.willesdenherald.com/competition/rules.php

Eme rald Writing Workshops train competition
Category:   Fiction
Closes: 31st May 2012
Fees:   £1.80 for one entry. £5 for three entries (maximum).
Prizes:   £65 for first place. £20 second; £15 third; three runners-up win a book of short stories.
Details:   Maximum 500 words excluding title to include the words NOBODY WILL EVER KNOW. Postal entries only. Open to anyone in the world of any age.
Contact:   4 Abbott Street, Long Eaton, Nottingham NG10 1DF
Country:   United Kingdom
Email:   edwardjohnwalsh@hotmail.com
Website:   http://www.emeraldwritingworkshops.co.uk

SCRIPTS:

BBC Film Network
Film Network is the BBC’s short film showcase, screening short films from new British Filmmakers, with four new shorts every week.

The site also provides filmmakers with tools to create online profiles and exchange tips, advice and ideas and allows audiences to comment on and rate the films. It also provides links to all the great online resources that already exist through the Filmmakers Guide.

The site is currently a trial but will launch the full site in October with new features including full screen downloads and collaborative filtering features that allow the site’s community to select the ‘best’ films.
To find out more, visit the BBC Film Network website.

SCRIPT WRITING OPPORTUNITIES Via ISA:

Family Friendly Female-Driven Stories
Nasser Entertainment Group is looking for completed feature-length contemporary family friendly, female-driven scripts. Submissions should preferably be for the sort of “faith-friendly” material you’d see on Hallmark. Please note we are not interested in edgy material, sci-fi stories, anything involving time travelers trying to save Christmas, or any fantasy elements. Budget will not exceed $3 million. WGA and non-WGA writers may submit.
To submit go to www.InkTippro.com/leads and enter your email address (you will be signing up for InkTip’s free newsletter.) Copy/Paste this code: kvdupbjsba. You will be submitting a logline and synopsis only. Thank you.

Seeking Horror Short Scripts
Ghost Town Records is looking for quality horror short scripts that we are working to produce over the next three months. Any sub-genre of horror is fine with us (psychological, supernatural etc) as long as the quality is strong and the writing has a distinct voice. Send submissions and story breakdowns via email to ghosttownrecords@hotmail.co.uk and we will get back to you with further details. Thank you.

Scriptwriter/Production Manager Wanted
We at Thirsty Pilgrim Productions are coming up with International Travel Documentary. Based on two Bikers who travel across India on Bike.
As Scriptwriter : you would be responsible of creating original written works, such as scripts, prose, poetry or song lyrics, for publication or performance. We are looking for script writers cum Production Manager with an interesting writing skills and extensive knowledge of Indian Culture. The person has to be of Nomadic Spirits.
As Production Manager : you would be responsible for arranging everything from Pre Productions to Post Productions. Which includes, Location approvals for shooting, arranging visa for all international crew, research, making shooting schedules and many more.
You can send your details/CV and one sample writeup of the above mentioned concept. For more details please submit your resume on our website (http://www.sumeetkumar.org) in the Careers section.

Looking For Screenwriting Collaborators
I am a writer/filmmaker currently looking for other writers to collaborate with. Initially I am looking for submissions of short films scripts. Next year I plan to direct and produce a short film for film festivals. I am very passionate about cinema and love ideas that are visually pleasing with deep well crafted characters. I am open to style and genre. Ideally I would like a film that contains dialogue. Please e-mail inquiries to andyjmarsh@hotmail.com. Thank you.

Short Script Wanted
Accomplished Director and Producer team with excellent industry connections are seeking a short film script for a new competitive funding stream in Canada. We are looking for a short to produce which can later be expanded to a feature length screenplay. This position is fully paid at a % of the budget for the short, and industry standard rates for the feature. Maximum of 12 pages (10 minutes run-time). Canadian writers preferred, but not mandatory
Preferred Genres:
Drama (The Wrestler, Black Swan, Rachel Getting Married)
Coming of Age (Stand By Me, Field of Dreams, Juno)
Comedy/Drama (The Descendants, Garden State, Lost in Translation)
Comedy (Rain Man, I Love You Man, Sideways)
Thriller (Cape Fear, Winters Bone, United 93)
Do Not Send:
Horror, Western, Sci-fi, Action/Adventure, Crime, Musical, Animation
Please email short query letters with loglines/short synopsis’s only to: submissions@rogueplanet.ca. Thank you.

Seeking Austin, TX Area Screenwriter
Looking for inventive (somewhat) experienced screenwriting partner(s) with the desire to make indie movies – shorts first, features later – from start to finish. I know a lot of local crew people and actors, but not enough writers. I have plenty of ideas, but need someone to bounce of and keep me motivated. Preferably you have experience with script format and formatting tools. I have some. Contact Jeff Runnels at jeff.runnels@gmail.com. Thank you.

Comedy Writer To Polish Screenplay
I’m reaching out for a screenwriter in the Ojai / Ventura area to assist me in finishing, tightening and polishing a comedic screenplay. The story is all there, the structure essentially works, and I have 91 pages of good stuff that need going through, tightening etc. Stylistically I’m going for the tone of I heart Huckabees, Sideways, and some of the work of Gondry. Character / Dialog driven with a stylish and quirky visual treatment. I am a commercial and mu

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