This weeks competitions that have caught my eye:
FICTION: Via First Writer
Choc Lit Short Story Competition
Category: Fiction
Closes: 31st January 2012
Fees: £3 for one entry.
Prizes: £200 for first place. £50 runner up. Also online publication and a box of chocolates.
Details: For short stories up to 1,500 words on the theme of chocolate.
Contact: Short Story Competition, Choc Lit Ltd, Penrose House, Crawley Drive, Camberley, Surrey, GU15 2AB
Country: United Kingdom
Email: info@choc-lit.co.uk
Website: http://www.choc-lit.co.uk/html/choc_lit_short_story_competiti.html
Stella Kupferberg Memorial Prize
Category: Fiction
Closes: 2nd March 2012
Fees: $25 for one entry.
Prizes: $1,000 for first place. Also ten-week creative writing course.
Details: For short stories on the theme: objects of desire.
Contact: Selected Shorts Contest, 2537 Broadway at 95th Street, New York, NY 10025
Country: United States
Email: shorts@symphonyspace.org
Website: http://www.selectedshorts.org/extras/writing-contest-2
Stories Space fiction contest
Category: Fiction
Closes: 12th March 2012
Fees: $0 for one entry.
Prizes: $100 for first place. 2nd prize $75, 3rd prize $50
Details: Stories must be based on the theme: New Beginnings. As an additional challenge stories must also contain one (or both) of the following items: A family heirloom and/or a set of keys. Stories, poems and songs are all eligible to enter and you can submit as many entries as you like.
Country: United States
Email: lisa@storiesspace.com
Website: http://www.storiesspace.com
Twisted Stringybark Short Story Award
Category: Fiction
Closes: 4th March 2012
Fees: $9.75 for one entry. Discounts for multiple entries.
Prizes: $300 for first place. Additional cash prizes.
Details: All genres accepted. There are only two constraints. Firstly, that the story must have a nifty twist at the end that surprises the reader and secondly, that the story must have some link, no matter how tenuous, to Australia. International entries encouraged.
Contact: PO Box 851 Jamison Centre ACT 2614
Country: Australia
Email: judges@stringybarkstories.net
Website: http://www.stringybarkstories.net
Five Stop Story January Competition
Category: Fiction
Closes: 31st January 2012
Fees: £4 for one entry. £4 for 1 entry, £7 for 2, £8 for 3.
Prizes: £50 for first place. £150 prize for overall winner of 2012 league table
Details: Stories up to 3,000 words; Open to international entrants aged 16 and over
Country: United Kingdom
Website: http://www.fivestopstory.com/write
Next Generation Indie Book Awards
Category: Fiction
Closes: 24th February 2012
Fees: $75 for one entry.
Prizes: $1,500 for first place.
Details: Calling all indie book authors and publishers – including small presses, mid-size independent publishers, university presses, e-book publishers, and self-published authors who have a book written in English released in 2011 or 2012 or with a 2011 or 2012 copyright date to enter the most rewarding book awards program.
Contact: Next Generation Indie Book Awards 511 Wilkinson St. Chelsea, MI 48118
Country: United States
Email: info@indiebookawards.com
Website: http://www.indiebookawards.com
Ledge Fiction Awards Competition
Category: Fiction
Closes: 28th February 2012
Fees: $12 for one entry. $6 for subsequent entries.
Prizes: $1,000 for first place. $250; $100. Also magazine publication.
Details: For unpublished short stories up to 7,500 words.
Contact: The Ledge 2012 Fiction Awards Competition, 40 Maple Avenue, Bellport, NY 11713
Country: United States
Website: http://www.theledgemagazine.com/Annual%20Contests.html
Crystal Magazine Children’s Story
Category: Fiction
Closes: 1st October 2012
Fees: £3 for one entry. £2 each subsequent entry.
Prizes: £50 for first place. Prizes for children.
Details: Write one story, up to 1,000 words for children aged 6 to 9. Theme: Jumping For Joy. Three sections: £50 plus books and DVDs for children. First section is aimed at very young children and includes an artist tool box and drawing pad. Decide which section to enter on the prizes offered. You may enter all three, using one copy of one story. Or request money only. Send stamped sae for entry form.
Contact: 3 Bowness Avenue, Prenton, Birkenhead CH43 0SD
Country: United Kingdom
Email: christinecrystal@hotmail.com
Website: http://www.christinecrystal.blogspot.com
Tom Howard Short Story Contest
Category: Fiction
Closes: 31st March 2012
Fees: $15 for one entry.
Prizes: $3,000 for first place. Total prizes of $5,550 will be awarded.
Details: 20th year. Seeks short stories, essays and other works of prose, up to 5,000 words. Both fiction and nonfiction accepted. Submit entries online or by mail. Entries may have been previously published. Winners are published online.
Contact: Winning Writers Attn: Tom Howard Short Story Contest 351 Pleasant Street, PMB 222 Northampton, MA 01060-3961
Country: United States
Email: johnreid@mail.qango.com
Website: http://www.winningwriters.com/contests/tomstory/ts_guidelines.php
Reynolds Price Short Fiction Award
Category: Fiction
Closes: 3rd February 2012
Fees: $15 for one entry.
Prizes: $1,200 for first place. $150 x 2.
Details: For short stories up to 5,000 words. Open to men and women.
Contact: Amy Knox Brown, Director of the Salem College Center for Women Writers, 601 South Church Street, Winston-Salem, NC 27101
Country: United States
Email: cww@salem.edu
Website: http://www.salem.edu/community/cww/international-literary-awards-guidelines
Scenes of the Apocalypse
Category: Fiction
Closes: 8th February 2012
Fees: £5 for one entry.
Prizes: £0 for first place. Book voucher from a major retailer for the winner.
Details: Calling all writers to submit a short story on how do you imagine the end of the world. Will humanity be engulfed by nature? Will wars and crisis turn us against each other? Let your imagination flow and captivate us with your scenes of the apocalypse. Length: 1000 words maximum (2 pages approximately).
Country: United Kingdom
Email: project2012exhibition@gmail.com
Website: http://project2012exhibition.blogspot.com
FICTION
The Bridport Prize 2012
Poems/Shortstories/Flash fiction
NEW CLOSING DATE: 31st May 2012
The Bridport Prize is the richest open writing competition in the English language – with £5000 first prize for a short story (of up to 5000 words); and £5000 first prize for a poem (of up to 42 lines). The category of Flash Fiction attracts £1,000 to be won for the best short, short story of under 250 words.
The Bridport is also known as a tremendous literary stepping-stone – the first step in the careers of writers such as: Kate Atkinson, Tobias Hill, Carol Ann Duffy and Helen Dunmore.
Anyone can enter – so long as the work is previously unpublished. It costs £8 per story, £7 per poem or £6 per flash fiction and the NEW closing date is 31st May 2012
Each year the prize is judged by well known writers – this year we are delighted to announce that Gwyneth Lewis will be judging the poetry, and Patrick Gale, the short stories and flash fiction
The 2011 anthology of winning entries is available for just £12 or £15 overseas (including postage and packing). The 2010 and 2009 anthologies are available in limited numbers for £7 and £5 (£10 and £8 overseas).
Enter online at: www.bridportprize.org.uk
Or download an entry form: www.bridportprize.org.uk/entryform.pdf
Or email for a pdf entry form: frances@bridportprize.org.uk
Or send an SAE for an entry form to be posted to you: The Bridport Prize, PO Box 6910, Dorset, DT6 9BQ. UK.
SCRIPTS/PLAYS: Via First Writer
Pint-Sized Plays
Category: Scripts
Closes: 31st May 2012
Fees: £5.50 for one entry.
Prizes: £0 for first place. Plays will be performed in the Festival.
Details: 2012 will be the fifth season: 5 to 10 minute plays for no more than three characters, suitable for performance in a pub. Six winning plays will be performed during the Festival and go on to a Script Slam competition where the audience vote for their favourite play. For full details please visit the website.
Country: United Kingdom
Email: info@pintsizedplays.org.uk
Website: http://www.pintsizedplays.org.uk
ROMANCE WRITERS OF AMERICA:
Spring Into Romance Contest
Sponsor: RWA San Diego
Fee: $25.00 Non Chapter Member/$20.00 Chapter Member
Deadline: March 17, 2012
Eligibility: Non published or not in the last five years.
Entry: First 25 pages of novel.
Categories: Historical, Single Title, Young Adult, Series Romance, Romantic Suspense, Paranormal, Romantic Elements.
Judging: Chapter members (trained/one published).
Final Judges: Editors and agents.
FMI, rwasd.contests@gmail.com.
SCRIPT WRITING OPPORTUNITIES Via The Screenwriters Cove
SEVEN PICTURES – Television Pitch Writer
We are looking for completed one-hour television scripts from writers with experience pitching television projects and writing one-sheets. Note that we are looking for writing samples to gauge writers’ voice and sensibility in a potential writer-for-hire opportunity; we are not looking for scripts to option.
Budget is irrelevant. WGA and non-WGA writers may submit.
Our credits include “Necronaut.”
To submit to this lead, please go to: http://www.inktippro.com/leads/
Enter your email address. Copy/Paste this code: akf4n0k6tx
MISCHIEF MAKER STUDIOS – Teen Comedy Scripts
We are looking for completed feature-length teen comedy scripts from writers with a strong knowledge of High School life as samples for a possible writer-for-hire opportunity. We are developing a zombie teen comedy feature, so if you are pitching a teen comedy sample and have a zombie one, we’d prefer to read that. The emphasis is on being skilled at writing hilarious teen comedy, so we’re not open to samples about adult characters. If your pitch interests us, we will request the sample script for further consideration.
Budget will not exceed $4 million. Both WGA and Non-WGA writers may submit.
Our credits include “The Graves” (Tony Todd).
To submit to this lead, please go to: http://www.inktippro.com/leads/
Enter your email address. Copy/Paste this code: xzeqfmqzme
GTMG – Espionage, Contemporary Only
We are looking for completed feature-length contemporary espionage scripts. Stories can be set anywhere, but they must be contemporary, we are not open to cold war period pieces. Please re-submit to this lead if you already submitted to this particular mandate.
Budget will not exceed $5 million. Only non-WGA writers may submit.
Our credits include “Death and Cremation” and the upcoming “The Employer.”
To submit to this lead, please go to: http://www.inktippro.com/leads/
Enter your email address. Copy/Paste this code: unwbgjum1e
ALIEN KINGDON – currently looking for screenplays.
Length: Feature
Genre: Action and/or Thriller / Fantasy
Compensation: % of budget
Looking for films that can be made in the 750K – 1.5 million dollar range.
Please submit a Query Letter to query@alienkingdom.net
Please do not send scripts.
Thank you.
SCRIPT WRITING OPPORTUNITIES Via ISA:
Singapore Production Company seeks feature scripts
Singapore-based independent feature film production company is calling for scripts for projects 2012. We are looking for exciting feature film length scripts from any genre with a character-driven story. Please only submit scripts, which are completed. Submit your script(s) directly to scripts@action.ms in PDF file format only! Please do not submit treatments or loglines only. Any other file format than PDF will be deleted immediately. Thank you very much!
Producer seeking high concept screenplays
Amply credited producer (IMDB Link: http://pro.imdb.com/name/nm1056990/ ) seeks high concept screenplays (horror, thriller, drama, comedy) for production consideration. Maximum budget = $4m. MUST HAVE INTERNATIONAL APPEAL. Please email log-line only at this time. Send to: praterpix@gmail.com. If we are interested, we will contact you for more information. Thank you.
Think Boy Think is seeking niche feature scripts
Do you have the next great film script but no one else seems to know it yet? Too niche for others to invest? Then we want to read them! Think Boy Think Productions is looking for undeveloped film scripts of 60 minutes or longer to develop into proposals for production. Currently in post production on their debut feature film, Think Boy Think Productions are wanting to find the next films to take from the page and stick up on the big screen. We are looking for lower budget films to be produced in the near future, and larger productions for the development for investment. No genre, style or approach restrictions. We are hoping to meet writers also interested in a long term association. Please visit http://www.thinkboythinkproductions.com/Think_boy_Think_Productions/ScriptSearch.html for more details. Email us at info@thinkboythinkproductions.com.
Looking for low budget horror script
I am a director looking for my next project. You can view my last project here at www.thescamthemovie.com. I am looking for a low budget horror script that is great and different than the other stories that have been told out there.
I prefer something that is simple and not that many locations and actors. Please email me a logline and a synopsis of your script at perdellproductions@gmail.com. If we like it, I will email you for the script to read. Thank you.
Seeking fellow screenwriter to collaborate with
I wish to find a fellow screenwriter to collaborate with on screenplays. I have repeatedly received indications from studios and/or directors/producers directly that they were more inclined to favor collaborated work, especially work that has crossed some international culture differences. Any level is ok, just need the passion to work hard and get things done with me. If interested, please let me know ASAP by contacting me at anthony_spicer@hotmail.com.
Seeking fellow screenwriter for collaboration
I am looking for a fellow screenwriter who would be interested in collaborating with me on a true story I have for a future film. We would collaborate together on the screenplay and bring it to someone/film company to bring it to life. If you are a screenwriter looking to write for a new feature film here is your chance. This is a true, very original, unique story that would be a great experience to write. I want to collaborate with somebody who I know will be willing to work with me and take the it to heart. This story could be called a murder/mystery with a flair but the truth is, it is much more than that. It is a story unlike any other, If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me at sarahangelrose@yahoo.com.
Santa Barbara CA Company looking for screenplays
Studio 2050, a Santa Barbara Based production company is currently looking for live action screenplays to review. Our goal is to begin production this year, 2012. We are interested in genres including Drama, Romantic Comedy, Family and Romance. Story could include some fantasy elements provided they are not period or special effects driven. We are interested in scripts that are light, feel-good or positive in nature. We are not interested in scripts that are dark in nature, period pieces or heavily special effects driven. Our goal is to shoot in Santa Barbara and the surrounding Santa Barbara area. This would include beach, Mountains and foothills, ranches , rural, wineries and any of the Santa Barbara land marks ( Mission, Downtown area, high end real estate etc.) Please email logline, 1-3 page synopsis and script to scripts@studio2050.com. Please include all contact info including: name, email and phone.
Looking for fellow screenwriter to collaborate
I am a director and looking for a fellow screenwriter who would be interested in collaborating with me to enhance the script which I already developed. The current draft version is 2. This is going to be very low budget feature film. I would offer 5% of the Director’s net profit. This is a romantic comedy so if you are good at comedy and dialogues, this will be a good opportunity. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me. Please contact me at chandu@moviebuffcreations.com for further details. Serious writers apply!
Looking for ultra low budget rom com scripts
Looking for Ultra Low Budget ROM COM scripts. Please send a logline to Cary at info@carysandovalfilms.com. Very interested in scripts that take place in New York City. Thank you.
EFish Entertainment is calling for scripts
Efish Entertainment is expanding their development slate and is now calling for scripts in the genres of Action, Thriller, Mystery, Sci-fi, True stories, Book adaptions and very uniquely done horror. No conventional horror please. We are acquiring scripts from known and unknown writers to be set into immediate development. Please do not send the script. It will not be read. Please only send the following: no more than a 1/2 page synopsis; plot point outlines (if applicable); resume of writer/s; contact information. After reviewing the material, we will request the script for coverage. Send your materials to: info@efishentertainment.com. Thank you.
Seeking fellow screenwriter for collaboration
I am looking for a fellow screenwriter who would be interested in collaborating with me on a idea/story I have for a feature film. We would collaborate on the screenplay together and bring it to someone/film company to bring it to life. If you are a screenwriter looking to write for a new feature film or a writter that would like to dabble with in the art of screenplay here is your chance. This a very original, very unique idea/story that will be a very fun experience to write and a nice addition to add to your resume. I gurantee you this is something you have not done before or will ever do in the future. It is a horror/comedy film with a B movie flaire. I want to collaborate with somebody who I know will be willing to work with me on crafting this story and not planning to place it on a shelf. We are working on the screenplay together. I am not just giving you my work so it is your problem. I want to work with someone who work with me on this and we do everything possible to have it made. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to ask me. Please contact me at abandonsinner@aol.com for further details. Serious writers apply!
Seeking scripts for low budget production in 2012
Ambitious production company is taking submissions of scripts to be produced on a low budget in 2012. We are interested only in following genres: thrillers, crime, adventure, action, horrors, family and comedy films. No sci-fi or period pieces. No docs, webseries, pilots. Email is contact@manager4actors.com. Please send only logline, 1 page synopsis and character breakdown. Don’t send the script, we will request it. Thank you.
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