re: Fade In

[RileysGhost]

I know all the surrounding controversy about this contest. Just wanted to know if anybody entered this year and had they heard of any quarterfinalist decision yet.

Thanks,

RG

[C.C.Baxter]

http://www.fadeinonline.com/Contests...A_Quarter.html


I don't get the controversy. Good publicity in a widely distributed magazine.
Checks cleared the bank.

Not any contests job to get you a career. Anyone thinking otherwise is sadly mistaken.

[RileysGhost]

The controversy surrounding Fade In contest is well documented on this site. Don't know what your second sentence refers to. Never assumed a contest would result in anything more than motivation to keep refining one's craft.

Thanks again for the link to the QF list.

RG

[C.C.Baxter]

As long as the check shows up and clears the bank there's no basis for complaining. The publicity from the magazine alone is worth thousands.

I took the controversy as a sign of an opportunity. People complaining = less people entering. Increase the odds in my favor.

Good luck!

[lordmanji]

CC, the check clearing is exactly the problem. the winner in 07 had to hound the staff at fade in for his check and after months he finally got it. and the promised ad never was printed. winning or placing in fade in doesnt mean anything resultantly. read the article below for the rest.

http://www.thewrap.com/article/1812

[peasblossom]

I keep entering this contest, and the last time I entered (a few years ago) three of my scripts were semi-finalists. I think I'm stubborn. Will probably keep entering it until I die, or I'm a finalist, or I win. And, I really don't have a good reason why.

Thanks for the list! I'm a quarterfinalist (again).

[SRothschild]

Peas, any idea when they post semi-finalists? I can't find a time-line anywhere. I made QF too. Did anything come of your semi-final scripts? This is my first year for it.

[peasblossom]

Originally Posted by SRothschild

Peas, any idea when they post semi-finalists? I can't find a time-line anywhere. I made QF too. Did anything come of your semi-final scripts? This is my first year for it.

Got some reads, nothing else yet. I haven't found any time-line for the contest. I think its over in October sometime. Good luck to you!

[C.C.Baxter]

If I win something I'll post here how long it took the check to show up and if it cleared the bank.

[Write-Away]

Years ago I was a co-winner of the Writer's Network Competition (same shady organizers as Fade In). It took me six annoying months of harassing phone calls to finally get my money. Audrey had all her excuses lined up and ready to go as far as why she couldn't pay me yet. She'd clearly done this before and was well rehearsed. Frankly, I wonder if I ever would have received my check at all had I not called them repeatedly.

And what's more, they did absolutely nothing to help me get reads or whatever else they promised the winners. I took my money and never entered another contest. Aside from the Nicholl's and the various studio/network fellowships, I really don't think I'd bother with any of these other contests. When I finally got my first agent it certainly wasn't because I'd won some barely heard of money-grab contest.