An important note before we begin. DoneDeal is not affiliated with this contest. In no way may you say you “placed in the DoneDeal Screenplay Competition.” Maybe next year I can convince Will to lend us his name. But at the moment, I’m just happy he’s allowing us to use this forum for the competition.
Our goal for this contest is to find the best script. This isn’t a Fellowship. We’re obviously not developing any writers. With that said, let’s get right to it. Here are the rules.
RULES
1)Any member of DoneDeal who is not currently a member of the WGA and has not had a produced credit within the last two years can join the competition.
2)Only one screenplay per contestant.
3)The screenplay must be submitted in PDF form to this e-mail address: [email protected], by 11:59 P.M. (PST) Sunday May 17th. You may begin submitting screenplays starting TODAY.
4)In your e-mail please include both your real name as well as your DoneDeal nickname. In addition, list the title, genre, and your script’s logline. On the title page of the screenplay itself, please use your real name.
5)If you’ve confirmed your entry with me and for whatever reason cannot participate, please let me know ASAP so I can alert one of the alternates.
6)I will be personally reading all 100 entries. From those 100, I will be choosing 5 finalists. Those 5 finalists will then be read by myself, Mike, and Omar. The three of us will collectively choose the top 3, as well as the winner.
7)The 5 finalists will be announced on July 17th.
8)The winner, second place and third place will be announced on July 31st.
PRIZES
Top 5
The top 5 scripts will have their loglines posted here at DoneDeal. In addition, Omar Shamout, who’s worked at The Donner’s Company and Scott Free Productions and is currently the Director of Development at HQ Pictures (bio), will send these loglines out to a list of his close contacts.
Top 3
The top 3 scripts will receive a script analysis from Going The Distance/A Zombie’s Lament writer and long time New Line Reader Geoff Latulippe (Geoff is not a part of the judging committee – just one of the prizes).
Grand Prize
The winner will receive a personal referral to one of the top 5 agencies (William Morris, UTA, ICM, CAA, or Endeavor) as well as a personal referral to a reputable literary manager by Mike Le, the writer of Tokyo Superpunch and the highly acclaimed web comic, “Don’t Forget To Validate Your Parking” (http://www.dontforgettovalidateyourparking.com/). Mike is currently the VP of HQ Pictures.
This will be the thread where all the main updates are posted until the Top 5 are announced. Any questions you have for myself, Mike or Omar, please leave them in this thread. Good luck to everyone! The competition begins…NOW.
IMPORTANT: The contest is FULL. Do not send a script unless you were previously confirmed. Anyone interested in the contest who did not previously confirm can sign up as an alternate, in which case I will notify you when a spot opens up. Thank you.
Our goal for this contest is to find the best script. This isn’t a Fellowship. We’re obviously not developing any writers. With that said, let’s get right to it. Here are the rules.
RULES
1)Any member of DoneDeal who is not currently a member of the WGA and has not had a produced credit within the last two years can join the competition.
2)Only one screenplay per contestant.
3)The screenplay must be submitted in PDF form to this e-mail address: [email protected], by 11:59 P.M. (PST) Sunday May 17th. You may begin submitting screenplays starting TODAY.
4)In your e-mail please include both your real name as well as your DoneDeal nickname. In addition, list the title, genre, and your script’s logline. On the title page of the screenplay itself, please use your real name.
5)If you’ve confirmed your entry with me and for whatever reason cannot participate, please let me know ASAP so I can alert one of the alternates.
6)I will be personally reading all 100 entries. From those 100, I will be choosing 5 finalists. Those 5 finalists will then be read by myself, Mike, and Omar. The three of us will collectively choose the top 3, as well as the winner.
7)The 5 finalists will be announced on July 17th.
8)The winner, second place and third place will be announced on July 31st.
PRIZES
Top 5
The top 5 scripts will have their loglines posted here at DoneDeal. In addition, Omar Shamout, who’s worked at The Donner’s Company and Scott Free Productions and is currently the Director of Development at HQ Pictures (bio), will send these loglines out to a list of his close contacts.
Top 3
The top 3 scripts will receive a script analysis from Going The Distance/A Zombie’s Lament writer and long time New Line Reader Geoff Latulippe (Geoff is not a part of the judging committee – just one of the prizes).
Grand Prize
The winner will receive a personal referral to one of the top 5 agencies (William Morris, UTA, ICM, CAA, or Endeavor) as well as a personal referral to a reputable literary manager by Mike Le, the writer of Tokyo Superpunch and the highly acclaimed web comic, “Don’t Forget To Validate Your Parking” (http://www.dontforgettovalidateyourparking.com/). Mike is currently the VP of HQ Pictures.
This will be the thread where all the main updates are posted until the Top 5 are announced. Any questions you have for myself, Mike or Omar, please leave them in this thread. Good luck to everyone! The competition begins…NOW.
IMPORTANT: The contest is FULL. Do not send a script unless you were previously confirmed. Anyone interested in the contest who did not previously confirm can sign up as an alternate, in which case I will notify you when a spot opens up. Thank you.
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