Re: All screenplay contests are SCAM?
A few years back there was a Nicholl winner who revealed that in the year of this fellowship win he sent his script to ten contests. In nine of them he was eliminated in the first round; the other was the Nicholl, which he won.
There have been cases where the Nicholl Fellowship was awarded to a script that had failed to get out of the first round the year earlier.
When I made the Top List at blcklst.com, I noticed that my script was ranked higher than several that were listed as Nicholl QF/SF scripts. Which is a little odd, given that this script got killed in the first round of the Nicholl both times I entered it.
These aren't indications of an ongoing scam, just reminders that the judging process is much more subjective than we would all like to admit. Please do not be fooled by the pros among us who confidently proclaim that they can infallibly detect true screenwriting talent just from reading the first page of a script.
A few years back there was a Nicholl winner who revealed that in the year of this fellowship win he sent his script to ten contests. In nine of them he was eliminated in the first round; the other was the Nicholl, which he won.
There have been cases where the Nicholl Fellowship was awarded to a script that had failed to get out of the first round the year earlier.
When I made the Top List at blcklst.com, I noticed that my script was ranked higher than several that were listed as Nicholl QF/SF scripts. Which is a little odd, given that this script got killed in the first round of the Nicholl both times I entered it.
These aren't indications of an ongoing scam, just reminders that the judging process is much more subjective than we would all like to admit. Please do not be fooled by the pros among us who confidently proclaim that they can infallibly detect true screenwriting talent just from reading the first page of a script.
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