Beverly Hills, CA -- Filmmakers today issued a
call for entries to all screenwriters for the 9th annual filmmakers
International screenwriting awards. There are three categories and the top 50
winners will be read by the Radmin company; for production and representation consideration.
AMERICAN
GEM LIT/FEST ANNOUNCE CALL FOR ENTRIES
Beverly Hills, CA -- American Gem today issued a
call for entries to all writers for the 8th edition of the
American Gem Short Script Contest/Literary Festival. There are
four categories: Short Script; Treatment; Short Story and Logline.
Winning Short produced.
FilmMakers
Int'l Screenwriting Awards Winners
Announced
Heather Ferrell won First Prize of $3000 CASH for her comedy "A
DIFFERENT KIND OF RAIN".
Logline:An obsessive compulsive vegetarian
telemarketer hawking frozen meat flees the law and her luckless
life to help a charismatic, dying widow hunt for a mysterious
package.
Scriptwriters Network was
ubiquitous throughout the expo and it’s former chairman
who is currently industry liaison, Bill Lundy, gave me a
great overview of what organizations like his can do for
writers who attend conferences like this.
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