JOHN AUGUST AND CRAIG MAZIN’ S THREE PAGE CHALLENGE
THE SCRIBE SCRIPT WRITING COMPETITION
John August
JOHN AUGUST AND CRAIG MAZIN’ S THREE PAGE CHALLENGE
NO DEADLINE
SCRIPTNOTES, the podcast from screenwriters John August and Craig Mazin is running a challenge for listeners to submit three pages of their original work, to be read and critiqued on an upcoming podcast.
John August, whose credits include Go and Tim Burton’ s Big Fish and Charlie and Chocolate Factory, has been running his screenwriting blog since 2003, when dinosaurs roamed the internet. On the Scriptnotes podcast, August and Hangover II and III scribe Craig Mazin discuss“ screenwriting and related topics in the film and television industry, everything from getting stuff written to the vagaries of copyright and work-for-hire law.” On an upcoming podcast, Mazin and August will be reviewing work from readers:
On an upcoming podcast, Craig and I will be looking at three pages— and only three pages!— from listener-submitted scripts. We will provide some critique and comments on what we read. It’ s fun and free and open to everyone.
Some more details on how to submit your work:
• Entries must be emailed ask @ johnaugust. com
• Three pages of screenplay or teleplay, folks. Anything longer will be deleted immediately.
• A cover page is okay but not required.( It doesn’ t count as one of your three pages.)
• It doesn’ t have to be the first three pages, but we’ ll probably understand it better if it is.
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THE SCRIBE SCRIPT WRITING COMPETITION
DEADLINE 31 st July 2013
“ We are extremely excited to announce the national launch of this year’ s project and the addition to this initiative of a series of script writing workshops that will support individuals wishing to make a submission” announced Paul Griffiths, founder of the competition and a trustee of The Imbewu Trust.
‘ Once again, we are looking for works of outstanding quality, original content and which represent the depth and range of our theatre landscape’ added Sam De Romijn, Director of The Imbewu Trust.
The SCrIBE Script Writing Competition- 2013 is calling all playwrights resident in South Africa and over the age of 21 to make submissions of new plays to the trust.
Scripts must be in English, no longer than 40 pages or 80 minutes, and have no more than five cast members.
Scripts must be submitted as a word document via email together with the entry form which can be found on The Imbewu Trust website. This website includes Terms and Conditions of Entry.
Closing date for entries is 31st July, and the announcement of the winner will be made on 30th August 2013.
The entries will be reviewed by a panel of judges and will include established theatre makers, directors and producers. The winning script will enjoy a full run in Cape Town from 1st-12th October. The Imbewu Trust will work with the winning writer to produce- MORE
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