NEW YORK SCREENPLAY CONTEST
AMAZON WANTS TO TURN YOUR SHORT INTO A FEATURE
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NEW YORK SCREENPLAY CONTEST
DEADLINE 20 th August 2013
AMAZON WANTS TO TURN YOUR SHORT INTO A FEATURE
DEADLINE: NONE
EVER dreamed of making your short film into a feature length project or series? Well, starting today, Amazon Studios will accept your shorts( or“ concept videos,” as they’ re calling them) in the hope of finding a compelling idea for a feature film or episodic series that they will produce. They’ ve been accepting scripts for a while now-- what’ s new is the video element.
Here’ s how it works: Filmmakers are invited to submit 2-15 minute videos to the Amazon Studios site; the process works just like script submission. Creators can submit either privately or publicly.
After that there is a 45-day option and evaluation period, during which Amazon decides whether they’ ll option your project or not. If they decide to buy it( and its associated rights) they’ ll pay $ 200,000 for a movie script, and $ 55,000 if it’ s a script for an episodic series.
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THIS is a global screenwriting contest designed to launch careers and network opportunities to the world’ s best new voices in screenwriting for film and television. The New York Screenplay Contest awards its winners with cash, prizes, sponsorship packages, and meetings with leading industry professionals.
As New York’ s top screenwriting contest, we believe that quality screenwriting is the backbone of filmmaking and invite you to join an international community of screenwriters by submitting your work to compete against the best and brightest in contemporary scriptwriting. Our goal is to identify and award the very best screenwriters from around the world with the prestigious recognition of being a New York Screenplay Contest award recipient and to help new writers find success in today’ s highly competitive film and entertainment industries. Only the most finely written screenplays are honoured with the exclusive distinction of being a Winner or Official Finalist of the New York Screenplay Competition.
The competition gives writers the opportunity to have their scripts read by a professional jury, receive industry recognition and exposure, and participate in a competition focused specifically on screenwriting. Screenwriters may submit their work for a chance in distinction in a wide variety of categories and all genres including: Feature Screenplays, Short Screenplays, Television Scripts and Pilots, Stage Plays, Treatments, and Reality Television Concepts.
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