Writing, and directing and reading...oh my!

M. updatin',

As flowers bloom, the days get longer and spring showers approach, life-changing deadlines also peek over the horizon. Don't forget that these deadlines are coming up soon!

The Nicholl Fellowship aka "The Big Kahuna": May 1, 2008. Remember, this is the POSTMARKED DEADLINE. Get the application here.

Disney Writing Fellowship: July, 2008. The information is from last year, but it is helpful nonetheless. There is NO APPLICATION fee so there is NO EXCUSE not to enter your work.

Warner Brothers Writers Workshop: July 25, 2008. You can submit as many scripts in comedy or drama as you'd like. The fee is 30 non-refundable bucks. Click here for more information.

So, crack open the final draft software, mark your calendars and get to writing!

Not an April Fools Joke

K here.

It seems as if M and I have stumbled upon a writing opportunity. Pending pitches, we'll be writing for a web series.

More information on that later.

Happy April! The days are longer, the nights warmer, and only one month to go until May, one of my most favorite months. :)

If you haven't gotten the chance, please check out some of the links in the sidebar.

Urban Mediamakers Film Festival

M. writing,

This came in my inbox today:

The 7th Annual Urban Mediamakers Film Festival (UMFF) has announced
it's call for entiries. "The Movement in Progress through
Independent Filmmaking" is the theme and UMFF 2008 is seeking
conscious and positive film, television and video projects that
entertain, and those that invoke thought and action on issues that
affect us as people -- social, economic, civil/human rights,
environment, political, religion/spirituali ty, etc.

Submit your project to UMFF 2008 today! All genres accepted --
animations, shorts, documentaries, features, television shows, music
and spoken word videos, as well as screenplays (short and feature
length).

Early Deadline: August 1, 2008
Regular Deadline: September 1, 2008
Late Registration: October 1, 2008

UMFF 2008 takes place October 17-19, 2008 in Atlanta, Georgia. Visit
www.umff.com for festival details and UMFF 2008 submission form.
Call 404.460.2793.

Sundance Screenwriter's Lab

2009 Screenwriters Lab applications available online: February 15, 2008
Application deadline for U.S. filmmakers: May 1, 2008
Application deadline for international filmmakers: October 1, 2008

Project Selection

The Feature Film Program selects 20-25 projects each year to receive one or more areas of support. A combination of intensive year-round outreach, recommendations from a national network of program alumni, Creative Advisors, film school faculty, film festival staffs, producers, and other film professionals, and an open submissions process yield a pool of applicants from which the program's Fellows are selected. Historically, open submissions have provided roughly half of the total number of projects considered for the Labs.

Find out more information here

New Projects

K here.

We've got a new project for you: It's called "No Exit". Sorry, it's not a zombie comedy or vampire romance. :(

Things needed:

firewire port cables
S cable
external mic
red bull

and we're set.

We did storyboarding last night. Expect those to be scanned and up on the page, soon. Let me warn you, though. Our drawings are scary. A psychiatrist might have us committed if she ever got hold of them.

Reviews of The Good Book

K here.

I've gotten two reviews of The Good Book so far, and they've been really positive. Both reviews told me that I need to focus on the interactions between Dane and Diana, which I figured they would.

I'm going to wait to do a second draft on The Good Book until after NanoWrimo and after I've finished my portfolio for the MA Creative Writing program I'm trying to get into.

Hopefully that won't take too long, but it will be at least a month and a half. Ah, the life of a writer.

Let the Writing Begin!

K here.

I've convinced Meekie to finish editing her 2nd draft of Sons of Ham--which is an impressive screenplay, BTW--and I'm going to work on Heart of Wolf, which I'm really excited about.

I was supposed to do the outline last Saturday, but, as usual, I procrastinated my way out of that one. Not to worry--I'm pretty sure I can pump out a well-formed outline tonight, and be up and running by tomorrow afternoon.

Such are the joys of being a college student who doesn't go to class.

Bruce Geller Screenwriting Competion

K here.

Heads up! A new screenplay competition has opened up. The First Annual Bruce Geller Screenplay Competition:

"To increase the richness of contemporary Jewish culture through the creation of screenplays and films that reflect aspects of Jewish life in the United States or elsewhere.

Submit a screenplay that relates to, touches upon, explores or includes some aspect of Jewish life. This could be a location, a Jewish character, a Jewish theme, or anything relevant to the Jewish experience. This competition is open to writers of all religious and ethnic backgrounds. Entries accepted from June 4 to July 31, 2007. See the contest rules to learn how to enter.

One first prize winner and two runners-up will be selected. First prize is $25,000. The two runners-up each receive $5,000.

Winners will be announced at our gala dinner."

Please, PLEASE check this out! Looks like it might be a good venture.