[Cwgrad-announcements] Cinequest Screenwriting Competition

[Robin Russin]

The 5th year of the Cinequest 18 Screenwriting Competition in San
Jose, CA, is getting underway. The deadline to submit a script is
November 10, 2007 with a discounted entry fee to those who submit by
October 31, 2007.

On January 07, 2008, 10 finalists will be announced and given 14 days
to re-submit their screenplay with any corrections and improvements
they choose

The competition is open to students and experienced writers, and is an
easy way to get exposure by getting your students writings in the
hands of industry leaders and professionals.

The top 10 winners will be given exposure to literary agencies, film
Studios and Hollywood producers, and in the past, the top 3 winners
will be announced and given cash prizes during Cinequest Film Festival
18.

-The screenplays will be judged on Maverick vision, story, character
development, dialogue, marketability and originality.

-In the past the top winners of the competition have won cash prizes
of $2,000, $1,000 and $500 respectively.

Empowering the Maverick

Cinequest is a premier motion picture institute that produces:

·         Cinequest Film Festival, a discovery festival of Maverick
films and technology forums.
·         Cinequest Distribution: delivering films to fans worldwide
through leading Internet    technologies plus DVD.
·         Cinequest Screenwriting Competition.
·         Camp Cinequest: a groundbreaking youth education program.

Cinequest Film Festival 18 will occur February 27 – March 9, 2008
www.cinequest.org


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Robin Russin
Assistant Professor
Department of Theatre
University of California, Riverside
Riverside, CA 92521
(951) 827-2707
(213) 949-1061 cel
robin.russin at ucr.edu



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