[CW-Grad] Call for submissions: Circalit Creative Writing and Screenwriting Opportunities

[Robin Russin]

Opportunities across the pond...

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From: Robert Tucker <rob at circalit.com>
Date: November 11, 2011 9:21:00 AM PST
To: <robin.russin at ucr.edu>
Subject: Call for submissions: Circalit Creative Writing Opportunities

Dear Robin,

I would be very grateful if you could circulate the following call-for-submissions amongst your creative writing students.

Best Wishes,

Robert Tucker
PhDc., University College London
rob at circalit.com

GET YOUR COMEDY SKETCH PRODUCED BY AN AWARD WINNING DIRECTOR
http://www.circalit.com/projects/competitions/jason

Ever had an idea for a comedy sketch? Circalit is back once again helping talented comedy writers get their sketches produced and distributed. This time Circalit has teamed up with award-winning filmmaker, Jason Wingard, whose most recent short, “Ben and Jackie” has been short-listed for the Virgin Media Shorts 2011 and the Reed.co.uk Short Film competition. The competition is part of Circalit’s Get your Film Made series. The winning script will be directed by Jason, who has worked alongside comedians such as Johnny Vegas, and companies such as Channel K, MTV and 2-Entertain. Participants are actively encouraged to collaborate with one another to produce the funniest piece of comedy they can. The deadline is 16th December and submissions are being read as soon as they’re submitted - so the sooner you enter the better. For more information please visit: http://www.circalit.com/projects/competitions/jason.

PORTAL ENTERTAINMENT OFFER £6K FUND FOR MULTI-PLATFORM STORYTELLING
www.circalit.com/projects/competitions/immersive

Portal Entertainment has announced a £6k global writing competition to create a storyworld: that is, a story told using different types of media across multiple platforms. The winner of the competition will receive £6k to develop their storyworld with Portal Entertainment. The top 5 entries will be given professional feedback from BBC Multiplatform Executive Producer Sarah Clay (Becoming Human, Waterloo Reunited, E20). The deadline for entries is 21st November, 2011. For more information please visit: www.circalit.com/projects/competitions/immersive.

GET YOUR FILM MADE BY 2B PICTURES
http://www.circalit.com/projects/competitions/2bpictures

In association with 2B Pictures, the production arm of Future Film, Circalit are pleased to announce a feature-length screenwriting competition. 2B Pictures are looking for projects that are similar to their current production (“Last Passenger”) - action/thrillers that can be shot on a budget of £1-2 million. Psychological horrors and Sci-fi stories will also be considered. Scripts that provide well-defined characters and strong leads are a must. This is your opportunity to have a major film studio seriously consider your script for production. You’d be hard-pushed to find an opportunity quite like it anywhere else. The deadline for entries is 11th January,  2012. For more information please visit: www.circalit.com/projects/competitions/2bpictures.

CHANCE ENCOUNTERS: THE CIRCALIT FLASH FICTION COMPETITION
http://www.circalit.com/projects/competitions/hospital

In partnership with London’s trendiest hangout for creatives, The Hospital Club (www.thehospitalclub.com), and their poet-in-residence, the lyrical prodigy Sabrina Mahfouz, Circalit are extremely pleased to announce a new flash fiction writing competition. Writers are challenged to create a one page story, of whatever genre they please, on the subject of ‘A Chance Encounter’. Sabrina herself will be reading the winning story for an exclusive video-recording and podcast, which will be available on the hospital club website. The winning story will play in the club’s lifts and video screens, and will be plastered up throughout the Hospital Club’s halls for all its glitzy patrons, who include the likes of James Morrison, Kate Moss and Jude Law, to read and enjoy. This is a great opportunity to have your story exposed to a wide and varied creative audience in an original way. The deadline for entries is 1st December, 2011. For more information please visit: www.circalit.com/projects/competitions/hospital for more information.

Contact:
Robert Tucker
www.circalit.com
rob at circalit.com
www.facebook.com/circalit
twitter.com/circalit

Robin Russin

Associate Professor and Director
MFA for Creative Writing and Writing for the Performing Arts
Department of Theatre
University of California, Riverside
Riverside, CA 92521
(951) 827-2707
(213) 949-1061 cel
robin.russin at ucr.edu
http://robinrussin.com

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