Cinequest Screenwriting Competition Empowering the Maverick
Submissions are now being accepted for the Cinequest Screenwriting Competition. The deadline to submit is October 10, 2008 with a discounted entry fee to those who submit by July 31, 2008.
Festival expert Chris Gore named Cinequest one of the "best festivals for screenwriters" in the latest edition of his Ultimate Film Festival Survival Guide (Testimonials).
Follow the link to submit your screenplay to Cinequest. If you are a Withoutabox member (or thinking of becoming one) you can submit your screenplay to our festival using their registration forms by following the Withoutabox Link.
Prizes
Maverick Prize
- USD $5,000
- A one-on-one consulting session with a top producer at Cinequest Film Festival 19 (CQFF19)
Emerging Maverick Prize
Scholarship seat to the prestigious Lew Hunter Screenwriting Colony (USD $2,500 value)
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ALL Top Ten Finalists will:
- Get their script read by top industry professionals on the finalist panel. Past final jury panelists have included:
- Nate Bolotin, Senior Executive/Lit Manager: Packaging/Financing and New Media, The Collective.
- Joanna Burish, Production, Distribution, Acquisitions, Imageworks Entertainment.
- Steven Haft, Founder and Producer, Haft Entertainment Inc. (Producer, Dead Poets Society, Tigerland, Executive Producer MAD TV).
- Janet Jeffries, Development Executive, Lawrence Bender Productions, A Band Apart Films.
- Eliot Kotek, Editor-in-Chief, Moving Pictures.
- Dana Lambert, Vice President of Creative Affairs, First Look Studios (A multi-faceted media company including First Look International, First Look Pictures, First Look Home Entertainment and First Look Media).
- Eugene Mandelcorn, President, Film Artists Network.
- Bobby Moresco, President, Moresco Productions (Producer / Screenwriter Crash, Co-Producer Million Dollar Baby).
- Lucy Shuttleworth, Co-Founder of Traveller Films, Former Head of Development, Spice Factory.
- Nancy Rae Stone, First Light Films, Independent Producer (former Executive Vice President of Productions, Beacon Pictures).
- Receive two roundtable sessions during CQFF19 with industry producers, agents and experts to discuss the business aspect of writing.
- Be invited to the Screenwriters Appreciation Lunch.
- Be invited to the Screenwriters Networking Reception including world renowned writers—past participants included Academy Award® Winners Michael Arndt (Little Miss Sunshine), David Peoples (Twelve Monkeys), and Christopher McQuarrie (The Usual Suspects).
- Receive two Filmmaker Passes with all access to films, forums and parties at CQFF19.
- Receive filmmaker hotel deal during CQFF19.
- Be given exposure and further opportunities to have scripts read by literary agencies, studios and influential producers.
- Receive recognition in two Cinequest press releases.
- Receive recognition on the Cinequest website.
All genres and lengths of screenplays (up to 125 pages) are accepted, from low-budget Indie dramas to mega-money flicks. The entry fee is USD $35 through July 31, 2008 and after that USD $40 through October 10, 2008. Don’t forget to read our official Competition Rules when submitting your script. Screenplay Finalists will be announced on January 07, 2009. Winners of the Cinequest Screenwriting Competition will be announced during Cinequest Film Festival 19.