After a storm destroys her small farm...

Feb 03, 2013 15:12

The Writers Store is pleased to announce that Edward Saxon, Academy Award-winning® producer of The Silence of the Lambs, has joined the next round of the Industry Insider Screenwriting Contest, which is now open for submissions!

As a principal of his production company, he has developed and produced pictures with Fox, Universal, Warner Brothers, Columbia, Paramount, and Disney as well as working with numerous independent financiers, including a multi year pact with Participant Productions. Combined, Saxon's films have grossed over $700m at the box office worldwide and garnered twelve Academy Awards®. He won his Oscar for The Silence of the Lambs, which swept Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Director, and Best Picture at the Academy Awards®, one of only three films in history to do so. He also produced Philadelphia , which won two Academy Awards®, including Best Actor (Tom Hanks); Adaptation, which was nominated for 4 Academy Awards®; and the Academy Award-nominated® documentary Mandela.

Do you think you can turn this logline from Edward Saxon, Producer of The Silence of the Lambs and Philadelphia into a killer script?

"After a storm destroys her small farm, killing her mother and father; an adolescent girl is sent off on a journey of survival."

Break out your scriptwriting software and get to work, because the Industry Insider Screenwriting Contest gives you the unique opportunity to turn this idea into a solid marketable spec screenplay that could be your ticket to Hollywood success.

The Industry Insider Screenwriting Contest is an international screenwriting competition that facilitates relationships between new writers and Industry leaders looking to help aspirants embark on writing careers.

Working from this A-list logline, you're challenged to create up to the first 15 pages of an original script based on the given concept. Make it your own - drama, action, sci-fi...anywhere your imagination takes you.

But it doesn't stop there! The Industry Insider Screenwriting Contest goes much further than your average competition, by providing the top 10 finalists with mentors to guide them through the entire script creation process, with the goal of completing a spec screenplay to be judged by a panel of Hollywood power players.

Here's how it works:

  • Entrants write up to the first 15 pages of a script based on the logline above, provided by Edward Saxon
  • The top 10 finalists chosen from the submissions receive a personalized letter of congratulations from Edward Saxon
  • Each of the 10 finalists receives a copy of Movie Magic Screenwriter to professionally format their work as they enter into a 12-week Story Specialists mentoring program, consisting of feedback for every 10 pages submitted, with the goal of completing a spec screenplay based on the given logline
  • After the mentoring, the finalists submit their rough drafts to our professional script readers for comprehensive Development Notes, and then have two weeks to work with their mentor and notes to complete the final draft of their screenplay for judging.
  • Edward Saxon and production company Benderspink judge the completed screenplays and choose a winner

The lucky winner of this scriptwriting contest receives a classic Industry experience, including transportation to Los Angeles and:
    * Lush Accommodations at The Chateau Marmont

  • One-on-One lunch with Edward Saxon
  • A meeting with Benderspink

The Industry Insider Screenwriting Contest can give you the tools and the resources you need to complete a saleable screenplay. Besides the experience and the mentoring you could receive, placing in this competition shows that you can take another's idea and turn it into a winning script - a trait that's truly valued in Hollywood, and serves as a priceless addition to your screenwriting resume.
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Looking for the regulations and answers to specific questions? Check out the Industry Insider Screenwriting Contest's Rules and FAQs

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