| Liquid Imagination's Screenplay Contest!!! |
We are having a contest for best screenplay at our web office
at American Zoetrope (go to www.americanzoetrope.com/
and search for Liquid Imagination). The screenplay should be
a modern day fantasy, no longer than 110 pages, preferably
90-100 pages. Participants allowed entry are those who
have written screenplays (any genre), and had them edited
and reviewed by others. Participants SHOULD join our
Liquid Imagination web office (invitation only). Each entry
script must be Writer's Guild reg. with a WGA® # provided.
This is a serious step to recognize the work, protect an
author, and be pro/legit. It's a $20 reg. fee per manuscript.
Simply register it with
Writer's Guild (West Coast)
Or
Writer's Guild (East Coast)
The Writer doesn't have to be a full Guild member - just the
submitted script. Plus it ensures a Completed Work give to
us and not a sloppy unfinished draft wasting your time and
ours. Then attach script to an email to Shastelshzzz@aol.com
Submision cut-off is December 1st. Judging time-line is
December 1st through all of January. Announcement of
winner and runner-up will be made sometime in January, with
the script added to Liquid Imagination's 2nd issue coming out
February 1st.
The winner receives a 6 month membership to InkTip.com
and his/her screenplay novelized. The novel will promote the
screenplay saying, "Based on the screenplay of (Your
Name)" and give contact information. This online magazine,
"Liquid Imagination," will promote the screenplay, and any/all
print publications of Liquid Imagination will promote the
screenplay. The screenplay will be promoted at our private
web office of 180 members, but also throughout other various
web offices at American Zoetrope. Liquid Imagination will
represent the author of the winning screenplay, endeavoring
to find placement for the winning screenplay either through
cinema, television or stage.
If the author of the screenplay sells it on his/her own, all
rights (agent fees) revert back to the owner. If Liquid
Imagination finds a home for the screenplay, Liquid
Imagination will receive 10% of procurement for the
screenplay for acting as agent.
If the screenplay is especially promising, Liquid Imagination
and its members will endeavor to find financiers raising funds
to produce the move, locating director, actors, stage hands,
etc. The Second place winning screenplay will receive a free
script analysis by Vera Caccioppoli, MFA (just under a $1,000
value). First, Second and Third Place Winners will receive
bragging rights.
at American Zoetrope (go to www.americanzoetrope.com/
and search for Liquid Imagination). The screenplay should be
a modern day fantasy, no longer than 110 pages, preferably
90-100 pages. Participants allowed entry are those who
have written screenplays (any genre), and had them edited
and reviewed by others. Participants SHOULD join our
Liquid Imagination web office (invitation only). Each entry
script must be Writer's Guild reg. with a WGA® # provided.
This is a serious step to recognize the work, protect an
author, and be pro/legit. It's a $20 reg. fee per manuscript.
Simply register it with
Writer's Guild (West Coast)
Or
Writer's Guild (East Coast)
The Writer doesn't have to be a full Guild member - just the
submitted script. Plus it ensures a Completed Work give to
us and not a sloppy unfinished draft wasting your time and
ours. Then attach script to an email to Shastelshzzz@aol.com
Submision cut-off is December 1st. Judging time-line is
December 1st through all of January. Announcement of
winner and runner-up will be made sometime in January, with
the script added to Liquid Imagination's 2nd issue coming out
February 1st.
The winner receives a 6 month membership to InkTip.com
and his/her screenplay novelized. The novel will promote the
screenplay saying, "Based on the screenplay of (Your
Name)" and give contact information. This online magazine,
"Liquid Imagination," will promote the screenplay, and any/all
print publications of Liquid Imagination will promote the
screenplay. The screenplay will be promoted at our private
web office of 180 members, but also throughout other various
web offices at American Zoetrope. Liquid Imagination will
represent the author of the winning screenplay, endeavoring
to find placement for the winning screenplay either through
cinema, television or stage.
If the author of the screenplay sells it on his/her own, all
rights (agent fees) revert back to the owner. If Liquid
Imagination finds a home for the screenplay, Liquid
Imagination will receive 10% of procurement for the
screenplay for acting as agent.
If the screenplay is especially promising, Liquid Imagination
and its members will endeavor to find financiers raising funds
to produce the move, locating director, actors, stage hands,
etc. The Second place winning screenplay will receive a free
script analysis by Vera Caccioppoli, MFA (just under a $1,000
value). First, Second and Third Place Winners will receive
bragging rights.
The three judges are: Vera Caccioppoli, Aaron Webster, and Theresa Cecilia Garcia-Newbill
Vera Caccioppoli, MFA, has written and published fiction, poetry, screenplays, newspaper
and magazine articles, and personal essays since she was fourteen. Vera earned her MFA in
Creative Writing from the George Mason University writing program, where she also was
awarded a full fellowship and taught creative writing, literature, and composition for many
years.
Her writing, which has earned the prestigious PEN/Faulkner Award, has been published in the
Washington Post, Shape magazine, and has been broadcast on National Public Radio.
Vera was an Executive Producer for the 2001 independent film, Losing Hope. She has
optioned two screenplays to Hollywood. Her screenplays have won numerous screenwriting
awards at film festivals around the country, including the 2007 WorldFest International Houston
Film Festival.
In 2004, Vera founded the renowned Hi-Way Haven: A Place for Writers, in Encinitas,
California.
Aaron Webster
Writer, Author, Artist, Broadcaster, Voice Talent, Musician
Aaron reads many film scripts, both produced and unproduced. As a member of American
Zoetrope Virtual Studio, he is ranked a four-star Reviewer of other writers’ submitted work.
His work was "Quarter-Finalist" in the 2005 American Zoetrope Screenplay Contest. Judging
by Terry Zwigoff. More of his work was "Quarter-Finalist" in the 2007 American Zoetrope
Screenplay Contest. Judging by Francis Ford Coppola. Coverage by Bluecatscreenplay.com,
said this of my work: "witty, sharp script. The author has style in spades. A great premise and a
fun story." (2006)
Aaron wrote, engineered, and hosted a weekly-serialized Oldies radio documentary that won
Best Audio Program National Finalist in the 16th Annual Silver Microphone Awards (2000), and
he is the author of a softcover non-fiction biography on Sun Records/ Louisiana Hayride/Elvis
Presley (ISBN 1-55622-943-7) (2002), essayist for an Australia-based Elvis Presley Online
Symposium study of his music, films and cultural impact (2004). Aaron has been a copywriter
for station promos and client spots for radio advertising (1996-2000), a Satirist/Cartoonist and
Journalist for a campus newspaper (1994-95).
Theresa C. Newbill has a BS degree in Psychology/Spanish, a MSED degree and is
only a couple of credits short of getting her PHD in Psychology. She is a former
elementary school teacher turned writer. Her work has been widely published in
various print and online magazines and she has received numerous awards/options for
her writing--126 awards for poetry and 20 for literary stories. She is a freelance
writer who works in conjunction with a friend of hers to promote a site called www.
dirtymitten.com. Dirtymitten.com is a website her friend Kevin has developed to
promote Detroit Hip Hop Music. Their goal is to expose people across the country to
Detroit Hip Hop artists and their music. They are a non profit group who gives their
time because of love for the music, and their belief in the artists they choose to
promote. For more information you can log onto www.dirtymitten.com or email her
friend Kevin at simplykev313@gmail.com. The Sicktape is volume 3 of the Dirtymitten.
com library of mix tapes. Each mix tape is a compilation of the hottest Detroit Hip Hop
music released and unreleased at the time. They approach the artists for music in
exchange for free promotion. Each mixtape is available for FREE download at the
website, and is available in CD form for a 5 dollar donation. Check the site for new
updates every week.
Vera Caccioppoli, MFA, has written and published fiction, poetry, screenplays, newspaper
and magazine articles, and personal essays since she was fourteen. Vera earned her MFA in
Creative Writing from the George Mason University writing program, where she also was
awarded a full fellowship and taught creative writing, literature, and composition for many
years.
Her writing, which has earned the prestigious PEN/Faulkner Award, has been published in the
Washington Post, Shape magazine, and has been broadcast on National Public Radio.
Vera was an Executive Producer for the 2001 independent film, Losing Hope. She has
optioned two screenplays to Hollywood. Her screenplays have won numerous screenwriting
awards at film festivals around the country, including the 2007 WorldFest International Houston
Film Festival.
In 2004, Vera founded the renowned Hi-Way Haven: A Place for Writers, in Encinitas,
California.
Aaron Webster
Writer, Author, Artist, Broadcaster, Voice Talent, Musician
Aaron reads many film scripts, both produced and unproduced. As a member of American
Zoetrope Virtual Studio, he is ranked a four-star Reviewer of other writers’ submitted work.
His work was "Quarter-Finalist" in the 2005 American Zoetrope Screenplay Contest. Judging
by Terry Zwigoff. More of his work was "Quarter-Finalist" in the 2007 American Zoetrope
Screenplay Contest. Judging by Francis Ford Coppola. Coverage by Bluecatscreenplay.com,
said this of my work: "witty, sharp script. The author has style in spades. A great premise and a
fun story." (2006)
Aaron wrote, engineered, and hosted a weekly-serialized Oldies radio documentary that won
Best Audio Program National Finalist in the 16th Annual Silver Microphone Awards (2000), and
he is the author of a softcover non-fiction biography on Sun Records/ Louisiana Hayride/Elvis
Presley (ISBN 1-55622-943-7) (2002), essayist for an Australia-based Elvis Presley Online
Symposium study of his music, films and cultural impact (2004). Aaron has been a copywriter
for station promos and client spots for radio advertising (1996-2000), a Satirist/Cartoonist and
Journalist for a campus newspaper (1994-95).
Theresa C. Newbill has a BS degree in Psychology/Spanish, a MSED degree and is
only a couple of credits short of getting her PHD in Psychology. She is a former
elementary school teacher turned writer. Her work has been widely published in
various print and online magazines and she has received numerous awards/options for
her writing--126 awards for poetry and 20 for literary stories. She is a freelance
writer who works in conjunction with a friend of hers to promote a site called www.
dirtymitten.com. Dirtymitten.com is a website her friend Kevin has developed to
promote Detroit Hip Hop Music. Their goal is to expose people across the country to
Detroit Hip Hop artists and their music. They are a non profit group who gives their
time because of love for the music, and their belief in the artists they choose to
promote. For more information you can log onto www.dirtymitten.com or email her
friend Kevin at simplykev313@gmail.com. The Sicktape is volume 3 of the Dirtymitten.
com library of mix tapes. Each mix tape is a compilation of the hottest Detroit Hip Hop
music released and unreleased at the time. They approach the artists for music in
exchange for free promotion. Each mixtape is available for FREE download at the
website, and is available in CD form for a 5 dollar donation. Check the site for new
updates every week.