SHORT SCREENPLAY COMPETITION CALL FOR ENTRIES BEGINS JANUARY 5, 2009!

GRAND PRIZE $500

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ONE OF THE 2009 TOP 5 FINALISTS WILL BE PRODUCED THROUGH THE $99 SPECIAL PROGRAM AND SCREEN AT THE SLAMDANCE FILM FESTIVAL IN 2010

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EARLY DEADLINE: JANUARY 26, 2009 $25.00 SUBMISSION FEE

FINAL DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 2, 2009 $30.00 SUBMISSION FEE

COVERAGE SERVICE $35.00 ADDITIONAL FEE

RULES:

1.  Short screenplays must not have been previously optioned, purchased or produced
2. Short screenplays must not have received awards from other competitions over $500
3.  Screenwriters who have had previous Short or Feature screenplays produced and distributed by non-independent means are ineligible
4. Screenplays must be in English, formatted with 12-point courier font and 50 pages or less.
5. We only accept checks made out to Slamdance that draw funds from an American bank and Money Orders or Traveler's Checks in US funds. Checks returned to us for whatever reason will incur a standard $25 fee on top of the original entry fee that must be paid, even if you choose to pull your script from the competition
6. Short screenplays will be charged a processing fee of a $1 per page in excess of 50 pages
7. Screenplays must be copyrighted or registered material
8. All submissions must be submitted online in PDF format
9.  Slamdance no longer accepts hard copy submissions.  We are an environmentally friendly company.  Please submit on our website starting

WE NO LONGER TAKE HARD COPY SUBMISSIONS.  ALL SUBMISSIONS MUST BE DONE ONLINE ON OUR WEBSITE IN PDF FORMAT.

SLAMDANCE offers year-round Coverage Service for comprehensive notes on how to tighten up your script before submitting. 

 2008 WINNER ,  HONORABLE MENTIONS and DUKE CITY SHOOT OUT OFFICIAL SELECTION

THE DUKE CITY SHOOT OUT OFFICIAL SELECTION 

ASSASSIN EMETIRUS by Kevin Napier

Assasin Emetirus will screen Tuesday January 20 2009 durring the Slamdance Film Festival in Park City Utah

2008 SHORT SCREENPLAY GRAND PRIZE WINNER

CRYBABY By: Mark Seidel (Thriller)
A young man gets ready for an important business meeting-but his meeting is threatened by a crying newborn and a young woman unprepared for motherhood. 

2ND RUNNER-UP

NEUTERED CITY By: Patrick Nicholas (Horror)
A PETA advocate embraces her own instinct for survival and must let go of her moral code when feral cats attack her and her team of animal control officers.

HONORABLE MENTIONS

THE FACTS OF LIFE By: Valerie A. Utton (Comedy)
A little boy tells a librarian he wants a book on pregnancy since he’s going to get Alice pregnant – but it turns out Alice is a dog.

NEW GODS & OLD GLORY By: Tim Viola (Drama)
After a young boy loses his father to war, he and his mother deal with their anger, frustration and the stubbornness of a right wing zealot.

NIGHT IN TEL AVIV By: Dennis & Jeremiah Kaufman (Drama)
Two self-conscious young men, out for a good time in Tel Aviv, instead find themselves before God's throne having to explain their lives.

SOME BOYS DON'T LEAVE By: Matthew Mullen (Drama)
When a girl breaks up with boy, boy decides not to accept the reality of the situation until the boy is left with no other option.

YOUNG AT HEART AND LOINS By: Ryan O’Dowd (Comedy)
A party girl finds more meaning – and romance when she visits her plucky grandmother at a nursing home.