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Prize:
The prize is a free pass to the four-day convention, worth $74.95
Screenwriting Expo 5
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There's still time to get to Los Angeles for Screenwriting Expo 5, the world's biggest convention for screenwriters, running from 19 to 22 October 2006. Read more
Budding writers should send in the first ten pages of a 60 minute pilot script with television series potential. The entry should also include a one-page outline about the series.
There are no guidelines or restrictions in terms of genre or subject.
Prize:
£5,000 prize, representation by a leading literary agency and a script commission from Red Planet Pictures; Runners up will have the opportunity to be mentored by the Red Planet team
Open to all
Closing date September 30th 2008.
The winner will receive a £5,000 prize, representation by a leading literary agency and a script commission from Red Planet Pictures.
Runners up will have the opportunity to be mentored by the Red Planet team. Read more
1,000 euros and publication in Albedo One, Ireland's magazine of Fantasy, Science Fiction and Horror; second and third place cash prize of 200 and 100 euros respectively for this year
Open to all
Deadlines 30 September and 30 November
Entry fee 7 euros
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'The imagination doesn't crop annually'
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