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From: "TWP News Bulletin" <scripts2@thewritersplace.org>
Subject: TWP News Bulletin Message: TWP SCREENPLAY CONTEST - 4 DAYS TO FINAL DEADLINE
Date: May 12th 2012

 
 
 
FOUR DAYS TO FINAL, LATE DEADLINE!!
 
 
 
TWP NOV '11 - APR '12 SCREENPLAY CONTEST
 
The Writers Place (TWP) is now accepting scripts for its November 2011 through April 2012 screenplay competition. Submit your best screenplay or teleplay/short. Works by single or multiple authors welcomed. Single or multiple entries welcomed. All genres and lifestyle scripts accepted. Four (4) days to final, late deadline: 15 May 2012.
 
SUBMISSION FEE:
Single full-length screenplay or MOW (not more than 130 pages): $55
Single ½ hour short or teleplay (not more than 45 pages): $35
Two full-length screenplays or MOWs: $85 (two script limit)
Two ½ hour shorts or teleplays: $60 (two script limit)
Late Fee: (submitted after 30 April 2012): Standard fee + $10 per script
 
If you have a discount code from a selected school or one of our TWP sponsors, please make sure you input the code in the logline field of the submission form.
 
See TWP Web site at www.thewritersplace.org
 
Make all submissions electronically – no paper, no envelope, no postage, no hassle. See http://www.thewritersplace.org/submission.php.
 
Finalists announced: June 1, 2012
Winners announced: July 1, 2012
 
BEHOLD: A PERFORMANCE FILM
 
Poems of the Holocaust, Then and Now
 
Our Vision
 
BEHOLD, a performance film will feature Holocaust poetry written during and after the Shoah using well-known actors, musicians, and poets. Though Holocaust films abound, whether documentary, fiction, or non-fiction, the intersection of poetry and film is an un-mined, powerful tool to present a new way to remember, and keep us vigilant. There has never been a Holocaust film like BEHOLD.
 
It will be produced by Rabbi Irwin Kula and Janet R. Kirchheimer of Clal-The National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership. Advisors for the film are Rabbi Irving “Yitz” Greenberg, as well as poets Mary Stewart Hammond and Jeanne Marie Beaumont.
 
This feast of language will be directed by Richard Kroehling, a two-time Emmy award winner. Using sensitive performances by a renowned international artists and poets, accompanied by dynamic, imaginative cinematic interpretations, evocative music, and sound design, BEHOLD will marry the power of cinema and the spoken word to give each poem its own unique form and style.
 
Our film will feature poems written both by victims and witnesses, as well as by later generations seeking to comprehend and keep the historical memories alive. The film will have an international audience on television, film festivals, educational settings, and internet audiences. BEHOLD will remember, educate, elucidate, and activate viewers to shape a more just future.
 
You can watch it here:
http://vimeo.com/41680230
 
Meet the Filmmakers
 
Richard, Yitz, Janet, Paula, Jeannie, Mary Stewart, Irwin & Clal
 
What You Get For Becoming a Part of the BEHOLD Community:
 
Our goal is to raise $15,000 to film two poems in order to show the film to potential investors to raise the rest of the budget for the film. All contributions are tax-deductible. Monies raised will cover the cost of filming the two poems. Almost everyone involved in the filming is donating their time or working for an extremely low fee. The majority of the budget is for transportation, location, and equipment.
 
We are grateful for each donation, and everyone who donates will receive our deepest thanks, a thank you letter from Clal – a 501 (C) (3) organization – and a gift.
 
$18 Contribution – DVD of Judaism Beyond the Tribe or Wanting It All and Finding Enough
 
$25 Contribution – Remember for Life – Brad Hirschfield
 
$36 Contribution – DVD of Time for a New God – Irwin Kula
 
$100 Contribution – A signed copy of How to Spot One of Us by Janet R. Kirchheimer and a signed copy of Yearnings: Embracing the Sacred Messiness of Life by Irwin Kula
 
$360 Contribution – A poem written especially for you, or a poetry or creative writing workshop with Janet R. Kirchheimer.
 
$1,000 Contribution – A screenwriting script consultation with Paula Brancato or a movie making consultation with Richard Kroehling.
 
$2,500 Contribution – A study session with Rabbi Irwin Kula, either in person or via Skype.
 
$5,000 Contribution – A three-minute film of your choice made by Richard Kroehling.
 
WORK WITH TOP USC FILM COACH ON YOUR SCRIPT!
 
Paula Brancato raised over $50 mm for independent film and entertainment projects, collaborating with major studios, television networks, and independent production companies and taking hundreds of scripts through the development process. She brings 15+ years of industry-wide experience to bear on elements of story, market positioning, packaging and financing as well as the detailed aspects of craft, structure and technique.
 
A top script consultant, Brancato teaches the USC Screenwriting thesis class, as well as “The Business of the Business: How to Get your Script Sold.” She is also a lecturer at Stony Brook Southampton and at the Harvard Club of New York.
 
CONSULTATION FEE:
Non-member script or filmmaker consultation: $495
TWP Friends and Members: $445
 
Additional information at: http://www.thewritersplace.org/script_consultation.shtml
 
Phone 310-429-5181 for information and coordination or email twpbrancato@aol.com.
 
CLARIFICATION ON TWP BULLETIN RECEIPT
 
Given TWP’s new email system, we are no longer able to manually input the email addresses of our contestants. Our DADA MAIL service will not permit this for spam/security reasons. As such, when a contestant submits his/her work to TWP we review our master email listing to verify their electronic address is listed. If the address is not listed the contestant will receive a request from our mailing service entitled Invitation to the Writers Place. If the contestant is to receive a bulletin from TWP he/she must respond to the DADA MAIL communication and submit their email address for inclusion. We apologize for the additional administrative requirement on your part. However, for spam/security issues, this is the only way to insure you will receive future TWP bulletins. Thank you in advance.
 
WE WANT YOUR BEST WORK
 
The Writers Place leverages its connections in publishing and entertainment to aid award-winning writers by eliminating barriers to success. The Writers Place takes outstanding writers under its wing, and allocates its talent, resources, and expertise to attach them to the right representation and connections.
 
Paula Brancato, cofounder, raised over 50 mm for film and entertainment projects and shepherd hundreds of projects through the publishing and development process. Affiliations include Harvardwood, Harvard University, University of Southern California, InkTip, Poetry Society of America, and various private investors and small press. Submit your best work at www.thewritersplace.org.
 
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