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TWP News Bulletin Message: TWP SCREENPLAY CONTEST - 4 DAYS TO FINAL DEADLINE

Sun, 13 May 2012 03:30:00 GMT

<p> <div style="text-align: center;"><img width="120" height="94" align="middle" src="http://thewritersplace.org/fckupload/image/TWP%20Logo.jpg" alt="" /></div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div><img width="200" height="108" align="right" src="http://thewritersplace.org/fckupload/image/InkTip%20Logo.bmp" alt="" /></div> <div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><b>FOUR DAYS TO FINAL, LATE DEADLINE!!</b></span></span></div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;Times New Roman","serif"">TWP NOV '11 - APR '12 SCREENPLAY CONTEST </span></b></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif"">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. </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Four (4) days to final, late deadline: 15 May 2012</span></b></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif"">. </span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif"">SUBMISSION FEE:</span></div> <div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif"">Single full-length screenplay or MOW (not more than 130 pages): $55</span></div> <div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif"">Single ½ hour short or teleplay (not more than 45 pages): $35</span></div> <div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif"">Two full-length screenplays or MOWs: $85 (two script limit)</span></div> <div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif"">Two ½ hour shorts or teleplays: $60 (two script limit)</span></div> <div><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif"">Late Fee: (submitted after 30 April 2012): Standard fee + $10 per script</span></b></div> <div> </div> <div><strong><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 255);"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">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. </span></span></strong></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif"">See TWP Web site at </span><a title="http://www.thewritersplace.org/" href="http://www.thewritersplace.org/"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif"">www.thewritersplace.org</span></b></a></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif"">Make all submissions electronically – no paper, no envelope, no postage, no hassle. See </span><a title="http://www.thewritersplace.org/submission.php" href="http://www.thewritersplace.org/submission.php"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif"">http://www.thewritersplace.org/submission.php</span></b></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif"">.</span></div> <div> </div> <div><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif"">Finalists announced: June 1, 2012</span></b></div> <div><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif"">Winners announced: July 1, 2012</span></b></div> <div> </div> <div><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;Times New Roman","serif"">BEHOLD: A PERFORMANCE FILM</span></b></div> <div> </div> <div><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif";Times New Roman";color:black">Poems of the Holocaust, Then and Now</span></b></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif";Times New Roman";color:black">Our Vision </span></div> <div><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif";Times New Roman";color:black"> </span></u></div> <div><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif";Times New Roman";color:black">BEHOLD,</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif";Times New Roman";color:black"> 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 <u>BEHOLD</u>. </span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif";Times New Roman";color:black">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. </span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif";Times New Roman";color:black">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, <u>BEHOLD</u> will marry the power of cinema and the spoken word to give each poem its own unique form and style. </span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif";Times New Roman";color:black">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. <u>BEHOLD</u> will remember, educate, elucidate, and activate viewers to shape a more just future. </span></div> <div><i> </i></div> <div><b><i><span style="font-size:16.0pt;Times New Roman","serif";color:#3E3E3E">You can watch it here:<br /> </span></i></b><a title="http://vimeo.com/41680230?utm_source=internal&utm_medium=email&utm_content=cliptranscoded&utm_campaign=adminclip" href="http://vimeo.com/41680230?utm_source=internal&utm_medium=email&utm_content=cliptranscoded&utm_campaign=adminclip"><b><i><span style="font-size:16.0pt;Times New Roman","serif";color:#1D86C3">http://vimeo.com/41680230</span></i></b></a></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif";Times New Roman";color:black">Meet the Filmmakers </span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif";Times New Roman";color:black">Richard, Yitz, Janet, Paula, Jeannie, Mary Stewart, Irwin & Clal</span></div> <div> </div> <div><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif";Times New Roman";color:black">What You Get For Becoming a Part of the BEHOLD Community: </span></b></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif";Times New Roman";color:black">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.</span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif";Times New Roman";color:black">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.</span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif";Times New Roman";color:black">$18 Contribution – DVD of Judaism Beyond the Tribe or Wanting It All and Finding Enough</span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif";Times New Roman";color:black">$25 Contribution – Remember for Life – Brad Hirschfield </span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif";Times New Roman";color:black">$36 Contribution – DVD of Time for a New God – Irwin Kula</span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif";Times New Roman";color:black">$100 Contribution – A signed copy of <i>How to Spot One of Us</i> by Janet R. Kirchheimer and a signed copy of <i>Yearnings: Embracing the Sacred Messiness of Life</i> by Irwin Kula</span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif";Times New Roman";color:black">$360 Contribution – A poem written especially for you, or a poetry or creative writing workshop with Janet R. Kirchheimer.</span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif";Times New Roman";color:black">$1,000 Contribution – A screenwriting script consultation with Paula Brancato or a movie making consultation with Richard Kroehling.</span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif";Times New Roman";color:black">$2,500 Contribution – A study session with Rabbi Irwin Kula, either in person or via Skype.</span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif";Times New Roman";color:black">$5,000 Contribution – A three-minute film of your choice made by Richard Kroehling.</span></div> <div> </div> <div><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;Times New Roman","serif"">WORK WITH TOP USC FILM COACH ON YOUR SCRIPT!</span></b></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif"">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<img width="204" height="178" align="right" src="http://thewritersplace.org/fckupload/image/Paula%20Photo.jpg" alt="" /> 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.</span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif"">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.</span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif"">CONSULTATION FEE:</span></div> <div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif"">Non-member script or filmmaker consultation: $495 </span></div> <div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif"">TWP Friends and Members: $445</span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif"">Additional information at: </span><a title="http://www.thewritersplace.org/script_consultation.shtml" href="http://www.thewritersplace.org/script_consultation.shtml"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif"">http://www.thewritersplace.org/script_consultation.shtml</span></b></a></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif"">Phone 310-429-5181 for information and coordination or email </span><a title="mailto:twpbrancato@aol.com" href="mailto:twpbrancato@aol.com"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif"">twpbrancato@aol.com</span></b></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif"">. </span></div> <div> </div> <div><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;Times New Roman","serif"">CLARIFICATION ON TWP BULLETIN RECEIPT</span></b></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif"">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 <i>Invitation to the Writers Place</i>. 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. </span></div> <div> </div> <div><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;Times New Roman","serif"">WE WANT YOUR BEST WORK</span></b></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif"">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. </span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif"">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 </span><a title="http://www.thewritersplace.org/" href="http://www.thewritersplace.org/"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif"">www.thewritersplace.org</span></b></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif"">.</span></div> <div> </div> <div align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;Times New Roman","serif";color:#0070C0">KEEP WRITING!</span></b></div> <div> </div> </p>

TWP News Bulletin Message: TWP SCREENPLAY CONTEST - 4 DAYS TO FINAL DEADLINE

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Fri, 20 Apr 2012 04:05:00 GMT

<div style="text-align: center;"><img height="94" width="120" align="middle" alt="" src="http://thewritersplace.org/fckupload/image/TWP%20Logo.jpg" /></div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div><img height="108" width="200" align="right" alt="" src="http://thewritersplace.org/fckupload/image/InkTip%20Logo.bmp" /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><strong><span style="font-size: x-large;">ELEVEN DAYS TO EARLY BIRD DEADLINE!!</span></strong></span></div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt">TWP NOV '11 - APR '12 SCREENPLAY CONTEST </span></b></div> <div><b> </b></div> <div><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">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. </span></b><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt; color:red">Eleven (11) days to early bird submission deadline – 30 April 2012. Final, late deadline is 15 May 2012. </span></b></div> <div> </div> <div><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:black">SUBMISSION FEE</span></b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:black">:</span></div> <div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Single full-length screenplay or MOW (not more than 130 pages): $55</span></div> <div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Single ½ hour short or teleplay (not more than 45 pages): $35</span></div> <div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Two full-length screenplays or MOWs: $85 (two script limit)</span></div> <div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Two ½ hour shorts or teleplays: $60 (two script limit)</span></div> <div><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Late Fee: (submitted after 30 April 2012): Standard fee + $10 per script</span></b></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 255);"><strong><span style="font-size: larger;">If you have a discount code from a selected school or one of our TWP sponsors, please make sure you input the code where specified. </span></strong></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">See TWP Web site at <b><a href="http://www.thewritersplace.org/" title="http://www.thewritersplace.org/">www.thewritersplace.org</a></b></span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Make all submissions electronically – no paper, no envelope, no postage, no hassle. See <b><a href="http://www.thewritersplace.org/submission.php" title="http://www.thewritersplace.org/submission.php">http://www.thewritersplace.org/submission.php</a></b>.</span></div> <div> </div> <div><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:black">Finalists announced: June 1, 2012<br /> </span></b></div> <div><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:black">Winners announced: July 1, 2012<br /> </span></b></div> <div align="center" style="text-align:center"> </div> <div> </div> <div><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt">WORK WITH TOP USC FILM COACH ON YOUR SCRIPT!</span></b></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">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 <img height="178" width="204" align="right" alt="" src="http://thewritersplace.org/fckupload/image/Paula%20Photo.jpg" />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.</span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">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.</span></div> <div> </div> <div><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:black">CONSULTATION FEE:</span></b></div> <div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Non-member script or filmmaker consultation: <b>$495</b>       </span></div> <div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">TWP Friends and Members: <b>$445</b></span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Additional information at: <b><a href="http://www.thewritersplace.org/script_consultation.shtml" title="http://www.thewritersplace.org/script_consultation.shtml">http://www.thewritersplace.org/script_consultation.shtml</a></b> </span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Phone </span><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">310-429-5181</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> for information and coordination or email <b><a href="mailto:twpbrancato@aol.com" title="mailto:twpbrancato@aol.com">twpbrancato@aol.com</a>. </b></span></div> <div> </div> <div><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt">CLARIFICATION ON TWP BULLETIN RECEIPT</span></b></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">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 </span><b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Invitation to the Writers Place</span></i></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">. 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. </span></div> <div> </div> <div><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt">WE WANT YOUR BEST WORK</span></b></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">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. </span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">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 <b><a href="http://www.thewritersplace.org/" title="http://www.thewritersplace.org/">www.thewritersplace.org</a></b>.</span></div> <div> </div> <div align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:26.0pt;color:#0070C0">KEEP WRITING!</span></b></div> <p> </p>

TWP News Bulletin Message - THE WRITERS PLACE POETRY CONTEST WINNERS

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 01:17:00 GMT

<p> <div style="text-align: center;"><img height="94" width="120" align="middle" src="http://thewritersplace.org/fckupload/image/TWP%20Logo.jpg" alt="" /></div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div><img height="108" width="200" align="right" src="http://thewritersplace.org/fckupload/image/InkTip%20Logo.bmp" alt="" /></div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"><strong><span style="font-size: xx-large;">TWP Poetry Contest Winners</span></strong></span></div> <div> </div> <div><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;Times New Roman","serif"">TWP FEB ‘11 – JAN ‘12 POETRY CONTEST WINNERS</span></b></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif"">The Writers Place is pleased to announce the winners and honorable mention for the February 2011 through January 2012 poetry contest. Admittedly, there were many finely crafted verses, however, the following selections, in the opinion of our staff, were the most noteworthy:</span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif"">1<sup>st</sup> place is Ventura County Fair (The Big Slide) by Michael J. Trach</span></div> <div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif"">2<sup>nd</sup> place is The Cull by Denise Whittaker</span></div> <div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif"">3<sup>rd</sup> place is Instructions for Redemption by Diana Anhalt</span></div> <div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif"">Honorable Mention goes to Haunted by Leslie S. Townsend</span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif"">Competition winners and honorable mention will undergo official notification by way of a separate letter. </span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif"">Congratulations to our winners and honorable mention. To all contestants who were not selected do not become disheartened – <b>KEEP WRITING</b>.</span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif"">James E. Fischer / Paula C. Brancato</span></div> <div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif"">Cofounders</span></div> <div><a href="http://www.thewritersplace.org/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif";Times New Roman"">www.thewritersplace.org</span></a></div> <div> </div> <div><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;Times New Roman","serif"">UNIVERSAL FILM & FESTIVAL ORGANIZATION (UFFO)</span></b></div> <div align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Supporting a Good Business Code of Practice</span></b></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif"; color:black">The Universal Film & Festival Organization was founded to support and implement a good business code of practice for film festivals throughout the world.</span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif"; color:black">UFFO is a global voluntary organization and is not-for-profit. It was created to bring together the highest quality of Film Festivals and the filmmaking community by encouraging film festivals to become sound in principles and business practice. To date we have been very successful in this endeavor.</span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif"; color:black">UFFO is also an open international organization and membership is open to all creative individuals, filmmakers and film festivals. Anyone can join UFFO, and to become a member you simply go to the <b>Join UFFO</b> tab at the top of our Web page, located at  <b><a href="http://www.uffo.camp7.org/">http://www.uffo.camp7.org</a></b>, and agree to the forum terms and conditions.</span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif"; color:black">The good business code of practice is completely voluntary, and it is free and easy to implement. In addition, it is a blueprint for filmmakers in deciding which film festivals to do business with.</span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;Times New Roman","serif"">To become a UFFO festival member go to the <b>Join UFFO</b> tab, again, located at </span><a href="http://www.uffo.camp7.org/"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;Times New Roman","serif"">http://www.uffo.camp7.org</span></b></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;Times New Roman","serif"">.  </span><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt; line-height:115%;Times New Roman","serif";Times New Roman";color:#CC3300">Please note!</span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;line-height:115%;Times New Roman","serif";Times New Roman";color:black"> Only registered members of UFFO will be able to access the database of accredited film festivals and take part in the forum topics.</span></div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;Times New Roman","serif"">DANGEROUS CURVES PRODUCTIONS DOCUMENTARY </span></b></div> <div align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif"">Police Officers Suffering from PTSD</span></b></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif"">I just want to update you on our campaign to get our documentary CODE 9 - OFFICER NEEDS ASSISTANCE up and running again. We have 125 backers and are 66% funded. If we do not reach our goal we will lose whatever money has been pledged so far. That would be a crying shame. Our police officers MATTER!</span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif"">For those of you who are seeing this email for the first time - please take a few minutes to view our trailer and decide whether or not you feel this is a cause worthy of your time. </span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif"">For those of you who have seen our trailer, if you have shared our info with others WE THANK YOU but if you have not had the opportunity to do so, we ask that you please share this everyone you know. </span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif"">The completion of this film is very important. It will save Police officers lives. We need to raise more than our financial goal to complete this film, so the more pledges we get the better. Asking for help to fund this film is not an easy thing for me to do, but I BELIEVE in what we are doing and will do whatever is necessary to make a difference in the lives of police officers suffering with PTSD and their families. </span></div> <div> </div> <div><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif"">HERE IS THE LINK TO OUR TRAILER: </span></b><a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1419004068/code-9-officer-needs-assistance-the-documentary"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif"">http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1419004068/code-9-officer-needs-assistance-the-documentary</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif""> </span></b></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif"">Deborah Louise Ortiz</span></div> <div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif"">Dangerous Curves Productions</span></div> <div> </div> <div><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;Times New Roman","serif"">TWP NOVEMBER 2011 – APRIL 2012 SCREENPLAY CONTEST </span></b></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif"">The Writers Place is now accepting scripts for its November 2011 – 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. </span></div> <div> </div> <div><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif"">SUBMISSION FEE:</span></b></div> <div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif"">Single full-length screenplay or MOW (not more than 130 pages): $55</span></div> <div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif"">Single ½ hour short or teleplay (not more than 45 pages): $35</span></div> <div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif"">Two full-length screenplays or MOWs: $85 (two script limit)</span></div> <div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif"">Two ½ hour shorts or teleplays: $60 (two script limit)</span></div> <div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif"">Late Fee (submitted after 30 April 2012): standard fee + $10 per script</span></div> <div> </div> <div><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif";color:red">Students receive a $5 discount per script submitted NLT 30 April 2012</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif"">. To receive this discount you must submit via TWP electronic submission system at </span><a href="http://www.thewritersplace.org/submission.php"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif"">http://www.thewritersplace.org/submission.php</span></b></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif""> and specify the college you attend in the Logline field of the submission form. </span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif"">See TWP Web site located at </span><a href="http://www.thewritersplace.org/"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif"">www.thewritersplace.org</span></b></a></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif"">Make all submissions electronically – no paper, no envelope, no postage, no hassle. See </span><a title="http://www.thewritersplace.org/submission.php" href="http://www.thewritersplace.org/submission.php"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif"">http://www.thewritersplace.org/submission.php</span></b></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif"">.</span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif"">Finalists announced: JUNE 1, 2012</span></div> <div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif"">Winners announced: JULY 1, 2012</span></div> <div> </div> <div><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;Times New Roman","serif"">WORK WITH TOP USC FILM COACH ON YOUR SCRIPT!</span></b></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif"">Paula Brancato has 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 <img height="178" width="204" align="right" src="http://thewritersplace.org/fckupload/image/Paula%20Photo.jpg" alt="" />positioning, packaging and financing as well as the detailed aspects of craft, structure and technique.</span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif"">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.</span></div> <div> </div> <div><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif"">CONSULTATION FEE:</span></b></div> <div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif"">Non-member script or filmmaker consultation: $495 </span></div> <div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif"">TWP Friends and Members: $445</span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif"">Additional information at: </span><a title="http://www.thewritersplace.org/script_consultation.shtml" href="http://www.thewritersplace.org/script_consultation.shtml"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif"">http://www.thewritersplace.org/script_consultation.shtml</span></b></a></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif"">Phone 310-429-5181 for information and coordination or email </span><a title="mailto:twpbrancato@aol.com" href="mailto:twpbrancato@aol.com"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif"">twpbrancato@aol.com</span></b></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif"">. </span></div> <div> </div> <div><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;Times New Roman","serif"">CLARIFICATION ON TWP BULLETIN RECEIPT</span></b></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif"">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 <b><i>Invitation to the Writers Place</i></b>. 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. </span></div> <div> </div> <div><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;Times New Roman","serif"">WE WANT YOUR BEST WORK</span></b></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif"">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. </span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif"">Paula Brancato, cofounder, has raised over $50 mm for film and entertainment projects and shepherded 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 </span><a title="http://www.thewritersplace.org/" href="http://www.thewritersplace.org/"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif"">www.thewritersplace.org</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif"">.</span></b></div> <div> </div> <div align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:22.0pt;Times New Roman","serif"">KEEP WRITING!</span></b></div> <div> </div> </p>

TWP News Bulletin Message: TWP POETRY CONTEST FINALISTS ANNOUNCED!

Fri, 02 Mar 2012 01:21:00 GMT

<p> <div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><img align="left" width="120" height="94" src="http://thewritersplace.org/fckupload/image/TWP%20Logo.jpg" alt="" /><img align="right" width="200" height="108" src="http://thewritersplace.org/fckupload/image/InkTip%20Logo.bmp" alt="" /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: x-large;">POETRY CONTEST FINALISTS ANNOUNCED</span></strong></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"> </div> <div style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;Times New Roman","serif";Times New Roman"">TWP FEB ‘11 – JAN ‘12 POETRY CONTEST FINALISTS</span></b></div> <div style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"> </div> <div style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif";Times New Roman"">The Writers Place is pleased to announce the finalists of its February 2011 through January 2012 poetry contest. Admittedly, there were many finely crafted verses, however, the following selections, in the opinion of our staff, were truly exceptional:</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"> </div> <div style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif";Times New Roman"">Wish List – by Marian K. Shapiro</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif";Times New Roman"">An Anonymous Poem – by Rueven Goldfard</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif";Times New Roman"">To An Egyptian Working Man – by Denise Whittaker</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif";Times New Roman"">The Cull – by Denise Whittaker</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif";Times New Roman"">Instructions for Redemption – by Diana Anhalt</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif";Times New Roman"">Mexico City Dance Club, 1955 – by Diana Anhalt</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif";Times New Roman"">Night Watch – by Jacqueline Murray Loring</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif";Times New Roman"">Haunted – by Leslie S. Townsend</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif";Times New Roman"">My ‘Ol Phone – by Jim Mackenzie</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif";Times New Roman"">String Theory – by Carol Faulkner Peck</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif";Times New Roman"">Ventura County Fair (The Big Slide) – by Michael J. Trach </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"> </div> <div style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;Times New Roman","serif";Times New Roman"">The order in which the above verses are listed is no indication of preference.</span></b></div> <div style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"> </div> <div style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif";Times New Roman"">Winner announcement (1<sup>st</sup>, 2<sup>nd</sup>, 3<sup>rd</sup> & honorable mentions): April 1, 2012</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"> </div> <div style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif";Times New Roman"">Congratulations to our finalists. To all of you who were not selected do not become disheartened – KEEP WRITING.</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"> </div> <div style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif";Times New Roman"">James E. Fischer / Paula C. Brancato</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif";Times New Roman"">Cofounders</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><a href="http://www.thewritersplace.org/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif";Times New Roman"">www.thewritersplace.org</span></a></div> <div style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><b> </b></div> <div><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;Times New Roman","serif"">DANGEROUS CURVES PRODUCTIONS DOCUMENTARY </span></b></div> <div> </div> <div align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;Times New Roman","serif"">Police Officers Suffering from PTSD</span></b></div> <div align="center" style="text-align: center;"> </div> <div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;Times New Roman","serif"">I just want to update you on our campaign to get our documentary CODE 9 - OFFICER NEEDS ASSISTANCE up and running again. We have 125 backers and are 66% funded. We only have 9 days left to reach our funding goal. If we do not reach our goal we will lose whatever money has been pledged so far. That would be a crying shame. Our police officers MATTER!</span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;Times New Roman","serif"">For those of you who are seeing this email for the first time - please take a few minutes to view our trailer and decide whether or not you feel this is a cause worthy of your time. </span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;Times New Roman","serif"">For those of you who have seen our trailer, if you have shared our info with others WE THANK YOU but if you have not had the opportunity to do so, we ask that you please share this everyone you know. The completion of this film is very important. It will save Police officers lives. We need to raise more than our financial goal to complete this film so the more pledges we get the better. Asking for help to fund this film is not an easy thing for me </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;Verdana","sans-serif";">to do, </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;Times New Roman","serif"">but I BELIEVE in what we are doing and will do whatever is necessary to make a difference in the lives of police officers suffering with PTSD and their families. </span></div> <div> </div> <div><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;Times New Roman","serif"">HERE IS THE LINK TO OUR TRAILER</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;Times New Roman","serif"">: </span><a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1419004068/code-9-officer-needs-assistance-the-documentary"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;Times New Roman","serif"">http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1419004068/code-9-officer-needs-assistance-the-documentary</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;Times New Roman","serif""> </span></b></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif"">Deborah Louise Ortiz</span></div> <div><span style="Times New Roman","serif"">Dangerous Curves Productions</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><b> </b></div> <div style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;Times New Roman","serif";Times New Roman"">TWP NOVEMBER 2011 – APRIL 2012 SCREENPLAY CONTEST </span></b></div> <div style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"> </div> <div style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif";Times New Roman"">The Writers Place is now accepting scripts for its November 2011 – 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. </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><b> </b></div> <div style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;Times New Roman","serif";Times New Roman"">SUBMISSION FEE:</span></b></div> <div style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif";Times New Roman"">Single full-length screenplay or MOW (not more than 130 pages): $55</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif";Times New Roman"">Single ½ hour short or teleplay (not more than 45 pages): $35</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif";Times New Roman"">Two full-length screenplays or MOWs: $85 (two script limit)</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif";Times New Roman"">Two ½ hour shorts or teleplays: $60 (two script limit)</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif";Times New Roman"">Late Fee (submitted after 30 April 2012)</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif";Times New Roman"">: standard fee + $10 per script</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><b> </b></div> <div style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;Times New Roman","serif";Times New Roman"">Students receive a $5 discount per script submitted NLT 30 April 2012. To receive this discount you must submit via TWP electronic submission system at </span></b><a href="http://www.thewritersplace.org/submission.php"><b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;Times New Roman","serif";Times New Roman"">http://www.thewritersplace.org/submission.php</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;Times New Roman","serif";Times New Roman""> and specify the college you attend in the Logline field of the submission form. </span></b></div> <div style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"> </div> <div style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif";Times New Roman"">See TWP Web site located at </span><a href="http://www.thewritersplace.org/"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif";Times New Roman"">www.thewritersplace.org</span></b></a></div> <div style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"> </div> <div style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif";Times New Roman"">Make all submissions electronically – no paper, no envelope, no postage, no hassle. See </span><a title="http://www.thewritersplace.org/submission.php" href="http://www.thewritersplace.org/submission.php"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif";Times New Roman"">http://www.thewritersplace.org/submission.php</span></b></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif";Times New Roman"">.</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"> </div> <div style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif";Times New Roman"">Finalists announced: <b>JUNE 1, 2012</b></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif";Times New Roman"">Winners announced: <b>JULY 1, 2012</b></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><b> </b></div> <div style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;Times New Roman","serif";Times New Roman"">WORK WITH TOP USC FILM COACH ON YOUR SCRIPT!</span></b></div> <div style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"> </div> <div style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif";Times New Roman"">Paula Brancato has 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 <img align="right" width="204" height="178" src="http://thewritersplace.org/fckupload/image/Paula%20Photo.jpg" alt="" />positioning, packaging and financing as well as the detailed aspects of craft, structure and technique.</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"> </div> <div style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif";Times New Roman"">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.</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><b> </b></div> <div style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;Times New Roman","serif";Times New Roman"">CONSULTATION FEE:</span></b></div> <div style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif";Times New Roman"">Non-member script or filmmaker consultation: <b>$495</b> </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif";Times New Roman"">TWP Friends and Members: <b>$445</b></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"> </div> <div style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif";Times New Roman"">Additional information at: </span><a title="http://www.thewritersplace.org/script_consultation.shtml" href="http://www.thewritersplace.org/script_consultation.shtml"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif";Times New Roman"">http://www.thewritersplace.org/script_consultation.shtml</span></b></a></div> <div style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"> </div> <div style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif";Times New Roman"">Phone </span><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;Times New Roman","serif";Times New Roman"">310-429-5181</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif";Times New Roman""> for information and coordination or email </span><a title="mailto:twpbrancato@aol.com" href="mailto:twpbrancato@aol.com"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif";Times New Roman"">twpbrancato@aol.com</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif";Times New Roman"">. </span></b></div> <div style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><b> </b></div> <div style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;Times New Roman","serif";Times New Roman"">CLARIFICATION ON TWP BULLETIN RECEIPT</span></b></div> <div style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"> </div> <div style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif";Times New Roman"">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 </span><b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;Times New Roman","serif";Times New Roman"">Invitation to the Writers Place</span></i></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif";Times New Roman"">. 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. </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><b> </b></div> <div style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;Times New Roman","serif";Times New Roman"">WE WANT YOUR BEST WORK</span></b></div> <div style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"> </div> <div style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif";Times New Roman"">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. </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"> </div> <div style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif";Times New Roman"">Paula Brancato, cofounder, has raised over $50 mm for film and entertainment projects and shepherded 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 </span><a title="http://www.thewritersplace.org/" href="http://www.thewritersplace.org/"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif";Times New Roman"">www.thewritersplace.org</span></b></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman","serif";Times New Roman"">.</span></div> <div align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal"><b> </b></div> <div align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:26.0pt;Times New Roman","serif";Times New Roman"">KEEP WRITING!</span></b></div> <div> </div> </p>

TWP News Bulletin Message: TWP POETRY CONTEST FINALISTS ANNOUNCED!

Fri, 02 Mar 2012 01:21:00 GMT

TWP News Bulletin Message: TWP POETRY CONTEST FINALISTS ANNOUNCED!

Fri, 02 Mar 2012 01:21:00 GMT

TWP News Bulletin Message: TWP POETRY CONTEST - 6 DAYS TO FINAL DEADLINE

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:02:00 GMT

<p style="text-align: center;"><img height="94" align="middle" width="120" alt="" src="http://thewritersplace.org/fckupload/image/TWP%20Logo.jpg" /></p> <div align="center"> </div> <div align="center"> </div> <div align="center"> </div> <div align="center"><b><span style="COLOR: red; FONT-SIZE: 20pt">TWP POETRY AWARD</span></b></div> <div align="center"><b><span style="COLOR: red; FONT-SIZE: 20pt">FINAL DEADLINE FEBRUARY 15th</span></b></div> <div>.</div> <div><strong><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal">The Writers Place February 2011 – January 2012 poetry competition is still in full swing. Submit your best poetry at </span></strong><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><a title="http://www.thewritersplace.org/poetry_submission.php" href="http://www.thewritersplace.org/poetry_submission.php">http://www.thewritersplace.org/poetry_submission.php</a></span></b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">. <strong><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; Calibri: ">Single or multiple entries welcome. We accept all subject areas. </span></strong></span></div> <div> </div> <div align="center"><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">$250 in cash prizes. Plus p</span></b><strong><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; Calibri: ">ublication in TWP Review. Winners also receive</span></strong></div> <div align="center"><strong><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; Calibri: ">a free year’s subscription to </span></strong><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Poets & Writers Magazine</span></b><strong><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; Calibri: ">.</span></strong></div> <div align="center"> </div> <div><strong><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; Calibri: ">EARLY ENTRIES:</span></strong><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> must be submitted not later than 31 JAN 2012. <b>Final (late) Deadline is 15 FEB 2012</b>.</span></div> <div> </div> <div><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">SUBMISSION FEE</span></b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">:</span></div> <div><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Standard 3-poem submission (5-page limit): $10</span></div> <div><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Multiple submissions (not less than 4 but not more than 6 poems [10-page limit]): $15</span></div> <div><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Late Fee: (<b>submitted after 31 JAN 2012</b>): standard fee + $5 per submission</span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Submit your verse electronically and eliminate the hassle of paper and postage. See <b><a title="http://www.thewritersplace.org/poetry_submission.php" href="http://www.thewritersplace.org/poetry_submission.php">http://www.thewritersplace.org/poetry_submission.php</a></b>. </span></div> <div> </div> <div><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Finalists announced: MARCH 1, 2012</span></b></div> <div><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Winners announced: APRIL 1, 2012</span></b></div> <div> </div> <div><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt">WE WANT YOUR BEST WORK</span></b></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">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. </span></div> <div><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Submit your best work at <b><a title="http://www.thewritersplace.org/poetry_submission.php" href="http://www.thewritersplace.org/poetry_submission.php">http://www.thewritersplace.org/poetry_submission.php</a></b>. </span></div> <div align="center"> </div> <div align="center"><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 22pt">KEEP WRITING!</span></b></div> <p> </p>