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7 April 2003

Comic Relief

The first quarter's commissions are now in.

Screenwriters' Store = £25.76
Amazon = £18.98

So that's £44.74 winging it's way to Comic Relief in addition to whatever readers are sending for accessing this site. Thanks especially to the Screenwriters' Store for allowing this fundraising opportunity. Although why the Amazon commission has more than halved since it's now going to charity is bit of a mystery. Please remember to come back and use my Amazon links when you shop.

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Screenwriters Store

I have added Movie Magic Screenwriter 2000 as it's more popular in the industry than Final Draft and WGA recommended. But is it better? You decide!

TV Drama Scripts

I've linked to Stephen Leather's three TV scripts, The Stretch, The Bombmaker and an episode of Murder in Mind.

Links
Added:

Writing Treatments.com
Articles and samples.

The Burry Man Writers Center
"A worldwide community of writers - freelance job links, resources for fiction and nonfiction writers, working professionals and beginners with particular support for writing about Scotland"

WriteWords.Org
WriteWords aims to be a source of inspiration and feedback to writers, offering support, advice, must-read interviews and articles from top writing names, as well as inside info on the latest writing jobs, opportunities, competitions and news.

Scriptfor Sale.com
Offers articles, interviews, classes and a free newsletter all focused on helping screenwriters improve their craft and market their scripts to producers.

Resources
Added:

Open Office
"To create, as a community, the leading international office suite that will run on all major platforms and provide access to all functionality and data through open-component based APIs and an XML-based file format. "

The Five and Dime Contest

The next deadline is 15 April 2003. For more details see their website

Oscar Moore Screenwriting Prize 2003

The Oscar Moore Foundation was established in 1997 as a charitable screenwriting trust administered by film trade Screen International, in memory of its former editor-in-chief Oscar Moore (also Guardian columnist and novelist ) who died of an AIDS-related illness in 1996.

The aim of the Foundation, whose patron is the Oscar-winning screenwriter Emma Thompson, is to foster new European screenwriting talent by awarding an annual prize of £10,000 to the best first draft screenplay in a genre which changes each year.

Top UK film producers Duncan Kenworthy (Notting Hill, Four Weddings) Eric Fellner (Elizabeth , Dead Man Walking, Bridget Jones), Scott Meek (Wisdom of Crocodiles, Velvet Goldmine, Hamish Macbeth) and leading global sales agent Wendy Palmer are the trustees judging this annual award. Anthony Minghella is an honorary trustee.

The genre for 2003 is DRAMA. Download the application form (local RTF file)

General Information: Preference will be given to those entrants who have hitherto not entered into any contractual relationships pertaining to the submitted screenplay. The Foundation's intention is to support projects which have received no commercial funding.

Conditions of Entry:

  • The screenplay must be an original first draft - having had no input by a professional third party.
  • The screenplay must be contemporary (set within the last 50 years) and European.
  • The screenplay writer must be a European national.
  • The screenplay must be for a feature-length film.
  • The screenplay must be no more than 120 pages in length.
  • The screenplay must be written in the English language.
  • The screenplay must be submitted in typed form -ie not handwritten-(original manuscripts should not be sent as the screenplay cannot be returned). For an example of a standard screenplay format, please click here.
  • The screenplay writer must divulge whether any contractual relationships pertaining to the screenplay have been entered into and, if so, what they are (see above).
  • An official application form must accompany each entry.
  • The release form must be signed and submitted with your entry.
  • You must include a front sheet detailing an outline of the screenplay in no more than 500 words, the status of the script including details of any companies who have seen it, why you deserve the award and what you intend to do with the next draft.

    There is no Entrant's Fee, although the organisers suggest a minimum donation of £10.

    For futher information please call Annmarie O'Connor at Screen International on +44 (0)207 505 8080 or by email.

    All entries should be sent to: The Oscar Moore Foundation, C/o Screen International, 33-39 Bowling Green Lane, London EC1R 0DA, U.K.