ScreenCraft Cinematic Short Story Competition
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ScreenCraft Cinematic Short Story Competition
2017
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Our jury features professionals from across the entertainment and publishing industries. Past winners have signed with top agents and had their worked optioned.
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Our jury is looking for short stories (not screenplays) with special cinematic potential. Whether you’re writing flash fiction or a novella, we want to read your story! The grand prize winner will receive $1,000 and personal introductions to literary agents, managers, producers and publishers. The top 5 finalists will be read by our network of over 40 literary and entertainment industry professionals. All rights and ownership to stories submitted to this contest remain with the author, until and unless other agreements are made.
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Short Story
· Sci-fi
· 35 Pages
In the near future, where people can create virtual spaces to interact with potential dates, Molly meets the love of her life.
Then she discovers this new world's dark secret.
Los Angeles, CA
Saleh Karaman is a writer, actor and performer. In the past year, he has been a Quarterfinalist for the Nicholl Fellowship, and Semifinalist for the Disney Writing Fellowship, the Sundance Film Development Fund, and the Emerging Screenwriters Competition. He most recently won ScreenCraft's Short Story Prize.
His prose has been published in Alfred H...
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Top 4%
Short Story
· Historical
· 16 Pages
A pre-adolescent girl whose mother is in perimenopause (angry about a sweet Brittany Spaniel in heat) has an existential moment in a basement crawl space hiding with her dog, wondering whether there is any reason to go on living.
Lawrence, KS
Leslie Reynard, a compulsive reader-learner from age 3, first earned a college degree as a 40-something widowed mother. She went on to earn graduate degrees, staying in college to afford health insurance and to be there when her sons came home from school
Thus, a difficult situation was a serendipity, the opportunity to expand her learning, tr...
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Announcements
Jan 24th
Quarterfinalists
Feb 18th
Semifinalists
Mar 14th
Finalists
