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Screenwriter Showcase is now accepting entries for our screenwriting contest. Enter your screenplay for a chance to win valuable exposure!




Contact: productions@africorp.com

My name is Charles, I'm a producer for AFRICORP. PICTURES. We are looking for feature length scripts/screenplays (90 to 120 pages) which have an African-based plot/ storyline or has some "African twist" in the overall storyline.

We are interested in the following Genres: Animation, Sci-Fi, and Action-Thriller. (With Highest preference for Animation/Anime, followed by Sci-Fi, then Action-Thriller).

We are looking for completed screenplays, or those to be completed within this month of February 2010, as we plan to start production soon for the chosen screenplays.

Please email me your Treatment/Synopsis, if you have a completed screenplay which has been registered with the WGA and/or The U.S. Copyright Office. If we like the Treatment/Synopsis, we will request for and then read your full script. If we like the full-script, we will contact you to proceed with negotiations for purchase. Thank you.

Charles Obichukwu, Producer
AFRICORP. PICTURES





Screenwriter Showcase has selected the winners of our 2009 Screenwriting Contest! And the winners are…

First Place:
Adventures of Aaron, The Mighty Toon by Lance Oliver

Second Place:
The Bearer of Bad News by David Minaskanian

Third Place:
Infected by James Schannep






The winners of the Screenwriter's Challenge 2009 have been announced. A free year of ScreenwriterShowcase.com's screenplay promotion service was awarded to the top 10 writers listed below:

#1 'GNATE: A Gnat's Tale' by Luke Kalteux
#2 'Non-Human Resources' by Aaron Burdette
#3 'Unbearable' by Stefan Feuerherdt
#4 'THE WOOD SPRITE' by ANDY NELSON
#5 'Khab' by David Harwood
#6 'The Keeper of Dreams' by Annika Wood
#7 'Dr. Boaz's Amazing Automata Circus' by Tim Downie
#8 'Rose and Briar' by Bradley Barnes
#9 'The Nefarious Wizzlewump' by Garrett Henderson
#10 'Chicken and Snake' by Eli Flouton

For details about the contest, go to:
http://www.nycmidnight.com/2009/SC/challenge.htm




Contact: consult@thewritersplace.org

Screenwriters Showcase is proud to offer specialized, one-on-one script consultation with University of Southern California screenwriting professor Paula Brancato. For details please go to
http://www.thewritersplace.org/script_consultation.shtml

Professor Brancato provides development and production advice and industry coverage, i.e. written critique. After receiving initial development notes, you have the option of requesting a one-on-one phone or e-mail consultation with Professor Brancato.

An investment banker and music industry CFO, Brancato has raised over $50 mm for independent film and entertainment projects, collaborating with major studios, television networks, new media and production companies and taking hundreds of scripts through the development process. She brings 15+ years of industry-wide business experience to the table and is ready to discuss elements of story, market positioning, packaging and financing as well as the detailed aspects of craft (structure, technique, etc.). If you have any questions concerning the consultation program email us at consult@thewritersplace.org.

Here is what her students have to say:
"...excellent advice. I sold my script for more than three times the original bid! I could not have closed the deal without you." Matt Lutz, first time screenwriter

"... what you\'re doing is working. My pitch to the industry went extremely well. The editors were not only extremely interested and helpful but said that it was the best pitch he'd ever heard." Eric Von Mizener, screenwriter

"After your comments, I felt such a sense of urgency. I've already done the rewrite and let me tell you that your one fix was monumental." Laura Saari, Pulitzer Prize nominated writer

"You were able to communicate what works and what doesn’t in the writing and in selling my work. You have a keen sense for what will become successful." Kristina Sisco Romero, Emmy award winning actress and writer





USC screenwriting Professor Paula Brancato has written some very informative articles to help with your screenwriting career. Check out her screenwriting tips.




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