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WGAW Calendar for January, 2016
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Film & TV Writing Contests: Are They Worth the Price of Admission?
by Lew Ritter
Every few weeks, my email brings me a breathless announcement for a new or established screenplay competition. It proclaims in bold headlines, ‘Want to Break into Industry?” or “Looking for New Blood.” Can your ticket to fame and fortune be far behind?
There are literally dozens of screenplay competitions out there. Some of the most famous ones are the NICHOL FELLOWSHIP, SCRIPTAPALOOZA, AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL and of course, the contests run by our fearless leader Larry Brody. He runs two contests yearly, the PEOPLE’S PILOT and SPEC SCRIPTACULAR. Other worthy contest are run by various networks or studios.
There are other lesser known contests that deal exclusively with short films, comedy or horror scripts. The fees are reasonable. The fee is usually around sixty dollars per script. (EDITOR’S NOTE: The PEOPLE’S PILOT and SPEC SCRIPTACULAR are $50.) Sometimes, they offer reduced fees for early bird entries.
Angela Santomero on How to Create a Hit Kids’ Show
Angela Santomero is the creator of Nick Jr’s BLUE’S CLUES, PBS’s DANIEL TIGER’S NEIGHBORHOOD and SUPERWHY, Amazon’s CREATIVE GALAXY, and others. In other words: She knows what she’s talking about. So listen up!
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Speaking of Herbie J Pilato (see the post directly below) TVWriter™ is pleased to bring y’all the latest news about this Herbie J Pilato dude:
TELEVISION, INK. AND MIRKWOOD PARTNERS REWIND CLASSIC TV WITH “NOW & THEN”
Televison, Ink., a pop-culture brand founded and owned by producer-author Herbie J Pilato (“Glamour, Gidgets and the Girl Next Door,” “Twitch Upon A Star,” “The Bionic Book”) has signed with Joel Eisenberg and Steve Hillard’s Mirkwood Partners (“The Chronicles of Ara” for Ovation TV) to produce a 30-minute talk fest devoted to classic television, titled “Herbie J Pilato’s Now & Then.”
Pilato, Founder of the 501 (c) 3 Classic TV Preservation Society, will host the proposed weekly, and interview a single pop-culture subject from the world of classic TV in each episode. The format will closely mirror Pilato’s successful weekly “Throwback Thursday” live events, an in-person interview program hosted at Burbank’s Barnes and Noble since early 2015.