NWFF and NWSG present:
The 11th Annual Washington State Screenplay Competition

Finalists (Top 5%):

“Crawl” by David Rech of Seattle
“Gravity Gaming” by Ruth Mary Kulstad of Seattle
“Castaway Vacation” by Deborah Kellogg of Woodinville
“Revising Romance” by Kathy Dunnehoff of Kalispell, Montana.

Description: Calling all screenwriters in the US and Canada. Northwest Film Forum and Northwest Screenwriters Guild invite you to submit your screenplay to the 11th Annual Washington State Screenplay Competition.

Early Deadline: Postmarked April 11 ($35 fee)
Regular Deadline: Postmarked May 1 ($40 fee)
Late Deadline: Postmarked May 8 ($50 fee)
Finalists Announced: July 14
Winner and Two Runners Up Announced: September 15

OFFICIAL COMPETITION SITE
SUBMISSION FORM
SUBMISSION RULES AND INFO

The Final Judges:

Linnea Toney, Director, Austin Film Festival
Elizabeth Heile, Independent Producer & Director of Finance, GadZook Films
Christopher Lockhart, Independent Producer and former Executive Story Editor at ICM

The Grand Prize:

Announcement as winner in display ad in Variety and Hollywood Reporter, along with publicity releases to film industry and script-related publications
Staged script reading with a cast of talented Seattle actors at the 11th annual Local Sightings Film Festival, NWFF's October 2008 festival of Northwest film and video
One year membership to NWFF and NWSG
One copy of the Final Draft Suite (includes Final Draft 7 and AV 2.5)
Michael Wiese Books Bundle (Michael Hauge's "Selling Your Story in 60 Seconds"; Yoneda Kathie Fong's "The Script Selling Game"; John Scott Lewinski's "Alone in A Room"
Save The Cat bundle (both books and software by Blake Snyder)
Copy of "On The Page DVD" by Pilar Alessandra.

First and Second Place Runner Up

Announcement as runner up in Variety and Hollywood Reporter ads
Staged script reading with a cast of talented Seattle actors at NWFF
One year membership to NWFF and NWSG
One copy of the Final Draft Suite (includes Final Draft 7 and AV 2.5)
Michael Wiese Books Bundle (Michael Hauge's "Selling Your Story in 60 Seconds"; Yoneda Kathie Fong's "The Script Selling Game"; John Scott Lewinski's "Alone in A Room"
Save The Cat bundle (both books and software by Blake Snyder)
Copy of "On The Page DVD" by Pilar Alessandra.
More prizes TBA

Submission:

Written by a resident of Washington State
50% set in Washington State,
Able to be filmed in Washington State

Go to www.filmwashington.com for a list of a wide variety of stellar locations in Washington State. This beautiful state has everything from upscale cityscapes to gritty urban settings, craggy mountains to misty seashores, and evergreen forests to an expansive desert.

Entrants may submit screenplays by mail or email (in pdf, final draft, or word format).

For more information, contact screenplay@nwfilmforum.org