# I’m in a screenwriting competition!

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**Created:** [July 16, 2007, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-m-in-a-screenwriting-competition/412007 "2007-07-16T17:39:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![TheMerchandise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b487fb/32.png) [@TheMerchandise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheMerchandise)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2007, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-m-in-a-screenwriting-competition/412007/1 "2007-07-16T17:39:59Z")

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NYC Midnight does a annual short screenwriting competition.

You receive a movie genre, a subject, and have just a week to write a 15-page screenplay.

If you do well in that round, you’re given a new genre, a new subject, and only 24 hours to write a new script.

I’ve done this for two years now and have placed well both times and have had a good time.

This year, I’m working with “Fantasy Movie” and “Clouds.”

Wish me luck!

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**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2007, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-m-in-a-screenwriting-competition/412007/2 "2007-07-16T18:24:38Z")

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Neato. I recently entered a feature-length (119 pages) screenplay in the [Nicholl Fellowship](http://www.oscars.org/nicholl/index.html) contest. In a few weeks I should know if I made it to the quarterfinals. (An unlikely event in any case; they get over 5000 entries every year.)

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**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2007, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-m-in-a-screenwriting-competition/412007/3 "2007-07-16T19:01:16Z")

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[QUOTE=TheMerchandise]  
NYC Midnight does a annual short screenwriting competition.

You receive a movie genre, a subject, and have just a week to write a 15-page screenplay.

If you do well in that round, you’re given a new genre, a new subject, and only 24 hours to write a new script.

I’ve done this for two years now and have placed well both times and have had a good time.

This year, I’m working with “Fantasy Movie” and “Clouds.”

Wish me luck!  
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Good luck!

And – Goddamnit! Registration is already closed!

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**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2007, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-m-in-a-screenwriting-competition/412007/4 "2007-07-16T20:10:02Z")

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I just entered the Disney/ABC TV writing fellowship competition… won’t hear anything on that for months.

I also entered my first screenplay in a horror movie screenplay competition. We’ll see how that goes.