THE 2007 SCREENWRITING EXPO SCREENPLAY COMPETITION
RESULTS

Click here for the 2007 Winners
Click here for the 2007 Quarterfinalists
Click here for the 2007 Top 20%

$20,000 GRAND PRIZE!
$20,000 cash, a trip to Los Angeles to attend The 2007 Screenwriting Expo,

plus $1,000 in semifinalist prizes and
a year-long membership to Alameda Writers Group.

FOUR GENRE CATEGORY PRIZES
$2,500 cash, a trip to Los Angeles to attend The 2007 Screenwriting Expo,
plus $1,000 in semifinalist prizes for the winners of the following genre categories:

$1,000 top prize and one writer wins a spot in the Duke City Shootout where he/she is flown to Albuquerque and given a crew, high definition camera, equipment, post production facilities, the option to direct, and a professional mentor to help through the process of turning his/her script into a movie.

$1000 for best hour-long and best half-hour television script. Writers will also be given creative and career counseling and access to television agents and managers.

Judges for the half-hour category are Ellen Sandler and Jamie Rhonheimer. Ellen Sandler is the Emmy-nominated writer of Coach and Everybody Loves Raymond. Jamie is currently a supervising producer on How I met your Mother, and was a producer on Will and Grace and wrote for five years on Yes, Dear, rising from staff writer to co-producer. The TV semifinalists will all receive a copy of Ellen's The TV Writer's Workbook: A Creative Approach to Television Scripts.

Atlantis Studios will choose a screenplay from contest entrants’ scripts and cover all costs of adapting it into a full-color, professional-quality 64-page graphic novel for commercial distribution. The writer will select his or her art team from Atlantis’ stable of more than 60 artists and will receive a complete printer-ready comic within a year. The winner of the prize will also retain all rights to the graphic novel.

Atlantis will assist in marketing the graphic novel, giving it exposure on a custom-designed web site. “We will develop an exclusive preview website, and will consult with the winner to develop to develop a business plan that will maximize profit, royalty, and licensing revenue for the winning creator,” said James Watson, president of Atlantis Studios, Inc.

Atlantis Studios has over 10 years of experience in the production and distribution of comics and graphic novels based on licensed properties. For more information on Atlantis Studios, visit its web site at www.atlantisstudios.net.

To read more about this exciting prize and our recent press release, click here.

Two writers will win a $8,500 Writers Boot Camp Professional Membership in L.A. or N.Y.C. The first step of Professional Membership is Think Tank, a 22-month career development program during which writers will develop three features as well as the skills and discipline to achieve at a professional level over the course of a career.

Manager Andrew Kersey will work to find the writer an agent and “blanket the town” with his or her screenplay, sending it to several of the major buyers. Kersey Management represents the next generation of writers and directors in both film and television. Last year's Kersey Management sold a pitch to Fox, with Sandra Bullock attached to star, for a million dollars.

All 20 semifinalists will receive John Truby’s Blockbuster (the official story development software of Expo 6), Movie Magic Screenwriter 6 (its newest version), notes from The Script Whisperer, admittance to Expo 6, and a subscription to Creative Screenwriting magazine. Over $10,000 in prizes to semifinalists.

Synopses for all 20 semifinalists will be submitted to more than 350 production companies, agents, and managers who have requested them. Click here for the updated list of companies.

• Click here to read the Release Statement.
• Click here to read the Contest Rules and Regulations.
• Click here to download a .pdf Application.

QUESTIONS?
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The Screenwriting Expo Screenplay Competition
6404 Hollywood Blvd, Suite 415
Los Angeles, CA 90028