Thanks to everyone who attended the Unified Holiday Party on Wednesday, January 11th at Lee’s Liquor Lounge in Minneapolis.  An estimated two to three hundred people attended and enjoyed food, drinks, and a live band (Davina & The Vagabonds). Double thanks to all who purchased raffle tickets. We were able to raise $650 for our designated charity Sharing and Caring Handsin Minneapolis.  Thanks to all the organizations for donating memberships and to Sony Electronics for their generous donation of the camera. Congratulations to all the winners: IFP-MN membership – Melany Joy Beck MN WIFT membership – Matt Bappe AICP-MN membership  [ Read More ]

SwW’s three judges have chosen three semi-finalists for the January round of the 2011-2012 Script-to-Screen short script contest with the theme “fore for four.” A TABLE FOR FOUR by May Chaplin LEFT TURN by Patty McDonald WHAT FORE FOR FOUR? by Charlie McNaulty In addition to the above, the semi-finalists from rounds one and two are: “before eight ate:” MRS. VAN HOPPER’S TEA PARTY by Al Easter TOMMY’S TEA TIME by Randy Holland WHAT YOU CAN SEE by David C.C. Erickson “after one won:” AND THE WINNER IS by May Chaplin ESCALATION by David Erickson THE LAST BUS RIDE by  [ Read More ]

SwW’s three judges have chosen three semi-finalists for the December round of the 2011 Script-to-Screen short script contest with the theme ” before eight ate.” They are (in alphabetical order): Mrs. Van Hopper’s Tea Party by Al Easter Tommy’s Tea Time by Randy Holland What You Can See… by David C.C. Erickson All the semi-finalist scripts will be posted for members to read and vote on their favorite. The deadline for the last round is 15 January. Three semi-finalists’ screenplays from November, December, and January will comprise the finalist pool of nine scripts total. By end of January the judges will  [ Read More ]

From 13 entries, SwW’s three judges have chosen three semi-finalists for the November round of the 2011 Script-to-Screen short script contest with the theme “after one won.” They are (in alphabetical order):  AND THE WINNER IS by May Chaplin, ESCALATION by David Erickson, and THE LAST BUS RIDE by Deanna Perchyshyn. All the semi-finalist scripts will be posted for members to read and vote on their favorite. The deadline for the next round is 15 December. Three semi-finalists’ screenplays from November, December, and January will comprise the finalist pool of nine scripts total. By end of January the judges will narrow  [ Read More ]