“Old Bones” by Larry Matthews, winner of SWW’s inaugural feature contest as well as a finalist in the 2012 McKnight Fellowship for Screenwriters.  Logline:  Nathan Edwards thought college might be easy until a bizarre encounter with an aging art professor and an unpredictable roommate put Nathan’s life, as well as the lives of people he cares about, in jeopardy. Professional actors and director (Cynthia Uhrich) will help bring the screenwriter’s words to life, which allows us all to learn from a fine piece of work.  Plus, you’ll be entertained at the same time.  It’s edu-tainment! The Jungle Theater at Lyndale and Lake  [ Read More ]

At Minnepolis Community & Technical College (MCTC), Tech Bldg, 1st Floor, Executive Conference Room near cafeteria. 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. Call for submissions: short scripts (20 pages or less) OR first 10 pages of a feature script Please email submissions and questions to Karen Frank at:  frank007 at umn dot edu

Congratulations to long-time SWW member Larry Matthews for winning SWW’s feature contest as well as becoming one of six finalists for the 2012 McKnight Fellowship for Screenwriters. The fellows will be announced in June. Larry says, “I wrote for years in a box, penned in by solitude.  Today, members of a Screenwriters Workshop writing group provide me critical analysis and encouragement.  I write more often and, I hope, with better results because of my relationship with these people.  I will never go back to writing in abject darkness.  But I will most likely continue to mix my metaphors.” Proof positive  [ Read More ]

SWW has partnered with IFP-MN and MCTC to offer an updated Fresh Filmmakers Production Grant.  The deadline was May 2nd and six aspiring directors submitted proposals to direct one of the three winning scripts from the 2012 Script to Screen competition, with the prize being a production grant valued at over $2,000.  Production will take place over the Summer with the final 10-minute film to be shown at the SWW Annual Meeting in October and at IFP-MN’s member photography show in November.

The results are in! (Quotes are from our judges – Kathie Fong Yoneda and Pamela Jaye Smith – who were the guest speakers at our workshop on Saturday, April 14th) Third place goes to BOUNDERS by May Chaplin & John Borowicz “After reading this script, we had to laugh at the improbability of the characters and plot, but also had to admit that BOUNDERS has the appeal and many of the same elements which made the blockbuster comedy THE HANGOVER such a  huge success. Combining an odd-ball assortment of characters in a survivalist environment while a multi-million dollar business deal and  [ Read More ]