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Screenwriters' Workshop seeks short screenplay entries over the coming months for the 2010 Script to Screen Challenge. Script to Screen gives screenwriters the opportunity to write with production values in mind and have the winning short script shot by a Twin Cities director with a budget of $2000 during June, July and August of 2010. There will be three contest months with each month requiring a different theme. Writers are encouraged to enter a new script in all three months. The deadline is the 1st of each month. • March 2010: Theme is RED / READ - Deadline date March 1st • April 2010: Theme is WHITE / WHITE - Deadline date April 1st • May 2010: Theme is BLUE / BLEW - Deadline date May 1st Script to Screen Guidelines: • Entrants must be current Screenwriters Workshop (dues-paying) Members. • Script must not be more than 10 pages in length. • Script must suit a production budget of $2000. • Script must be in standard screenplay format for a spec or a shooting script. • Script must not use more than 2 settings. (A room in a building is a setting, not the building itself.) • Script must not use more than 4 speaking characters. • Script must present a complete storyline -- in any genre the writer chooses. • Script must be submitted in .pdf format only. • Script must not contain the writer's name -- title of the script only. • Each individual script may be entered in only one month. Writers can and are encouraged to enter a new script in each month. Judging Process: • Scripts will be considered in 3 separate judging cycles during March, April and May. • Each month will have a different governing theme. • Independent artists from the MN community will be hired as a judging team. • Three (3) finalists per month will be selected and announced by the end of each month for a total of nine (9) finalists. • One (1) of the nine (9) finalists' screenplays will be selected at the end of May as the overall winning script, and this script will be filmed in summer of 2010 with a budget of $2000. • Judges' monthly and overall decisions are final. • The film produced from the winning script will be shown at SWW’s Annual Fall Meeting. • The 9 finalists' screenplays will be posted on-line for reading and a Readers' Choice vote will be tallied. EMAIL ENTRIES/QUESTIONS TO: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Put title of script as the subject line and include writer’s name (must be a SWW member) and script’s title in the body of the email. Attach script as a .pdf file and do NOT put writer’s name anywhere on the title page or in the script.