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Behind the Scenes with
Eric Johnson
Winner of the
Short
Screenplay Challenge 2010 |
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8/28/11 -
Eric Johnson
(Oak Park, IL, USA) speaks about
his experience in the
Short Screenplay Challenge 2010. His stories,
Pumpkin Hunting, Gone Biddin', Suicide
Circus, and The Mission helped him take home 1st place out of over
300 writers.
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Behind the Scenes with
Natalie Grant
Winner of the
Flash Fiction Challenge 2010 |
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6/12/11 -
Natalie Grant
(San Francisco, CA, USA) speaks about her experience in the
3rd Annual Flash Fiction Challenge. Her stories,
"The Keeper of Unwanted Thoughts", "Good Morning, Sir",
"Inertia", and "Dusty, With A High Chance of Waves" helped
her win the competition out of over 430 writers.
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Behind the Scenes with
Tyler Hayden
Winner of the
Short Story Challenge 2010 |
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12/22/10 -
Tyler Hayden
(El Segundo, CA, USA) speaks about his experience in the
4th Annual
Short Story Challenge. His stories, "The
Namuzu Line" (Action/Adventure) and "After the Talk"
(Romance) helped him take home 1st place out of over
600 writers.
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Behind the Scenes with Evan
Beier
Winner of the
Screenwriter's Challenge 2010 |
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11/18/10 -
Evan Beier
(Providence, RI,
USA) speaks about his experience in the 7th Annual
Screenwriter's Challenge. His scripts, "Modern
Science" and "Love Number" helped him take home 1st
place out of over 450 writers and win over $5,000 in
cash and prizes
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Behind the Scenes with
David Bowman
Winner of the
Screenwriting Championships 2009 |
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1/20/10 -
David Bowman (Redmond,
WA, USA) speaks about his experience in the 2nd Annual
Screenwriting Championships. In the Screenwriting
Championships, writers were challenged to create short
stories (5 pages max.) based on genre, location and
object assignments. His scripts, "Severed
Head Overtures'', “This Side of Happyland”,
"The Changing" and "Schizoid" helped him take home 1st place out of over
275 writers
and win over $4,000 in cash and prizes.
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Behind the Scenes with
Rachael Dunlop
Winner of the
Creative Writing Championships 2009 |
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10/28/09 -
Rachael Dunlop (London, UK) speaks about her experience in the
2nd annual
Creative Writing Championships. Her stories, "Drowning
in Fresh Air'', "Barbed", "A Sideways Step", and
"Without Parallel"
helped her take home the grand prize and become the
first writer outside the United States to win an NYC
Midnight writing competition.
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Behind the Scenes with
Luke Kalteux
Winner of the
Screenwriter's Challenge 2009 |
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8/12/09 - Luke Kalteux (Sherman
Oaks, CA) speaks about his experience in the 6th annual
Screenwriter's Challenge. His scripts, "It
Came From Beneath the Big Top!'' and “GNATE_A Gnat's
Tale”,
helped him take home 1st place out of over 500 writers
and win over $4,000 in cash and prizes.
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Behind the Scenes with
Chelsea Bauch
Winner of the
Creative Writing Championships 2008 |
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12/18/08 - Chelsea Bauch (Washington,
DC) speaks about her experience
in the inaugural Creative Writing Championships 2008
on nycmidnight.com. Her short stories, ''Playing
for Keeps'', ''Among the Dead'', ''Dispatch from Earth
by Dr. Aldous Godot, The Robotic Times'', and ''Still
Life With Blue Dress'',
helped her take home the grand prize. The
Creative Writing Championships 2008 challenged writers to
create flash fiction (1,000 words max) based on a genre,
location and object assignment over the course of 3
rounds of competition.
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Behind the Scenes with
Stuart Creque
Winner of the
Screenwriter's Challenge 2008 |
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7/23/08 - Stuart Creque (Moraga,
CA) speaks about his experience
in the Screenwriter's Challenge 2008, which
attracted over 650 writers from around the
world. His scripts,
“He Knows” and “One Child Born”,
helped him take home over $5,500 in cash and prizes. The
Screenwriter's
Challenge 2008 challenged writers to
create original short stories (15 pages max.) in as
little as 24 hours.
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Behind the Scenes with Adam
Zang
Winner of the Short Story
Challenge 2008 |
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5/28/08 - Adam Zang (Seattle,
WA) speaks about his experience
in the Short Story Challenge 2008, which
attracted over 550 writers from around the
world. His short stories,
“Where No One Belongs” and “Raising Awareness”,
helped him take home the grand prize. The
Short Story
Challenge 2008 challenged writers to
create original short stories (2,500 words max.) in as
little as 24 hours.
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Behind
the Scenes with
Jacqueline Brown
Winner of the Short Story
Challenge 2007 |
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5/15/07 - Jacqueline Brown (New
York, NY) speaks about her experience
in the Short Story Challenge 2007, which
attracted over 200 writers from around the
world. Her short stories,
“Hortense and the Heir” and “Chocolat Amer”,
helped her take home the grand prize. The
Short Story Challenge 2007 challenged writers to
create original short stories (2,500 words max.) in as
little as 24 hours.
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Behind
the Scenes with
La Toalla Productions
Winners of Movie Making
Madness 2006 |
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2/15/07 -
La Toalla Productions (Irvine, CA)
took home the grand prize in Movie Making Madness 2006
with their prehistoric comedy, "Caveman Chronicles : The Quest for the
Eternal Flame". Go behind the scenes with director Sean Janzen, producer Michael Arkof,
and their publicist in charge of damage control.
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THE FULL ARTICLE |
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Behind
the Scenes with Elizabeth Chase
Winner of
the Screenwriter's Challenge 2006 |
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11/2/06 -
Elizabeth Chase (Pasadena, CA) speaks about her
experience in the
Screenwriter's Challenge 2006, which attracted 440
writers from around the world. Her winning
scripts, "Maddie's Quick Trip" and "Disgorgement",
helped her take home over $2,500 in cash and prizes.
She explores her writing process, why she loves the
challenge and how a little exercise can go a long way.
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THE FULL ARTICLE |
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Behind
The Scenes with Team Nocturno
Winners
of Movie Making Madness 2005 |
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10/10/06 -
Team Nocturno speak about
the making of their film, "Marnee : A Garage Sale
Retrospective", a very funny mockumentary that took home
the grand prize in Movie Making Madness 2005.
Movie Making Madness, now in it's 5th year, challenges
filmmakers from around the world to create short films
in 2 weeks based on a genre and subject assignment.
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THE FULL ARTICLE & WATCH THE FILM |
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Behind
The Scenes with Ragtag Productions
Winners
of The Brooklyn Midnight Run 2005 |
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5/9/06 -
Steven Tsapelas of Team Ragtag Productions speaks about
his team's winning experience in the Brooklyn Midnight Run 2005.
With only 24 hours and a theme assignment of "Bad
Advice", they produced "Double Dip", a
comedy based on the release of the highly anticipated 4
disc ‘Pearl Harbor’ Special Edition DVD.
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THE FULL ARTICLE |
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Behind
The Scenes with Proletariat Films
Winners
of The NYC Midnight Run 2005 |
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5/1/06 - Roberto
Serrini of Team Proletariat Films speaks about his experience in the NYC Midnight Run
2005. With only 24 hours and a theme
assignment of "Spare Change", they produced a suspense
titled "Local Call" that went on to take home the grand
prize out of 52 teams.
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THE FULL ARTICLE |
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Amy
Neswald Speaks Out
Winner of The 2005
Screenwriter's Challenge |
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9/20/05 -
The 2005
Screenwriter's Challenge attracted 336 writers from
around the world. Writers were challenged to
create short scripts in as little as 24 hours.
After the dust settled on 2 rounds of intense
competition, Amy Neswald (New York, NY) stood on top of
a very talented field of writers. Amy talks about
her experiences in the competition, her goals as a
writer and her characters' fondness for mac and cheese.
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