2012 GAY SCREENPLAY CONTEST - Writing A Script in 30 Days

Do you think you could write a full length feature screenplay in 30 days or less?...  The answer we give will vary from person to person.  If our life depended on it, most all of us would deliver.  We would find a way.  What if we did write that script in a month and it sold for six figures?  Boy, would life change.  Anything we put our mind to, we can accomplish.  Every single accomplished screenwriter was unsold and unpublished before the first sale and something inside of them knew that their dream was possible.


Today is the 30 day deadline for the 2012 ONE IN TEN SCREENPLAY CONTEST.  Enter today, it just might change your life...

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The #1 rated GLBTQ screenplay contest in the world!

Celebrating 14 years!

2012 GAY SCREENPLAY CONTEST - Memorable Movie Lines

How many memorable movie lines can you remember from films that you have seen?...  One, two, three...


Strive to create unique and memorable dialog and know that it isn't easy.  Making a screenplay stand out requires the writer to rise above other story creators in every area not just a few and that includes dialog.


Make sure to give your characters their own voice and and dialog.  This is how to get noticed and win contests which can lead to a long time career in the movie business.


Entry Deadline for the 2012 ONE IN TEN SCREENPLAY CONTEST is September 1, 2012

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2012 GAY SCREENPLAY CONTEST - Movie Titles

Think your movie title isn't important?  Think again -- We are all familiar with the saying, "A picture paints a thousand words."  Well... that is what we are trying to do with our movie titles.  First impressions...  When creating your screenplay as a masterpiece, pay attention to every single detail and it all begins with title.  Paint the picture of your movie with your title.  Think of some of your favorite movies, STAR WARS, TITANIC, PARANORMAL ACTIVITY, etc...  And yes, there are exceptions... Unless you are an "A" list screenwriter where you can break all of the unspoken rules because you are known, as an unknown or up and coming writer give the buyer what they want.  A simple, visual image of your movie and do that with the title.


The 2012 ONE IN TEN SCREENPLAY CONTEST entry deadline is September 1, 2012.


To enter, visit:

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2012 GAY SCREENPLAY CONTEST - 14 Years Later

The ONE IN TEN SCREENPLAY CONTEST celebrates 14 years in 2012.  Over the years, thousands of GLBTQ themed screenplays have been submitted to the contest and Hollywood has taken notice.


Founding Director, David Jensen, "I am continually amazed at the caliber of writing that comes to us year after year.  Writers from around the globe have discovered our niche contest in the hopes that their unique voice finds an audience.  I am honored to be a part of this contest for so many years."


The deadline for submissions this year is September 1, 2012.  All online submissions must be submitted by midnight (EST) and all mailed entries must be post marked by September 1st.


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2012 GAY SCREENPLAY CONTEST - Winner Profile

Maureen Johnson 

Maureen placed 3rd in the 2011 Contest

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Maureen Johnson is a recent graduate of UCLA's MFA screenwriting program.  She has two works-for-hire currently in development, including a Europe-based romcom with a producer connected with Pathe.  Another project, The Lotto King, has received substantial interest in both America and Australia.  Another script in development, a modern-day parody of a Jane Austen novel, is receiving interest in England. 

Maureen also has earned numerous awards and placements in screenplay contests, including being a double-semifinalist in the 2009 Nicholl competition.  While at UCLA, Maureen won the Bridget and Bob Colleary Award for Best Romantic Comedy for a script entitled Life’s A Drag, about a drag queen who thinks he’s going through menopause.  She also earned the Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship.  Other awards include semifinaling in the 2011 Expo Screenwriting Contest (Wedding Belles), and finaling in the 2010 Screenplay Search Competition for a romcom entitled Bellini’s.  Maureen prefers romcom though enjoys period/historical pieces.  Her award-winning script, Michelangelo and Davide, has been likened to Shakespeare in Love.

Maureen also excels in TV writing, being nominated for the Humanitas Student Fellowship Award in 2009 and earning a top-5% placement for the 2007 Warner Bros. Television Workshop for a spec script of Two-And-A-Half Men.

2012 GAY SCREENPLAY CONTEST - Winner Profile

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We would like to feature our 2nd Place winner, Stephen Witkin, with his winning script, GLASS HOUSES.

STEPHEN WITKIN

Stephen currently lives in Los Angeles where his screenplay, Off Ramp To Babylon was in development with HBO and Killer Films. He presently has features, Miss Universe and Return To The Nest under option and his comedy screenplay, Maniacs was featured at Montreal’s Just For Laughs Festival and is now in development. TV credits include the TV movie Love-Struck and Cable Ace Award nomination for The Max Movie Show for Cinemax. In the world of theater, Stephen’s musical, The Fabulist, won the Richard Rodgers Award showcased at the York Theater in New York, Village Theater in Washington and the Global Search For New Musicals in Cardiff, Wales. He also wrote the book for the Off-Broadway cult hit, Prom Queens Unchained at the legendary Village Gate, Can­dles, Snow and Mistletoe at the Palace Theater on Broadway, A Century of Enter­tainment at Radio City Music Hall, Flying at Caesar’s Hotel, nominated for Entertainer of the Year Award,  Ain’t We Got Fun and Ladies of the Chorus at the Sands, the hit musical, Eight to the Bar; Ye Gods!, Musical Chairs, Robin Hood,  Snow White and the Magnificent Seven and Cinderella. Stephen is presently writing book and lyrics for, Stupitidy -The Musical.

For more information and to enter the 2012 ONE IN TEN SCREENPLAY CONTEST, visit:  www.OneInTenScreenplayContest.com 

2012 GAY SCREENPLAY CONTEST - WINNER PROFILE

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DENNIS SHINNERS - ONE IN TEN SCREENPLAY CONTEST WINNER

We would like to congratulate the 2011 ONE IN TEN SCREENPLAY CONTEST winner, DENNIS SHINNERS.

Dennis Shinners grew up in New Jersey, attended NYU’s film school and has called the city of New York home ever since.  He is a writer, producer and director of on-air promos who has done high profile, award-winning campaigns for Nickelodeon, Nick @ Nite, Spike TV, Discovery Channel, Disney Channel, TV Land and the Oxygen Network.  He’s recently completed two short films, “Area X” and “GO-GO”, which have enjoyed domestic and international festival runs and distribution deals.

Dennis wrote BARRIO BOY, the 1st place winner in the One In Ten Screenplay Contest to be his feature directorial debut.