{"id":904,"date":"2008-02-13T09:09:23","date_gmt":"2008-02-13T16:09:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sixsquare.com\/blue-cat-screenplay-competition\/"},"modified":"2008-02-13T09:15:52","modified_gmt":"2008-02-13T16:15:52","slug":"blue-cat-screenplay-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sixsquare.com\/index.php\/blue-cat-screenplay-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Cat Screenplay Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"

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As of right now, there are 17 days, 15 hours, 29 minutes and 22 seconds until time’s up for submissions to this year’s Blue Cat Screenplay Competition<\/a>. I only bring it up because if you’re thinking about entering, you might want to to rethink that. Well, I mean, unless you don’t mind settling for second place. I entered Element<\/em> yesterday. We all know that clinches the top spot.<\/p>\n

The competition isn’t a new one. Gordy Hoffman and Heather Schor have been turning over stones since 1999 in search of the undiscovered screenwriter. And it’s not just a screenplay competition. Hoffman’s organization also puts on workshops and live script readings. The entry fee is $50. First prize is $10,000. If you’re a top notch screenwriter that’s a guaranteed return on investment of a million percent. Plus you get a one page analysis of your script, suitable for framing. Very nice.<\/p>\n

I don’t normally enter contests. I mean, I love rejection<\/a> as much as the next guy, but usually it’s because I don’t have the required number of pennies and nickels to cover the entry fee and I always end up entering the contests that people like Ana Lily Armirpour<\/a> and Young Kim Il <\/a>enter, people with real talent, people who don’t just spill coffee on three-hole paper and call themselves Julius and Philip Epstein. But on this particular morning I decided to toss Element<\/em> on the pile. Why not? I could certainly stand to be taken down a peg or two.<\/p>\n

Oh, and I can’t ignore that wonderful name. Blue Cat. My nascent web design company is called Cobalt Kitty Design<\/a>. Do you see the convergence? The cat, as they say, might just be in the bag.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As of right now, there are 17 days, 15 hours, 29 minutes and 22 seconds until time’s up for submissions to this year’s Blue Cat Screenplay Competition. I only bring it up because if you’re thinking about entering, you might want to to rethink that. Well, I mean, unless you don’t mind settling for second […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,45],"tags":[243,242,245,244],"class_list":["post-904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-screenwriting","category-words","tag-blue-cat","tag-cobalt-kitty","tag-rejection","tag-screenplay-competition"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t