The Kid In The Front Row: Screenwriting Competition

I don’t normally promote screenwriting competitions, but I’m a fan of The Kid In The Front Row and it seems like a fun conceit:

It’s time to do some writing! Yes, it means we have to get off Facebook, stop flicking through blogs, and stop telling everyone about the projects we’re going to be writing soon; because instead, there is one to write NOW! It needs to be written now because:

The deadline is in two weeks. And if you win, it gets made! In fact, it gets made many times!

The winner of the KITFR 2010 Screenplay Competition will have their script made by everyone who enters the upcoming KITFR 2010 Directing Competition! So it’s a great chance to see your writing not only made, but made many times! And it will be SOON! I hope that’s a great incentive!

The fun part:

Here’s the rules:

* Your script must be no longer than FIVE pages (six including a cover page)

* You must write in industry-standard format. If you don’t know how to do that, please read this. If you’re still confused, email me, and I’ll help you with the formatting.

* The DEADLINE for the competition is THURSDAY 21st OCTOBER 2010. No exceptions.

Those are the technical rules, here are the STORY RULES.

* You must have these THREE characters: Margaret, Abdul and Regina.These are the ONLY characters you can have.

* Your story takes place at the Headquarters of: ‘The Equal Rights Committee.’ The only locations (within the headquarters) are: Meeting Room, Kitchen, Secret Shelter.

* You must include this line of dialogue somewhere in the script: “Who the hell is Mark Flamstein?”

For more information, go here.