Cyberspace
Open Semifinalists Moving On To Round Three:
David Zorn
Doug
Peake
Pamela Rodeheaver
David Ivy
Tom Weber | Benjamin Wheelock
Sean
Leonard
Matthew Fleck
Kevin Johnson
Karen
Veazey | Scott
Noack
Mark E. Poole
Cathy Kitinoja
Gillian
White
Dan Parkhurst |
Third Round
Premise (For These 15 Semifinalists Only)
Scene
To Be Posted 10:30 AM-11 AM Oct 17 And Is Due 12:30 PM Oct. 17
Round 3 Premise/Prompt:
Semifinalists
-- See How
To Enter Right Below
(Scene
will be posted in this space and on site at the Expo in the Westwood
Room of the Wilshire Grand Hotel, 930 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles 90017
Oct. 17, 2009, no
sooner than
10:30 AM and no later than 11 AM -- Watch your email as well. )
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Semifinalists: How To Enter The
Third Round:
Email It In Accepted Format And File
Name Format:
1.
The scene premise is posted above
3.
You have until 12:30
P.M. Saturday, Oct. 17, 2009 to
finish and submit your scene.
4. Submit
by email to submit@creativescreenwriting.com
and send a backup copy to
coverageink@aol.com
Or,
you can submit in person: at
the Screenwriting Expo in the Westwood Room at the Wilshire Grand
Hotel, 930 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles CA 90017. If you
submit
online, send a backup copy to:
You must:
- Submit
in Microsoft Word ".doc" format or Rich Text format (".RTF") or in
Adobe PDF. If you submit in any other format, you will be
disqualified.
- Check
your file! Open
it with Word or Adobe Reader to make sure it is readable before sending
it. If the file arrives unreadable, we will not ask you to
re-send it. Your entry will be disqualified.
- The
file MUST have a cover page with your name(s) and email address(es).
It must be the the first page of the scene file, not
a
separate file. You do not need you order/account number in
this
round. But to repeat, you must
provide your name(s) and email address(es) on the cover page,
which must
be the first page of the file.
- Submit
on time. We're sorry, but no extensions.
If
the upload function does not work (that is, if you do not see this
confirmation page after you submit -- http://screenwritingexpo.com/csopen.success.html
-- then immediately email your scene to this email address: submit@creativescreenwriting.com.
You are encouraged to submit to the email address as
a
backup even if you do get the "success" screen. With only 130
entries to sort out in Round 2, we can handle duplications.
- Name
the file according to this format: firstname.lastname.ext.
That is--
The
filename must be one of these (depending on file type):
firstname.lastname.pdf
or
firstname.lastname.rtf
or
firstname.lastname.doc
You do
not need your order/account number in the filename in this
round.
Do
not send a file in any other format.
DO NOT send a Microsoft Word 2007 .docx file.
DO NOT
send a
Microsoft Works (.wps) file. Do not send a screenwriting
program's
native format. Do not save the file in an unacceptable
format,
then rename the extension. (That does not work. It will be
unreadable.) Send
only in .pdf, .rtf, or .doc format. If you don't know how, it
is
your job to learn (and not by asking us. Would you ask a
paying
producer how to save in ".doc" format?) Being able to send a
file
in the format a producer wants is pretty basic to being a screenwriter.
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Here
is the list of Quarterfinalists:
*A
parenthetical (2) after a name means two of the entrant's scenes
advanced. Adam
C. Marshall
Adam Knight
AJ Nseir
Alan
Lavender
Alasdair McMullan
Aled Ordu
Annie
Wood
Audrey Webb
Benjamin Wheelock
Bob
Comenole
Brandon Peterson
Brett Weaver
Brian
Henry
Brice Parker
Carrie Lynn Certa
Cathy
Freericks
Cathy Kitinoja
Chris Dragicevich
Chris
Sullivan
Chris Todd
Christelle Rall
Christopher
Canole
Christopher J. Valin
Christopher M. Kelley
Colleen
Kennelly
Connie Williams
Craig Ouellette
Craig
Strahorn
Cristina Mojica
Dan Levinson
Dan
Parkhurst
Daniel Meyers
Dave Fogerson
David
Ivy
David Larson
David Poulshock
David Zorn
Debra
Montoya
Dennis Teigeler
Dorieann Ni Chorragain (2)*
Doug
Peake
Douglas A. Raine
Dylan Brann
Elizabeth
Saas
Erica Spates
| Gail
Moss
George Agnew
George
Thomas Jr.
George W. Bigelow
Gillian White
Greg
Blessing
Jake Goldman
James McCabe & Joseph
Bomba
Jared Shapiro
Jennifer Bonner &
Kathleen Rose
Jesse Knight
Jim Henry
John
Harden
Jonathan Tsang
Jonathan Vermeer
Joshua
Ades
Joshua Traywick
Justin Sabestinas
Karen
Veazey
Kari Ciardi
Karl Peter Smith
Kathylynne
Somerville-Chorik
Kevin Denelsbeck
Kevin Johnson
Kevin
Thomas Roy
Kieran McGowan
Kimberly Nunley
Lennox
Alfred
Lisa and Neil Orint
Lisa Herman-Gagnon
Lisa
Scott
Luke Kalteaux
Marilyn Campbell
Mark E.
Poole
Mark J. Francisco
Mark McCracken
Marty
Stack & Steve Edwards
Mary Ratliff
Matthew
Ballen
Matthew Fleck
Matthew Rigdon
Melissa
McCracken
Melody Boudreaux
Michael
Greene
Melody Gillette | Michael Sheriff
Monica
Sagaser
Monika Scott
Natalie Hope MacMillan
Nathan
Green
Pamela Rodeheaver (2)*
Patricia Blanquies
Patrick
Campbell
Patrick Murray
Patti Newler
Peter
Besson
Peter Sherman
Phillip Gates
Ramona
Lynn-Goldberg
Raymond Ussery
Regina Partee
Robert
Tuscani
Ron Silva
Ryan Zernec
Sae Sae Norris
Sam
Littenburg-Weisberg
Samuel
Clark
Sarah McGrail
Savannah Thomas
Scott
Balthazard
Scott Noack
Scott W.Moss
Sean
Leonard
Skyler Caleb
Stephanie Bramson
Stewart
Stafford
Tannis Watkins
Timothy Marvel
Tom
Weber
Torye Anthony
Travis Chesney
Trevor
Mayes
Trish Cole (2)*
Victoria Pilkington &
Lorrie Sheehy
William Berezansky
William Flannigan
William
Hamlin
Zach Keifer
Zachary Ziemba Hollwedel |
First Round Message From Contest
Manager
Jim Cirile, President of CoverageInk.com:I
just wanted to congratulate every one of you guys who put yourself out
there for this tournament. You were put into a pressure cooker under
deadline, and by and large you all kicked butt. Especially considering
how many scenes we got, it's amazing how many folks scored in the 80s
and 90s. That's a testament to the sheer talent out there. Regardless
of whether you made it to the top 100, you should all be damn proud of
yourselves for challenging yourself like this and delivering on a
deadline.
Ultimately, we hope this has been a
learning
experience. Many of you have gotten your first taste of feedback with
this little exercise. Use it well! Avail yourself of all the learning
resources out there like Creative Screenwriting magazine, books,
writing groups and classes and of course screenplay analysis services
like our own. Remember, screenwriting is a collaborative art form (as
much as that sometimes sucks.) The best way to bulletproof both
yourself and your material is to absorb knowledge like a sponge. Be a
student of the industry!
My hat's off to all of you.
See you at the Expo!
Jim Cirile
Founder,
CoverageInk.com
Cyberspace Open Coordinator
If You Did
Not Receive A Score – Possible Reasons
There
are four possible reasons why an entrant might not have received a
score:
1.
We did not receive an entry. We
did not receive a scene from about 12% of all entrants. There are two
possible reasons:
(a)
Scene never sent.
Judging from email responses from contestants, most of
those who signed up, but whose scenes were never received,
did
not submit.
(b)
Sent but not received.
We have received emails from a few contestants who
say they
did send, and that they did receive the confirmation page from the
upload site. But we did not receive their scenes.
We do not
know what could have caused this to happen.
This
system
worked fine for well over 1,000 entries. It appears that it
did
not work for a few. The facts we do know seem to suggest a
malfunction at the
http://fileshare.com server. Every test we did of this
commercial
FTP
server did work. This server is a company that offers this
FTP
upload
system as its line of business. We have no control over its operations,
nor any understanding of why it might not have worked if you received a
confirmation screen.
Round
2 has started. We're
sorry, but the
only remedy available under these deadlnes is a refund and we will also
judge your scene. We
made
this provision in the rules for this eventuality. We deeply
apologize to those whose scenes were not read, but we cannot stop the
contest or change the deadlines now for scenes not received.
You
will, however, receive both a score and a full refund upon request.
You
may obtain a
refund by
writing to
customer.service@creativescreenwriting.com
2. Defective, unreadable file or
prohibited file format:Both
the rules and the instructions said explicitly that the file
had
to be a Rich Text format “.RTF” file, or
Adobe
PDF, or Microsoft Word “.doc” file
– and
explicitly NOT a Word 2007 “.docx” file or the
native
format of a screenwriting software program.
Some
entrants sent files in the native formats of Final Daft or or Movie
Magic Screenwriter, despite the instructions not to do so. We
DID
read these files. Some entrants sent empty files.
Some sent
Microsoft Works “.wps” files. No one on our team of
judges
has Microsoft Works. So these were not read. Some
sent
.docx, which was expressly forbidden. Like most people, our
judges do not have Word 2007. If you do
have Word
2007, it is a common piece of advice to set it to save as
“.doc” because so few people have Word
2007. If you
insist on blaming someone other than your own lack of computer
savvy, blame Microsoft, which created the ".docx"
problem.
Also
some files were unopenable for reasons unknown. One guess:
in
some cases, entrants may have saved in an unacceptable format, then
simply renamed the extension. (That does not work.)
Early
in the judging, we contacted many submitters of wrong file formats,
asking that they submit again. This was a time-consuming
process,
and significantly delayed judging. At the end, we had to
abandon
these efforts in order to finish the judging. After
that
point, anyone who had not submitted a format meeting the rules was
disqualified. Some did resubmit in
correct format in a timely manner.
Resolution:
due to the time constraints, we are forced to disqualify you if we did
not receive a format we could read by the 29th. You may
obtain a
refund by writing to
customer.service@creativescreenwriting.com
3. No cover page, no
identification at all, or no email address on the cover page.
Again,
the instructions were explicit. The rules state:
“10)
First page of submission must be a title page with writer's
writers' identity. The submitted scene file MUST
have as
its first page a cover page containing ALL of the following
information: (a) the account number of the submission;
(b)
the name(s) of the writer(s), one of which must be the name given in
the shopping cart at the time of entry; and (c) the writer's or
writers' email address(es), one of which must be the email address
given in the shopping cart at the time of entry. ”
This
was not advice or “please.”
This was a contest rule because it was necessary.
The
scoresheet form used by judges requires that the judge input the
writer’s email address in order to post a
score.
Early in the judging, we contacted some entrants to fetch email
addresses. Like requesting new submissions from those who
submitted uncacceptable file formats,. this was a time-consuming
process, and significantly
delayed judging. At the end, we had to abandon these efforts
in
order to finish the judging. After that point,
anyone who
did not provide an email address on the cover page was
disqualified.
We
will issue refunds for all of these entries upon request. If
you have
questions, write to customer.service@creativescreenwriting.com
4. We failed to route
the scene to a judge.
So
far, we have discovered a few scenes that suffered this fate. We
notified
the writer to watch for his score on Oct. 1. A judge has been
assigned to read it. The score should arrive before the 5 PM
start of Round 2.
If you did successfully enter but
did
not receive a score, you are entitled to a full refund and to have your
scene scored. We
apologize
if the error is ours, but the only available course of action due to
the time constraints is a refund and to score your scene
late. Contact: customer.service@creativecreenwriting.com.Questions?
Direct them
to:
csopen@screenwritingexpo.comBest
wishes.
Bill Donovan
Executive Producer,
The Screenwriting Expo
Jim Cirile,
President,
CoverageInk.com
