ATTENTION ALABAMA WRITERS

SideWrite 2006 deadline extended to August 11!

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Submit your short screenplay (15 pages or less) to us by August 11, to be considered for two fabulous ways to win!

Finalists will be judged by author Daniel Wallace ( Big Fish , The Watermelon King ) and screenwriter Alison Bagnall (PIGGIE, BUFFALO '66), who will provide script notes for the finalists and determine the Grand Prize winner.

Grand Prize: $200 Books-a-Million gift card, Final Draft Scriptwriter's Suite (a $429 retail value, for Mac or PC) and a handcrafted cast-iron award sculpture designed by resident artists of Birmingham's historic Sloss Furnaces.

Production Prize: Get your movie made! One screenplay will also be selected by Vazda Studios to be produced for Sidewalk 2007 with guest director Adam Wingard from Team Bloodjet! Just initial the Production Prize box on your entry form to be eligible. (Remember, for the Production Prize, the fewer the locations and number of explosions the better!)

Winners will be announced at the 2006 Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival.

Click here to download official rules and entry form.

Questions? Email Catherine @ catherine (at) sidewalkfest.com, or call 324-0888.

SideWrite 2005 winners:

Grand Prize
MUCKFUPPET by Kenn McCracken

Production Prize
WAITING by Mary Cathryn Wendt

SideWrite 2005 finalists:

“Captain Fantastic Makes Good” by Amos Griffin
“The City of the Dead” by Hugo Marx
“Darkroom” by Julie Pritt
“Granny's Letter” by Ben Thompson
“The Last Time I Saw Rick” by Jane Snow
“My Song” by Tam Le
“Muckfuppet” by Kenn McCracken
“Ruthie Sue's Front Porch” by Hope Atkinson
“Super China Buffet” by Amos M.J. Hensley
“Waiting” by Mary Cathryn Wendt
“Welcome Back” by Greg Legat

Check out the 2004 winners here.

Check out the DVD of BIG FISH
or pick up the original Daniel Wallace novel!