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Book Pipeline Unpublished Contest

August 24, 2020Contests, LiteraryAdaptation, Adult, Agency, Agents, Authors, Book Pipeline, books, Competition, Editors, Fee, Fiction, Film, Genre, Managers, Manuscripts, Middle Grade, Monetary Prize, Movie, Non-Fiction, Producers, Published, Publishers, Publishing Indusgry, Screenplay, Scripts, Stories, Television, TV, Unpublished, Worldwide, Writers, Young Adultpdpabst

BookPipelineWithFox

The Book Pipeline Competition seeks unpublished book manuscripts across six categories of fiction and nonfiction:

Young Adult
Sci-Fi / Fantasy
Mystery / Thriller
Literary
Outsider / Experimental
Nonfiction

Select publishers and agents get first look at the top selections for each category, including LGR Literary Agency, Katherine Tegen Books, and Verve Publishing.

Winners receive $15,000 ($2,500 for each category winner):
Immediate circulation to publishers, agents, editors, and other execs
Consideration from producers seeking projects for film and TV adaptation
Additional long-term reviews of other books for potential circulation
Invitations to annual writer and industry events hosted by Pipeline Media Group

Deadline is September 5, 2018 with a $55 entry fee. For guidelines on how to submit, go here.

As always, good luck!

P.D. Pabst
Blogger and writer of MG/YA fiction

Book Pipeline Adaptation Contest

August 7, 2020Contests, Literary$10.000, 21 Laps, Academy Award, Adaline, Adaptation, Adult, Agency, Anonymous Content, Authors, Book Pipeline, books, Competition, Extant, Fee, Fiction, Fuqua Films, Genre, Good Fear Film + Management, Lakeshore Entertainment, LBI Entertainment, Lit Entertainment Group, Liz Destro, Madhouse Entertainment, Managers, Manuscripts, Million Dollar Baby, Movie, Non-Fiction, Published, QC Entertainment, Screenplay, Scripts, Silent R Management, Stories, Television, Unpublished, Worldwide, Writers, Young Adult, Zero Gravity Managementpdpabst

BookPipelineWithFox

The 5th Annual Book Pipeline Competition seeks material for film or television adaptation. Open to writers worldwide, the contest accepts any genre, fiction or non-fiction. Only published books, graphic novels and short stories are acceptable.

Prizes are:

$10,000 to winner, $2,000 to 2 runners-up ($1,000 each)
Long-term circulation and promotion to producers and other execs
Project development with Book Pipeline to prepare a film or TV series pitch
Consideration of other material and circulation of other stories to industry
Invitations to annual writer and industry events hosted by Pipeline Media Group

Some of the production companies they have worked with are:

Zero Gravity Management – Ozark, The Accountant
Lit Entertainment Group – Prisoners
Anonymous Content – The Revenant, Spotlight
QC Entertainment – Us, Get Out, BlacKkKlansman
Silent R Management (reps Academy Award winner Barry Jenkins)
Good Fear Film + Management – Mulan, Under the Silver Lake
21 Laps – Arrival, The Spectacular Now, Stranger Things
Liz Destro (producer) – The Butler, Lizzie
Fuqua Films – The Magnificent Seven, Southpaw
LBI Entertainment – We Bought a Zoo
Lakeshore Entertainment – Million Dollar Baby, Age of Adaline

In addition to over 100 other managers, producers, independent directors, and agencies.

Deadline is August 15, 2020 with a $60 entry fee. For guidelines on how to submit, go here.

As always, good luck!

P.D. Pabst
Blogger and writer of MG/YA fiction

Book Pipeline 2019 Contest

October 4, 2019Contests, Literary$10.000, Academy Award, Adaline, Adaptation, Adult, Agency, Authors, Book Pipeline, books, Competition, Extant, Fee, Fiction, Genre, Good Fear Film, I Am Legend, Jewerl Ross, Lakeshore Entertainment, Madhouse Entertainment, Managers, Manuscripts, Middle Grade, Million Dollar Baby, Monetary Prize, Moonlight, Movie, Non-Fiction, Pipeline Media Group, Polaroid, Prisoners, Published, Rigns, Rings, Screenplay, Scripts, Silent R Management, Stories, Television, The Ark, Underworld, Unpublished, Worldwide, Writers, Young Adultpdpabst

BookPipelineWithFox

The Annual Book Pipeline Competition seeks material for film or television adaptation. Open to writers worldwide, the contest accepts any genre, fiction or non-fiction. Published and unpublished works are both acceptable.

One Grand Prize Winner receives $5,000 and circulation to production companies depending on the genre. Some production companies are:

Lit Entertainment Group – Prisoners
Lakeshore Entertainment – Million Dollar Baby, Age of Adaline
Anonymous Content – The Revenant, Spotlight
QC Entertainment – Us, Get Out, BlacKkKlansman
Silent R Management (reps Academy Award winner Barry Jenkins)
Good Fear Film + Management – Mulan, Under the Silver Lake
Zero Gravity Management – Ozark, The Accountant
21 Laps – Arrival, The Spectacular Now, Stranger Things
Liz Destro (producer) – The Butler, Lizzie
Fuqua Films – The Magnificent Seven, Southpaw
LBI Entertainment – We Bought a Zoo
Other leading production companies, managers, and agencies best-suited for developing the selected projects.

Early Deadline: November 15, 2019 with a $60 entry fee. Regular Deadline: December 1, 2019 with a $70 entry fee. For guidelines on how to submit, go here.

As always, good luck!

P.D. Pabst
Blogger and writer of MG/YA fiction

Oscars: Academy Nicholl Fellowships

March 6, 2019Contests, Fellowship, LiteraryAcademy Nicholl Fellowship, Adaptations, Adult, Authors, books, Competition, Deadline, Fiction, Film, Guidelines, Middle Grade, Monetary Prize, Non-Fiction, Opportunity, Oscars, PG, PG-13, R, Rules, Screenplay, Screenwriter, Stories, Submission, Television, Writing, Young Adultpdpabst

The Academy Nicholl Fellowships in screenwriting is an international screenwriting competition established to identify and encourage talented new screenwriters. And yes, this is a branch of the Oscars!

If you write screenplays and haven’t earned more than $25,000 for writing fictional work for film or television, then this contest is for you. Up to five fellowships for $35,000 are awarded each year. Please read the entire guidelines and obligations before submitting. There is a small entry fee, with an option to also purchase reader comments. And who doesn’t love feedback? Although there are three separate deadlines, the final entry deadline is May 1, 2019.

P.D. Pabst
Blogger and writer of MG/YA fiction.

Book Pipeline Early Entry Ending Soon!

August 27, 2018Contests, Film, Literary$10.000, Academy Award, Adaline, Adaptation, Adult, Agency, Authors, Book Pipeline, books, Competition, Extant, Fee, Fiction, Genre, I Am Legend, Jewerl Ross, Lakeshore Entertainment, Madhouse Entertainment, Managers, Manuscripts, Middle Grade, Million Dollar Baby, Monetary Prize, Moonlight, Movie, Non-Fiction, Polaroid, Prisoners, Published, Rigns, Rings, Screenplay, Scripts, Silent R Management, Stories, Television, The Ark, Underworld, Unpublished, Worldwide, Writers, Young Adultpdpabst

BookPipelineWithFox

The 5th Annual Book Pipeline Competition seeks material for film or television adaptation. Open to writers worldwide, the contest accepts any genre, fiction or non-fiction. Published and unpublished works are both acceptable.

One Grand Prize Winner receives $10,000 and circulation to:

Lakeshore Entertainment (Age of Adaline, Million Dollar Baby, Underworld)
Good Fear Film + Management (Rings, Polaroid)
Energy Entertainment (Extant, I Am Legend)
Madhouse Entertainment (The Ark, Prisoners)
Silent R Management / Jewerl Ross (reps Academy Award winner Barry Jenkins, director of Moonlight)
Other leading production companies, managers, and agencies best-suited for developing the selected projects.

Early Deadline: September 5, 2018 with a $60 entry fee. Regular Deadline: November 15, 2018 with a $70 entry fee. For guidelines on how to submit, go here.

As always, good luck!

P.D. Pabst
Blogger and writer of MG/YA fiction

OSCARS: ACADEMY NICHOLL FELLOWSHIPS

March 26, 2018Contests, Fellowship, LiteraryAcademy Nicholl Fellowship, Author, Deadline, Entry Fee, Feedback, Fellowship, Fiction, Fictional, Film, Guidelines, International, Monetary Prize, Obligations, Opportunity, Oscars, Screenplay, Screenwriter, Screenwriting, Television, Writerpdpabst

P.D. Pabst
Blogger and writer of MG/YA fiction.

Become an Agent Assistant at Paradigm Talent Agency

March 7, 2018Literary401K, Adrien Brody, Adult, agent, Agent Assistant, Agents, Antonio Banderas, Assistant, Book Department, Book Job, Book Publishing, books, California, Candidate, Danielle Steele, Dental, Digital, Entertainment Industry, Fiction, Full Time, Health, Insurance, Jada Pinkett Smith, Job, Kidlit, Literary, MG, Money, Motion Picture, movies, Music, New York, Non-Fiction, Organization, Paradigm Talent Agency, Pardigm, Position, Publishers Marketplace, Publishing Department, Reading, Stephen King, Stories, Television, Theatre, Voiceover, Writers, YApdpabst

According to the post on Publishers Marketplace, Paradigm Talent Agency is seeking a highly motivated and qualified assistant to support an agent in their Book Publishing department. In addition to being organized and efficient, candidates should possess a strong understanding and interest in the entertainment industry and will be expected to thrive in a fast-paced, highly competitive and demanding environment.

This full time position will offer health, dental, and 401K. It lists the location as New York/CA, so I’m not certain exactly where it will be. But with offices in Los Angeles, New York City, London, Monterey, Nashville, San Diego, Berkeley, Austin, Chicago, and Toronto, Paradigm provides representation with a personal and purposeful touch to clients across various areas of entertainment including television, music performances, motion picture, theatre, book publishing, digital, commercial/voiceover, content finance, media rights, brand partnerships and beyond.

Some current author’s represented by Paradigm Talent Agency are Stephen King and Danielle Steele. They also represent famous actors as Adrien Brody, Antonio Banderas, and actress Jada Pinkett Smith.

For qualifications and how to apply, go here. As always, good luck.

P.D. Pabst
Blogger and writer of MG/YA fiction.

2017 Book Pipeline Early Entry Ending Soon!

August 13, 2017Contests, Literary$10000, Academy Award, Adaptations, Age of Adeline, Agencies, Authors, Book Pipeline, books, Circulation, Competition, Deadline, Development, Fee, Fiction, Film, Genre, Good Fear Film + Management, Grand Prize, Lakeshore Entertainment, Managers, Manuscripts, Million Dollar Baby, Nonfiction, Prisoners, Production Companies, Projects, Published, Rings, Scripts, Silent R Management/Jewerl Ross, Stories, Television, The Ark, Underworld, Unpublished, Worldwide, Writerspdpabst

BookPipelineWithFox

The 4th Annual Book Pipeline Competition seeks material for film or television adaptation. Open to writers worldwide, the contest accepts any genre, fiction or non-fiction. Published and unpublished works are both acceptable.

One Grand Prize Winner receives $10,000 and circulation to:

Lakeshore Entertainment (Age of Adaline, Million Dollar Baby, Underworld)
Good Fear Film + Management (Rings, Polaroid)
Madhouse Entertainment (The Ark, Prisoners)
Silent R Management / Jewerl Ross (reps Academy Award winner Barry Jenkins, director of Moonlight)
Other leading production companies, managers, and agencies best-suited for developing the selected projects.

Early Deadline: August 15th, 2017 with a $55 entry fee. Regular Deadline: November 1, 2017 with a $65 entry fee. For guidelines on how to submit, go here.

As always, good luck!

P.D. Pabst
Blogger and writer of MG/YA fiction

TV Tropes and Fictional Novels

June 2, 2017Film, LiteraryAdult, agent, Audience, Authors, books, Creative Spin, editor, Fiction, Genre, Inspiration, Known Situations, Manuscripts, Media, Middle Grade, Narrative, novels, Readers, Screenplay, Stories, Storytelling, Television, Topical, TV Tropes, Writers, Young Adultpdpabst

Have you ever heard an agent or editor say “I’ve seen this trope before” or “this is an old trope”. What does it mean? In storytelling, a trope can be described as shortcuts for describing situations an author can reasonably assume the audience will recognize. But does this mean all tropes are bad? No. It’s up to the author to put a creative spin on an old trope so the audience doesn’t tire of the situation. Or at best, this is to say they have to bring something new to the table regarding the trope.

We not only see tropes in books, but also movies. A few months ago, I learned of a cool website called TV Tropes. It seems like a great place to help authors recognize tropes they might think isn’t one. And if you don’t write, it’s kind of fun poking around anyway. The main tropes have been indexed by Genre, Media, Narrative, and Topical. But there are 36 other categories to peruse.

So if you’re a writer, check this sight out and put a fresh twist on a well known trope! I dare you.

P.D. Pabst
Blogger and writer of MG/YA fiction.

Academy Nicholl Fellowship

March 10, 2017Awards, Fellowship, Literary2017, Academy Nicholl Fellowships, Deadline, Entry Fee, Feedback, Film, Guidelines, International, Manuscript, Monetary Prize, Oscars, Reader Comments, Screenplay, Screenwriters, Screenwriting, Television, Writingpdpabst

If you write screenplays and haven’t earned more than $25,000 for writing fictional work for film or television, then this contest is for you. Up to five fellowships for $35,000 are awarded each year. Please read the entire guidelines and obligations before submitting. There is a small entry fee, with an option to also purchase reader comments. And who doesn’t love feedback? Although there are three separate deadlines, the final entry deadline is May 1, 2017.

P.D. Pabst
Blogger and writer of MG/YA fiction.

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