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The Fall-Winter 2010-2011 Cyberspace Open
Is Now Open For Registration
Entry Deadline And Start Dates Extended To Mid-February
Write just two scenes, 3-5 pages each
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Win $2,500, acclaim, and industry attention
For A Mere $12.99 Entry Fee
What This Unique Contest Is And
How It Works
The Cyberspace Open is a three-round on-line elimination contest:
- In Round 1, every
entrant
writes a scene over a weekend from a premise that we give you. The top
100+ ties move on to Round 2.
- In Round 2, these top
100+ semifinalists write a second scene over a weekend. From these
scenes, the top three finalists are chosen.
- In Round 3, we
videotape the
three finalists' scenes, post them on the web, and call for a vote on
the winner. To see an example: the three Spring 2010
finalists'
scenes are posted here.
Prizes And Benefits Summary:
See the Official
Prize List for the full list of prizes.
All
entrants who provide an unblocked email address on the title page of
the submitted scene* receive brief feedback.
We will also post feedback by order number on a web page.
There are seven cash prizes: $2,500,
$500, and $250 for first, second, and third, and four genre prizes of
$150 each.
In
addition, we will give winners great industry exposure:
- We
will send 300+ producers the names and describe the achievements of the
winners.
- The written
scenes and videos of the three winning scenes will be
posted on the Web. Again, you can see last year's scenes and
winners here.
- Also, we send
feedback by email to entrants who provide email addresses on
their title pages.
Like no other contest in the
world, this contest tests your ability to write creatively for a movie
or TV production on a tight deadline. The skills it takes are
very much like some of the key skills of a script doctor called in to
fix a script quickly, or a TV writer working on a weekly show.
How To Enter And Participate
1. Read the Rules and Release.
You must agree to the Rules and Release to participate.
2. Register
in advance by the Feb. 13, 2011 deadline. .
3. Download the Round 1
Premise
on Friday, Feb. 18, 2011 at 5 p.m. In order to balance the
traffic
load, it will be available at three web pages at three hosts:
4. Write your scene
over that weekend. Be sure that
you
have a title page with your scene title, your name, order number, and
your email address, and that your file is named precisely as required.
See the Filename
and Title Page Rule.
5.
Upload your
completed scene to
the FTP server by 9 a.m. Monday, Feb. 21, 2011.
The upload link will be posted at or near the top of all three of the
pages above.
6. Watch for the
announcement. Survivors going to Round 2 will be
posted on these same pages on about March 21-24, 2011.
Top 3 Winning Scenes Videotaped
And
Posted
Long-Term On The Web
In this contest,
each of the three finalists/final winners will have his/her second
scene
videotaped:
- Actors
will perform a reading of each of the three scenes before a
camera/cameras provided by the Contest, which will be video recorded.
- The three videos
of scenes and the scene texts will be placed on the Internet for
viewing.
- Recipients
of our CS Weekly E-Zine (80,000+ writers, directors, producers, studio
execs) will be invited to vote for a winner.
- The
three winning positions (first, second third) will be on the basis of
highest score.
- The winners'
scenes are then left on the web to help promote winners' careers.
Save Your Order Number!
The Filename And Title Page Rule
Be sure to read and follow the Filename And Title Page Rule. The file
containing your scene should be named for your order number
and
you first and last names:
ordernumber.firstname.lastname.ext (the "ext" is the file type, of
cours. We accept MS word (.doc), Adobe (.pdf).
Suggestion:
as soon as you get your order number, create and save the entry
filename in this format, using your order number and your name:
Title page.
The entry must have a titler
page, which must contain all of this information:
- A title for the
scene
- Your name or
names if more than one writer
- One entrant's
email address
- Your order
number.
In addition, it is a good
idea to have the full address of at least one entrant on the
title/cover page.
* You will not receive a score and
feedback if your email address is
not on your cover page. We cannot send to more than one email
address.
Cyberspace
Open Entry Fees, Deadlines, and Entry Links:
(All times are Pacific U.S. time)
Registration Opens Nov. 3, 2010
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| Earlybird Deadline |
Regular Deadline:
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Last-Minute Entries--
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| Midnight Tuesday, Nov. 30 |
Midnight Feb. 13, 2010 |
Wed. Feb. 15, 2011
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| $10.99 |
$12.99 |
$14.99 |
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Extensions from this deadline are not guaranteed and would be at a higher price.
Key Dates in The Fall 2010 Cyberspace Open
(All times are Pacific U.S. time): |
- Registration Open Nov. 3, 2010
- $10.99 low-price registration ends Midnight Nov. 30, 2010
- $12.99 full-price registration closes Midnight Feb. 13, 2011
- $14.99 Last-Minute Entry Deadline Midnight Feb. 15, 2011
- First premise posted on this web page Friday, Feb. 18, 2011, 5 pm..
- Deadline to send Round 1 scene to contest server: Mon. Feb. 21, 9 a.m.
- 100 (+ ties) Round 2 entrants announced: about March 21-24, 2011
- Round 2 premise posted Fri., April 1, 2011 at 5 p.m.
- Deadline to send Round 2 scene to server: Mon. April 4, 2011, 9 a.m.
- Finalists and genre winners named about: April 18-19, 2011
- Finalists' scenes videotaped by mid-May 2011.
- Voting by the writer community opens about June 4, 2011.
- Winners announced about 2 weeks after voting begins.
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Key Changes From Spring 2010 Contest:
1. Both the entry fees and the prize amounts have been slightly reduced.
2. Round 2 survivors now have an entire weekend to write their scenes rather than one day. |
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The Cyberspace Open Is managed for Creative Screenwriting by Coverage, Ink.:
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