Voice Over: Val Cole
Month: November 2025
MEMOIR Novel Festival Reading: Standing Crooked, by Ronald Carson
Voice over by Val Cole
Standing Crooked Logline: A boy born with club feet in Troubles-era Belfast survives a traumatic childhood and 42 surgeries, discovering that while the body may falter, the right words can teach a man how to stand.
Deadline: BIOGRAPHICAL STAGE PLAY Writing Contest (get play performed by professional actors)
Submit via Submittable: https://wildsoundwritingfestival.submittable.com/submit/331398/biographical-stage-play-writing-contest-get-play-performed-by-professional-actor
Festival contest brough to you by the Documentary Festival: http://www.documentaryshortfilmfestival.com
I have to really thank the actors for my reading, nothing short of terrific as they were, nothing short of incredibly smart, attractive, and perceptive as they were. They brought the script to life. – F. Maffai
FULL FEEDBACK on your stage play from our committee of Professional Playwriters, Production Heads and Story Consultants. Get a best scene of your stage play performed at the writing festival and made into a video for the winner.
Submit your 10 Page Play, 1 Act Play, or Full Stage Play to the Festival.
SUBMIT your STAGE PLAY Today You will receive feedback on your play in 3-5 weeks
Deadline: LITERARY FICTION Novel Festival (3 options to submit)
Submit on the Festival for Drama site: https://festivalfordrama.com/literary-fiction-novel-festival/
Literary fiction isa category of novels that prioritize style, character, and theme over plot.It’s often considered to be more serious than genre fiction, which is commercial fiction written for entertainment.
Watch Novel Performance Readings:
Get FULL FEEDBACK on either the 1st chapter or entire novel book from our committee of Professional Writers, and Writing Consultants. Get your novel performed by a professional actor at the festival.
NEW OPTION: Or, just submit for an actor performance reading transcript of your novel (any 5 pages of your book). Great way to promote the sales of your book if you’re already published. (see examples on the video playlist below)
SUBMIT your novel now (both your 1st chapter or full novel accepted) To be eligible for our Writing Festival Events. Submissions take 3-5 weeks for evaluation./span>
Submit a novel book and get it seen by the world./span>
A great way to get your words out there, obtain the agent you’re looking for, or just get your story seen by more people. If you win, your story will be seen by 100,000s of people when it’s read online using a top professional actor. It’s a rush you’ll never experience in your life seeing it come to life that way.

Deadline: FIRST SCENE SCREENPLAY CONTEST
Submit via the First Scene Screenplay Contest site: https://firstscenescreenplay.com/
Submit and get your first 10 pages performed!
Submit via FilmFreeway to the WILDsound Flagship (under 1st Page Screenplay Festival):

Watch over 150 1st Scene Screenplay Festival Winners on the WILDsound Flagship Site HERE
Festival takes place every single month. At least 4-15 winning screenplays read monthly.
This festival has a guaranteed 4 tier set up for each accepted script. (No matter what all screenplays submitted receive FULL FEEDBACK on their work by industry professionals.)
1st Tier: FULL FEEDBACK on your screenplay (all submissions)
2nd Tier: Accepted scripts (25% on average of submitted entries) get their screenplay performed by professional actors and made into a promotional vehicle.
Then (Tier #3) we will send you a list of questions to answer for our blog interview that will promote you and your film. Then after that (Tier #4) we will set up a podcast interview on our popular ITunes show where will we chat with you about the process of how the film was made.
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In the first 10 pages the writer needs to let the reader know in general terms what the story is about, and what is at stake. Plus, set the tone of what world and genre the writer has created, while also introducing the main characters. All the while you need to engage and entertain the reader.
The contest was created because this is an industry where agents/producers and their team are so busy and are reading so many scripts that if you do not grab them right away then they will put down the script and move onto another one. So you have to capture their attention when you’re writing on spec.

Watch Today’s FREE Festival: JUMPING AT SHADOWS: ARMAGEDDON feature film
Watch the festival at 8PM EST FOR FREE by signing up for the FREE 3-DAY trial using the link, or go to http://www.wildsound.ca
Watch today’s Festival: https://www.wildsound.ca/events/jumping-at-shadows-armageddon-feature-film
JUMPING AT SHADOWS: ARMAGEDDON, 51min., Australia
Directed by Locky Boaretto
In a world secretly at war with an ancient alien race, a teenage girl discovers a crash landed alien, and uncovers shocking truths about her estranged father… After teaming up with a pair of rebel brothers, she uncovers a galaxy-wide conspiracy and an impending alien invasion. When one of the brothers is captured, the team must risk everything to rescue him from the alien mothership before it can begin its invasion of Earth. Amidst explosive battles and impossible odds, she must face her family’s dark past and rewrite their legacy in order to save the future.
https://www.instagram.com/lochnesslegendsproductions/
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-jumping-at-shadows

Watch the Best of WILDsound Shorts Festival (in case you missed it)
Watch the festival at 8PM EST FOR FREE by signing up for the FREE 3-DAY trial using the link, or go to http://www.wildsound.ca
Watch today’s Festival: https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/best-of-wildsound-shorts-festival
Come the Nightfall, 23min,. USA
Directed by Tom Michaels
A wealthy licentious offers a lift to a beautiful femme fatale in the middle of a deserted road with a shocking aftermath.
http://www.orzelfilms.com/https://instagram.com/orzelfilms
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-come-the-nightfall

SILENT PLAN, 13min,. Turkey
Directed by Omer Yildirim
A groundbreaking new technology offers hope to the deaf: the ability to hear sounds once again. Four young individuals, chosen to be part of this revolutionary step, eagerly await the moment they will finally hear the voices of their loved ones—voices they have been recording for years. But just days before the official launch, they are quietly removed from the project. No explanation is given; their dreams are taken from them.
https://instagram.com/silentplanmovie
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-silent-plan

Don’t forget to smile, 8min., North Macedonia
Teacher that’s teaching kids to smile in a post a dystopic school.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-dont-forget-to-smile






