Deadline Today to Submit via FilmFreeway:
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Submit your CONTEMPORARY FICTION Book by the deadline.
A contemporary fiction novel is a work of prose that is set in the present or recent past and tells a story that could happen to real people.
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
Submit a novel book and get it seen by the world.
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.
The RULES are simple:
1. Write a story. Edit the heck out of it. We accept novels in all genres.
NEW: All submissions to this contest also get a FREE LOGLINE listing on the Writing Festival site. Go to the LOGLINE submission page at http://www.wildsound.ca/logline.html and submit your logline information.
2. Email your story to novels@novelwritingfestival.com in .pdf, .doc, .wpd, .rtf, or .fdr format.
In the body in the email please add your:
– FULL NAME
– CITY AND COUNTRY
– TITLE OF STORY
– TYPE OF STORY (genre, length)
– (optional) and a 1-2 line synopsis of your story.
3a. FOR 1st CHAPTER of your novel – Pay the $35 submission fee (Save $15 off regular fee) via the button here:
3b. FOR the ENTIRE NOVEL feedback – Pay the $170 submission fee ($50 off regular fee) via the button below. Please put your full contact info (name, email address) on a title page:
3c. FOR Transcript Novel Video Performance Reading – Pay the $35 submission fee (Save $15 off regular fee) via the button here:
ALL SUBMITTED STORIES and FILMS GET FULL FEEDBACK – The goal of the Novel Writing Festival is to help everyone involved grow as an artist, so we will offer some kind of constructive criticism whether or not we accept your entry for the formal festival.
Watch Novels Made into a Movie:
Watch Poetry Made into a Movie:
There is no festival like this!
Mainly what this contest does is give exposure to the writer. They will be able to obtain a solid agent, plus get notice by producers looking for writers like yourself. NOTE: The writer will always own 100% rights to their story. The only thing we do is help the writer. Either with notes on their next draft, or gain exposure by having their story showcased at our festival.
Erotica is a genre of written works or art that focuses on sexual feelings and is intended to arouse similar feelings in readers:
Submit your screenplay that’s an erotica genre and/or plot line to the festival.
FULL FEEDBACK on your screenplay from our committee of Professional Screenwriters, Production Heads and Script Consultants. Get your entire script performed at the writing festival.
SUBMIT your FEATURE, TV PILOT or SHORT SCREENPLAY.
Submissions take 3-5 weeks for evaluation. Looking for screenplays from all over the world.
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.)
1st Tier: FULL FEEDBACK on your screenplay (all submissions)
2nd Tier: Accepted scripts (25% on average of submitted entries) get a best scene of their screenplay performed by professional actors and made into a promotional video.
3rd Tier: We will send you a list of questions to answer for our blog interview that will promote you and your film.
4th Tier: Then we will set up a podcast interview on our popular ITunes show where will we will promote the winning writer and script.
(BONUS: 5th Tier. A winning screenwriter’s WhatsApp group has just been formed. Over 50 writers to date. Great way to share ideas and contacts with people in the industry.)
You can also take advantage of the Best Scene Screening Video Reading Deal:
https://tvfestival.org/best-scene-screenplay-deal/
What this festival does is give the writer exposure. With our best scene video reading, plus the 2 interviews, this festival simply makes the screenwriter’s name and script searchable and out there to the world. Plus, submissions receive full feedback on their script no matter what.
SUBMIT your FEATURE or SHORT
Screenplay TODAY
You will receive feedback
on your script in 3-5 weeks
The RULES are simple:
1. Write a script. Edit the heck out of it. We accept features and shorts of any genre.
2. Email your script to screenplays@wildsoundfestival.com in .pdf, .doc, .wpd, .rtf, or .fdr format.
In the body in the email please add your:
– FULL NAME
– CITY AND COUNTRY
– TITLE OF SCRIPT
– TYPE OF SCRIPT (feature, TV, short)
– (optional) and a 1-2 line synopsis of your screenplay.
OR if you like to mail us your script with a check, please email us and we’ll make arrangements.
PLEASE ADD YOUR FULL CONTACT INFO (especially email address) on the title page of your script!
3. Pay the $50 submission fee ( via the button below or include a cheque payable to WILDsound Film Festival. Please put your full contact info (name, email address) on a title page
Also submit via FilmFreeway:
4. OR, if you like extra full feedback, make your payment here for only $100. With this, the committee points out all grammatical and structural errors in your story. Plus, it sends you an extra 2 pages of notes to enhance your rewrite. (best deal in town!)
Watch Recent Screenplay Winners
More Recent Testimonials:
WILDsound is a screenwriter’s treasure! They take enormous time to provide the most expert, detailed feedback, even allowing my choice to incorporate all the committee’s ideas or stay with my draft. With caring support, they’ve honored each deadline and every award they promised, and I’m forever grateful for their right-on insightful niggles to enhance my story. WILDsound provides everything a screenwriter needs to find the way to a story’s successful completion. I’m forever grateful!
– Elan Carlton, Cahoots, Feature Script
I have taken the time to review your feedback and have found your comments and suggested invaluable. As an amateur writer, with this being my first attempt at a screenplay, it’s feedback like this that will help mold me into a stronger writer. I am taking your suggestions and comments into consideration and heading back to the drawing board. My time is limited and I do not want to rush myself.
– Sarah Kochan, Feature Screenplay “Infected Romance”
Thank you for your incisive feedback on my submission. I especially appreciate the specificity with which you address areas that need improvement, and I can see how revising them will make my resubmission better.
– Edythe Wise, Feature Screenplay “Orpheus Takes a Detour”
Thank you for your excellent feedback! This is my first ever script / writing attempt, so I really did need the valued advice you so clearly pointed out.
– Ben Browne, Feature Screenplay “Sinjar”
Thank you very much for your email and taking the time to write such a good feedback. I really appreciate all your comments and I will definitely take them on board. No worries about being harsh – the harder the better as it helps me to improve my writing.
– Andrew Chaos, Feature Screenplay “Release the Chaos”
A note from the CEO of WILDsound:
When I officially took over the Writing Festival in May 2013 from the old majority ownership, the new mandate was to showcase as many scripts, novels, plays, poems, and stories as possible. No more finalists or waiting for a reading for anyone who submitted. If your story is ready, we’ll perform it no questions asked. It’s that simple. As you can see since that time, we have showcased over 1000 stories/scripts at our festival and will continue to showcase 1000s more by the end of the decade. SEE HERE recent winning readings.
Our mandate first and foremost for all the submitters is to receive professional feedback from people in your industry, and we have an excellent rotation of talent who read and give you notes on your work. And they’ll tell you what stage your writing piece is at. If it’s not ready, you can re-submit your new draft anytime. If it’s ready, then we’ll make sure thousands of people see your reading online and you will obtain an agent if you do not yet have one.
When your work is ready, it benefits everyone. The festival, the people who approved your work, and of course the writer who wrote the piece. If we feel it is not ready, there is a reason as we try to find as much ready work as possible. Some months you’ll see us performing over 40 reading videos, and no matter what we always perform at least 20 stories/scripts a month at the festival.
We have the platform on our popular network and YouTube channel to showcase many writers using our large database of professional actors always excited to perform your work.
All of the submission fees go to the writer’s feedback, and the winning videos.
Sincerely,
Matthew Toffolo, WILDsound
WATCH past and recent script winning readings! CLICK HERE and see what happens when your script wins.
There is no reading series like it!
History is a narrative that describes, analyzes, and questions past events, and examines the patterns of cause and effect. It’s a collection of stories told by many different people, and is subject to constant revision and reinterpretation.
Accept only stories that fit into the HISTORY genre.See example of recent reading completed:
Email your story to submission@documentaryshortfilmfestival.com in .pdf, .doc, .wpd, .rtf, or .fdr format.
In the body in the email please add your:
– FULL NAME
– TITLE OF STORY
– TYPE OF STORY (genre, length)
– A 1-2 line synopsis of your story.
Feel free to email us for any questions. We will have the video completed for you in under 4 weeks.
For short stories 2000 words or less, pay only $25 (limited time only):
For short stories 2000 to 4000 words, pay only $40 (limited time only):
For short stories 4000 to 6000 words, pay only $55 (limited time only):
For short stories 6000 to 8000 words, pay only $70 (limited time only):
There is no festival like this!
Mainly what this contest does is give exposure to the writer. They will be able to obtain a solid agent, plus get notice by producers looking for writers like yourself. NOTE: The writer will always own 100% rights to their story. The only thing we do is help the writer. Either with notes on their next draft, or gain exposure by having their story showcased at our festival.
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Born
December 9, 1953 · Christopher, Illinois, USA
Birth name
John Gavin Malkovich
Spouses
Nicoletta Peyran (September 20, 1989 – present) (2 children)
Glenne Headly (August 2, 1982 – January 1, 1988) (divorced)
QUOTES:
[on Being John Malkovich (1999)] When I first looked at the script, the title seemed like a one-line joke, but it turned out to be a 100-page joke.
[Spike Jonze wanted to borrow photographs from his childhood for Being John Malkovich (1999)] “I gave them my mother’s phone number and told them to tell her that I’m an actor and it was for a film. I don’t think my parents know what I do.”
“I want to be successful. I would like it to be a success with something that doesn’t make me want to vomit all over the screening room after I’ve seen it.” (1980s quote)
I’m not terribly articulate in many ways and particularly when it comes to what I do. And, at the risk of sounding like Holden Caulfield, I don’t know if I would talk about it even if I could.
[on Dangerous Liaisons (1988)] The movie should appeal to everyone. It’s sleazy, elegant, vicious and mean, and it’s about people doing hideous things to each other. If that weren’t enough, it has a tragic end. What more could people ask for?
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Born
December 9, 1916 · Amsterdam, New York, USA
Died
February 5, 2020 · Beverly Hills, California, USA (natural causes)
Birth name
Issur Herschelevitch Danielovitch
Spouses
Anne Douglas (May 29, 1954 – February 5, 2020) (his death, 2 children)
Diana Douglas (November 2, 1943 – February 23, 1951) (divorced, 2 children)
QUOTES:
I’ve finally gotten away from Burt Lancaster. My luck has changed for the better. I’ve got nice-looking girls in my films now.
Virtue is not photogenic. What is it to be a nice guy? To be nothing, that’s what. A big fat zero with a smile for everybody.
I’ve made a career of playing sons of bitches.
In order to achieve anything you must be brave enough to fail.
I came from abject poverty. There was nowhere to go but up.
Making movies is a form of narcissism.
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Born
December 9, 1929 · New York City, New York, USA
Died
February 3, 1989 · Los Angeles, California, USA (cirrhosis of the liver)
Birth name
John Nicholas Cassavetes
Spouse
Gena Rowlands(March 19, 1954 – February 3, 1989) (his death, 3 children)
QUOTES:
As an artist, I feel that we must try many things – but above all we must dare to fail.
People have forgotten how to relate or respond; what I’m trying to do with my movies is build something audiences can respond to.
When I started making films, I wanted to make Frank Capra pictures. But I’ve never been able to make anything but these crazy, tough pictures. You are what you are.
Say what you are. Not what you would like to be. Not what you have to be. Just say what you are. And what you are is good enough.
Everyone has made a love, religion, god. Time magazine had the audacity to kill God and those people are floundering and walking around the world with nothing in their lives, simply because they are not led by anybody with responsibility.
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Born
December 9, 1962 · Bedford, New York, USA
Birth name
Felicity Kendall Huffman
Spouse
William H. Macy(September 6, 1997 – present) (2 children)
QUOTES:
I know as actors our job is usually to shed our skins, but I think as people our job is to become who we really are and so I would like to salute the men and women who brave ostracism, alienation and a life lived on the margins to become who they really are. [acceptance speech at the 66th Golden Globe]
[on her Oscar nomination] I’m shot into the stratosphere. You can’t pasteurize the Academy Award. You can’t negotiate it. It is the top. It is the biggest thing ever. I’ve been hopping around and screaming all morning.
In the new millennium, we’re fighting against the icon of the perfect mother. I don’t know about here, but in America you’re not allowed to talk about how it’s driving you crazy, or how you don’t like it, or how, if you have to give a bath one more time, you’re going to pull your hair out. Because then you’re considered a bad mom. There’s a very established conversation or litany, which is, “Isn’t motherhood the best?” To me, that question just isn’t applicable. You can complain about your job, you can complain about your husband, you can complain about your friends, but God forbid you complain about your kids.
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Born
December 9, 1934 · York, North Yorkshire, England, UK
Birth name
Judith Olivia Dench
Spouse
Michael Williams(February 5, 1971 – January 11, 2001) (his death, 1 child)
QUOTES:
[on her long marriage to Michael Williams] We were just happy to be in the same room together.
My only regret is that I didn’t have more children.
[in 1994, when asked why A Room with a View (1985) was such a success] I’ve never seen it, so I don’t know. Florence was lovely, of course, and it’s a wonderful love story. I did enjoy doing the part, because Maggie Smith and I were old friends from 1958. We both arrived in Florence on the same day and neither of us had any family with us, so we would spend all day together filming and then go out to dinner together, catching up on our Old Vic days. But I didn’t enjoy working with James Ivory. I didn’t feel that I was on his wavelength and I didn’t feel that he wanted me in the film, I have to say that. I remember doing that scene in the middle of the square where she goes mad and attacks the man selling postcards; James went to see the rushes and told me afterwards that everyone had laughed at it, they’d thought it was very funny. “Well done”, he said to me. I thought perhaps we’d turned the corner but, when I came to post-sync the film, that scene was missing. When I asked why, he told me that Helena Bonham Carter hadn’t been feeling up to it that day, so he’d cut the whole sequence. I don’t know if that was the real reason he cut it – I just don’t know.
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Born
December 9, 1996 · Shanghai, China
Birth name
Leah Marie Liang Lewis
Leah was adopted from Shanghai, China when she was 8 months old. She also has a younger sister from the same orphanage.
