Deadline Today: COMEDY Novel Festival

Submit to the festival today: https://festivalforcomedy.com/comedy-novel-festival/

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

UPCOMING Novel Festival Deadlines:

15th – DYSTOPIAN NOVEL CONTEST

16th – PARANORMAL NOVEL CONTEST

17th – LITERARY FICTION NOVEL CONTEST

18th – CRIME/MYSTERY NOVEL CONTEST

19th – HISTORY NOVEL CONTEST

20th – FAMILY/KIDS NOVEL CONTEST

21st – TRAVEL NOVEL CONTEST

22nd – WOMEN’S FICTION NOVEL CONTEST

23rd – BIOGRAPHY NOVEL CONTEST

Deadline Today: PARANORMAL STAGE PLAY Writing Contest

Submit your stage play via Submittable: https://wildsoundwritingfestival.submittable.com/submit/331395/paranormal-stage-play-writing-contest-get-play-performed-by-professional-actors

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

UPCOMING Stage Play Festival Deadlines:

15th – PSYCHODRAMA STAGE PLAY

https://wildsoundwritingfestival.submittable.com/submit/331396/psychodrama-stage-play-writing-contest-get-play-performed-by-professional-actors

16th – HISTORICAL STAGE PLAY

https://wildsoundwritingfestival.submittable.com/submit/331397/historical-stage-play-writing-contest-get-play-performed-by-professional-actors

17th – BIOGRAPHICAL STAGE PLAY

https://wildsoundwritingfestival.submittable.com/submit/331398/biographical-stage-play-writing-contest-get-play-performed-by-professional-actor

18th – MYSTERY STAGE PLAY

https://wildsoundwritingfestival.submittable.com/submit/331399/mystery-stage-play-writing-contest-get-play-performed-by-professional-actors

19th – FEMALE WRITERS STAGE PLAY

https://wildsoundwritingfestival.submittable.com/submit/331400/female-writers-stage-play-writing-contest-get-play-performed-by-professional-act

20th – POLITICAL STAGE PLAY

https://wildsoundwritingfestival.submittable.com/submit/331401/political-stage-play-writing-contest-get-play-performed-by-professional-actors

21st – WESTERN STAGE PLAY

https://wildsoundwritingfestival.submittable.com/submit/331402/western-stage-play-writing-contest-get-play-performed-by-professional-actors

22nd – TRAGEDY STAGE PLAY

https://wildsoundwritingfestival.submittable.com/submit/331403/tragedy-stage-play-writing-contest-get-play-performed-by-professional-actors

23rd – DOCUDRAMA STAGE PLAY

https://wildsoundwritingfestival.submittable.com/submit/331404/docudrama-stage-play-writing-contest-get-play-performed-by-professional-actors

24th – REVENGE STAGE PLAY

https://wildsoundwritingfestival.submittable.com/submit/331405/revenge-stage-play-writing-contest-get-play-performed-by-professional-actors

25th – COMEDY STAGE PLAY

https://wildsoundwritingfestival.submittable.com/submit/331407/comedy-stage-play-writing-contest-get-play-performed-by-professional-actors

Today’s Podcast: EP. 1599: HIDDEN – THE KATI PRESTON Story Film Team

Interview with the filmmaking team of the feature documentary.

Director: Daniel Matmor. Producer: Jody Glover. Historian: Tom White.

HIDDEN – The Kati Preston Story is a powerful journey seen through the eyes of a child—a firsthand account of a society’s slow and insidious descent into authoritarianism, dictatorship, and tyranny. Kati Preston’s joyful childhood in Hungary came to an end in 1944. Bit by bit, law by law, action by action, her world was dismantled. Everything she knew and loved was stripped away.

https://www.hiddenkatiprestonstory.com/

https://www.instagram.com/freespiritprods

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Watch Today’s FREE Festival: SCI-FI/FANTASY Shorts Festival

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/sci-fi-fantasy-shorts-festival

THE OUTCASTS, 15min., USA
Directed by Jenn Page
An unlikely team of gifted misfit kids battle against a corrupt government organization to save other kids like themselves. They must harness their powers and fight for justice, pushing the limits of friendship, family, and sacrifice.

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-the-outcasts



The Adventures of Captain Atom: Chapter 7, 11min,. USA
Directed by Eli Hutchinson
An Atomic Age superhero and a rocket scientist’s daughter attempt to stop a sinister military junta from launching a missile strike on the Earth

https://instagram.com/elihutch_1138

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-the-adventures-of-captain-atom



2042, 18min., Italy
Directed by Alessio di Lallo
A man wanders through a deserted and ruined world, feeding on the only prey that is not extinct

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-2042

Watch Today’s FREE Festival: Winning HORROR Shorts Showcase

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/winning-horror-shorts-showcase

STATIC, 10min., USA
Directed by Krista Michaels
A woman finds a free TV that turns out to be much more than she bargained for.

https://instagram.com/kristamichaels/

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-static

Guillotine, 22min., Romania
Directed by Alexandru Hosu
https://www.instagram.com/hosu_de_biciclete/

wildsound.vhx.tv/videos/audience-feedback-guillotine



MARA, 18min., USA
Directed by Ben Harl
After years spent recovering from a botched exorcism, Jake prepares to reintegrate into society. However, the mounting pressures of everyday existence trigger a harrowing regression back into madness.

https://wildsound.vhx.tv/videos/audience-feedback-mara



MASK OF EVIL (A Halloween Fan Film), 16min., USA
Directed by Michael Brandon Wright
On Halloween night 1963, Michael Myers committed his first murder wearing his first mask. After he was committed, that mask was thought to be lost but it managed to find its way to different donation centers. Now, many years later, the evil inside him must claim his first mask, the original Mask of Evil, wherever it has managed to end up.

https://www.instagram.com/mbwvideos/

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-mask-of-evil

Watch the Micro-Horror 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/micro-horror-shorts-festival

The Hand of Darkness, 8min., USA
Directed by Rowan Kelley
In 1978, Astoria, Oregon, newcomer Alice Mitchell becomes the target of an otherworldly entity hell-bent on consuming her soul to regain its former power.

https://www.instagram.com/rowanrkelley

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-the-hand-of-darkness

The Body, 6min., USA
Directed by Ryleigh Kennedy
Alex thinks she is at home alone, finishing up her “work,” when her brother Ansel interrupts. Now, she must clean up all the evidence before he can see it.

https://www.ryleighsportfolio.com/

www.instagram.com/official.kennedy.productions

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-the-body

THE OTHER, 3min., France
Directed by Cyril Emmanuel Ferment
At 3:15 a.m., Lise is awakened by a strange noise. Dan has disappeared from the marital bed, and a disturbing clue lies on the sheet. Armed with her lantern and her courage, Lise goes to look for Dan in the apartment…

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-the-other

Pirate Jenny, 5min., Italy
Directed by Elisabetta De Luca, Alessandro Freschi
A hotel maid has a very particular story to tell us…
Inspired by the ballad from The Threepenny Opera, by Bertolt Brecht – 1928.

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-pirate-jenny-film

The First Night, 7min., Brazil
Directed by Gabriel Milessis Braga
After collapsing at the altar, Elise awakens inside an old church, and something inside her has changed. Guided by a mysterious man who seems to understand her condition, she begins to confront a new, terrifying hunger. The First Night is a gothic meditation on becoming, resistance, and the quiet seduction of darkness in our lifes.

https://www.instagram.com/thegabrielwars/

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-the-first-night

Today’s Podcast: EP. 1598: Filmmaker Clare McKay (LIVING AN AMERICAN DREAM)

LIVING AN AMERICAN DREAM, 45min., USA
Directed by Clare McKay
Two Haitian brothers, along with family and friends, discuss their experiences growing up adopted in a ranching lifestyle and how rodeo plays a part. A story of faith, passion, drive and following your dreams no matter where you’re from or plan to go.

https://www.instagram.com/livinganamericandreamdoc/

Get to know the filmmaker:

What motivated you to make this film?
This film was actually never meant to be but I’m a storyteller at heart. I started with the simple idea of creating short sizzle reels for my brothers who were avid bronc riders at the time and slowly but surely the story was born out of traveling around with them and capturing footage. I began to think how I could add more “meat” to what I was collecting and Living an American Dream was born.

From the idea to the finished product, how long did it take for you to make this film?

Living an American Dream took 6 years to create.

How would you describe your film in two words!?

First child

What was the biggest obstacle you faced in completing this film?

The biggest obstacle was finding an editor or production company that understood my voice and vision without attempting to change the narrative. While I ultimately maintained creative control, the lack of collaboration made the process an “uphill battle” that I would not want to repeat.

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Deadline Today: LGBTQ+ Screenplay Festival

Submit via the Festival site: https://lgbttorontofilmfestival.com/lgbtq-screenplay-festival/

Submit your Feature, TV Pilot, or Short Screenplay

All entries receive full feedback from the industry. Accepted screenplays get their screenplays performed by professional actors.

One of North America’s leading gay destinations, Toronto has been holding Pride observances since the ’70s. The Pride parade draws more than 1.2 million spectators and participants annually, making it one of the top such draws in the world. The cinema is located in the Church & Wellesley area, where all of the Pride Events take place.

LGBTQ+ festivals occur 12 times a year.

Deadline Today: LGBTQ+ Novel Festival

Submit to the festival via the site: https://lgbttorontofilmfestival.com/lgbtq-novel-festival/

Submit your LGBTQ+ Book by the deadline. 

An LGBTQ+ novel is a work of fiction that explores LGBTQ+ experiences, issues, relationships, history, or pride, either explicitly or implicitly. LGBTQ+ stands for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer or Questioning, and others who identify with diverse sexual orientations and gender identities. The “+” symbolizes the inclusion of additional identities.

Deadline Today: BIOGRAPHY Short Story Festival

Short Story Festival page: https://storypitches.com/biography-short-story-festival/

A biography is a written account of a person’s life that tells the story of their experiences, accomplishments, and challenges. The word “biography” comes from the medieval Greek words bios, meaning “life”, and graphia, meaning “writing”.

Accept only stories that fit into the BIOGRAPHY genre.