Deadline Today: DYSTOPIAN Screenplay Festival

Submit on the festival page: https://thrillersuspensefestival.com/dystopian-screenplay-festival/

Submit your screenplay that’s a DYSTOPIAN genre and/or plot line to the festival.

Dystopian stories are a type of speculative fiction that explore the darker aspects of human nature and the human mind. They often serve as a warning about what could happen to modern society if certain aspects grow out of control.

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.)

Deadline Today: EXPERIMENTAL Short Story Festival

Submit on the festival page: https://experimentalfilmfestival.com/experimental-short-story-festival/

Submit your EXPERIMENTAL Short Story to the festival and we will automatically have it performed by a professional actor and turned into a promotional video for yourself.

Accept only stories that fit into the experimental genre. An experimental story is a narrative that challenges traditional storytelling conventions and explores new concepts and representations of the world. Experimental stories often use innovative language, non-traditional narrative structures, and metafiction to create unconventional and complex stories.

See example of recent reading completed:

Deadline Today: PARANORMAL Novel Festival

Deadline to submit to the festival: https://fantasyscififestival.com/paranormal-novel-festival/

Submit your PARANORMAL themed book by the deadlin.

A paranormal story is a work of fiction that explores phenomena and beings that are beyond the scope of scientific understanding. They include elements like ghosts, vampires, werewolves, witches, and other entities that cannot be explained by the laws of nature. They can be set in the real world, but generally includes elements that defy scientific explanation.

Watch Novel Performance Readings:

Deadline Today: HISTORICAL STAGE PLAY Writing Contest

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

Festival contest brought 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

Watch Today’s FREE Festival: ACTION/THRILLER 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/action-thriller-shorts-festival

AN ANATOMY OF GRIEF, 15min., Canada
Directed by Anthony Joseph Spatafora
A mother grieving the death of her son while being haunted by his corpse.

https://www.instagram.com/ananatomyofgrief_shortfilm/

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-an-anatomy-of-grief

Nothing happened in 2058, 30min., France
Directed by Charles Ritter
2058. France is part of the Greater Reich, winner of the Second World War. All the world’s documents have been digitized by GAMOK, which has become the sole reference in History.

https://charlesritter.fr/

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audiece-feedback-nothing-happened-in-2058

WATERLOGGED, 4min., USA
Directed by Kent
A cop gets under water with her CI’s and needs to find a way out

https://www.instagram.com/spearheadstunts

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

Deadline Today: ROMANCE & RELATIONSHIPS Screenplay Festival

Submit to the festival via the submission pagehttps://festivalforromance.com/about/

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 or SHORT SCREENPLAY.

Submissions take 3-5 weeks for evaluation. Looking for screenplays from all over the world.

Deadline Today: PSYCHODRAMA STAGE PLAY Writing Contest

Submit via Submittable: https://wildsoundwritingfestival.submittable.com/submit/331396/psychodrama-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

Interview with Poet Kewayne Wadley (WHERE DREAMS SIT AND THEY SOAK)

Voice Over by Val Cole

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1) What is the theme of your poem?

The theme of Where Dreams Sit and They Soak is about pausing long enough to appreciate the moment with someone you love and not wanting that moment to end. Not many things in life are promised, and nothing lasts forever. Even if the moment ends and you are no longer with that person, after the hurt and pain subside, you’ll be glad you shared that moment together. The universe works in mysterious ways sometimes.

2) What motivated you to write this poem?

Ironically, I was thinking about my last relationship. Not everything has to be loud or dramatic and that relationship itself wasn’t bad. This poem came from a moment of slowing down and allowing myself to breathe. Around that time, she was going through a lot, and what followed was one of those comforting moments when the world gets heavy. Instead of venting, you just listen, really listen until things calm down. As far as motivation, I wouldn’t call it distraction, but if we’re not careful. We forget how beautiful we are and how often trivial things pull us away from what we really want and need.

3) How long have you been writing poetry?

I’ve been writing and scribbling since I was a preteen. My first published piece was in 2006, a poem called Equilibrium in an anthology titled Collected Whispers. Around my teenage years, I started taking it more seriously, writing that is. Trying to write about emotions, things I went through, and thoughts that stayed with me.

4) If you could have dinner with one person (dead or alive), who would that be?

I’d love to have dinner with my parents, Wayne and Keneethia Wadley. Uninterrupted, the way it was when I was a kid. They’re both still here, which is a blessing, but with work and everything going on in the world, it’s very often just a quick hi and bye or we’re too tired to truly hang out. Still, we make time for each other and talk every day, and I’d really treasure having that slow and uninterrupted time again.

Actually with all my family honestly.

5) What influenced you to submit to have your poetry performed by a professional actor?

Honestly, I wanted to hear my words interpreted through another voice. What WILDsound does is amazing the few pieces I’ve had accepted take on a new life and meaning when performed. My favorite so far was A Match That Forgot How to Breathe. I love hearing other writers’ work transformed by professional actors, and when it’s my own. I sit back in awe, it’s hard believing those words came from me.

Thank you for doing that for me.

6) Do you write other works? Scripts? Short stories? Etc.?

Yes, I write short stories and sometimes borderline essays. I also collaborate and co-create with other artists in different mediums. Poetry may be the core, but it branches out in many ways.

7) What is your passion in life?

Connection is my passion. Whether through a conversation, a poem, a book, or supporting someone else’s work, I believe connection is what reminds us we’re not alone. Whether good times and/or in bad, there’s always something be it a word, a gesture, there’s always something that triggers a memory that ties us back to each other.

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POEM:

There is no particular sound
that rustles through the trees,
different from the music
we listen to.
different than the sounds
our hearts are used to.
Your hands grab and hold me
like I have somewhere
better to be,
fingers interwoven
against the middle
of my back,
like tiny branches,
like this is where you
planned to be,
settling deeper
into my chest.

I press my lips to your forehead,
a place filled with dark honey
surrounded by mahogany oak,
where dreams sit and they soak
until they are sticky and ripe.

I kiss you like
the night has no end,
like your bones have endless marrow,
like there isn’t another you.
Your arms are still.
Your lips say nothing.
There is no particular sound
that rustles through the trees,
no different than how
my heartbeat
thumps against yours.