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Watch the September 2015 Winning Stage Play. Submit your own Play – Deadline TODAY

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Deadline TODAY: #STAGE #PLAY #Festival. Get play performed by #actors. FULL FEEDBACK
http://www.wildsound.ca/play_contest.html

Stage Play Reading of GLUTTONY & LUST are FRIENDS
September 2015 Reading
Written by Matthew Weaver

SYNOPSIS:

Two deadly sins, Lust and Gluttony, are bored with their daily routine. So they decide to mix things up by switching places, which means a sudden glut of erotic bakeries and a Japanese sumo wrestler being named the equivalent of People’s Sexiest Man Alive. Creatively restored by the switch, Lust and Gluttony talk the other sins into following suit, which throws the world out of balance and attracts the attentions of the virtues. Who are nobody’s idea of a picnic.

CAST LIST:

NARRATOR – Val Cole
GLUTTONY – Steve Rizzo
LUST – Alissa DeGrazia
HANNAH/CHARITY – Erynn Brook
PRIDE/SLOTH – Neil Kulin
TONY/WRATH – Ryan Anning
ENVY/GREED – Pip Dwyer

WINNERS get their stageplay read at the Writing Festival.

WATCH the recent WINNING STAGEPLAY Readings –
http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/stageplay_readings.html

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1st Scene Screenplay Festival Announces its August 2015 Winners

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Deadline: FIRST SCENE (first 10pgs) SCREENPLAY FESTIVAL Get it performed at the festival. Full feedback
http://www.wildsound.ca/firstscenescreenplaycontest.html

Watch the three August screenplays performed by professional actors.

Script #1: 1st Scene Script: THE MANTLE
August 2015 Reading
by Frank Edward Kelly
http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/the_mantle.html

SYNOPSIS:

The Mantle is about an FBI agent trapped in a mysterious, snowbound town who stumbles on a series of unearthly deaths that mirror a tragedy from his past.

CAST LIST:

NARRATOR – Megan Leach
THERON – Rob Salerno
NINA – Maya Woloszyn
WEATHERMAN – Troy Patterson
WOMAN’S VOICE – Rachel Rain Packota
STATE TROOPER – David Occhipinti

Script #2: 1st Scene Script: THE TEST
August 2015 Reading
by Loris Simon Salum
http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/the_test.html

SYNOPSIS:

Everyone likes to think they are doing the right thing. We all like to believe we do what is best in difficult situations. This screenplay is about a woman, Melissa, who makes a choice she believes is right for her relationship with Gerard.

CAST LIST:

NARRATOR – Victoria Murdoch
MELISSA – Reetu Bambrah

Script #3: 1st Scene Script: REDNECK CHRISTAS
August 2015 Reading
by JC Mercer Jr.
http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/redneck_christmas.html

SYNOPSIS:

BANG! REDNECK CHRISTMAS explodes like a shotgun blast straight from the North Pole! This magically insane tale, introduces a likeable underdog with a zany quest to find his self-worth, kidnaped girlfriend and a multi-million dollar ornament before its to late.

CAST LIST:

NARRATOR – Victoria Murdoch
ERNIE – Matthew Lawrence
BUCKSHOT – Julian Ford
SHERIFF MAGNUM – Vince Jerad

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Submit the first stages of your film, get it performed at the festival, and get full feedback!
http://www.wildsound.ca/firstscenescreenplaycontest.html

WATCH past 1st Scene Festival readings:

Read the August 2015 TWITTER Short Story Winners – 10 Stories!

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Read the TWITTER Short Story Winners for August 2015. 10 Winners in total.

The best of 140 character short stories! All 10 Winners will now have their story made into a short voice over film.

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FOOTSTEPS by Arthur Zopellaro

I hate the sound of people walking
I thought moving to a remote cabin would help me
I’m here, all by myself, but the footsteps won’t go away

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Drinking Game by Helen Freeman

While they sat drinking margaritas, Liz and Ann began their list. This was an important list. Pen in hand, Helen wrote the title. “People We Want to Punch in the Face”.

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SAND by Jemma Pollari

She is as sand: he yearns for her beneath him, but the trace he leaves is dusted over by her next lover’s breath. She burns the souls that touch her.

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One Man’s Junk by Jesse Heikkila

Rifling through the dumpster seeing sunlight reflect off of polished titanium, I used my good hand to pull at the wires and retrieve my arm.

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Hero by Justin Boyd

A year after saving them, the acclaim had died down, the attention dried up, and Juan’s life was once again painfully mundane.

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Not A Victim by Kelley Portwood

She sat in the dark.
A thin line of light flared to split the seam between door and floor
Shadows flowed back and forth
Door opened.
She fired.

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The Retreat by Kymm O’Malley

Her heels echoed sharply on the tile as she walked away.
It was better this way. No goodbye. No broken promise.
A single tear fell anyway.

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Prank Call by Lucas Ruderman

He answered the phone to what he thought was another prank call only to realize after several profane minutes, it was his mother.

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9

Improvising by Mark Farley

Tossing “50 Shades of Grey” aside, I nibbled on my wife’s thigh. It was lonely being the only survivor of the plane crash.

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10

The Big One by René Claveau

The line hums as it speeds out. Locking it, the rod is ripped from my grasp and is gone. The sea rises, rises. No one will believe this.

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FREE – TWITTER SHORT STORY FESTIVAL
Submit your 140 character story and have it performed by a professional actor
Deadline June 20th

http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/140_characters.html

Watch FATHER/DAUGHTER Stories from the Writing and Film Festival

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Watch winning stories and movies showcased at the Writing and Film Festival in this genre: Short, Feature, TV Screenplays. Short Stories. Novels. Stage Plays. Poems. Stories from festival made into movies:
http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/father_daughter_stories.html

Watch the best of Father/Daughter from the Festival:

DIAMOND AND THE FOSTERS
Full Movie
Watch the entire 5 chapter novel.
http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/diamond_and_the_fosters.html

DAUGHTER
WATCH Audience FEEDBACK Video
http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/daughter.html
USA, Drama

FAMILIAR
WATCH Audience FEEDBACK
http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/familiar.html
Horror, Canada

CADAVER
WATCH Audience FEEDBACK
http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/cadaver.html
Animation / Adventure, USA

TV SPEC – PARENTHOOD “Don’t Give Up On Him Yet”
June 2014 Reading
Written by Cara Rothenberg
http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/parenthood_tv_spec.html

TV SPEC – MODERN FAMILY “Chairity Case”
November 2014 Reading
Written by Josh Bressler
http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/modern_family_chairity_case.html

FEATURE SCRIPT: THE FIREWORKS STAND
January 2015 Reading
Written by David M. Hyde
http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/the_fireworks_stand.html

Novel Transcript – NOT TO TALK ABOUT UNTIL NOW
March 2015 Reading
Written by Kirsten Marie Wohlgemuth
http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/not_to_talk_about_until_now.html

1st SCENE SCRIPT READING – PROMISES
October 2014 Reading
Written by Lee Forgang
http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/promises.html

Watch Novel turned into Movie
Sandro’s Notebook
88min. movie
Written by Albert Russo
http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/sandros_notebook.html

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Also, Free logline submissions. The Writing Festival network averages over 95,000 unique visitors a day.
Great way to get your story out: http://www.wildsound.ca/logline.html

Deadlines to Submit your Screenplay, Novel, Story, or Poem to the festival: http://www.wildsound.ca

Watch recent Writing Festival Videos. At least 15 winning videos a month: http://www.wildsoundfestival.com

Watch MAFIA Stories from the Writing and Film Festival

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Watch winning stories and movies showcased at the Writing and Film Festival in the MAFIA, MOB, and GANGSTER genre: Short, Feature, TV Screenplays. Short Stories. Novels. Stage Plays. Poems. Stories from festival made into movies: http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/mafia_stories.html

SHORT SCRIPT – CAGEY
June 2014 Reading
Written by JJ Hillard

SYNOPSIS:

Anticipating a severe reprimand for a failed drug deal, two criminal operatives in a safe house await a phone call from their mysterious boss, but instead get a surprise directive that may have deadly consequences for one of them.

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1ST SCENE SCRIPT – 66 WEST
December 2013 Reading
Written by Christopher Willis

SYNOPSIS:

In 1934, a fourteen-year-old girl dreams of the riches and lifestyle of Hollywood. When her pitiful dustbowl life is destroyed by a tornado, she follows her dream west on Route 66. Two men chase after her: a retired sheriff who believes in her innocence and a brutal gangster determined to even the score with her for killing his brother. With a little help from friends made along the way, she reaches Hollywood and finds out that her real life is much richer than the one she dreams about.

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TV PILOT – ERASER
February 2015 Reading
Written by Kim Godfrey

SYNOPSIS:

Two psychology students practice an illegal form of hypnotherapy that allows for the erasure of traumatic memories. Driven by opposing motivations, their ambitions lead them into a violent and exploitative criminal underworld. As they spiral down, one man struggles to maintain his sense of morality while the other struggles to maintain sanity.

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Feature Script – BESA
March 2015 Reading
Written by Michael Miceli

SYNOPSIS:

Besa is the story of a loyal Italian father, forced to defend his son who has inadvertently sparked a New York mob war between Sicilian and Albanian crime families.

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Feature SCRIPT – BROWNIE AND FRAN
July 2015 Reading
Written by Arthur S Brown & Rory Leahy

SYNOPSIS:

Brooklyn, NY 1948. The cold war is heating up, and mob entrenchment is at its peak. The U.S. is running a victory lap. Returning veterans want their share of the pie, and they’re willing to strike for it. Two young idealists meet, fall in love, and set out to save the world – while not getting corrupted doing it.

Watch SERIAL KILLER Movies, Novels, and Screenplay Readings from the Festival

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Watch the best of movies, novels, and screenplay readings with a SERIAL KILLER setting in its plot:
http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/serial_killer_stories.html

Poetry Movie: HAMMER
Horror/Serial Killer Poem
Written by Cassandra Swan

Written by Cassandra Swan

Produced by Matthew Toffolo

Edited by Yujin Song

Music by Andrey Kireyev

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UNLEASH HELL
May 2014 Reading
Written by GK Parker

STORY Read By – Sean Ballantyne

SYNOPSIS:

A sociopathic LAPD cop terrorizes Los Angeles during the 1984 summer Olympics. As his horrific crimes become more frequent he is hunted by indifferent detectives who have no idea they are searching for one of their own.

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SHORT STORY READING – THE BABYSITTER
July 2014 Reading
Written by Sean Hood

STORY Read By – Holly Sarchfield

SYNOPSIS:

The Babysitter” tells the story of Annette, a teenage girl who is possessed by a spirit who is forcing her to commit violent acts against animals, and eventually the children that she is charged with taking care of.

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WATCH – HANNIBAL TV Show Spec
April 2014 Reading
by Ibba Armancas

SYNOPSIS:

Hannibal Lecter’s attempts to leave the country are thwarted when Jack Crawford pulls him into a politically charged case that leaves children robbed of their hands, tongues, and eyes. Meanwhile, successfully framed for Lecter’s murders, Will Graham negotiates how much of himself he’s willing to compromise in order to get back at the man that destroyed his life.

CAST LIST:

NARRATOR – Becky Shrimpton
HANNIBAL LECTER – Scott McCulloch
WILL GRAHAM – John Tokatlidis
JACK CRAWFORD – Donovan Hardy
MASON VERGER – Tyson Vines
ALANA BLOOM – Kassandra Santos
BLANCHE – Amanda Mona Weise
BEVERLY – Denise Yuen

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Also, Free logline submissions. Festival network averages over 95K visitors a day.
Great way to get your story out: http://www.wildsound.ca/logline.html

Deadlines to Submit your Screenplay, Novel, Story, or Poem to the festival: http://www.wildsound.ca

Watch recent Writing Festival Videos. At least 15 winning videos a month: http://www.wildsoundfestival.com

Watch SCHOOL Stories from the Writing and Film Festival

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Watch Stories with a school plot or theme from the writing and film festival:
http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/school_stories.html

Watch SCHOOL Story Videos from the Festival:

ALIENATION
WATCH Audience FEEDBACK
6min, Germany, Animation/Documentary
http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/alienation.html

CHUB
WATCH Audience FEEDBACK
27min, USA, Youth/Drama
http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/chub.html

TV SPEC: NEW GIRL “Career Day”
May 2015 Reading
Written by Melissa K. Willis
http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/new_girl.html

GO AGAINST
WATCH Audience FEEDBACK
18min, Drama/Teen, Belguim
http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/go_against.html

10pg. STAGE PLAY – HELEN REDDY WOULD BE ASHAMED
June 2015 Reading
Written by Katie Grotzinger
http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/helen_reddy_would_be_ashamed.html

1st Scene SCRIPT – ETERNITY
June 2015 Reading
Written by Kevin Bibo
http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/eternity.html

1ST SCENE SCRIPT – CAVE KISSES
March 2014 Reading
Written by Ingrid Goldberg
http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/cave_kisses.html

1ST SCENE SCRIPT – THE SCIENCE OF IMAGINARY SOLUTIONS
September 2014 Reading
Written by Stephen Fretz
http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/the_science_of_imaginary_solutions.html

POUND FOR POUND TV Pilot Script
August 2014 Reading
Written by Travis Hodgkins
http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/pound_for_pound.html

TV PILOT – GOTHAM NIGHTS
June 2013 Reading
Written by Adam Kennedy
http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/gotham_nights.html

The Hardest Good Bye
Poetry Reading by Sean Patrowich

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Also, Free logline submissions. The Writing Festival network averages over 95,000 unique visitors a day.
Great way to get your story out: http://www.wildsound.ca/logline.html

Deadlines to Submit your Screenplay, Novel, Story, or Poem to the festival: http://www.wildsound.ca

Watch recent Writing Festival Videos. At least 15 winning videos a month: http://www.wildsoundfestival.com

Watch the best of DATE Stories and Movies from the Festival

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Watch the best of DATE Movies from the Writing and Film Festival:
http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/date_stories.html

Deadlines to Submit your Screenplay, Novel, Story, or Poem to the festival: http://www.wildsound.ca

Watch recent Writing Festival Videos. At least 15 winning videos a month: http://www.wildsoundfestival.com

HOUR ANGLE
WATCH Audience FEEDBACK
Russia, Romance
http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/hour_angle.html

BEST SCENE SCRIPT – HELTER SHELTER
June 2015 Reading
Written by Yancey Derringer Banks
http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/best_scene_helter_shelter.html

TV SPEC – NEW GIRL “Summer’s Over”
February 2014 Reading
Written by Micah Goldman & Griff Kohout
http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/new_girl_summers_over.html

TV PILOT SCRIPT – SEX THERAPY
June 2015 Reading
Written by Michelle J Brezinski
http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/sex_therapy.html

TV SPEC – COUGAR TIME “Jammin Me”
April 2015 Reading
Written by Felicity Flesher
http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/cougar_town.html

FEATURE SCRIPT – RUM HOUSE
January 2014 Reading
Written by Michael Sieve
http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/rum_house.html

ROSE, MARY and TIME
WATCH Audience FEEDBACK
Romance / Time Travel, UK
http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/rose_mary_and_time.html

BUNION
WATCH Audience FEEDBACK
8min, USA, Comedy
http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/bunion.html

1st Scene – THE UMPIRE HAS NO BALLS
March 2015 Reading
Written by Debbie Bolsky
http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/the_umpire_has_no_balls.html

1st Scene – THREE PLAY
March 2015 Reading
Written by John-Arthur Ingram
http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/three_play.html

FAIRY STORIES FOR REAL
by Ginnie Siena Bivona
http://wildsoundfestivalreview.com/2015/03/18/fairy-stories-for-real-poetry-reading-and-interview-by-ginnie-siena-bivona/

Miss Know it all
Poetry Reading by Ondrea Tye

A Night to Remember
by Joseph J. Cacciotti

July 2015 Twitter Short Story Contest – Read the 10 winners.

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Read the 10 winning Twitter Short Stories for July 2015. They will now have their stories turned into a video movie. Stay tuned for future posts when these 10 stories get turned into a film!

SOUL MATE by Silent Assasin

He knows how to stimulate my mind. When he speaks I smile, blushing when glancing into his eyes. I knew true love had been found from the moment our souls intertwined.

RED ALERT by Cameron Donnelly

Two people can be perfect for each other, but meet at imperfect times. Eve was a Doctor, Adam her patient. They met at a herpes clinic.

A RITE OF PASSAGE by Ethan Greenwood

Sara was psyched about graduating. She wished Mom and Dad were there. Finally after seventy years she’d be getting a biology degree denied to her by the Third Reich.

DAYDREAMS by Fitzjimi

I spied Dita in the park
Instant love what a lark
I sidled over and just said
Hello lovely are you wed
She smiled her smile and replied
Now that is something I’ve never tried

THE DANCE by Ashley Gamrat

Taking my hand, wrapping us into one. Gliding across the dance floor. Smiles surround us. The first dance is timeless, never outdated.

LITERALLY? by Alex Dzialo

Because others advised it, Peter pinched pennies. His fingers threatened to bleed, but he kept at it. He never handled metaphors very well.

DISAPPEARING INTO LOVE by Annie Avery

There was a knock at the door. She peeked through the window and saw him there. She opened the door, jumped into his arms and they vanished.

TWO WIVES by Joni Norby

The party knew the end was near as Belle turned to stare at my new, shiny wedding band, babe in arms, and her red-faced husband by my side.

DAWN TWITTER by George G A Wensley

Dawn the bird waited for the sun to arise,
to see who could tweet the loudest.
The rose coloured sun arose
and she was a great dawn twitter!

ARE YOU KIDDING ME? by Myriam Hammami

Aly was fond of practical jokes. One day he jokingly pushed a woman into a river. She drowned. He’s been in prison since then.

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FREE – TWITTER SHORT STORY FESTIVAL
Submit your 140 character story and have it performed by a professional actor
Deadline July 20th

http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/140_characters.html

Also, Free logline submissions. The Writing Festival network averages over 95,000 unique visitors a day.
Great way to get your story out: http://www.wildsound.ca/logline.html

Deadlines to Submit your Screenplay, Novel, Story, or Poem to the festival: http://www.wildsound.ca

Watch recent Writing Festival Videos. At least 15 winning videos a month: http://www.wildsoundfestival.com