Still Accepting Submissions
We’ve decided to continue to accepting submissions for this year’s contest until March 25th, so if you’d still like to enter, please visit our contest page.
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Final Feature Contest Deadline – March 5th
The 2014 CineStory Screenwriting Awards will be accepting submissions until March 5th. Please enter our CONTEST page to enter.
Jennifer Aniston Set to Star in 2013 Fellow’s Winning Script CAKE
We couldn’t be more excited for Patrick Tobin and the success that he is seeing for his amazing work. If you’d like to read more about the project, click HERE.
CineStory Mentors Launch Kickstarter For OFFER & COMPROMISE
CineStory Alumni, two of our amazing mentors, Tani Cohen and Valerie Landsburg, just launched a Kickstarter campaign for their film, OFFER AND COMPROMISE. Please support them by reposting this link on Facebook, twitter, you name it, checking out the campaign and donating if you can. Any amount helps and there are great perks! CLICK HERE TO CONTRIBUTE.
Fellowship Cash Prize Doubled
We are happy to announce that for this year’s CineStory Screenwriting Awards, the winner of the year-long Fellowship will receive a cash prize of $10,000! We’ve also increased the pay out to our 2nd Place and 3rd Place Winners to $1000 and $500, respectively. Please keep checking in as we continue to work throughout the […]
CineStory Podcast: Writing for Four Quadrants
This month we ask the question, ‘What are the four quadrants and why do they matter?’ Recorded at CineStory 2012, in this session executives Jessica Julius and Leah Estrin discuss what it takes to write for all four quadrants, what works in family films, what doesn’t and why.
Meet Our Interim Executive Director
CineStory Welcomes J. Bryan Dick to the Interim Executive Director Role Born and raised in Oklahoma, Bryan attended the University of Southern California and received a Critical Studies degree from the School of Cinematic Arts. Since graduation, he has worked in a variety of capacities for some of the industries biggest names like Brian Grazer […]
And the 2013 Winners Are…
As usual it was a very lively debate at the finals judges’ dinner. Each of the eight finals script was discussed at length. From a wonderful field of finalists the winners are: GRAND PRIZE – 2013 CINESTORY FELLOW CAKE – Patrick Tobin, Long Beach, CA SECOND PLACE CUTTING NUMBERS – Morgan von Ancken, New York, […]
Podcast: What’s in a Concept?
This month on the podcast, we share with you a discussion about the most fundamental element of a screenplay: its concept. Recorded at CineStory 2012, in this session pro writers Mark Fergus and Philip Eisner discuss what makes for a great concept. Between them, Mark and Philip have been responsible for films such as […]
Meet the 2013 Feature Fellow, Patrick Tobin
PATRICK TOBIN – CAKE Patrick Tobin started writing when he was ten because a local grocery store had a Thanksgiving poetry contest for kids. The creative process proved hard-there are not a lot of words that rhyme with Turkey and Pilgrim-but he managed to come in third place. When they put his poem above the deli section, […]