Austin Film Festival Names TV Fellow Kelly Strathmore on Top 25 Screenwriters To Watch List

Congratulations to our 2020 TV Fellow, Kelly Strathmore, named by Austin Film Festival as one of its top 25 Screenwriters to Watch in 2020! The list includes “a roster of promising and innovative voices, featuring writers from diverse backgrounds, mediums, and points in their careers.” It says of Kelly, “Strathmore’s screenplay East Palo Alto was a […]

CineStory Named One of MovieMaker Mag’s Top 15 Screenwriting Contests

Amidst the turmoil of sheltering in place for the past six weeks, it was wonderful to discover that CineStory was ranked by MovieMaker Magazine as one of its 15 Submission-Worthy Screenwriting Competitions of 2020. We’re excited to be included on this prestigious list  of contests “worth your time and money in 2020” alongside such powerhouses […]

Accolades for CineStory

It’s a busy year already, even though it’s only February. We opened our Feature Retreat & Fellowship Contest, finished judging the TV Contest and determined the 2020 TV Fellow, and are in the midst of finalizing plans for the upcoming TV Retreat. In the midst of all this, we decided to assess where we stand […]

Accolades for CineStory

We’re always so busy at CineStory with our yearly feature and TV contests and retreats, as well as other, new, informative events, that we rarely get the time to sit down and assess where we stand in the screenwriting contest community. So it was a great surprise to discover that we recently made some best […]