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www.shawguides.com    An overall site listing of writers conferences & workshops around the world.

www.writers.com    A learning source for writers.

www.thewriteratwork.com  by Richard Krzemien, is a free, weekly comic that mixes the working world of DILBERT with the absurdity of THE FAR SIDE.

www.solutionsforher.com is an excellent site for women to gain back the balance in their lives after being stressed out with writing & deadlines.

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Scripts - for sale, on line & other products

www.scriptshack.com    Another good source for movie scripts.

www.screentalk.org   Offers downloadable film scripts, links and a print magazine.

www.harvestmoon.com    A site to purchase scripts from full features to TV - limited choices.

www.screenstyle.com    An exclusive on-line retailer of back issues of Creative Screenwriting magazine, scripts, links to screenwriting sites, books and more. 

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Magazines & on line newsletters

www.scenariomag.com    A magazine for the art of screenwriting.

www.screentalk.org   An international magazine for film.  On line scripts also available on this site.

www.screenwritersutopia.com    Contains top industry news and script sales.

www.hollywoodreporter.com    The other top one.

www.usa-movies.com/News/  Find out the latest scoop on Pacific Northwest and Southwest Movies in pre-production, production, and currently-in-release, as well as local job opportunities, events, and much more.

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Organizations & copyright

www.loc.gov    Copyright your projects by downloading forms from this site.

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Film festivals

www.filmfestivals.com    An extensive listing of festivals around the world and the films being shown.

www.outfest.org    Gay & Lesbian film festival.

www.ifp.org    Independent Feature Film Market  offers a film festival and script competition.

www.austinfilmfestival.com    Austin, Tx.

www.afionline.org/afifest    American Film Institute in Hollywood.

www.sundance.org    Yes, the one and only Sundance. 

www.festival-cannes.fr    Cannes - The big one.

www.flickapalooza.com    According to their site, the official film festival of The Association of Independent Feature Film Producers.

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Contests & other ways to submit your script

www.MovieBytes.com    A source for the major screenwriting competitions and other information.

www.filmstew.com    An excellent source for the screenwriter with a project ready for the open market.

www.studionotes.com  comprised of Agents, Producers, Directors and Development Executives looking for projects.

www.storybay.com/benefits/2003swcontest.asp?=sw1  Aspiring screenwriters enter the
competition with their original feature length screenplay in hopes of winning the GRAND PRIZE of $5000 cash and a chance to have their screenplay produced with 9th Floor Media.

www.writemovies.com  Along with a contest, they also offer different avenues to get your script out to the open market.

www.screenwritingawards.com/ssa_index.htm - Annual Screenwriting Showcase Awards

www.screenwritingawards.com  - ScreenwritersUtopia.com's contest

www.cinestory.com    Conducts a full script and short script contest along with a screenwriter's retreat.  Uses industry contacts to work with winners of script contests to help gain acceptance into a management firm for representation.

www.newcenturywriter.org    Prize plus software for top winner.

www.moviewriting.com    A monthly screenwriting competition.

www.filmmakers.com    Conducts full script and short script contests.

www.kingmanfilms.com    Kingman films International offers a Thursday Open Forum, the revolutionary E-Pitch, the prestigious bi-annual KASA Competition.  If you have a completed script you can submit it on line.  Once a month, a script is chosen and a possible deal is met.  

www.mauiwriters.com    Cash prize and admission to the next conference in Maui

www.afionline.org    American Film Institute's contest with a cash prize and admission to the next Maui writers conference.  Same as above, but different organization.

www.chesterfield-co.com    With top prize of $20,000 it is worth taking a look at the site.

www.writemovies.com    Cash prize and pitches to at least 10 production companies & literary agents.

www.igottascript.com    Cash prize and pitches to at least 70 production companies.

Moondance International Film Festival     Dedicated to promoting and encouraging women screenwriters, playwrights, short-story writers and women who make independent films, and the best work by women, in any genre, including feature films, animation, documentaries, short films, stage plays & short stories.

Other links to research on your own

www.moviemaker.com

www.tvwriter.com

www.thewritersgym.com

Research and other info

Informative Research Websites for Writers

Want to write a screenplay about gambling and murder on a riverboat in Louisiana , but you’ve never been out of Poughkeepsie ? Fear not, brave writer, a myriad of research possibilities is at your fingertips. Here are some of the best resources we’ve found on the web.

Google    www.google.com

Everyone loves to Google themselves or their blind dates, but did you know that the definitive search engine has expanded functions to help you find exactly what you need? Check out this detailed search section of Google for everything from a detailed dictionary to web page translation.

Crime Scene Investigator    http://www.crime-scene-investigator.net/

For that glimmer of a CSI spec script that lives in many writers, here is a fantastic website for research on Crime Scene Investigation.

How Stuff Works     http://www.howstuffworks.com/

We have yet to stump this site. For everything from how radar works to how doctors can reverse balding, How Stuff Works will have you hooked!

US Census Bureau State and County QuickFacts    

http://www.census.gov/main/www/popunder.html

If you need to know some basic facts about one of our fine fifty states, pop over to the US Government Census Quickfacts website. 

Drug Story    http://www.drugstory.org/

The website to turn to when you need to know the skinny on drug addiction and the effects of a certain drug on a person.

WGAw Writers Training Program    http://www.wga.org/

Did you know the Writers Guild of America, west offers a Writers Training Program designed to help new writers who traditionally have a more difficult time breaking into the entertainment industry? The primary emphasis for this program is to provide opportunities to writers in the following categories: Female, Ethnic Minority, Gay and Lesbian, Disabled, and those writers 40 years of age or older.

To qualify, a writer trainee must not have been employed as a writer under WGA contract or have sold or optioned any piece of literary material to any signatory company. If a writer meets these qualifications, he/she may pursue a position as a trainee with a signatory company. It is not necessary to be a member of the guild to apply for this program.

This is a unique opportunity to pursue a paid position on a television show while also training under WGAw standards.

For more information on the WGAw Writers Training Program, visit the WGAw website then click on "programs" then "employment access."

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