Happy to announce that I am the Winner of the Women in Cinema International Screenplay Competition! What makes this win special for me is that the call was for scripts of ANY genre, and I won with my horror thriller MONSTROUS. (The same script placed Third in Slamdance in 2014 before a rewrite). My...
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Thanks, David. Unfortunately "Men in Cinema..." is out there if you look at just about ANY general screenplay competition (especially if it's a non-RomCom genre category). Though I did win Woodshole f...
Expand commentThanks, David. Unfortunately "Men in Cinema..." is out there if you look at just about ANY general screenplay competition (especially if it's a non-RomCom genre category). Though I did win Woodshole for Sci Fi and Horror and placed as a Finalist in Sci Fi and Horror International Screenplay Competition, Creative World, Screamfest and British Horror Film Festival. But I've usually been the only woman. We do write in the genre, so I think it's a perception hurdle. But things are changing.
The thing about "ANY general screenplay competition" is that they're not discriminatory from the start. Whilst I applaud that more women are becoming screenwriters, I'm starting to tire of there being...
Expand commentThe thing about "ANY general screenplay competition" is that they're not discriminatory from the start. Whilst I applaud that more women are becoming screenwriters, I'm starting to tire of there being a separate competition which I'm excluded from because of my sex/race/religion/sexuality/age/etc. We don't have a MOWO awards. We don't have a Heterosexual Pride march. Maybe we should? But I reckon if I started up a "men-only" or "heterosexual" or "whites-only" competition, there'd likely be an uproar. What should be recognised is talent, irrespective of any gender/predilection or background. I'm playing devil's advocate of course, but it is something that is becoming increasingly frequent. Seems that not a day goes by now without some kind of minority-only event. Anyway, I don't want to distract from your success. That is awesome!
Congrats Melody! I'm James. I would like you to join my network, I've created a nine part saga called "Warriors of MA" its a sci-fi / fantasy, take a look at my logline and synopsis and give me some f...
Expand commentCongrats Melody! I'm James. I would like you to join my network, I've created a nine part saga called "Warriors of MA" its a sci-fi / fantasy, take a look at my logline and synopsis and give me some feed back on them. Rate it as well please, I won't to build a correlation to do more black TV and Film projects, its a good time for it.
Congrats!
Congratulations!!