Visual Communications API Screenwriting Contest

Hey there, budding Asian Pacific Islander American screenwriters: dry those eyes, buck up, and dust off that short screenplay that's been sitting in your apartment. The good folks at Visual Communications are partnering up with the Writers Guild of America, West for the 2010 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival Short Screenplay Competition, to promote API writers or writers who craft stories about the API community.

Your original 15-page screenplay must be submitted electronically to scre...@vconline.org by March 22, 2010. Visit the contest website to see the official rules and guidelines. The Grand Prize Winner will be announced at the Closing Night Awards celebration at the 2010 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival.

I know you're just waiting for me to get to the prizes. The list isn't finalized yet, but at the very least you can expect the following:

Screenwriting consultation with Academy Award winner Chris Tashima
Write Brothers, Inc. Screenwriting software
One year membership to Visual Communications
Photo session by Brian Raimondi Photography

Not too bad for 15 pages and a $15 entry fee. No excuses, APIs! Start writing.

Sylvie Kim

Sylvie Kim is a contributing editor at Hyphen. She previously served as Hyphen's blog coeditor with erin Khue Ninh, film editor, and blog columnist.

She writes about gender, race, class and privilege in pop culture and media (fun fun fun!) at www.sylvie-kim.com and at SF Weekly's The Exhibitionist blog. Her work has also appeared on Racialicious and Salon.

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