Sundress Academy for the Arts Now Accepting Short Films
for New Screenwriting Contest
Deadline: April 1, 2019
The Sundress Academy for the Arts (SAFTA) is now accepting applications from filmmakers across the country for their new Film Writing Contest. The contest seeks to award the best screenwriting for a short film of no more than fifteen minutes. One winner and select runners-up will be honored at a unique screening at Sundress Academy for the Arts’ Firefly Farms.
We are looking for films that highlight the creator’s writing abilities and will award the winner $250. Films must be submitted via link (YouTube, Vimeo, etc.) to sundresspublications@gmail.com. The screening fee is $15 per entry, though the fee will be waived for entrants who purchase or pre-order any Sundress title or broadside. Films can be no longer than fifteen minutes, but there is no minimum time requirement.
We will also accept nominations for entrants, provided the nominating person either pays the screening fee or makes a qualifying purchase. Filmmakers may submit and/or nominate as many films as they would like, so long as each is accompanied by a separate reading fee or purchase/pre-order. Entrants and nominators can place book orders or pay submission fees at our store.
All films will be viewed by members of our editorial board, and we will choose one film as the winner in mid-2019. To submit, email your Sundress store receipt for submission fee or book purchase, send a link to your film to sundresspublications@gmail.com.
Be sure to note both your name and the title of the film in your email header. For those nominating others for our reading period, please include the name of nominee as well as an email address; we will solicit the link directly.
A 501(c)3 non-profit literary press collective founded in 2000, Sundress Publications is entirely volunteer-run, publishes chapbooks and full-length works in both print and digital formats, and hosts a variety of online journals. Although we are conscious of the lack of representation by women writers in literary publishing, we are a non-discriminatory publishing group focused on the creativity of all artists, regardless of race, class, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, education, etc.