Karen's blog: Diverse Voices 2018 Screenwriting Contest, deadline 15 April

Monday, 9 April 2018

Diverse Voices 2018 Screenwriting Contest, deadline 15 April

The deadline is 15 April for the Spring 2018 Diverse Voices Screenwriting Contest, full details below:

The Spring 2018 Diverse Voices Screenwriting Contest deadline is April 15!

Diverse Voices Deadline on April 15th

Diverse Voices strives to provide a contest that is purely focused on promoting and encouraging diverse voices in Hollywood.

The winners receive 3 months of screenplay development before getting exposure to the industry. Past winners have signed with Hollywood Literary Management Companies and optioned their projects to producers.

The contest encourages stories that are told from perspectives that are often underrepresented in Hollywood today — according to the WGA diversity report that is writers of color, women writers, and writers over the age of 40. We’d also love to see stories from the perspective of writers with disabilities, writers in the LGBTQ+ community, and any other voice that is currently underrepresented in Hollywood today.

In just two years, Diverse Voices has raised $10,000 for charity and we're looking to increase the support in 2018.

$55 Entry

Meet the 2018 Jury

Daniela Garcia-Brcek

Daniela is a manager at Circle of Confusion, which is best known for producing the mega-hit THE WALKING DEAD. Clients have also worked on features like GET OUT and SPIDERMAN as well as TV hits like GAME OF THRONES and BLACK-ISH.

Santa Sierra

Santa Sierra is a TV writer who is working on some of the coolest shows on television, including NARCOS as well as the upcoming new Kurt Sutter SONS OF ANARCHY spinoff MAYANS MC.

Jermaine Johnson

Jermaine Johnson is an executive at Zero Gravity Management, whose clients have worked on features like PULP FICTION and JUMANJI and television shows like STRANGER THINGS and AMERICAN HORROR STORY.

Jewerl Ross

Jewerl Ross, Manager of Silent R Management, has clients who have written Academy Award-winning MOONLIGHT and the mega-hit Pixar film COCO.

Meet the Beneficiary

Founded by Ava DuVernay, Array is an independent film distribution and resource collective comprised of artist advocacy organizations, maverick volunteers, and rebel member donors worldwide. Their work is dedicated to the amplification of independent films by people of color and women filmmakers globally.