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Dear NYTVF Community Member,
We are very excited to announce that the NYTVF will be visiting LA May 10-12, and will be running 2 nights of information sessions followed by an informal get-together on May 12.
This is your opportunity to meet some of the senior staff of the Festival, and to get answers to any questions you might have about the NYTVF, the Independent Pilot Competition, the IFC “Out of the Box” Award, the MTV Outstanding Animator Award, or the FOX-NYTVF Script Contest.
MONDAY, MAY 10
Making and Submitting your Independent Pilot
The first session will focus on the Independent Pilot Competition, with information on the IFC and MTV development deals that will be awarded to two of this year’s official selections. We will discuss any and all aspects of the festival. Details are as follows:
| Date: | Monday May 10
| Time: | Door open at 6:30 for networking
Panel begins at 7:00 PM
| Location: | Showbiz Store
500 S. Sepulveda Blvd.
Ground Floor |
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To RSVP, click here: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/672877595
Speakers will be NYTVF Founder and Executive Director Terence Gray and NYTVF Festival Director Ned Canty, as well as NYTVF alumni Barry Gribble (2009 winner, Best Drama) and Nick Armstrong (2009 winner, Best Director).
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TUESDAY, MAY 11
The FOX-NYTVF Screenwriting Contest
The second session will be all about the 3rd annual FOX-NYTVF Comedy Script Contest. Entrants submit a script for an original half-hour comedy series.
25 Finalists will have their scripts evaluated by FOX for a possible development deal with the network and one winner will receive $25,000 and a development deal. Details are as follows:
| Date: | Tuesday May 11 |
| Time: | 7:30
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| Location: | Writers Boot Camp
At Bergamot Station Arts Complex
2525 Michigan Ave., Bldg i
Santa Monica, CA 90404 |
To RSVP send your name and contact info to [email protected] with “FOX Script Contest–Tuesday Event” in the subject line
Our friends and hosts for the evening at Writer’s Boot Camp will be holding a drawing for a $500 scholarship, as well!
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WEDNESDAY MAY 12
NYTVF Meet and Greet/Alumni Reunion
| Date: | Wednesday May 12
| Time: | 7-9 PM
| Location: | Dillon’s Irish Pub & Grill
6263 Hollywood Blvd |
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No RSVP necessary, but the first 75 people to sign in at the event will get beer tickets!
If you can’t make the events on Monday or Tuesday, this is your chance to swing by a more casual setting to get answers to your questions. We will be catching up with our LA based alumni as well, so you can get the inside scoop from the artists who have been at the fest!
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We would like to take a moment to thank our host partners for NYTVF in LA:
Showbiz Store and Café
For over 25 years, Media Services has been a premier employer-of-record payroll company that handles crew and talent payroll for feature, television, commercial, corporate, and Internet productions world-wide. Along with our fully staffed music and residual payroll departments, Media Services offers production accounting services in our offices, or on-site at your production. ShowbizSoftware.com is Media Services’ discount retailer of the top production and accounting software in the industry. From prep to post-production, ShowbizSoftware.com has incredible prices on screenwriting, scheduling, budgeting, and all your software needs.
New York:
19 West 21st Street
New York, NY 10010
Los Angeles:
500 S. Sepulveda Blvd., 1st Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90049
Writers Boot Camp
Founded 21 years ago on the distinction of teaching screenwriting fundamentals while completing the first draft of a script in six weeks, the company has supported more than 8000 writers nationally and evolved into a professional membership organization that not only fosters fast first drafts but teaches how to fully develop material through 10 drafts of a project in six months without needing to quit your day job.
 Our alumni have been nominated for Oscars™, and have won Emmys, Golden Globes, WGA awards – even the Tony award. Alumni screenplays have brought in more than 3/4 of a billion in Box Office, and our alumni have created or been staffed on close to 100 TV shows.
This year, Writers Boot Camp is also proud to return as a sponsor of the NYTV fest.
We hope to see you all next week!
Best,
NYTVF
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