{"id":5083,"date":"2014-04-22T05:23:49","date_gmt":"2014-04-22T09:23:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/?p=5083"},"modified":"2014-04-22T05:24:25","modified_gmt":"2014-04-22T09:24:25","slug":"submission-deadline-for-up-faith-family-screenplay-competition-is-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/2014\/04\/submission-deadline-for-up-faith-family-screenplay-competition-is-friday.html","title":{"rendered":"Submission deadline for UP Faith & Family Screenplay Competition is Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture.<\/p>\n

Three Finalists Will be Chosen to Compete for $5,000 Grand Pr<\/b><\/p>\n

Three finalists to be chosen to compete for $5000 grand prize. <\/b>The UP TV cable network and the American Black Film Festival (ABFF) want you to know that this Friday (4\/25) is the final deadline for entries in the fourth annual UP Faith & Family Screenplay Competition.\u00a0 The contest promotes the development of faith-friendly, family entertainment screenplays with a focus on the American Black experience, and is a component of UP\u2019s Official sponsorship of Film Life\u2019s 18th<\/sup> annual ABFF, the preeminent festival promoting cultural diversity within the film and television industry.\u00a0 The 2014 ABFF will be held June 19-22 in New York City for the first time.<\/p>\n

Through Friday, submissions for the UP Faith & Family Screenplay Competition are being solicited by the ABFF on the organization\u2019s website<\/a> and newsletter.\u00a0 All eligible screenplays received will be sent to UP for review by a select panel, which will choose the top three screenplay finalists. At ABFF in June, a scene from each of the top three screenplays will be performed live by actors and directed by the screenwriter.\u00a0 The Grand Prize winner of the Competition will be announced during the ABFF Honors awards presentation and will receive a check for $5,000.<\/p>\n

“The UP Faith & Family Screenplay Competition has grown every year and is now recognized as a prestigious opportunity for aspiring screenwriters,” says UP Vice Chairman.\u00a0 \u201cEach year, the competition draws a wide range of talent submitting work across various genres such as family adventure, comedy, romantic comedy sports and drama. The program is a great extension of our network\u2019s commitment to showcasing uplifting, multicultural family-friendly stories.”<\/p>\n

In past years, the UP Faith & Family Screenplay Competition has generated films that UP has produced and aired on the network, including Somebody\u2019s Child<\/i> written by Siddeeqah Powell and directed by Gary Wheeler.\u00a0 Two of the films \u2013 In the Meantime<\/i>, written by Nzinga Kadalie Kemp, and Raising Izzie<\/i>, written by David Martyn Conley \u2013 were produced and directed by Roger Bobb of Bobbcat Films, ABFF\u2019s only two-time winner of the Best Film Award. Raising Izzie<\/i> and Somebody\u2019s Child<\/i> are among the network\u2019s most watched original movies.<\/p>\n

Entries for UP’s Faith & Family Screenplay Competition should be formatted for a two-hour television movie, or approximately 88 minutes of content excluding commercials. The stories should center around faith-friendly, family-friendly topics with a focus on the American Black cultural experience with a wide audience appeal.\u00a0 All submissions should be non-period pieces.\u00a0 Please visit ABFF.com<\/a> for complete details.<\/p>\n

Submissions should be mailed to:
\nUP Faith & Family Screenplay Competition 2014
\nc\/o Film Life, Inc.
\nChelsea Piers, Pier 62, Suite 303
\nNew York, NY 10011<\/p>\n

All submission materials must be received no later than 5 p.m. ET on Friday, April 25.<\/p>\n

Encourage one another and build each other up \u2013 <\/em>1 Thessalonians 5:11<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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