Missouri Film Office opens Competition for Missouri Stories

JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Film Office is looking for writers who have penned screenplays or TV pilot scripts set in the Show-Me State.

Now in its second year, the Missouri Stories Screenwriting Fellowship Program will accept script submissions from screenwriters through Nov. 30.

Sponsored by the Missouri Film Office and the Missouri Motion Media Association, the program seeks to encourage more Missouri Stories for film and television, and support writers who aspire to work in the film and TV industry.

All entrants will receive feedback on their scripts from the reading judges and up to three winners will be selected to attend the all-expenses-paid fellowship experience Feb. 7-10, 2016, in Missouri.

Full program details, including important dates to remember, rules and the submissions form, are available at MoFilm.org/MoStories.

During the fellowship, writers will participate in writing workshops and have one-on-one time with industry mentors who are established in the film industry. Past mentors include Bob Gale, perhaps best known for co-writing films in the “Back to the Future” trilogy, and Philip LaZebnik an accomplished writer who penned scripts for “Mulan” and “The Prince of Egypt.” 2016 industry mentors will be announced in early November.