Issa Rae and Project Greenlight Digital Studios are partnering up to showcase the visions of underrepresented writers.
The New Normal Writing Contest is now accepting pitches for an anthologyweb series. According to the contest guidelines, “Three winning writers will be partnered with a seasoned showrunner, director and line producer to create a digital anthology series. Each of the three winning writers will receive a $5,000 prize; one of the winning writer’s pitches will be selected for development.”
“[Entertainment] constantly tells white stories… but it’s dangerous to present white as a default, and as the only story worth telling,” commented Rae. “We just want to expand the scope of storytelling to be more inclusive.”
Watch Rae introduce the New Normal Writing Contest and see the contest guidelines below.
- Include the working title for your series.
- Must be an anthology, meaning a series that presents a different story and a different set of characters in each episode or season.
- Should include information on setting, tone, genre: all the things that you would generally include in a good pitch.
- Be clear about the characters: who are they? (No more than 5 main roles).
- Where does the story take place?
- How do you intend to tell this story over 6 to 8 short episodes (6–10 minutes per episode).
Check out this example for more tips. See the entire list of official rules here.
ENTRY GUIDELINES:
- Single writers only. Sorry, writing teams are not eligible for this contest.
- Your pitch sheet MUST be limited to one page (about 500 words).
- Please note that winners will be required to relocate to Los Angeles for 90 days in late spring to work on the series.
- PGLDS/CC.TV will provide writers that live more than 50mi away from Los Angeles with a travel stipend. If you cannot relocate, please do not enter the contest.
[via Mashable]
