Prizes Boosted For CS Open at the Screenwriting Expo

Over $6,000 in prizes plus Hollywood exposure for just three
90-minute writing sessions; top prize is $4,000+

PRIZES BOOSTED FOR A Unique Round-Robin Writing Competition

Potential for Hollywood and national publicity
The 2008 Creative Screenwriting Open allows you to match your screenwriting skills over two days with other screenwriters from across the U.S. The CS Open is a two-day writing competition with big prizes.

The Biggest Prize: The Publicity And Exposure of Your Talents

If you are a finalist, your scene, written under deadline pressure, will be acted out in a live reading in front of hundreds of screenwriters, producers, agents, and others in the audience at the closing ceremony of the 2008 Screenwriting Expo. By making it to the finals, you will have proved, in the only competition of its kind, that you can write creatively under major deadline pressure -- a rare and valuable ability in Hollywood.

National Public Radio has expressed interest in covering the CS Open. We don't know what that coverage might be, but this is potentially national publicity for the winners.

So we have decided to increase the prizes for this event:

Total Grand Prize Value:

The Grand Prize was $3,000 and a free copy of Movie Magic Screenwriter. It is now:

• Still $3,000 cash, plus
• Movie Magic Screenwriter ($159.95 value), plus
• Free Expo Admission: we will refund winner's Expo registration fee up to the cost of a Basic Pass ($94.95 if winner paid for early Basic Registration, $144.95 if winner bought a Gold Pass or regular Basic Pass); plus
• Refund of the winner's CS Open entry fee ($10); plus
• A free subscription to Creative Screenwriting Magazine or one-year extension ($24.95 US); plus
• A free full set of our Screenwriting DVDs ($717.97 value at the sale price)

Second Prize More Than Doubled In Value:

• $750 cash, plus
• Free Expo Admission, same as for Grand Prize above, up to $144.95, plus
• Refund Of second prize winner's CS Open entry fee ($10); plus
• $100 coupon to buy any of our other products (DVDs, Creative Screenwriting subscription, next year's Expo)

Third Prize More Than Doubled In Value:

Third Prize was formerly $300. It is now:

• $500 cash
• Free Expo Admission (same as Grand Prize, up to $144.95); plus
• Refund of third prize winner's CS Open entry fee ($10); plus
• $50 coupon for any of our other products.

Prizes For Finalists 7 Through 10 Increased In Value:

The previously listed prizes for semifinalists 7 through 10 were "goods and services." Now, each of the remaining Top Ten semifinalists will receive:

• $50 coupon for any of our other products; plus
• Refund of CS Open admission ($10)

How to enter the CS Open:

1. Register for the Screenwriting Expo (you can register on site -- but registering now will avoid the lines)

2. Buy a CS Open ticket. Go to the CS Open web page and choose a ticket for your preferred time, or buy a ticket on site.

3. Read how the contest is conducted at the CS Open home page.

4. Show up and write, and good luck!