Buckeye screenplay vie open

     (AAPNW-OH) –  Who will be standing center stage and bestowed for one of the three categories: Best Screenplay, Best Voice of Color Screenplay (written by or about people of color), and Best Northcoast Screenplay (set in or about northern Ohio) in the 2011 Ohio Independent Screenplay Awards, which marks its 12th screenplay competition? Time will tell when the deadline for submission ends April 1 and the winners known in October 2011.

     Established in 1993, Independent Pictures is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that sponsors the Ohio Independent Film Festival, Ohio Independent Screenplay Awards, Film Production Training Program, Fiscal Agent Sponsorship Program, Speakers Bureau, the Director of Photography Workshop and Script Mill. www.ohiofilms.com.  With IP, they are supported by Audio Visual Rentals, Community Shares of Greater Cleveland, Ohio Arts Council, Sherwin Williams, Cuyahoga Arts and Culture. Together, their goal is to play a major role, offering aspiring writers the ‘red carpet’ passage to the doorways of the professionals in the industry.

     Aside from cash awards, entrants in this year’s competition will also receive personal coverage and feedback from programmers and readers on their, including one winning screenplay will be chosen to be read at Script Mill, Independent Pictures’ un-staged screenplay reading program in November 2011.