Writing Life: CONNECTION Named Semi-Finalist in ScreenCraft Fellowship

When it comes to contests, it's hard not to get excited by every win or placement. It's validation that you're clearly doing something right and when you're writing by yourself at your desk, it's recognition that your struggles are not in vain. However, it's also important to remember that, when it comes to contests, you win some, and you lose some. Contests are by their nature competitive... and fellowships even more so.

So I was overjoyed this morning when I learned that my pilot script CONNECTION has advanced to the semi-finals of ScreenCraft's 5th Annual Screenwriting Fellowship, an insanely competitive and prestigious fellowship program. (Full disclosure: one of my good friends was a ScreenCraft Fellow last year.) The semi-finalists represent "approximately the top 10% of submissions received," according to ScreenCraft.

I'm really chuffed to see this pilot script make it through to this next round against some really tough competition. (Alas, my screenplay ESCAPE didn't make it to the semi-finals, after placing in the quarter-finals.)

The full list of semi-finalists can be found at the ScreenCraft site... while I sit on pins and needles waiting for them to announce the Fellowship finalists on June 8. Fingers crossed...