Red Planet 2013

http://www.thestage.co.uk/news/2013/11/tony-jordans-red-planet-prize-opens-applications/

Anyone entering this year?
I've stuck something in - will nor be holding my breathe, though.

Thanks for the heads up.

http://www.redplanetpictures.co.uk/prize.php

I will be sending something in again - it has to be one of the best opportunities going.

I thought they take submissions all year now.

Quote: Chappers @ 19th November 2013, 10:44 PM GMT

I thought they take submissions all year now.

Opens 11th November - Closes 6th Jan

I guess Red Planet Pictures itself will continue to read submissions via agents etc

It's not specifically comedy, though, is it?

Quote: beaky @ 20th November 2013, 1:58 PM GMT

It's not specifically comedy, though, is it?

Nope.

Got a rejection today.
Another fail.

I'm starting to feel like the deluded nutter on X Factor - 'but everyone says I is a good writer!'.

Mike.

Quote: mikemcc @ 28th March 2014, 4:51 PM GMT

Got a rejection today.
Another fail.

I'm starting to feel like the deluded nutter on X Factor - 'but everyone says I is a good writer!'.

Mike.

You and me both, so it looks like they finally came through today.

However, as the entry was January 6th, it was the first 10 pages before I did a massive re-write of the script to make it more front-loaded (as this "10 page" thing seems quite common for competitions, agents, production companies etc.).

Therefore, it just confirmed what I suspected at the time - i.e. the start was too slow-paced - rather than being a big bombshell.

Odd.
I've heard nothing at all.
Doubtless this a bad sign - but I've e-mailed them for clarification.
:(

Writers through to the second round (i.e. a full read) were contacted about 3 weeks ago.

Quote: Mikey Jackson @ 26th April 2014, 6:29 PM BST

Writers through to the second round (i.e. a full read) were contacted about 3 weeks ago.

So I gather.
But I was neither rejected or accepted.
Which makes me think something went awry with my entry.
Ho hum.