Friday, March 4, 2011

Holman Screenwriting Competition

The Media Resources Center and the Film Studies Certificate Program at WSU have announced a student competition in screenwriting. A $500 check will be presented to a currently-enrolled student who writes the best screenplay.  The deadline is April 1, 2011.  The screenplay can be any length (a short or a feature) and should follow screenplay formatting standards.  Ablah Library has many copies of contemporary screenplays on its shelves.  An optional one-hour workshop will be offered on Thursday, March 10th, from 1:00 to 2:00 pm in the MRC.  Contact mike.wood@wichita.edu for details.

Carol Holman was, for 22 years, the founding director of WSU’s Media Resources Center.  Following the deaths of Carol and her husband Elton, their estate established an endowed fund for the MRC, and the decision was made to recognize their contributions to education and the arts by creating a Screenwriting Competition. While Mrs. Holman began the MRC with an inventory of 16mm film projectors—modest in comparison to today’s collection of DVD players, plasma screens, and laptop computers—she would recognize that a solid script is still the foundation for effective storytelling, no matter what the medium.