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The Austin Film Festival announces its 15th Annual Screenplay and Teleplay Competitions. Screenplay deadline, May 15; teleplay deadline, June 1. Winners will be announced at the 2008 Austin Film Festival and Screenwriters Conference, held October 16-23, 2008. For more information: www.austinfilmfestival.com, or call Alex, the Director of the Screenplay Competition, at 1-800-310-3378, or email him at alex@austinfilmfestival.com.

Submit your manuscript for a chance to win a trip for you and a guest to New York, where you'll spend three days and two nights in the publishing capital of the world. While you're there, a Writer's Digest editor will escort you to share your work with four editors or agents. Plus, you'll receive a free Diamond Publishing Package from Outskirts Press. The deadline to enter is May 15, 2008.

Compete to Win in 10 Categories:

1. Inspirational Writing (Spiritual/Religious)
2. Memoirs/Personal Essay
3. Magazine Feature Article
4. Genre Short Story (Mystery, Romance, etc.)
5. Mainstream/Literary Short Story
6. Rhyming Poetry
7. Non-rhyming Poetry
8. Stage Play
9. Television/Movie Script
10. Children's/Young Adult Fiction

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Joke Contest: As they say in the ads, “There’s no fee to enter and nothing to buy.” All you have to do is write and submit One Great Joke. Prizes: - $100, $50, and $25. 20 Honorable Mentions will receive an autographed copy of “Become a Richer Writer”

To Enter:

1. All submissions must be received by June 15, 2008.
2. Submissions can be submitted by mail at Archangel Shecky, One Great Joke, PO Box 786, Agoura Hills, CA 91376 or by email at Info@archangelshecky.com. Email submissions must be included within the text of the email -- attachments will not be opened. “Contest” should appear in the subject line of your email.
3. Each person can submit up to 5 entries, but each entry must be submitted separately.
4. Your name and address must be included with each entry.

The 2008 New York Book Festival has set Friday, June 27 and Saturday, June 28 as the dates for its annual program celebrating books that deserve greater recognition from the world’s publishing capital. Grand prize for the 2008 New York Book Festival Author of the Year is $1,500 and a flight to New York for the awards and day festival in Central Park. Deadline May 25, 2008. For more information: www.newyorkbookfestival.com.

The 2008 Hollywood Book Festival has issued a call for entries to its annual program celebrating books that deserve greater recognition from the film, television, game and multimedia communities. Based in the capital of show business, the Hollywood Book Festival aims to spotlight literature worthy of further consideration by the talent-hungry pipeline of the entertainment industry and facilitate getting those works into the proper hands for consideration. Deadline June 25, 2008. For more information: www.hollywoodbookfestival.com.

Announcing its call for entries is the second annual Moonbeam Children's Book Awards, designed to honor the year's best children’s books, authors and illustrators. The new book awards program is accepting entries until August 16, 2008 for books with 2007 or 2008 copyrights or that were released in 2007 or 2008; and is open to authors, illustrators, and publishers of children’s books written in English and intended for the North American market. To learn more about the Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards visit www.MoonbeamAwards.com or contact Jim Barnes, Awards Director: jimb@bookpublishing.com, 1-800-644-0133, ext. 1011.