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Contest Seeking Short Stories for Film and TV Adaptation Launched by Roadmap Writers, Barry Josephson

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Matt Donnelly Senior Film Writer Roadmap Writers, a screenwriting education and training platform based in Los Angeles, is partnering with Hollywood producer Barry Josephson to identify short stories fit for film and television adaptation.

The competition, open now and running through June 14, seeks commercial-leaning work and carries a cash prize of $7,000. The top three stories will be published on Roadmap Writers.

Short stories have become coveted in the rights market, especially over the past year, and have led to bidding wars among the major studios and streamers.

Author Victor Sweetser sold the innovative haunted house film “The Occupant” to New Line this year, and Matt Query got a 7-figure deal at Netflix for his Reddit short story “My Wife and I Bought a Ranch.” For the Josephson competition, scouters are asking for work no longer than 50 pages and can be of any genre.

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