5th Annual Film DC Screenwriting Competition

Our next screenwriting star is somewhere out there in the city?and we want to find him or her. Our Office of Motion Picture and TV Development and the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities are currently accepting original, unpublished manuscripts written by Washington, DC residents. Eighty-five percent of the scripts locations must be authentic Washington, DC locations. Scripts will be evaluated on the basis of authenticity of locations, originality, structure, character development, dialogue, writing skill, commercial potential, and the judges' impressions. The first place winner will travel to Los Angeles, California, for three days next year to visit the set of the Emmy Award-winning television show The West Wing, some of which is filmed here in the District, and participate in a writer's session with the creators of the show. This is a terrific opportunity for writers young and old. Recently, actress Nicole Kidman was in the District for several days of filming for "The Visiting," actor Robert De Niro was in town to film The Good Shepherd; and over the summer Michael Douglas was in DC filming The Sentinel. Also over the summer the ABC TV series Commander-in-Chief was filmed here along with other TV series E-Ring and Bones.