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Submit Fiction: Final Deadline TODAY

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Deadline: Sunday, December 1st Winner Receives: $5,000| long-term industry circulation | project development The Book Pipeline Fiction Competition is open to unpublished and published books, graphic novels or comics, short stories, and plays for film/TV adaptation consideration. There are no genre restrictions, and judging criteria is weighed evenly between concept originality, marketability in the current landscape, and overall writing talent. Now in its 6th season, Book Pipeline seeks new properties to connect with producers for development at all levels--from big-budget studio films and series, to smaller indies. Every entrant receives general feedback on their submission, specifically on its adaptation potential. Comments are emailed after final judging is completed. Winner and finalists receive one-on-one assistance from Book Pipeline execs prior to industry exposure, in addition to the following: $5,000 to winner, $500 to runner-up Long-term circulation and promotion to producers and other execs Project development with Book Pipeline to prepare a film or TV series pitch Additional material review and…
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Book Pipeline Co-Hosts Session at the 2019 Writer’s Digest Conference in NYC

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Pipeline Media Group Senior Executive Matt Joseph Misetich co-hosted the session Screenwriting 101: Demystifying Hollywood with Script Mag Editor Jeanne Veillette Bowerman at the 2019 Writer's Digest Conference in New York City. A long-time sponsor of the WDC, Book Pipeline was pleased to help lead the discussion on the basics of becoming a screenwriter and lend some insider advice in breaking into the film and TV industry. New Yorker cartoonist Bob Eckstein was on-hand to document the conference--in epic form, as usual. Learn more about the Writer's Digest conference, held annually in Midtown Manhattan, and the Novel Writing Conference in Pasadena, CA.
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Book Pipeline Winner: Whistleblower Exposes Corrupt Administration

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A Sacred Duty - 2018 Book Pipeline Winner PAULA L. PEDENE, APR, Fellow PRSA holds the Public Relations Society of America’s (PRSA) highest honors including the PR Pro of the Year Award, the Western District Platinum Service Award and three Silver Anvil Awards for Institutional Programs, Reputation Management, and Community Outreach. Paula Pedene was one of the first Whistleblowers at the Phoenix VA. In 2010, she collaborated with Dr. Sam Foote in exposing funds mismanagement and a hostile work environment. Their allegations were sustained by the Office of the Inspector General. When new leaders arrived, they were suspicious of her and she became mired in conflict. They removed her from her role as a VA Public Affairs Officer, a role where she had performed admirably for 23 years and banished her to the basement library where she checked books in and out, put the daily papers on racks to read, and logged patients onto hospital…
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Book Pipeline Winner: Biography Highlights True Founder of Crips

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I Am Raymond Washington - 2015 Book Pipeline Winner Zach Fortier was a police officer for over 30 years, specializing in K-9, SWAT, gang, domestic violence, and sex crimes as an investigator. He has written five books about police work. Curbchek, the first book, is a case-by-case account of the streets, as he worked them from the start of his 30 career. Streetcreds details the time Zach spent in a gang task force and the cases that occurred. The third book is by far the most gritty: Curbchek-Reload, where Zach is damaged–and dangerously so, suffering from PTSD and the day-to-day violence of working the street. Hero To Zero is Zach’s fourth book and recalls cops he worked with that were incredibly talented but ended up going down in flames–some ended up in jail, prison, and one on the FBI’s ten most wanted list. Released in 2014, Landed On Black covers the constant state of hyper-vigilance required to survive the…
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Book Pipeline Winner: A Timely One-Woman Comedy Play

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Application Pending - 2016 Book Pipeline Winner GREG EDWARDS wrote the scripts for Application Pending (Off-Broadway, Drama Desk nomination) and Craving for Travel (Off-Broadway), both co-authored with Andy Sandberg, lyrics for Neurosis: A New Musical (Merry-Go-Round Playhouse, SALT Award for Best New Musical), and book and lyrics for Evelyn Shaffer and the Chance of a Lifetime (City Theatre, Samuel French OOB Festival winner, Take a Ten Musicals), Taking the Plunge (Samuel French OOB Festival, NYMF), and The Almost In-Laws (Take a Ten Musicals). He has collaborated with Marvin Hamlisch (White House Governors’ Dinner, Mr. Hamlisch’s holiday tour) and Arthur Laurents (Love Affair). Greg’s essays are published in Avidly (Los Angeles Review of Books) and McSweeney’s, and his game Jessica Plunkenstein and the Dusseldorf Conspiracy (NYT “Best Adventure Game of the Year”) was published by PC Gamer UK. Honors and approximations thereof include the BMI Harrington Award, the Fred Ebb Award (two-time finalist), and a Nickelodeon Writing Fellowship (top-12 semifinalist). Greg graduated Phi Beta Kappa…
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Book Pipeline Winner: Vivid Neo-Noir Breathes Life into the Genre

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Beowulf: A Bloody Calculus - 2014 Book Pipeline Winner Milo Behr grew up in New York, Central America, Europe and the Middle East. His short fiction has appeared in anthologies alongside David Farland, Kevin J. Anderson, Eugie Foster, and others. Academically, he’s published through IEEE, ICSTC and others, and spoken at SIGGRAPH, BIA/Kelsey’s ILM, VFX and elsewhere. Milo has taught, and guest-lectures on, film production and information technology on the university level, and has twice been commended by the US Army for outstanding research. He invented DigiClay Animation (his animation shop was the first to computer-animate Gumby), Cryptocast streaming media encryption, and a variety of other technologies. He lives among the Rocky Mountains with his wife and three children. A sequel to his Book Pipeline winning novel will be released in 2019. Read Beowulf: A Bloody Calculus. Follow on: Site | Twitter From Book Pipeline: “Such a rich, immersive experience. The story digs in its feet from the first chapter…
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