Supported by the Writers Guild of America, west, Scriptapalooza TV Television Writing Competition is dedicated to helping emerging writers get their feet in the door. It accepts one-hour Spec Scripts, half-hour Spec Scripts and Original Pilots. The winners in each category will be considered by Scriptapalooza's outstanding list of participants. Visit www.scriptapaloozaTV.com for details or call (323) 654-5809.

COMMUNICATION ARTS ILLUSTRATION AND PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITIONS

Now is the time to promote your talent to the creative community and potential clients worldwide by having your work selected for the largest and most important juried competitions for illustration and photography.

Communication Arts invites you to enter your work in the 45th Annual Illustration and Photography competitions.

Selected, award-winning pieces will appear in Communication Arts magazine, in either the July Illustration Annual or August Photography Annual. More than 72,000 copies of each Annual will be distributed worldwide, assuring the selected entries important exposure to professionals in the fields of advertising and design.

The deadline for both competitions is March 15, 2004.

For submission guidelines, PDF entry forms and FAQs, visit:
http://www.commarts.com/competition

COMMUNICATION ARTS ILLUSTRATION AND PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITIONS

Now is the time to promote your talent to the creative community and potential clients worldwide by having your work selected for the largest and most important juried competitions for illustration and photography.

Communication Arts invites you to enter your work in the 45th Annual Illustration and Photography competitions.

Selected, award-winning pieces will appear in Communication Arts magazine, in either the July Illustration Annual or August Photography Annual. More than 72,000 copies of each Annual will be distributed worldwide, assuring the selected entries important exposure to professionals in the fields of advertising and design.

The deadline for both competitions is March 15, 2004.

For submission guidelines, PDF entry forms and FAQs, visit:
http://www.commarts.com/competition

The Visual Effects Society (VES) presents the 2004 VES Awards, a celebration of the best in visual effects. Participants can submit their entry forms for any one of the 23 categories through the VES Awards online submission site at www.vesawards.com. The 2nd annual event will be held on February 18, 2003 at the Hollywood Palladium. The deadline for submission is December 1, 2003. For the first time, a special Lifetime Achievement Award will be given.

Awards categories include: Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects Driven Motion Picture; Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Motion Picture; Outstanding Visual Effects in a Televised Miniseries, Movie or a Special; Outstanding Visual Effects in a Televised Series; Outstanding Visual Effects in a Commercial; Outstanding Visual Effects in a Music Video; Best Single Visual Effect of the Year; Outstanding Character Animation in a Live Action Motion Picture; Outstanding Character Animation in an Animated Motion Picture; Outstanding Character Animation in a Live Action Televised Program, Music Video or Commercial; Outstanding Character Animation in an Animated Televised Program, Music Video or Commercial; Outstanding Special Effects in Service to Visual Effects in a Motion Picture; Outstanding Special Effects in Service to Visual Effects in a Televised Program, Music Video or Commercial; Outstanding Matte Painting in a Motion Picture; Outstanding Matte Painting in a Televised Program, Music Video or Commercial; Outstanding Models and Miniatures in a Motion Picture; Outstanding Models and Miniatures in a Televised Program, Music Video or Commercial; Outstanding Visual Effects Photography in a Motion Picture; Outstanding Visual Effects Photography in a Televised Program, Music Video or Commercial; Outstanding Compositing in a Motion Picture; Outstanding Compositing in a Televised Program, Music Video or Commercial; Outstanding Performance by a Male or Female Actor in an Effects Film; and Outstanding Performance by a Male or Female Actor in a Televised Program, Music Video or Commercial.

Founded in 1997, the Visual Effects Society is comprised of distinguished visual effects artists and technologists who are professionally committed to the specialized industry of visual effects. The society provides its members with a platform for communication, education and recognition of the current and future state of the visual effects industry. Society headquarters are located in Santa Monica, California with approximately 850 global members. For more information contact the VES at 2308 Broadway, Santa Monica, California 90404; tel: (310) 315-6055; Email: rules@vesawards.com or Web: www.vesawards.com.

American Accolades Screenwriting Competition is all about turning heads in the Hollywood community. It's not about fancy banquet dinners or trophies. It's about cash prizes, feedback and trying to get your work discovered and produced. The American Accolades is focused on getting great material into the hands of people who can make a difference. Grand Prize Winner will be awarded $2,500. Five first place prizes of $500 will be given to the best entries in each genre category. All 15 finalists will receive a comprehensive story analysis. The late deadline is February 27, 2004. For more information, visit http://www.americanaccolades.com.

Presented by Industrial Development Bureau, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Taiwan R.O.C in the public art festival "Techno Dream Sphere" in Taiwan Nankang Software Park, Future Imprint is an international animation competition for all who are interested in forwarding future to the world of animation. With the ever-updating technological media, our dreams and imagination are easier to visualize with the extension of virtual reality. Our depictions of the future may welcome true possibilities to alter tomorrow's world. Future Imprint aims to trace our ultimate fantasy, and cluster the best imagery of our time. For more information, contact Acer Digital Art Center: 8F, No. 88 Sec 1, Hsin Tai Wu Rd, Hsichih, Taipei Hsien 221, Taiwan.

The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Science

animate! tv is looking for new ideas.

The UK commissioning programme for experimental films for television is selecting another slate of personal projects, with running times of up to 6 minutes and production budgets between

The 11th Flashforward conference and Flash Film Festival, the oldest and largest Flash user conference in the world, shares the latest in design, development, education and inspiration. Confirmed speakers include: Beau Ambur, Bill Buxton, Mike Chambers, Jeremy Clark, Brendan Dawes, Marcus Dickinson, Kelly Goto, Branden Hall, Kristin Henry, Sas Jacobs, Brad Johnson, Phillip Kerman, Joey Lott, Nader Nejat, Erik Natzke, Andries Odendaal, Tim O'Reilly, Robert Penner, Rich Shupe, Craig Swann, Josh Ulm, Samuel Wan, Guy Watson and many more. Flashforward 2004 features: four half-day in-depth Flash workshops, 24 one-hour seminars, 20 Q&A sessions, 17 "Ask the Experts" sessions and 11 technology showcase seminars. The Flash Film Festival will feature a Macromedia keynote, exhibition area, Flash authors' book signing, networking receptions and exclusive conference workbook with speaker notes. For more information, visit http://www.flashforward2004.com.

Photography is a fixed picture and cinema's norm is 24 pictures per second. Ouvrir /fermer tries to look at the line between these two media by experimenting an inter-media-te projection. The form we look for is visual aphorism which contains between 2 and 23 pictures (computer-designed works- gif, flash, png...) This competition will take place at Paris