Mark and Jeanne Simon, founders of SellYourTvConceptNow.com, are hosting a free event for anyone who has an idea for a TV show and wants to pitch it to the networks. The free teleseminar/webinar will begin streaming at 9:00 pm ET/ 6:00 pm Pacific. Topics covered will be: * The Seven Biggest Show-Pitching Mistakes * Five Questions You Must be Able to Answer in a Pitch * Attendee Questions Attendees may call into the conference or listen to it stream live over the Internet. Jeanne Simon has produced more than 400 episodes of TV for Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, TNN and Animal Planet. She also created a network and all its contents for Turner Networks, which was greenlit by Ted Turner and Scott Sassa. She has produced on such shows as CLARISSA EXPLAINS IT ALL, WEINERVILLE, ROUNDHOUSE, ROLLER JAM, CARROT TOP'S A.M. MAYHEM and others. Mark Simon has worked on more than 2,500 productions. He has helped hundreds of clients develop their projects. Projects he has developed, directed and produced have won more than 50 international awards, including being Nickelodeon's first-ever grand prize winner in its Nicktoons Film Festival. He has written seven industry books and writes articles for ANIMATION MAGAZINE, AWN.com, FILMMAKER MAGAZINE, MOVIE MAKER MAGAZINE and others. Those interested may go to www.PitchTvLikeaPro.com to register for this free event.

Anime Studio Contest e frontier America Inc., is proud to announce our first official Anime Studio animation contest! Anime Studio 5 is your complete 2D animation program for creating movies, cartoons, anime or cut out animations. Create your own desktop animated shorts in the style of SouthParkStudios.com and JibJab.com, or use Anime Studio to produce full-length animation for film, video or streaming over the web. Anime Studio allows digital enthusiasts at home and professionals in the studio to bring their imagination to life! Don't own Anime Studio? Don't worry, Demo version users can also enter the contest. Prizes! First place, $200 cash prize + one copy of any two e frontier software products (Poser 7 (English, French or German), Manga Studio 3, Anime Studio 5 Pro, Shade 8 Standard, Amapi 7, or MotionArtist 4)! Second place, one copy of any one e frontier software product Third place, one copy of any e frontier software product (less than $50) The winners will also have their animation showcased at our booth at SIGGRAPH August 2007 in San Diego! You can get full details of the contest at the following location http://www.lostmarble.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8596

The Theatre of War Video Contest has players capture the best "wow, you gotta see this" in-game moment and post the video footage in Battlefront's YouTube channel. The channel will let the users vote for their favorite videos, and from the top 10 voted entries Battlefront and 1C Co. are going to select the Grand Prize winner. THEATRE OF WAR is a realtime tactical war game simulating epic battles during World War II. The winner will receive a $1,500 cash prize or a flight ticket to Moscow to meet with the 1C Co. developers. Additionally, 10 THEATRE OF WAR posters or t-shirts (winner's choice) will be given away for free to the best voted 10 entries. For more information, visit www.youtube.com/group/theatreofwar.

GoFish would like to invite your readers and members to participate in a challenging and FUN contest!

GoFish audience members and filmmakers everywhere are challenged to conceive, create, and upload their own Hidden Celebrity Webcam videos. The entries will be viewed and judged by some of television?s top Emmy-winning producers, including Howard Gordon (24), Rob LaZebnik (The Simpsons), and John Collier (King of the Hill), as well as the creator of Hidden Celebrity Webcam, Nell Scovell. Contestants will be narrowed to a list of five finalists, with the winner receiving a meeting with the Rothman Brecher talent agency to discuss talent representation. The agency represents artists affiliated with hit television series, including The Simpsons, Ugly Betty, and CSI, among others. The first prize winner also will receive an Apple MacBook Pro, while runners-up will receive Apple iPods.

To view the contest?s intro video, or post a link to it on your page, please visit http://www.gofish.com/channel.gfp?gfid=50-1719&videoGfid=30-1126938.

Ubisoft and the Independent Film Channel (IFC) are hosting a short film contest inspired by the videogame, ASSASSIN'S CREED, due out in November. Film students, videogame fans and media arts aficionados are encouraged to submit their short film of six minutes or less, based on themes for judging via IFC's Media Lab (http://medialab.ifc.com), a groundbreaking, integrated program that offers filmmakers a destination for posting their independent films online. The grand-prize winner will receive $10,000, an Xbox 360, an Xbox 360 version of ASSASSIN'S CREED and inclusion of their short film inside the Limited Edition version of the game. The winning film will also be aired on the IFC television network in November to coincide with the launch of the game. Finalists will be selected by a panel of IFC and Ubisoft judges and their films will be posted on the IFC website, to be viewed and voted on by fans and visitors who will ultimately choose the grand-prize winner. Two "runner-up" prizes include $2,500 cash, an Xbox 360, an Xbox 360 version of ASSASSIN'S CREED and inclusion of their short film inside the Limited Edition version of the game. Their short film will be aired on the IFC television network. Winners will be announced on or before Nov. 30. For more information, visit medialab.ifc.com/content.jsp?pg=assassins_creed.html.

Walt Disney is hosting THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: PRINCE CASPIAN Fan Art Contest where one lucky NARNIA fan will be selected to have their fan art for PRINCE CASPIAN distributed as an exclusive, limited edition poster at this year's San Diego Comic-Con. You can enter the contest and upload your submission at disney.go.com/disneypictures/narnia/fanclub/fanart.html. Some of the entries submitted to date can be viewed at disney.go.com/disneypictures/narnia/fanclub/fanart_winners.html.

Joss Whedon (BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER), Dark Horse and eBay have teamed to offer fans a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to sit down to a private dinner with Whedon at this year's San Diego Comic-Con. Beginning on July 2, fans will have the opportunity to bid on seats at his table, all for a worthwhile cause. The charity auction also offers additional rarities, including signed editions of Dark Horse's upcoming SERENITY hardcover. For complete details, visit ebay.com/josswhedon. Funds raised from the charity auction will benefit Equality Now, an organization founded in 1992 to work for the protection and promotion of the human rights of women around the world. Working with national human rights organizations and individual activists, Equality Now documents violence and discrimination against women and mobilizes international action to support their efforts to stop these human rights abuses. For more information, please visit equalitynow.org. The event is being managed on eBay by Auction Cause, a premier online auction management agency specializing in high-profile design, strategy, and cause marketing for corporations and nonprofits worldwide. For more information, please visit www.auctioncause.com.

The Accolade is a nontraditional, virtual venue with seasonal deadlines that allows timely online publicity and distribution opportunities for moviemakers, television producers and videographers. It is a top tier, international awards competition in its fifth year. The Accolade receives entries from all over the world including the U.S., Canada, Mexico, England, Spain, Ireland, India, Czech Republic, Malaysia, Hong Kong, etc. Subtitled, foreign-language films are welcome. The awards go to those moviemakers, television producers and videographers who produce fresh, standout entertainment, animation and compelling documentaries.

Since The Accolade is not a traditional festival, it gains eyeballs for winners online through its website, press releases and blasts to its e-mail database of more than 25,000 producers, distributors and buyers. The Accolade is an award known to buyers and distributors and gives them confidence that winning productions are of high quality.

There are three levels of awards, all based on quality and creativity: Best of Show, Awards of Excellence and Honorable Mention. No more than 15% of entries are granted Awards of Excellence. Best of Show honors are granted only if worthy productions are discovered. Notable artistic and technical productions are recognized at the Honorable Mention award level. Annually, a special award is given to a production that makes a significant contribution to social change or a humanitarian effort.

Winners benefit as The Accolade team works passionately to help worthy productions gain the publicity and distribution they deserve. Clips of the Best of Show productions are streamed on The Accolade Website. All Award of Excellence and Honorable Mention winners have a listing with a link to their Website if requested. Every moviemaker, television producer and videographer wants credibility and buzz, and that is what The Accolade is all about! It is a showcase for cinematic gems and unique voices.

The goal of The Accolade is to help the winners of this coveted award achieve the recognition and distribution they deserve.

Go to www.TheAccolade.net for rules and entry form.

NBC Universal Cable is hosting the Chiller "Dare To Direct" Short Film Contest. It challenges fans to get creative and compete for great prizes and a chance to be featured on "Chiller's Dare to Direct Film Festival" as they write, produce and submit short horror films. Shorts will be judged in the categories of Best Picture, Creepiest Character and Scariest Special Effects. Viewers vote online to select five finalists in each category, and a top TV producer will select final winners. Films can be uploaded from Sept. 5-17, and voting for each category will take place from Sept. 21 to Oct. 1. The films will remain online for viewing throughout October. On Halloween night, Wednesday, Oct. 31, finalists and winners will be announced and featured in "Chiller's Dare to Direct Film Festival" at 10:30 pm and 1:30 am (ET). The winner of each category will be awarded $5,000 and Chiller goodies. Complete rules and information can be found at ChillerTV.com.

The Scriptapalooza Television Writing Competition, going into its 8th year, has decided to start accepting reality shows. Scriptapalooza TV has seen two writers win Emmys, one writes for Comedy Central and numerous writers have gotten agents, managers and meetings.

Scriptapalooza TV is accepting submissions through Oct. 15, 2006. The four categories include existing one-hour scripts, existing half-hour sitcoms, original pilots and reality shows.

For more information, visit www.scriptapaloozaTV.com.