News & Updates Fresh Voices in the Press: ATX Television Festival6/9/13 Pitch Perfect: How to nail your pilot, documentary, or screenplay pitch With the ATX Television Festival opening [ ... ]  Literary Manager Evan Cavic Joins 2013 Judging Pan...6/10/13 Top Literary Manager Evan Cavic Joins 2013 Fresh Voices Judging Panel Evan Cavic, a literary manager and producer at Principato-Young Enterta [ ... ]  Joel Schumacher to Judge 2013 Screenplay Competiti...6/2/13 Acclaimed Hollywood Director Joel Schumacher to Judge the 2013 Fresh Voices Screenplay Competition Joel Schumacher (St. Elmo's Fire, Time To K [ ... ]  Fresh Voices in Cannes to Promote Winning Scripts5/17/13 Fresh Voices Attends the Cannes Film Festival to Promote Winning Scripts. Fresh Voices Chairman Joel Mendoza is in Cannes for the Film Festiv [ ... ]  MPower Makes Moves on Megalopolis5/14/13 Mpower Pitcures Lands 2012 Competition Winner Megalopolis Since winning the Science Fiction Category of the 2012 Fresh Voices Screenpaly Comp [ ... ] |
Success Stories Megalopolis Lands ProducerMPower Pictures Makes Deal on 2012 Competition Winner Megalopolis In the first deal since announcing the winners of the 2012 Fresh Voices Scre [ ... ]  Jack Messitt Collaboration2011 Fresh Voices Grand Prize Winner Jack Messitt is now collaborating with A-List Screenwriter Jeremy Garelick. Since winning last year' [ ... ]  Bill Balas SignedSIGNED!! 2010 Fresh Voices Finalist Bill Balas has signed with top management company Principato Young. Since being a finalist [ ... ]  New A&E Series Hires Fresh Voices Finalist as Staf...Upcoming A&E series hires Fresh Voices Finalist Bill Balas as staff writer. The Bates Motel is a new series created by Kerry Ehrin (P [ ... ]  Fresh Voices Winning Script in ProductionFresh Voices Winning Script In Production Shawn Ashmore (Iceman from the X:Men movies) and Harry Shum Jr [ ... ] |
Screenwriting Articles The Subjectivity of Judging Screenplays"Hey judge, what do you look for in a winning script?" So here's the inside scoop: There's a secret checklist. It's ten points, and we go throu [ ... ]  Attract A-List Talent To Your ProjectCreate Characters A-List Actors Can't Say No To Roles played by Oscar-winning actors and actresses since 1927 16% Rea [ ... ]  Consider your screenplay is an Iphone - Pitch Tips...Consider Your Screenplay Is An IPhone: Pitch Tips We Can Learn From Steve Jobs Steve Jobs created his success by pitching crazy ideas to other p [ ... ]  Is Hollywood Stuck in a Remake RutIs Hollywood Stuck In A Remake Rut? Joel Mendoza - Co-Founder Fresh Voices/ CEO Attraction Entertainment Looking back on movie releases from the las [ ... ]  Break in, Break Through & Break OutBecome A Successful Screenwriter: Break In, Break Through & Break Out Joel Mendoza Co-Founder Fresh Voices/ CEO Attraction Ent [ ... ] |
Screenwriter Interviews Stephen M. HuntScreenwriter Profile: Stephen M. Hunt 2012 Fresh Voices Screenplay Competition Grand Prize Winner Stephen M. Hunt won the Grand Prize Award of [ ... ]  Eli RichbourgSCREENWRITER PROFILE: ELI RICHBOURG RIP Eli Richbourg - March 2013 You will be greatly misssed by everyone you touched. Eli Richbourg is a WGA writ [ ... ]  Dave CallahamSCREENWRITER PROFILE: DAVE CALLAHAM Dave wrote the 2010 summer blockbusterThe Expendables, which has so far grossed over $270m at the world box [ ... ] Jack MessittSCREENWRITER PROFILE: JACK MESSITT Grand Prize Winner of the 2011 Fresh Voices Screenplay Competition. Chosen from nearly 1,000 screenplays, ADVENTUR [ ... ]  Patrick CaulfieldSCREENWRITER PROFILE: PATRICK CAULFIELD 2010 Fresh Voices Screenplay Competition Grand Prize Winner Patrick Caulfield won the Grand Priz [ ... ] |