My ingenious teleplay: DENIED!
Aug 12th, 2008 by dino-ray
So a couple months back I wrote a teleplay for this screenwriting competition hosted by the New York Television Festival.
And today, I got this email:
Dear Friend,
I regret to inform you that your script was not selected as one of the 25 finalists in the NYTVF-Fox Comedy Script Contest. The decision tasked to our readers was a very difficult one, and unfortunately there were a number of quality scripts that were unable to advance to the next round of the contest. Narrowing the initial field of over 880 pilots down to 25 was a tremendous challenge, yet the New York Television Festival was thrilled with the response and was astounded by the quality of effort put forth by its community of talented scriptwriters.
Thank you again for the hard work and commitment exhibited in your pilot script. I encourage you to check back with the NYTVF Web site from time to time, as we hope to offer additional opportunities for aspiring television writers soon. In the meantime, we appreciate your support of the New York Television Festival and the independent television movement, and we hope to see you this September at the 2008 NYTVF.
Best Regards,
–NYTVF
DENIED! I love rejection form letters. Man, I really wanted that Fox development deal and that $25,000 prize! I even put the competition logo and a faux “congratulations” letter on my vision board! And still, I did not win. I guess we can’t win them all. *sigh*
I guess they couldn’t handle the brilliance of my script.
I see you have a vision board…I’m just sayin’…