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Broadcast Education Association Website
http://www.beaweb.org
Important Dates
April
3, 2009: Deadline to register
for BEA2009 and have credentials mailed.
April 22-25, 2009: BEA2009
Convention, Las Vegas
BEA2009
Faculty Scriptwriting Competition Winners
Dennis Conway, Vice Chair and 2009 Faculty
Scriptwriting Competition Chair, dennis.conway@marist.edu
The winners of the 2009 BEA
Writing Division Faculty Scriptwriting Competition have been announced. The
top honor, or “Best of Festival” award, went to Eric Edson, of California State Northridge,
whose feature, Spirit Walker,
also took the “Best of Category” award for Feature Film
Scripts. Edson’s adventure follows a young student investigating an
apparent land grab of traditional Native American territory, and involves
murder, corruption, and secrecy in a small Western town. In the Feature
Film category, Awards of Excellence also went to Kevin Corbett of Central
Michigan University
for Dark Red, and to Emily Edwards of the University of North Carolina Greensboro for The Boathouse. Corbett’s
romantic thriller centers on a shy accountant who becomes entangled in a
mysterious and deadly internet romance. Edwards’ ghost story involves
an unwanted young female orphan placed in an old age home, who is haunted
by a water spirit. In the Short Story Category, Kevin Corbett also took “Best of Category” honors
with his piece, Crazy, which
starts with a familiar premise: a man walks into a bar to reminisce about
meeting his wife there years ago, before proceeding to a surprising and
shocking ending. Awards of Excellence also went to Frederick C. Jones of Southeast
Missouri State
for The Ornery Alpaca, and
to Kenneth Calhoun of Elon University for Dizzy. Jones’ story deals with a grieving widower who
must deal with his dead spouse’s pet animal, which he’s always
despised. Calhoun’s piece follows a young musician who moonlights as
a musical instrument “repo man” for a music store, and how the
job leads him to help a young prodigy. The contest was chaired by Dennis Conway of Marist College.
The Writing Division wishes to thank all entrants and judges, and hopes
they will continue with the competition in some capacity next year.
BEA2009
Student Scriptwriting Competition Winners
Fred Jones, fjones@semo.edu; and Micheal McAlexander, mcmcalexander@frostburg.edu; 2009 Student Scriptwriting Competition Co-Chairs
The BEA Writing Division
announced the winners of the 2009 Student Scriptwriting Competition. The
top honor, or “Best of Festival” award and 1st place
in the TV Spec category, went to Mike Heyer of the University of
Wisconsin-Oshkosh for his script 30 Rock - Liz Wins Another Emmy.
1st Place
in the Feature Script category was awarded to Kellie Rice of San Jose State University
for her script Andromache. 1st Place in the Short
Script category went to Shane Cottle of Missouri State
University for his
script Fishing for More Than Fish. Also in the TV Spec category,
there was a tie for 2nd
Place between Carol Harris of Missouri State
University for her script Monk
- Mr. Monk and the Tattoo Parlor and Chase Davis and Travis Everett of
Texas Tech University
for their script The Office - Fantasy Football. Honorable Mention
was awarded to Jessica Dekruiff, LaToyia Alford, Michael Daniels, Donald
Gadberry and Daniel Trzeciak of Purdue University-Calumet for their
script Dexter - Hang Me Out to Dry and Jason Brasier of Missouri State University
for his script Supernatural – Helldorado. In the Feature Film
category, 2nd Place
was awarded to Jeremy Inman of San Jose
State University
for his script Super Hero Party Clown and 3rd Place went to Chrstine
Rhee of San Jose
State University
for her script A Far Away Country. In the Short Script category, Brendan
Schmidt of Missouri State University
won 2nd Place
for his script Day Dreamer and 3rd Place went to Rob
Dianora of Southeast
Missouri State
University for his
script Prelude to Eternity. The Student Screenwriting Competition
had 57 entrants this year, an increase from previous years. In addition,
the co-chairs, in an effort to increase the environmental friendliness of
the competition, developed and implemented a partial digital submission
process. Students were allowed to submit a PDF-only version of their
scripts via email. Not only did this eliminate a great quantity of paper
and postage, it made the judging process easier since scripts could be
distributed electronically to judges around the country. The contest was
co-chaired by Micheal McAlexander of Frostburg
State University
and Fred Jones of Southeast
Missouri State
University. The
Writing Division wishes to thank all entrants and judges, and hopes they
will continue with the competition in some capacity next year.
BEA2009
Scholarly Paper Winners
Jon Stahl, 2009 Paper Chair, jon.stahl@csun.edu
The BEA Writing Division is
excited to announce that two papers have been selected as the joint winners
of the 2009 BEA Writing Division Scholarly Paper Competition. Sharing first
place in this juried competition are: “Writing Hollywood: Rooms with
a Point of View,” by Patricia F. Phalen,
Associate Director of the School of Media and Public Affairs at The George
Washington University, and “’It Comes from Some Magic
Place’: Implications of the Creative
Necessity Argument from Lyle v.
Warner Bros. Television Productions,” by Mary Blue, Visiting Associate Professor in the Department of
Communication at Tulane University. Each paper deals with different aspects
of the television “writers’ room.” The two winners will
receive their awards and will present their papers at the BEA Convention
panel on Saturday, April 25, at 10:30 a.m., in room N242 of the Convention
Center in Las Vegas.
Competition Chair Jon Stahl,
Associate Professor of Cinema and Television Arts at California State
University,
Northridge, will moderate the panel. Congratulations to these two scholars
on their exemplary papers!
BEA2009
Writing Division Sessions
This schedule of Writing
Division sessions is extracted from the BEA2009 schedule posted online on
March 13, 2009. The schedule is always subject to change, so be sure to
check the final program at the conference. Our division has nine
sessions (including the business meeting Friday at 1:30), and the timeslots
are pretty good, too!
Thursday, 10:30 AM-11:45 AM,
N235
Managing Student Groups Engaged in Creative Activities (Session ID:
58)
Moderator: Not listed
Thursday, 2:15 PM-3:30 PM, N239
Ethics and How to Get Hired — or NOT (Session ID: 136)
Moderator: Carey Martin, Liberty University
Thursday, 3:45 PM-5:00 PM, N239
Can Student Screenwriters Provide Valuable Criticism to Their Peers?
(Session ID: 109)
Moderator: Dennis Conway,
Banshee Wail Productions
Thursday, 5:15 PM-6:30 PM, N251
Getting A Better Publishing Deal: What To Look For In Your Book Contract
(Session ID: 92)
Moderator: Paul MacArthur,
National Writers Union
Friday, 10:30 AM-11:45 AM, N239
The Ethics of Teaching Screenwriting (Session ID: 70)
Moderator: Eric Edson,
California State University, Northridge
Friday, 1:30 PM-2:45 PM, N239
Writing Division Meeting
(Session ID: 248)
Writing Division Chair: Fred Thorne, Creative Communications Co
Friday, 3:00 PM-4:15 PM, N239
BEA Festival of Media Arts: Faculty
and Student Scriptwriting Competition Awards and Showcase
(Session ID: 54)
Moderator: Faculty Competition: Dennis Conway, Banshee Wail Productions;
Student Competition, Fred Jones, Southeast Missouri State University and
Micheal McAlexander, Frostburg State University
Saturday, 10:30 AM-11:45 AM, N242
Writing Division Paper Competition
(Session ID: 53)
Moderator: Jon Stahl, California State University, Northridge
Saturday, 12:00 PM-1:15 PM, N242
Our Movies, Ourselves: The Ethics of
Storytelling
(Session ID: 72)
Moderator: Patricia Phalen, George Washington University
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IN THIS ISSUE:
Important Dates
BEA2009 Faculty Scriptwriting Competition Winners
BEA2009 Student Scriptwriting Competition Winners
BEA2009 Scholarly
Paper Winners
BEA2009 Writing
Division Sessions
REMINDERS:
Click http://www.beaweb.org/
for the latest BEA news, including this year’s April convention, BEA2009.
BEA WRITING
DIVISION
LEADERSHIP 2008-09
CHAIR
Fred G. Thorne
11855 Butte Creek Island Rd.
Chico, CA 95928-8839
Office: 530-893-4800
Fax: 530-893-2035
Cell: 530-966-0285
fthorne@creativecommunicationsco.com
VICE CHAIR, FACULTY
SCRIPT COMPETITION
CHAIR
Dennis Conway
Marist College
Media Arts, Communication Dept.
Lowell Thomas
Building, Rm. 226
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601-1387
Office: 845-575-3000 X2209
Fax: 845-575-3885
dennis.conway@marist.edu
CO-CHAIR, STUDENT
SCRIPT COMPETITION
Fred Jones
Southeast Missouri
State University
Dept. of Communication
One University Plaza, MS 2750
Cape Girardeau, MO 63701-4710
Office: 573-651-2614
Fax: 573-651-5967
fjones@semo.edu
CO-CHAIR, STUDENT
SCRIPT COMPETITION
Micheal McAlexander
Frostburg State
University
Dept. of Mass Communication
101 Braddock St.,
GC 109-1
Frostburg, MD 21532-2303
Office: 301-687-3013
Fax: 301-687-3033
mcmcalexander@frostburg.edu
CHAIR, SCHOLARLY PAPER COMPETITION
Jon Stahl
California State University, Northridge
Cinema and Television Arts
Head, CTVA Screenwriting Option
18111 Nordhoff St.
Northridge, CA 91330-8317
Office: 818-677-2838
Fax: 818-677-4919
jon.stahl@csun.edu
NEWSLETTER EDITOR
Edward J.
Fink
California State
University, Fullerton
Dept. Radio-TV-Film
800 N. State College Blvd.
Fullerton, CA 92831-3547
Office: 714-278-5399
Fax: 714-278-5662
efink@fullerton.edu
WEBMASTER
Michael J.
Havice
Marquette University
Broadcast & Electronic Communication
1131 W. Wisconsin Ave.
Milwaukee, WI 53233-2313
Office: 414-288-3495
Fax: 414-288-3923
michael.havice@marquette.edu
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