Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 13, Number 4, 1 April 1996 — Pacific Islanders in Communication writing contest [ARTICLE]

Pacific Islanders in Communication writing contest

Pacific Islanders (PIC) in Communications has announced its firstever screen writing contest. PIC is seeking scripts from islanders willing to work with national screenwriters and producers to have their stories transformed into television shorts. Subject matter should have a Pacific Island cultural theme, and genres may include drama, comedy, satire, experimental works or innovative combinations. Stories should be translatable to two to ten minutes of program time and ean be either fiction or nōnfiction. There is a separate student category and students are highly encouraged to enter. The pfblloced stories will be broādcast on public television as stand-alone ftllers between scheduled programs and may also be compiled imo a single program. Entrants should be U.S. citizens or legal residents of any U.S. territory. Winners will be selected by a panel of professionals who will be involved with producing the stories. The winners will include originality, suitability for television, cultural relevance; and projected reasonable production costs. Deadline is June 3, 1996. Entry forms are available at Pacific Islanders in Communications at 1221 Kapi'olani Blvd., # 6A-4, Honolulu, HI 96814, Tel: (808) 5910059, Fax: 591-1114, email: piccom@elele.peacesat. hawaii.edu.