Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 13, Number 5, 1 May 1996 — PIC writing contest [ARTICLE]

PIC 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 nonfiction. 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: 591-1 1 14, email: piccom@elele.peacesat. hawaii.edu.