Shriekfest

Just got this e-mail this morning at 11:51am:


"Erik,

Hello!  congratulations!    I am writing to let you know that your screenplay has made it to quarter finalist status!   We should know about semi finalist status soon!  Good luck!   In the mean time, please send us the best number to reach you on.  thank you!

 

Denise Gossett
Festival Founder/Director
Shriekfest Film Festival & Screenplay Competition (our 15th year!!)
2013 Movie Maker Magazine voted one of the Coolest Film Festivals in the WORLD! and in the Top 5 Coolest Horror/SciFi Film Festivals in the WORLD!
Declared "LA's Most Successful & Entertaining Horror Film Festival" by LA WEEKLY
2011 Movie Maker Magazine top 13 film festivals to die for!
2010 Movie Maker Magazine top 25 film festivals worth the entry fee!
Founder Denise Gossett voted number 5 out of 13 Most Influential Women In Horror History www.shriekfest.com http://www.imdb.me/denisegossett www.denisegossett.com https://www.facebook.com/Shriekfest"

 

Now, back in 2011 IMs. Gossett told me of my script Flatdog (which I've written about here extensively and which impressed heavily at last year's Pitchfest in Burbank):

 

"Erik, I'm so sorry to be sending this email. Your screenplays were not chosen for the 2011 Shriekfest Screenplay competition. We would like to thank you for submitting your scripts to this years festival. Sending these emails is the most difficult part of our job because we know how much time, effort, and dedication goes into writing your screenplay. Please keep in touch, we hope to see more of your work in the future.  I have to tell you that Flatdog was very close to making semi finalist status!" 

 

So... essentially, I've known I was on the right track for a while now...

 

But I can't rest on my laurels.

 

Have to keep submitting my work and writing.

 

And here I go to do just that...!