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ENTER OUR HORROR FILM CONTEST FOR 2010 AND WIN A TABLOID WITCH AWARD!
Are YOU an unknown or little-known horror filmmaker, writer, actor, musician ...
or some other artist involved in horror filmmaking? Come Halloween
2010, we want to discover YOU! -- in
our 7th annual Tabloid Witch Awards!
The Tabloid Witch Awards -- which
was founded by the Hollywood Investigator -- has continued to grow.
Each year we introduce new categories (we added Best Music Soundtrack in 2006, and Best Avant-Garde Horror Short for 2008!) and attract more entries and attendees to our screenings.
WHAT TO
DO: .If you have a finished horror
film -- short work or feature -- then we invite you to send it to us.
Between now and September 30, 2010, we will be reviewing all submissions,
selecting the best of the best.
WHAT YOU
GET: Winners will be profiled in a Hollywood Investigator
for Halloween 2010. We plan to select at least one short and one
feature film, but we may profile additional films and the people involved
(actors, musicians, sfx people, etc.), depending on what we see.
Selection of films and artists profiled will be at the exclusive discretion
of the Hollywood Investigator.
TROPHY:
We will award trophies! The 2005 and 2006 trophy was lucite.
2007, 2008, and 2009's trophy was a plaque (right), which will likely be the same for 2010
(but maybe not).
SCREENING
DATES: .We try to screen the winning
films, but that's not guaranteed. However, we have managed to screen
winning films from every year's contest so far.
ENTRY FEE:
There is NO entry fee! We're not looking
to
make money off desperate artists -- only to discover new talent for a news
story!
FORMAT:
DVD. We prefer NTSC but will accept PAL. Format will not affect
judging. Winners may be required to submit a good quality NTSC DVD
prior to public screening.
LANGUAGE:
Films must be in English, or English subtitled, or with minimal dialogue
so it may be understood by an English language audience.
GENRE:
Horror, broadly defined as anything scary. Evil space aliens, the
supernatural, and psychos. Horror combined with comedy (Motel
Hell, American
Werewolf in London) is also fine, provided a horror content
remains.
DEADLINE:
We must receive your entry by September 30, 2010.
ISN'T IT
TOO EARLY TO ENTER? No! Some winning films were received
up
to a year early. Others were received days before the deadline.
ISN'T IT
TOO LATE TO ENTER? No! Films that are received after
selections are made will be saved for next year's contest.
WHERE TO
SUBMIT: .Please send films to: Thomas
M. Sipos, PO Box 1903, Santa Monica, CA 90406-1903. Films will not.be
returned, so don't send your only copy.
WEBSITE:
The Tabloid Witch Awards has its own website!
"Hollywood Investigator" and "HollywoodInvestigator.com" and "Tabloid Witch" and "Tabloid Witch Award" trademarks are currently unregistered, but pending registration upon need for protection against improper use. The idea of marketing these terms as a commodity is a protected idea under the Lanham Act. 15 U.S.C. s 1114(1) (1994) (defining a trademark infringement claim when the plaintiff has a registered mark); 15 U.S.C. s 1125(a) (1994) (defining an action for unfair competition in the context of trademark infringement when the plaintiff holds an unregistered mark).
Filmmaker Rick Lavon secured a
DVD distribution deal as a result of winning our contest! 
SCREENING
DATES: .We try to screen the winning
films, but that's not guaranteed. However, we have managed to screen
winning films from every year's contest so far. 