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The Canadian Short Screenplay Competition (CSSC) is an annual writing contest, established in 2008, that seeks to celebrate excellence in short film screenwriting. It was founded by David Cormican, director of development for Year of the Skunk Productions, and “is the single-most competitive, prestigious, short screenplay festival in Canada.”

History
The CSSC was founded in 2008 by David Cormican and is administered by Year of the Skunk Productions, a production company in the business of producing comedic and dramatic content, shorts, feature film and television productions. The CSSC is unique, in that it awards its winning author with a live-action professionally produced film, based on their screenplay. The competition's sponsors include Playback Magazine, Mind’s Eye Entertainment, Meridian Artists, InkTip.com, The Spoke Club,and ART-search.com.

2008 Festival
The CSSC received hundreds of scripts from all over the world, including New Zealand and India.

The winners for 2008 were:

2008 Best in Fest Recipient: Seeing In The Dark written by Gordon Pengilly

2008 Golden Cinema Recipient: No Man’s Land written by David Carey

2008 Silver Screen Recipient: Rusted Pyre written by Daniel Audet

2008 finalists were:

Roos written by Randy Gross

The Lobby written by Carolynne A. Ciceri

Planning Meeting written by Jonah Jones

The Innovator, or 11 Things to do with a Rubber Ball written by Basil Godevenos

The Information Age written by Daren Foster

Dead Adam written by Jordan Kaufman

Spyhole written by Jonathan Guyett

No Assembly Required written by Michelle Sz

The Final Guardian written by Scott Merrow & Paula Merrow

Gangster No. 7 written by Daren Foster

All three scripts are currently in pre-production, and will be submitted to film festivals all over the world.

Rules
The CSSC is open to writers from any nationality and any country, provided the screenplay is in English. Multiple authorship screenplays are acceptable. The screenplay must be no more than 15 pages, adhere to industry format, and run 1-15 minutes of screen time. Screenplays of any genre will be considered and must be the original work of the author submitting it.

To enter and for full details, visit www.yearoftheskunk.com/cssc. The deadlines for 2009 are as follows:

Kick-Off Deadline: September 30, 2009 @11:59PM PST – administration fee is CAD $25

Early Bird Deadline: October 31, 2009 @11:59PM PST – administration fee is $35

Winter Deadline: November 30, 2009 @11:59PM PST – administration fee is $45

Final Deadline: December 31, 2009 @11:59PM PST – administration fee is $55

I-Missed-The-Deadline Deadline: January 31, 2010 @11:59PM PST – administration fee is $75

Prizes for 2009
All screenplays are judged by industry professionals with years of experience in the business.

1st Place (GRAND PRIZE): The “Best in Fest” Award. There will be one (1) “Best in Fest” title awarded to the screenplay deemed to be the overall best screenplay by the competition judges. This screenplay will be optioned and purchased for One Thousand Dollars CAD ($1,000.00). It is intended to be produced by Year of the Skunk Productions.

2nd PLACE PRIZE: The “Golden Cinema” Award. There will be one (1) “Golden Cinema” title awarded to the screenplay deemed to be the 1st runner-up to the Grand Prize by the competition judges. This screenplay will be optioned and purchased for Five Hundred Dollars CAD ($500.00).

3rd PLACE PRIZE: The “Silver Screen” Award. There will be one (1) “Silver Screen” title awarded to the screenplay deemed to be the 2nd runner-up to the Grand Prize by the competition judges. This screenplay will be optioned and purchased for Two Hundred Fifty Dollars CAD ($250.00). Additionally, there are ten finalist prizes, including certificates, industry materials, software, and much more.

Motto
The motto of the CSSC is “Short…Is…Better.”