Screenwriting: Contest for Minorities to Be Held

The National Writers Workshop, a nonprofit organization for hopeful screenwriters, is holding its fifth annual screenwriting contest for minorities.

American Film Institute graduate Willard Rogers founded the contest in 1990 as part of the workshop’s Ethnic Minority Screenwriters Development and Promotional Program.

Rogers, 53, head of the organization, established the $500 scholarship to discover talent in ethnic communities, which account for only 2.5% of writers employed by the motion picture industry.

Five winners will be chosen. According to Rogers, at least half of the previous scholarship winners have been hired by major motion picture studios. The entry deadline is Dec. 16.