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Gary Anthony Williams
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

L.A. COMEDY SCRIPTS SCREENPLAY COMPETITION CALL FOR ENTRIES

August 1, 2008 - HOLLYWOOD, CA - Gary Anthony Williams (Boston Legal, Boondocks), co-founder of the L.A. Comedy Scripts Screenplay Competition is now accepting entries for the 2009 Competition in the categories of: Feature Comedy Screenplays (80-130 pages) and Short Comedy Screenplays (30 pages or less).

Submission guidelines and information can be found at www.lacomedyshorts.com as well as through www.withoutabox.com.  The early deadline is October 1, 2008.  The regular deadline is November 1, 2008, the final deadline is December 1, 2008 and the extended Withoutabox deadline is December 15, 2008.

The festival will be awarding over $10,000 in cash and prizes as well as industry exposure including a guaranteed reading of the Grand Prize winner by the heads of production at Benderspink (American Pie, Monster-in-Law, The Ring).

The screenplay competition is being held in conjunction with the LA Comedy Shorts Film Festival, which will be held March 6-8 in Hollywood, CA.

The L.A. Comedy Shorts film festival is now accepting submissions for the 2009 festival in the following categories:  Comedy Short Films (30 minutes or less), Comedy ʽShortieʼ Shorts (5 minutes or less) and Animated Comedy Shorts (30 minutes or less).  Details can be found at www.lacomedyshorts.com and through www.withoutabox.com.

The LA Comedy Scripts Screenplay Competition and L.A. Comedy Shorts Film Festival are dedicated to celebrating and promoting funny people who do funny work.   The festivals were founded because comedies typically have a harder time winning prestigious awards.  All judges are top names in the fields of comedy and filmmaking.

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