James Barclay, Honorable Mention in the Science-Fiction/ Fantasy category of the 2014-15 Fresh Voices Screenplay Competition has been signed by manager Mitch Solomon at Magnet Management.

Founded in 2004, Magnet Management is a passionate advocate for screenwriters and has grown into one of the premier literary management companies with over 70 clients working in Film and Television. Mitch Solomon has over 15 years experience in both development and production. 

Magnet Management is currently in production on the film Pacific Standard Time starring Willa Holland

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Chris Bowen, Grand Prize Winner of the 2014-15 Fresh Voices Screenplay Competition has been signed by managers James Engle and Amotz Zakai at Echo Lake Entertainment.

Echo Lake recently produced the 6 times Academy Award Nominated film Nebraska and the upcoming film Truth starring Robert Redford, Dennis Quaid and Cate Blanchett.  On the management side, they have over 45 clients staffed on hit TV shows including TURN, THE 100, UNFORGETTABLE, HOUSE OF LIES, L&O:SVU, GREY’S ANATOMY, LAST SHIP, REIGN, the upcoming SHADES OF BLUE on NBC, HUNTERS on SyFy and many others. They also have clients currently writing feature scripts for Warner Bros, Fox, Fox 2000 and a client with a movie in production at MGM.

Read an interview with Chris Bowen here about his experience winning the Fresh Voices Screenplay Competition.

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2013 Fresh Voices Short Script winner Fred Perry has optioned his winning short script FIVE DAYS IN CALCUTTA.  The short, to be produced and directed by Dawn Fields at Palm Street Films, will begin production on October 18th. Fred Perry remarked, "The win continues to open doors!"

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Since winning the 2012 Fresh Voices Screenplay Competition, Grand Prize winner Stephen Hunt has hit a hot streak securing 13 screenplay competition and film festival wins with 3 different scripts.

All this heat led to the attention of Emmy Award winning TV director Miguel Guerreiro who ultimately collaborated with and directed a short crime thriller written by Stephen now in post-production entitled Early Release.

Not satisfied with merely seeing his short script being shot by an Emmy winning director, last week Stephen optioned his feature screenplay, Edgar Allan Poe's The Oval Portrait, based on the Edgar Alan Poe short story, to Concord Films, a US production company now wrapping their their third film. The Oval Portrait is scheduled to be their next project to be shot in Louisiana.

Congrats Stephen!

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Jade Shames, Grand Prize Winner of the 2013-14 Fresh Voices Screenplay Competition, has signed with Evan Cavic of Principato-Young Entertainment, for management. 

Read an interview with Jade Shames here.  

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MPower Pictures Makes Deal on 2012 Competition Winner Megalopolis  

LOS ANGELES, March 28, 2013- Stephen M. Hunt took home the Grand Prize at the 2012 Fresh Voices Screenplay Competition for his compelling World War II drama, Precious Vengeance. (Read an interview with Stephen Hunt here.)

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Since winning last year's Grand Prize, Fresh Voices circulated Jack's winning screenplay Adventures in Babymaking to leading production companies and ultimately caught the eye of A-List Screenwriter Jeremy Garelick (The Break-Up, The Hangover). Since their first meeting, the two are collaborating on a project with an eye towards Jeremy directing. Jeremy was most recently hired by New Line to write the reboot of the Police Academy franchise.

Since being a finalist in the 2010 Fresh Voices Screenplay Competition, Bill quit his day job selling insurance and is now a staff writer for the upcoming A&E TV series The Bates Motel starring Vera Farmiga. With the help of Fresh Voices, Bill optioned his winning screenplay Already Gone and attached Shawn Ashmore (X:Men 1,2,3) and Harry Shum Jr. (Glee) to star in the project. See the trailer here! 

The Bates Motel is a new series created by Kerry Ehrin (Parenthood, Friday Night Lights, Boston Public) and Carlton Cuse (Lost, Nash Bridges). The Bates Motel is based on Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho and is a further exploration of Norman Bates dark and twisted relationship with his morther. The series stars Vera Farmiga (The Departed, Up in the Air), Max Theriot and Freddie Highmore. The show is under a 10 episode order from Universal Television and will air on A&E in 2013.