Last month’s screenplay competition was a definite surprise — not only did the community of writers reading the blog grow tremendously, but there was an awesome turnout of writers that submitted their screenplay.

I’d originally planned on holding monthly competitions, announcing the winner on the last day of the month, and introducing the next … needless to say, I underestimated big time — and understand why some competitions encourage early submissions.

For those that need a quick recap: The screenplay competition held last April (2010) was focused on discovering the writer that proved to be the best at creating a strong story setup for their screenplay. The competition was fierce … I even contemplated announcing a tie, but ultimately decided against it.

There are three winners to this competition, and for now they place equally among each other.

Lori Othouse

Though the competition was tough, Lori demonstrated an exceptionally strong story setup with her submission, Apart From Me, that, like so many of the submissions, left me wanting more!

Keep your eyes peeled for the second and third winners! (Subscribe via email to stay in the loop)

xCoverage

Lori will receive the xCoverage service ($125 value) free and I’ll be making the announcement to the social community of fellow writers on facebook and twitter shortly.

xOne Coverage

I took a lot of notes during the reading of the submissions, so I’ll be going back over them to create the xOne coverage for all participants. Thanks for being so patient — I’m a newbie at this so I really appreciate it. I was hoping to get the xOne coverage reports out to everyone immediately after the announcement of the winner, but just as before, I seriously underestimated my ability.

You live and you learn.

For those that didn’t enter the competition, those that want another shot, or those that to win one of the feature competitions, you’re just in time!

We’re just about half way through May, which is the month hosting the Feature Length Spring Screenplay Competition!