AfterEllen.com 2008 Web Series Contest

Attention all budding filmmakers and TV creators! In partnership with Q-Me Con (an annual conference focusing on queer media), we're launching a contest to find the next great lesbian/bi web series!

We want to use AfterEllen.com as a place to help launch the next 3Way, Time Traveling Lesbian, or You Can't Take Them Anywhere! While we can't give you money to make your series, we can give you a platform to expose it to a large and very passionate fan base. And since our readers include women who work in the entertainment industry at all different levels, we'll also be giving you the opportunity to showcase your writing/editing/acting skills to women who are in a position to fund your series. Or hire you. You never know what could happen!

RULES

• You must submit at least 3 episodes, with the ability to make at least 10 if chosen.
• Episodes can be between 3 and 20 minutes long, and may vary by episode (but should be somewhat consistent - i.e. don't make the first episode 3 minutes long, and the second one 20 mins).
• No nudity, sexually explicit situations, or profanity is allowed. If a word can't be aired on broadcast television, don't use it in your video.
• No use of unlicensed music or video.
• All on-camera talent must be 18 or older.
• The contest is not limited to Americans, but the series must be in English or have English subtitles.
• Content that has been previously published online is still eligible.
• All winners must sign a non-exclusive license agreement that allows us to run the episodes on AfterEllen.com and other Logo web properties.
  

GUIDELINES

• The episodes should have some kind of theme or narrative connecting them
• The series should have some kind of lesbian/bi theme, or prominently feature lesbian/bi characters or people
• The series can be either scripted (like 3Way and Time Traveling Lesbian) or unscripted (like You Can't Take Them Anywhere!), but unscripted series should follow AfterEllen.com's general ethical guidelines for entertainment reporting. In particular, AfterEllen.com does not condone outing celebrities.

SUBMISSION PROCESS

1. Upload at least three episodes to Veoh.com, DailyMotion.com or LiveVideo.com.
2. Put links to all three episodes in an email, with the subject line "AfterEllen.com Web Series Contest: [Name of Your Series] and send it to editor at afterellen.com by April 15th, 2008. Please include your name and contact information in the body of the email.
3. Winner(s) will be notified by May 1st, and the winning series will be unveiled publicly and screened at Q-Me Con on May 11th.

PRIZES
All winners will have their episodes published weekly on AfterEllen.com, but the Grand Prize Winner will also receive:

• A feature in GO magazine.
• A 30-minute one-on-one mentorship call with Nancylee Myatt (Emmy-winning writer, former showrunner of South of Nowhere, and current producer on the successful web series 3Way).
• A 30-minute call with Sarah Warn to talk about video content and internet marketing strategies
  

Questions? Post them below, or email editor at afterellen.com. And visit www.qmecon.com to get more info about the conference or buy tickets.