Contests

Here's a question for those of you guys who also write screenplays: what are you top 10 list of screenplay contests? Do you believe in contests? Do you find them useful, a waste of money? Good for anything?

I have one friend who won the Nicholl Fellowship a couple of years ago and it was a really exciting time, he got some (new) representation, and met with a lot of people. I have another friend who won one of the Nickelodeon Diversity Fellowships.

So any thoughts? Anyone? Here's what I've got so far:

ABC Disney Writing Fellowship Program
Austin Heart of Film Screenplay Competition
Chesterfield Writer's Film Project (on hiatus?)
Cinequest
Filmmakers International Screenwriting Awards
Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting
PAGE International Screenwriting Awards
Screenwriting Expo
Scriptapalooza
The Slamdance Screenplay Competition

Okay. That's it for now.