The third annual Missouri Stories Scriptwriting Fellowship Program is seeking Missouri-set screenplays and TV pilot script submissions for its competition fellowship program sponsored by the Missouri Film Office and the Missouri Motion Media Association. Participants need not live in Missouri to enter, but the scripts and pilots must be set in the Show-Me State. All […]
Missouri Film Tax Incentives Update March 2016
On Tuesday March 8, 2016 there was a hearing for Rep. Kathryn Swan’s (R-Cape Girardeau) HB 1645 in the Missouri House Economic Development and Attraction Committee. This bill will re-instate the Missouri Film Tax Incentive program which expired Nov. 2013. MOMMA board members – Joni Tackette and Steph Scupham (also KC Film Commissioner) presented testimony […]
Missouri Stories Scriptwriting Fellowship 2015 – Register Now!
The Missouri Stories Scriptwriting Fellowship returns for its second season. It is a national competition for screenplays and television pilot scripts with story lines set in Missouri. Three scripts will be chosen from all submissions. The winning writers will receive an all expense paid trip to our concentrated fellowship experience, held in Missouri in February […]
Legislative Update on HB 803
There was a positive hearing Wednesday for HB803 in Jefferson City. HB803, sponsored by Rep. Kathy Swan (Cape Girardeau), will reinstate the Missouri Film Production Tax Incentive. Now we will wait to see if it is voted out of the House Economic Development Business Attraction and Retention Committee, and moves on to the House Select […]
Missouri Stories Winners Announced
A 1950s turf battle along the Mississippi River, a church conspiracy and outlaw Jesse James played prominent roles in the winning entries for the inaugural Missouri Stories Scriptwriting Fellowship. Sponsored by the Missouri Film Office, Missouri Division of Tourism and Missouri Motion Media Association, the competition yielded more than 50 entries from writers around the […]
Missouri Stories Scriptwriting Fellowship
The Missouri Stories Scriptwriting Fellowship is a national competition for screenplays and television pilot scripts with story lines set in Missouri. Three scripts will be chosen from all submissions. The winning writers will receive an all expense paid trip to our concentrated fellowship experience, held in Missouri in February 2015. The writers will be joined […]