The Baltimore Film Office at the Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts, in conjunction with Morgan State University's Film and Television Writing Program and Johns Hopkins' Film and Media Studies Program, is seeking aspiring film writers for the fourth annual Baltimore Screenwriters Competition. The competition is designed to create awareness of screenplay as a literary art form and to encourage new screenwriters into the entertainment industry. The early submission deadline is Friday, November 21, 2008 with a $35 application fee, and the final deadline is Friday, January 9, 2009 with a $50 application fee. Interested writers can submit applications and original feature length screenplays that must be set in or can be filmed in Baltimore. Materials can be mailed or delivered to the Baltimore Screenwriters Competition, Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts, 7 East Redwood Street, Suite 500, Baltimore, Maryland 21202. The Screenwriting Competition is project of Mayor Sheila Dixon and the Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts' Division of Film, Video and Television and sponsored by Municipal Employees Credit Union of Baltimore (MECU), Maryland Film Festival, Baltimore Theatre Alliance, Baltimore Area Convention and Visitors Association and the Creative Alliance at the Patterson. All eligible scripts will receive coverage by local screenwriters, and final scripts will be judged by film industry professionals. Participating judges will be announced at a later date. Winning prizes include cash and all access passes to the Maryland Film Festival. To download the Baltimore Screenwriters Competition application, visit www.baltimorefilm.com or call (410) 752-8632.