Women In Animation

Toronto, Canada — Oct.1, 2008 — Animax Entertainment is celebrating the opening of their new studio in Toronto with a script-writing contest for Canadians. The Animax Canucks Cartoon Script Contest is open to all Canadian citizens (living in Canada or elsewhere) and is accepting 7-minute cartoon script entries now through Nov. 31, 2008. Contestants can enter by going to www.animaxinteractive.com/canuck.

Judges for the contest will include members of the Animax team as well as noted agents, producers, writers and artists from both Canada and the U.S. Prizes will include “The Top Banana,” a development option with Animax Entertainment worth (Canadian) $2,500 and a beer as well as $1,500 and $1,000 for second- and third-place winners

The Animax Canucks Cartoon Script Contest is open to all styles of writing, but particular interest to the judges are scripts suitable for the tween, preschool and adult demographics. Scripts must be original and no longer than 10-pages in length.