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Published in April 18th, 2008

It’s obviously that kind of a day:

Apoptotic Productions are looking for comedies:

224 S Main Street
Ste. # 103
Springville, UT 84663
info@apoptoticproductions.com

From their site:

‘At Apoptotic Productions, we are passionate about our art. We are committed to innovation and the development of new talent.

We are currently accepting queries for feature length comedies. Please query with logline and synopsis.

We are looking for fresh, character driven edgy comedy. Send query to Submissions, Apoptotic Productions, 224 South Main St., #103, Springville, UT 84663.

You may also query via e-mail to submissions@apoptoticproductions.com ‘

10 users responded in " Another ‘Scripts Wanted’ Opportunity "

AvidReader2008 said, in April 19th, 2008 at 6:07 pm

We have no comedies at the moment, but I was cruising writing websites and found this one. You really provide a great service for the writing community. I’ve subscribed to this blog! Thanks!

Phil Gladwin said, in April 28th, 2008 at 5:26 pm

Thanks Avid - good to hear - of course, this place only gets better the more people join in - so don’t forget to spread the word!

joezen777 said, in June 6th, 2008 at 5:31 am

Apoptotic productions is a scam. Their website went offline right after the quarter finalists announcement deadline. Apoptotic is a cell which is bent on short self-destruction. Fancy way of a fly-by-night contest.

Phil Gladwin said, in June 6th, 2008 at 7:39 am

Thanks for the notice of that Joezen777 - their site is definitely down. Anyone know anything else about what was going on over there?

JJ said, in July 4th, 2008 at 5:54 pm

It’s disheartening to learn that Apoptotic Productions and its screenplay competition is a scam. Did they at least list the quarterfinalists before they skipped town? Do you have that list?

joezen777 said, in July 4th, 2008 at 9:30 pm

The response from Angela Black, the instigator of the scam, was that the producer backed out of the deal and that entrants would be sent back their money. That has not happened for me. The Utah DA said to call the Spanish Fork police and submit a complaint with them. To get their contact info either go to stepleftpublishing.com or the whois registry and lookup apoptoticproductions.com. I felt really stupid though after looking up the address of apoptotic on google maps. It was a UPS store. And then apoptotic means a cancerous cell that is about to die.

JJ said, in July 4th, 2008 at 10:56 pm

Thanks for the information. I will call the Spanish Fork police. But who is Angela Black? Is she a principal of the supposed Apoptotic Prods? And what is the connection to StepLeft Publishing?

JJ said, in July 4th, 2008 at 11:09 pm

I get it now. The crooks think they’re very clever. The took the actual names of researchers from a cancer article on apoptotic whatever. The original contest contact was “A.C. Nolan” and Angela Black is another name they stole. I’m definitely reporting this crime to the Springville, UT police.

joezen777 said, in July 5th, 2008 at 2:13 am

Send me an email at my username@yahoo.com and I can send you the archived web files from their web page. angela black was the contact listed in whois for apoptoticproductions. Though she is also listed as the contact for stepleftpublishing, the sponsor of the contest. My best guess for the scam- since they didn’t bother to pay the extra ten bucks for private whois listing- is they held the contest and hoped to make an easy buck off of it. But they didn’t get more than $1000 + their investment so they feel entitled to end the contest without living up to it since they didn’t make enough money to be satisfied with it. Their website was also a yahoo sponsored account. Which means they didn’t pay their bill for the two months before the contest went offline. Since you can’t do a nslookup, meaning they hosted and registered the domain with the same company. Either way it still gets under your skin at the end of the day. Especially since shorts can easily be made for free with a little bit of persistence and connections and free beer.

Ben said, in July 6th, 2008 at 2:00 pm

Folks,

These “cell” contest exist. I got scammed last year.

Just apply to big/respectable contests and those who have been around for more than 3 years.

Its easy, before you apply, make sure you talk to other folks who have applied to that specific contest. If you can’t find these people ….DON’T APPLY…IT’S A SCAM.

For most of these contests, the first and and second year of their business is “shaky”….apply in the their 3rd year if you have to, after talking to at least 5 people who have applied to their contest.

Regards,

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