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COALITION OF ASIAN PACIFICS IN ENTERTAINMENT (CAPE) FOUNDATION ANNOUNCE START OF 2005 NEW WRITERS AWARDS. Submissions Now Being Accepted For The Sixth Annual Awards Sponsored By FOX Entertainment Group

April 5, 2005, Los Angeles, CA – The Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment (CAPE) Foundation, Inc. (www.capeusa.org), a non-profit arts organization, announced today that FOX Entertainment Group will again sponsor the sixth annual CAPE Foundation New Writers Award, with submissions now available through CAPE’s official website.

“CAPE is dedicated to the continued advancement of Asians and Pacific Islanders in entertainment, both behind the scenes and in front of the cameras,” said Cindy Sison, President of CAPE. “With the lack of Asian and Asian-American talent on the screen today, there has never been a greater need for writers of color to tell their stories and for diverse talent to breathe life into them on the screen. The CAPE Foundation New Writers Award has become a proven measure of success for future filmmakers of Hollywood.”

The 2001 CAPE Foundation New Writers Award winner for screenwriting, Alice Wu’s SAVING FACE, is now a completed feature produced by Teddy Zee (a CAPE Board of Advisor). SAVING FACE is being distributed by Sony Pictures Classics and recently screened in competition at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. This year’s writing competition features a Television Writing Award and a Screenwriting Award. Both are open to all previously unproduced writers of Asian or Pacific Islander descent.

“FOX is committed to promoting diversity in both the business and creative sectors of the entertainment industry,” said Mitsy Wilson, Senior Vice President of Diversity of FOX Entertainment Group. “Our continued sponsorship of CAPE’s New Writers Award emphasizes our commitment to this goal and underscores the importance of CAPE’s programs which have proven to be a valuable resource for Asians and Pacific Islanders.”

The two winners of the CAPE Foundation New Writers Award will each receive a cash prize of $2500, writing software, a staged reading of their script, and opportunities to meet and pitch to a panel of seasoned entertainment executives. The first Screenwriting Award was given in 1999, and the first Television Writing Award was given in 2001.

Joining as Co-Chairs of this year’s CAPE Foundation New Writers Awards are film producer and actor Jusak Yang Bernhard, head of animation and executive producer for Spike TV Leo Chu, and noted literary agent Angela Cheng Caplan.
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