Create a book trailer for SHOMI and win distribution and recognition

Dorchester Publishing and book trailer producer Circle of Seven Productions are running a contest for amateur and professional filmmakers who also love books. Participants will create book trailers based on their favorite novel in Dorchester's SHOMI series of modern-day fantasy fiction. The best trailer—as selected by author Stephen King—will be shown at a movie premiere in New York City as well as a theater in the winner's home market.

The contest "will provide a creative outlet for the filmmakers' visions while ultimately allowing the winner to showcase his or her talents before a potential audience of tens of millions of people through Circle of Seven's distribution relationships. We're thrilled to offer filmmakers a means to broadcast their gifts, and hope that the contest gives the winner a platform that will propel his or her film career to new heights," said Dorchester's Director of Sales and Marketing Brooke Borneman.

In addition to the broadcast-and-marketing grand prize, a second prize of a $500 Dorchester gift cerificate is available. Trailers must be 90-105 seconds long. Deadline is 30 December 2008, and they plan to announce the winner in February 2009. For complete details on the contest, see this page.