A fantasy tale about a wedding cake in a baseball stadium? A suspense thriller about a lampshade on a cruise ship?

The 2009 Screenwriting Championships (http://www.nycmidnight.com/2009/ScCH/ScreenwritingChampionships.htm), an online writing competition from NYC Midnight, will be awarding over $16,000 in cash and prizes to entrants who compose unconventional scripts like these.

The contest contains 3 rounds, 4 writing challenges and runs from September to December, 2009. In each challenge, entrants are assigned surprise genres, locations, and objects that have to be included in their screenplays (5 pages max) and have just 2 days to complete each challenge. Writers receive points based on their placement in each challenge and writers with the most points accumulated at the end of the competition will take home a share of the prizes, which include thousands in cash and scholarships for writing classes at Writers Boot Camp. Writers of all levels of experience and from anywhere in the world are invited to take part in competition. Act fast because the early fee of $39 USD lasts until August 20, 2009. Registration will close on September 23, 2009.