• To provide successful applicants with the opportunity to take their current creative writing skills and become game writers.
• To provide the most promising candidates with professional mentorship and an internship with a Canadian game studio.

This includes:

• An intensive one week training session ("boot camp") where you'll be exposed to designers on the cutting edge of narrative design and get a chance to put their techniques into practice.
• A two-month independent design phase where you'll be mentored by narrative design experts.
• An internship working with a leading Canadian game development studio.

• The costs of accommodation and airfare to and from Vancouver for the boot camp. You will also receive a per diem while attending the Boot Camp.
• Arrangements regarding internships will be arrived at on a case by case basis and are yet to be determined.

• The boot camp will run from May 21st - 24th, 2008.
• The independent design phase runs for two months after that (ending July 25th).
• Internships will be announced by August 15th, 2008.

• All applicants must be Canadian citizens or landed immigrants, reside in Canada and be over the age of 18.
• You must not be currently enrolled in any full-time school or university program.
• Applicants with a game design credit on a released title are NOT eligible.

• Join the Zeros 2 Heroes site and create your personal pitch using the Personal Pitch Doctor tool.
• Go the NSI Canada website and download the full application form.
• You must fill out ALL sections of the application form in full and you must include ALL supporting documents.
• Your application must ALSO contain the Zeros 2 Heroes receipt number which is generated when you create your personal pitch using the Spin Doctor.
• All information must be received by NSI Canada no later than April 28th, 2008.
• Please check all copies of your application very carefully before you send it to us. It is your responsibility to ensure that the application is complete and delivered on time.

• A jury will be formed consisting of representatives from NSI, all participating game studios and Zeros 2 Heroes.
• The Zeros 2 Heroes community will also vote on their choices using the web tools provided.
• Community input will be factored in by the jury in the decision making process.

But more seriously...

• Selection of participants will be completed by May 1, 2008.
• Only those applicants selected for NSI playWRITE will be contacted.
• The names of the successful candidates will be posted on the participating websites (www.nsi-canada.ca and www.zeros2heroes.com).

All applications must be mailed, couriered or hand-delivered to the NSI office in Winnipeg.

NSI playWrite
National Screen Institute Ð Canada
Suite 400 Ð 141 Bannatyne Avenue
Winnipeg, MB R3B 0R3

NSI must receive your application by Friday, April 28, 2008, 4:30 p.m. in order for it to be eligible.