WriteMovies' Writing Contest 80
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Objective
WriteMovies' Writing Contest 80 - our 80th major international screenwriting contest is now open!
The top three screenplays will win:
- A year of script development (worth up to $3200).
- Representation from our industry-facing partner TalentScout International Management.
- Pitching of your developed script to the international industry.
Pitch Entry: For an additional opportunity to become a prize winner, submit a one-page pitch document alongside your script!
With each submission, you'll receive a feedback sheet about your script's first ten pages - and the chance to submit any redraft before the final deadline, for free. And as ever, the best way to get the most out of your entry is to combine it with a mentoring service:
Studio Coverage - see exactly how an analyst would currently assess your script with a summary and recommendations for studio executives. Show More
Deadline/Entry Fees
| Deadline | Date Days till: |
Entry Fee |
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| Earlybird | September 28, 2025 13 |
$49 (Screenplay, Stageplay, TV PIlot), $79 (Book and Video Game) |
| Standard | October 19, 2025 34 |
$59 (Screenplay, Stageplay, TV PIlot), $79 (Book and Video Game) |
| Late | November 9, 2025 55 |
$69 (Screenplay, Stageplay, TV PIlot), $79 (Book and Video Game) |
Notification: Overall Winners - December 19th
Eligibility
Open to anyone. Scripts need to be in English.Rules
- We no longer accept checks due to issues with fraud. Please use the PayPal options when participating through our website. Please ensure you can send AND receive payments via PayPal.
- There are no physical items deliverable under our services – all reports will be provided by email in standard document formats.
- Each entry is entitled to submit a free redraft before the final deadline. Only one redraft will be accepted.
- Each script entry will receive a feedback sheet about the script's first ten pages, except if commissioning Studio Coverage or Development Notes, which instead provide a longer, more detailed report on the whole script.
- With entries submitted close to the Late Deadline, we cannot guarantee to provide feedback before the close of the contest, but the entrant is still welcome to submit a redraft before the contest closes.
- Pitch Entry must be submitted alongside a Screenplay Entry. Pitch submissions without an accompanying script will not be considered.
- Once a project has been processed, there is no refund.
- Any cancellations must be requested within 48 hours and before any public announcement of winning entries.
- Entries MUST have a cover sheet/title-page with contact info in order to be considered.
- Prize: All winners are guaranteed representation and one full year of script mentoring, including development notes on all re-writes of the winning scripts. Worth $3,200.
- Up to $1 million in option monies from the A-List producers we work with. If an established studio/production company makes an offer on your script, we will fly you to Los Angeles and cover your flight & hotel costs for three days. We will pitch the top three projects to relevant production companies. You keep ALL the option/sales money (unless you commission an agent, manager or attorney to represent you). The Grand Prize winner is also pitched to several literary agencies and management companies as well as non-US companies to increase the chances of a sale. The top three overall winners and their projects are mentioned in press releases and on the web.
Awards
Top three scripts and the Pitch Entry winner all receive:
- A year of free script development worth up to $3200
- Representation and guaranteed pitching to industry by Talent Scout International Management
WriteMovies
Contact
264 S. La Cienega Boulevard
Suite 1132
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
(206) 203-1256 (fax)
Web:
Click here
Email:
info@writemovies.com
Contact: John Sullivan, Competitions & Consulting Facilitator
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WriteMovies Screenwriting Competition
Contact
264 S. La Cienega Boulevard
Suite 1132
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
(206) 203-1256 (fax)
Web:
Click here
Email:
info@writemovies.com
Contact: John Sullivan, Competitions & Consulting Facilitator
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Contest News
MovieBytes Interview:
Screenwriter Eddie Yaroch
An interview with screenwriter Eddie Yaroch regarding the WriteMovies Writing Competition.
Eddie Yaroch
A: "A Ghost Story Of Christmas"
I took "A Christmas Carol," modernized it with married professional ghost hunters and equipment, ala "The Conjuring," and added goblins from Dickens' "Pickwick Papers."
The twist is that Scrooge's former fiancee, Belle, is one of the ghost hunters. She and her husband run a carnival that is about to be taken away from them unless they and their spirit-seeing dog, Casper, help Scrooge with his ghost problems.
A: Write Movies Contest (WMC) has an excellent report card on your site. Plus, there were two categories: Monthly and WMC36. Ironically, I entered the Monthly contest by mistake and that's where I won Third Place!
I've entered over 15 other contests, including WMC36, and am awaiting the results.
A: WMC was having all kinds of website issues while I was trying to enter. It took a week of efforts to finally get entered. That cost me missing the early deadline so my fee increased, but, like I said, the glitches may have led me to inadvertently enter the Monthly contest and end up placing Third. No complaints!
Q: How long did it take you to write the script? Did you write an outline beforehand? How many drafts did you write?A: After writing an outline, it took about a month of evenings and weekends to write in longhand. There's only one draft, but that longhand version has scribbles, crossouts, arrows, footnotes and sweat stains galore. I don't tend to spit it all out and fix later. Crazy as it sounds, I fix as I go. Then it's tweaking and spellcheck and rephrasing.
Q: What kind of software did you use to write the script, if any? What other kinds of writing software do you use?A: Movie Magic software. It does the trick and not that expensive.
Q: Do you write every day? How many hours per day?A: No no no. I am actually a San Diego actor who writes occasionally when the muse strikes, which so far has been seven times for feature screenplays and a one-act play. Right now, the muse is telling me to adapt "A Ghost Story Of Christmas" into a madcap play with a handful of brilliant comic actors.
Q: Do you ever get writer's block? If so, how do you deal with that?A: When I get stuck, I go for a long walk. Ideas seem to loosen themselves up and bubble to the surface. Hot showers are good, too. The water bill goes up when I'm writing, which is not good in southern CA.
Q: What's your background? Have you written any other screenplays or television scripts?A: I have a BFA in Theatre from the University of MN-Duluth. The first thing I wrote (after my one-act about domestic violence) was a spec pilot script called "Up Down Under." It was at the height of "Crocodile Dundee" mania and my pilot was about an Australian foreign exchange student living with an American family like the Cosbys.
I then wrote a spec "Tales From The Crypt" that dealt with superstitions and a cursed town under the spell of a black cat.
Then it was six full-length screenplays over the years. One of them, "Class President," I produced and directed on 35MM in a small town in South Dakota for $137,000 (loans, maxed credit cards and investors).
A: Not if I can avoid it. San Diego is a nice distance and I can visit LA, if needed.
Q: What's next? Are you working on a new script?A: The play version of AGSOC, just in time for Christmas!
Posted Tuesday, July 15, 2014
WriteMovies Screenwriting Competition
Contact
264 S. La Cienega Boulevard
Suite 1132
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
(206) 203-1256 (fax)
Web:
Click here
Email:
info@writemovies.com
Contact: John Sullivan, Competitions & Consulting Facilitator
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