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BlueCat Screenplay Competition

BlueCat Screenplay Competition

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P.O. Box 2635
Hollywood , CA 90078
(323) 785-2338 (voice)

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Contact: Gordy Hoffman, Founder
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Objective

Founded by a writer, the BlueCat Screenplay Competition’s passionate commitment to develop and discover the unknown screenwriter continues to define our work today.

We provide each writer who enters BlueCat two written analyses, ensuring each entry is reviewed by two readers, while supporting screenwriters of all levels and stages of development with the constructive feedback all writers require.

Our Winners and Finalists have been signed by major talent agencies like UTA, CAA and WME, sold their work to studios like Warner Bros., Paramount and Universal, and won major awards at the Sundance, Berlin and Tribeca Film Festivals, all after being discovered by and winning BlueCat.

Deadline/Entry Fees

Deadline Date Entry Fee Days till Deadline
Opening Day (Shorts) May 15, 2013 $35 (shorts)
Opening Day (Features) June 15, 2013 $55 (features)
Early September 1, 2013 $40 (shorts)
$60 (features)
75
Regular October 15, 2013 $50 (shorts)
$65 (features)
119
Final November 15, 2013 $60 (shorts)
$70 (features)
150

  • Any screenplay submitted by October 15th, 2013 can be resubmitted by November 15th, 2013 for the reduced fee of $40.
  • Resubmission entries will receive one analysis.
  • Entrants will have the option of selecting one of their original reader(s) or a new reader upon resubmission.
  • If your selected reader is not available, you will be offered the option of receiving a refund or choosing a new reader.

Notification: Quarter-Finalists will be announced February 15th, 2014. Semi-Finalists will be announced March 15th, 2014. Finalists will be announced April 1st, 2014. Finalists will be announced April 1st, 2014.

Rules

All entries must be in English. Accepts both Short and Feature screenplays. See BlueCat website for complete rules.

SCRIPT ANALYSIS DEADLINE SCHEDULE:
  • Short screenplays submitted on May 15th, 2013 will receive their written analysis by June 1st, 2013. ($35 entry fee)
  • Short screenplays submitted by June 1st, 2013 will receive their written analysis by June 15th, 2013. ($40 entry fee)
  • Feature screenplays submitted on June 15th, 2013 will receive their written analysis by July 1st, 2013. ($55 entry fee)
  • All screenplays submitted by July 1st, 2013 will receive their written analysis by July 15th 2013. ($60 Features, $40 Shorts)
  • All screenplays submitted by August 1st, 2013 will receive their analysis by September 1, 2013. ($60 Features, $40 Shorts)
  • Scripts submitted by September 1st, 2013 will receive their analysis by October 1st, 2013. ($60 Features, $40 Shorts)
  • Scripts submitted by October 15th, 2013 will receive their written analysis by November 10th, 2013. ($65 Features, $50 Shorts)
  • Scripts submitted by November 15th, 2013 will receive their written analysis by March 1st, 2014. ($70 Features, $60 Shorts)
  • All analyses will be returned by March 1, 2014.
SAMPLE SCRIPT ANALYSIS: http://www.bluecatscreenplay.com/script_analysis

Awards

  • The Feature Winner of the 2014 Competition will receive $15,000. Four Feature Finalists will receive $2500 each.
  • The Shorts Winner of the 2014 Competition will receive $10,000. Three Shorts Finalists will receive $1500 each.
  • The Cordelia Prize will be awarded to the Best Feature screenplay written by a screenwriter residing in the UK and will receive $1500.
  • The Joplin Award will be awarded to the Best Feature screenplay written by a screenwriter residing outside the USA, Canada or the UK and will receive $1500.
  • All screenplays entered by August 1st, 2013 will be automatically entered in our Title Contest. Three winners will be determined by the votes of current 2014 BlueCat entrants and awarded $250 each.
  • Each applicant will receive an e-mail notifying them of the writing competition results.

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News: BlueCat Screenplay Competition

BlueCat Announces Short Screenplay Quarterfinalists

Quarterfinalists have been announced for the 2012 BlueCat Short Screenwriting Competition:

A Penny Saved is A Penny Stolen, by Leslie Jean Jones
A Spot Of Bother, by Todd Gordon & Lee Chambers
Accidents, by Paul Chironi
All I Know Is Nothing, by Matthew Barker
All That Cat, by Jessica von Schramm
Amenities Included, by Stephen C. Krystek
Amygdala, by Linda Sills
Animals, by Brian MacEvilly
Anne of the Thousand Lilies, by Charles Musser
Answers, by Edgar Martinez Schulz
Are You Thinking What I’m Thinking, by Paul Epstein
Bang, by Anne Carmack and Matthew Lawrence
Becoming Lana Liu, by Alfonso Orsini and David J. Schroeder
Between Shifts, by Jaime Saginor
Breakfast at Gerardo’s, by Kim Nunley
Burn, by Finley Mulligan
Burn the Day, by Francis Pilchesky
Checkpoint, by Sarah Magill
Christmas Shoes, by Eric Mithen
Chub, by Alessandra Gherardi
Crank, by Matthew Himlin
Crossfire, by Jason Miller
Dacryphilia, by Amanda Mihalakopoulos
Dead Rabbit, by Ana Brown
Deviled Eggs, by Cody Rea
Die For Love, by Giorgina Medori
Dolores, by Vicki Speegle
Edwin and Maudey, by Nancy Froeschle
Everything You Say I Am, I’m Not, by Harold Chapman
Glard, by April Rouveyrol
Glare, by April Rouveyrol
Graciana Smallhopes, by Michael Yagnow
Growing Pains, by Ginia Desmond
Hlf pSt nInE, by Douglas Stark
Hypocholorite, by Bryce Wolfgang Joiner
I’m David, by Gloria (Day) Hickerson
In The Silence, by Kristi L. Simkins
Ingrid Astrid, by Mike Comstock
Itch, by Heather Wallace-Brown
Jackie, by Dr. Awesome & Ms. Fantastic
Last Train, by Paul Schofield
Listen, by Philip Hoang
Little Princesses, by Anna Heinamaa
Maid of Horror, by Caitlin Koller and Lachlan Smith
Mann’s World, by Dipak Chowdhury
Meet Cupid, by William Tepper
Monsters, by Luke Kondor
Mr and Mrs Mash, by Nina Mitrovic
My Kingdom, by Jennifer Hahn
Neighbors, by Billy Ray Fong
No Price Too High, by Shale Nelson
Notes, by Josef Ber
Olo, by Greg Donahue
Oscar’s Ashes, by Luke Gomez
Pale Blue Eyes, by Chris Connolly
Party Monsters, by Scott Luper
Playing All The Notes, by Kelly Schulz Greene
Playing Away, by Steve Langridge
Polly and the Cracker, by Laura Ries
Postcards From Nowhere, by Ben Cluse
Pun’kin, by Tracee Beebe
Radish Hearts, by Ray Shea
Robert, by Willy Rowe
Snowflakes, by Sandy Garfunkel
Sunrise on a Cloudy Morning, by Victoria Ellis Nye
Sweet, by Paige Baldwin and Julie Kirtz Garrett
The Bridge on the River Styx, by John Ashbrook
The Chocolate Kandinsky, by Suzanne Griffin
The Devil Wears a Hat, by Ronald L. Ecker
The Doorway, by Bragi Schut
The Dungeon, by A.P. Quach
The Economy Sucks, by J.E. Clarke
The Flight, by Chris Jenkins
The Island, by rian MacEvilly
The Ladder, by Faisal A. Qureshi
The Magician’s Son, by Chris Moore
The Project, by J L Swift
The Sacred Heart, by Andrew Serban
The Seat, by Christopher Dingli
The Three of Us, by Andrew Viner
The Way Back, by Robert Hill
This Modern Man is Beat, by David J Schroeder
To Late for Candies, by Adina Sadeanu
Trumpet, by Ben Cleary
Two Guys, A Girl and A Parking Space, by Chris Mueller
Waking Billy, by David Widdicombe
Wort Irkington’s Hate Books, by Annaliese Ciel Walker


Updated: 07/15/2012
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