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Scriptapalooza Features & Shorts Competition

Scriptapalooza Features/Shorts

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Hollywood, CA 90046
(310) 594-5384 (voice)

Web:
http://www.scriptapalooza.com
Email:
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Contact: Mark Andrushko, President and CEO

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Professionalism: 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars (4.5/5.0)
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Objective

Scriptapalooza was founded in 1998 with the goal of helping as many writers as possible through the competition. We have over 90 production companies, agents and managers reading all the entered scripts. (A complete list of participants is on Scriptapalooza's website.)

We actively push the Semifinalists, Finalists, Runners-Up and Winners for a full year with the intention of creating opportunities for the writers. We are a hands on competition because we feel it is important to continue supporting the top scripts beyond the cash and prizes. No other competition in the world does that.

We are proud to present the competition with Write Brothers, a company that not only provides the necessary tools for writing but is an advocate and true supporter of emerging writers. Show More

Deadline/Entry Fees

Deadline Date
Days till:
Entry Fee
Early-bird December 2, 2024
54
$45 (features) $25 (shorts)
Regular January 6, 2025
89
$50 (features) $30 (shorts)
Late February 3, 2025
117
$55 (features) $35 (shorts)
FINAL DEADLINE March 3, 2025
145
$60 (features) $40 (shorts)
LAST MINUTE DEADLINE April 7, 2025
180
$65 (features); $45 (shorts)

We now accept SHORT screenplays, under 50 pages in length.

Notification: August 15, 2025

Rules

This competition is open to any writer, 18 or older without produced feature film credits. Entering the competition constitutes permission to use the winners' names and likenesses for publicity and promotions with no additional compensation. We reserve the right to publicize and promote any and all progress, development and success of the entered scripts.

  1. Any script from any genre will be considered.
  2. Multiple entries are accepted, provided a signed entry form and appropriate entry fee is attached to each submission.
  3. Multiple authorship is acceptable. If the screenplay wins an award, that award will be divided among the writers, by the writers.
  4. Screenplays must be the original work of the author.
  5. Scriptapalooza recommends registering your scripts with the WGA or copyrighting your material with the Library of Congress.
  6. Entry must be accompanied by the following:
    a. completed official entry form (photocopies are acceptable)
    b. the appropriate entry fee
    c. completed original feature screenplay

Awards

Awards for FEATURES competition:

First Place Winner

  • $10,000 Cash
  • Access to over 150 producers thru Scriptapalooza’s Network
  • Writer’s Studio from Write Brothers (Outline 4D, Movie Magic Screenwriter and Dramatica Pro)
  • 1 year of International Screenwriters’ Association Connect Membership
  • 6 month online subscription from Backstage
  • 5 CoverFly tokens for peer feedback on your script
  • InkTip Script Listing & InkTip Magazine Listing

Second Place Winner

  • Access to over 150 producers thru Scriptapalooza’s Network
  • Writer’s Studio from Write Brothers (Outline 4D, Movie Magic Screenwriter and Dramatica Pro)
  • 1 year of International Screenwriters’ Association Connect Membership
  • 6 month online subscription from Backstage
  • 5 CoverFly tokens for peer feedback on your script
  • InkTip Script Listing & InkTip Magazine Listing

Third Place Winner

  • Access to over 150 producers thru Scriptapalooza’s Network
  • Writer’s Studio from Write Brothers (Outline 4D, Movie Magic Screenwriter and Dramatica Pro)
  • 1 year of International Screenwriters’ Association Connect Membership
  • 6 month online subscription from Backstage
  • 5 CoverFly tokens for peer feedback on your script
  • InkTip Script Listing & InkTip Magazine Listing

10 Runners-Up

  • Access to over 150 producers thru Scriptapalooza’s Network
  • Writer’s Studio from Write Brothers (Outline 4D, Movie Magic Screenwriter and Dramatica Pro)
  • Hollywood Screenwriting Directory from The Writers Store
  • 1 year of International Screenwriters’ Association Connect Membership

All 30 Finalists

  • Access to over 150 producers thru Scriptapalooza’s Network
  • Receive Movie Magic Screenwriter and Dramatica Writer’s Dreamkit from Write Brothers
  • 1 year of International Screenwriters’ Association Connect Membership

Awards for SHORTS competition:
  • 1st Place Prize - $2000 Cash
  • Access to over 150 producers thru Scriptapalooza's Network
  • 2nd Place Prize
  • Access to over 150 producers thru Scriptapalooza's Network
  • 3rd Place Prize
  • Access to over 150 producers thru Scriptapalooza's Network
  • 5 Finalists
  • Access to over 150 producers thru Scriptapalooza's Network
  • 8 Semifinalists
  • Access to over 150 producers thru Scriptapalooza's Network
  • 15 Quarterfinalists
  • Access to over 150 producers thru Scriptapalooza's Network

Scriptapalooza Features/Shorts

Contact

Hollywood, CA 90046
(310) 594-5384 (voice)

Web:
http://www.scriptapalooza.com
Email:
info@scriptapalooza.com

Contact: Mark Andrushko, President and CEO

Report Card

Overall: 5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars (5.0/5.0)
Professionalism: 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars (4.5/5.0)
Feedback: 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars (4.1/5.0)
Signficance: 5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars (4.8/5.0)
Report Cards: 388    
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Scriptapalooza Features & Shorts Competition

Contact

Hollywood, CA 90046
(310) 594-5384 (voice)

Web:
http://www.scriptapalooza.com
Email:
info@scriptapalooza.com

Contact: Mark Andrushko, President and CEO

Report Card

Overall: 5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars (5.0/5.0)
Professionalism: 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars (4.5/5.0)
Feedback: 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars (4.1/5.0)
Signficance: 5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars (4.8/5.0)
Report Cards: 388    
Have you entered?
Submit a Report card

Contest News

Scriptapalooza Announces 2024 Quarterfinalists

Quarterfinalists have been announced for the 2024 Scriptapalooza Screenwriting Competition:

12:43 by Steven Snell
1666 by Evan Wolfe
5Alive by Delaina M. Waldron
A Late Victorian Holocaust by Stefan Alexander
A Matter of Time by Hester Schell & Jose Huguez
A Perfect State by Marianthi Skaloumpaka
A Profiled Life by Ran Jing
A Second Chance by Amith Vipin
A Shadow by Stetson Hayes
After Roswell by Michael Schatz
American Football by David O’Rourke
Another Day Closer to the Box by Ralph Waine Hoy
Anywhere by Adam Seidel
Barn Burner by Heath Miller
Best Game Ever by Eric Conger
Beta Town by Christian Pendered Zur
Beyond the Sea Wall by Shane Weiss
Black Whisper by Debra Karr
Bland Ambition by Greg Lewis
Blood and Wind by Ben Slease
Blood Horse by Christopher Thomas
Blue Sky by Michael Timmkin
Boy, Girl, Fig by Kayla Sun
Byrdie by Lynn Heggen
Capsule by John Ferry
Catfished for Christmas by Marisa Chandler & Briana Rayner
Chiaroscuro: Into the Dark by Mallory Flory
Children of Night by Zack Rybak
Chimera by David DeRousse
Chivalry by George Alexanian
Christmas Down South by Paulette & Charles Bane
Clutch by Molly Ann Hale
Cobb by Shannon Kustak
Colorado by Thomas De Herrera
Coming Up for Air by Stefan Alexander
Cookies by Keith Travers
Cool Hand Lute by David Milnes
Cowgirl by Nancy Kelly
Creature Feature by Caleb Ellis
Crime Scene Cleaner by Kendall Mezza
Cuckoo, Cuckoo by Terry Lynam
Cul-de-sac by Michael Page
D&B by Aron Gerson
Dance of Those Once Lost by TL Michaels
Dangerous by Lech Cieslinski
Dark Horse by Mihai Pavel
Dark Mother by Josh Miller
Date for the End of the World by Kyle Anderson
Dating Chloe’s Brother by Karen Lockhart & David Frank
Davi and the Book of Life by Mezada Sarah Petilon
David Versus Goliath by Ted Kallet
Dead Filter by Luke Hunter
Death and Architecture by Anthony Poon
Delicious Secret by Paul Lucia
Delving by Gene Lembrick
Demon of Drought by Reza
Mohammadzadeh
Dinosaur Fever by Ken Doig
Diversion by Jessie Yeung
Donor by John Krueger
Dracula: By the Light of a Black Sun by Dennis Donahue
Eid Mubarak by Jameeleh Shelo
Election Day by Paul Bertera
Entrance by Jon Munn
Even Better by Valerie Hurt
Everywhere That Tommy Goes by Howard Pollack
Expect Delays by Paul Vogel
Farewell the Dragon by Lee Barckman
Flora by Don Shroll
Fool’s Errand by Collin Jose
Freedom’s Fire by Jim Cleaveland
Friends in Low Places by Sebastian Welke-Olmos
From Munich to the Sea by James Johnson
Full-On Flavor by Jenny Goddard-Garcia
Gamer Girl’s Nightmare Odyssey by Tom Burke
Generations by Jaylani M. Cortes
Ginnie by Ryan Conklin
Greatest Dancer by Kenan Dewar
Green Rabbit by John Haberkern
Guy Who Just Bought a Boat by Patrick Tierney
Haha by Sophia Porter
Harry by William Eldritch
Hawk of Thunder by Philip Girault
Hawkins Rock by Allan Holt
He Loves Me Knot by Shanton D. Smith
Heat of the Moment by Arthur Glenn
Hellhole by Georgina Fitzgerald
Hellhunter by Niven Kruidhof
Hillbillies vs. Alien Chickens by Nicholas Tana
His Blood by Jourdan Prince
Hivemind by Pat Macdonald
Home Rule by Matthew Herman
Humphrey by Paul Grigoryants
Hushville by Jeff Ellis
Hyperbolas by Cory Meghrouni
I Am Ramira by Raluca Dobre
If Only the Sea Could Talk by Susan Boggio
Illegal Alien by Robert McGill
Imagine by Lech Cieslinski
In A Full Moon’s Fortnight by Caroline Rovello
In a Room by J. R. Wicker
In Lieu of Flowers by Ryan Logsdon
In the Mountain’s Shadow by Aaron May
In the Shadow of Treachery by Stan Lewis
In the Shadows by Adam Wells
Innescape by Jeff Connell
Intracranial by Mark Joseph Wasserman
IRL by Jay Lewis & Patricia Petelin
Ironclad by J. Alan Hostetter
Isabela’s Revolution by Farrah Pereira
J.C. is an E.T. by Aaron Yarber
Jack & Blue by Katherine Sheyno
Joe Strummer’s Cadillac by Bryan Farrell
King or Queen by Greg Dutcher
kNOw Gravity by Hugh Grew
Koryo Saram by Olga & Dimitri Tsoy
Lady Blackheart by Jamie Wingler
Larry’s Magnum Opus by Shelly Lipkin
Last Chance Saloon by Paul Allen
Last Hand by Sandi Jerome
Laughingstock County by Eric Dean
Let it Be by Kelly Ortbirg
Life in Four Colors by Adolfo J. Acosta
Life is a Circus by Richard A. Pacia & Colette Freedman
Lifeblood by Ian Monahan
Lifespan by Michael Raymond
Light by Cameron Webb
Likelihood by Thomas de Herrera
Little Green Everything by Chuck Augello & Sheri Burkat
Living Too Late by Alex McAulay
Look Up by Kevin Ruiz
Love Bombed? by Elisabeth Lawrence
Man of Another Age by David Warren
Mannahatta by Douglas Foscale
Marisol and Mezzaluna by Banafsheh Esmailzadeh
Marrying Sydney by Rob Moss
Masters and Servants by John Enright
Mayfly by Tim & Andrew Saunders
Mega-Bowl by Tim Mathis & JaDarrel Belser
Memento Mori by Jason Schwaede
Mindset by Ed Smythe
Miss Guidance by Casey McCabe
Monsters of Men by George Lin
Monty’s Last Act by Jason Leon-Baptista & Steve Dobbins
Moving Parts by Jason Hill
My Secret Friend by Troy W. Suza
Myrtle’s Corner by Carl Duerksen
Naturalized by Tim Caron
New Dad by Sean Birney
No Words by Frank Borne
Noble Pursuit by Amy Buesing
Nothing But Net by Gary Nowell
Ode to Violeta by Lorraine Flett
Oedipus and Antigone by Nicholas Hulbert
Of Man and God by George Leos
Officer X by Michael Joiner
Oinx by Barry Sherman
Olivia Mabel by David McClellan
Ollie Gets High by Nicholas Vitacco
Once or Twice by Linda Kramer
Operation Stormy by Martin Foley
Orchard of Love by Mehrdad Goudarzi
Organ Donor by Rustin Jarrell
Ortega Highway by C.J. Walworth
Out of Love by Alon Borten
Painless by Darrin Reed
Pains of War and Love by Ted McKenna
Panorama by Chris Isdori
Pasta Al Dente by Paulette & Charles Bane
Pathfinder Down by Tom Brannagan
Peas by Scott Andrew Christensen
Pipeline by Larry K. Richardson
Plastic Dad by Jim Sea
Practicing by Peter Agliardo
Privilege by Karen Kelly
Providence by Mitch Collier
Quantum Eschaton by Gregory Peter Le Sage
Queen’s Champion by David Kaneen
Rabbit Ears by Nathan Weinreich
Red Wood by Kevin Scott Chess
Reformation by Stephen Morgan-Mackay
Regime Change by Jesse Alexrod
Remember by Evan Purcell
Restoration by Blaire French & Sarah Corse
Rise From the Ashes: The Black Wall Street Massacre by Frank Tumminia
Rudd by Martin Elliff
Safe Waters by Stanislav Zalmanov
Saints and Sinners by Fred Rossi
Scathe: The Future by Jason Acevedo
Secret Among Spires by Barb Brouillette
Seducer by Anthony Clifton
Seen by Jennifer Morgan Hunter
Serengeti Rains by Michael Cordell
Shampoo Horns by Daniel Falcone
Shoulda Swiped Left by Michael Dugan
Skiing Into Christmas by Elizabeth Maynes & Madison Elia
Sleepytown by Janet Kravetz
Slipping…by Jeff Connell
Small Town Gossip by Georgette Skolnick
Soaring With Icarus by Richard Harrold
Sold Short by Joe Marrino
Soles by Mary Santarelli
Sonoran by Jack Aupperle
Spasm by David Cooper
Spreading Steven by Chris McGee
St. Hellacious by Rhonda Burnaugh
Stalkers Anonymous by Paul Silverman
Starry Starless Love by James Johnson
Storge by Felipe Mucci
Storm Shelter by Art Blum
String Theory by Paris Tosen
Stuck With Fiona by Chuck Conaway
Sugar is Magic by David Bass
Sugarman by Gary Wayne Ress
Sunday in Paris by Glenn Millican & Anna Hayes Campa
Sympathy for the Elephant by Ryan Logsdon
Systema by Jeff Harvey
Tailgators by Mary Santarelli
Take Us Back by Gekko Fiori
Texas Run by Mark Shaffer
The 80’s Town Murders by Jes Judge
The Antiquity by Ronald Ecker
The Ave by Max Pascal
The Blood Challenge by Breyanna Tolbert
The Boomerang by Ziya Zamanov
The Boy and the Crow by Brendan Walsh
The Brahmins of Taylor Street by Iva Tora & Cinzia Guaraldi
The Christmas Crash by Michael L. Williams
The Cockroach vs. The Maiden by Jagger Gravning
The Consequences by B.J. Grogan
The Costumer by Andrew Collinson
The Crooked Crocodile by David Feiten
The Crossing by Daniele Baiardi
The Death of the Flabby Rat by Jack Sambrook
The Deathbed Rules by Don Erlandson
The Devil of Pepper Falls by Michael Lippman
The Devil’s Playground by Amadeus Nola
The Diablo Project by Rowan Sutherland
The Dishonorables by Angel Luis
The Dude is Legit by Dan Clemens & Laurie Clemens Maier
The Emerald Gada by Mark Abriel
The Evolution of Eev’s Volition by Larry Ziman
The First Dog by Edith & Austen Earl
The Flying Man by Chris Remerowski
The Founders’ Plot by Frank Victoria
The Gardener by Case Barden
The Giants Steal the Pennant by Scott Saltzburg
The Glass Lamb by Daniel Ramirez
The Good, The Bad, & The Undead by Joe Villanti
The Good, The Bad, and The Goalie by Joseph Costa
The Governess by Sylvia Dahmen
The Hollow by John Deaver & William Walker
The Hostage by Chris Britton
The Intervention by June Escalante
The Irregulars by Ben Ostasiewski
The Jar of Water by Mark Cornell
The Kartel Wars by G. J. LaRouche
The Kids Don’t Stand a Chance by Samuel Bombara
The Knowledge of Good & Evil by Luke Edward
The Last Messenger by Tasia Williamson
The Light by Phil Krampf
The Line by Joseph BeBella
The Listening Party by Sung Noor
The Living You Make by Austin Hobbs
The Locksmith by Julian Poulter
The Long Road to War by Joe Micklethwaite
The Looter? by Lisa Scott
The Man in the Blue Suspenders by Michael Czar & Charles Mathera
The Man in the Moon by Louise Monaghan
The Man Who Defies God by Chris Byart
The Marriage Problem by Nikki Tilmouth
The Miracle Journey by James Johnston
The Missing Link by Mark McQuown
The Moonset Mistake by Michael Sarrow
The Move by Andrew M. McGivern
The Necklace by Pamela Allen
The Paraclete by John Mayer
The Passenger by Joshua Jashinski
The Pulling Game by Sue du Feu
The Record Breaking Mom by Lauren Scholl
The Redemption of Mr. Rich by Jim Durkin
The Repair Man by Brian McGrath
The Road Back by Charles R. Jessen
The Second Chance by J. Huska
The Secret Notes by Kabin Thomas, Joni Ravenna & Joshua Townshend-Zellner
The Secrets Inside the Little Flowers by Olivia Brown
The Shadow Element by Brian Levy & Chris Livingston
The Single Girl’s Guide to Narcissists by Michael Miceli & Diane Thomassin
The Sleep by Cody May & Trevor McKenna
The Song Remains the Same by Bruce Joseph
The Stationery Department by Colin Mummery
The Two Swans by David Bright
The Umbrella Guy by Adam Westervelt
The Unchosen by Angharad Thompson Rees
The Uncommon Cold by Sam Spade
The Unraveling by Melvin Madero Moore
The Voices Within by Lemuel James
The Worst Friend by Manju Reijmer
Thistledew by Brett Weinrich
Three Legged Race by Daniel Cohen
Tigers from the Sun by C. J. Baker
Time, Love & Tenderness by Steve Griffith
Tornado by William Hunt
Totem by Heidi Morrell
Transcendent by Tom Maduell
Twelve Navy Crosses by Paul Murdock
Twenty-Four Seven by Blair Marino
Universal Frequency by Richard Krzemien
Versus by Eric Obame
Victor by Aaron Huckleberry
Waiting On You by Veronica Bourassa
Warrior-born by Jeanne Haskin
We Got the Beat by Eric Vardeman
Where the Conch is Alvie Hoggins? by Farah Mourad Vera
White Crows by Michael Ulin Edwards
Who I Am by Patrice Dixon
Whose Beauty is Past Change by Stephen Evans
X=0 by Diana Cobbold
Xerxes, The God King by A. F. Javan
Xorxen by Nick Oxford
XOVA7 by Quanah Hicks
You Have Value by Meredith Kratochwill
Zayde and Becky by Andy Epstein
Zoe’s Story by Arianna Dagnino & Ernest Mathijs

Updated: 08/02/2024

Scriptapalooza Features & Shorts Competition

Contact

Hollywood, CA 90046
(310) 594-5384 (voice)

Web:
http://www.scriptapalooza.com
Email:
info@scriptapalooza.com

Contact: Mark Andrushko, President and CEO

Report Card

Overall: 5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars (5.0/5.0)
Professionalism: 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars (4.5/5.0)
Feedback: 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars (4.1/5.0)
Signficance: 5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars (4.8/5.0)
Report Cards: 388    
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