Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Contest
Final Draft/Big Break
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2300 W. Empire Avenue
5th floor
Burbank, CA 91504
818-995-8995 (voice)
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Email:
bigbreak@finaldraft.com
Contact: Kala Guess, Contest Director
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Objective
Big Break is an annual, international feature and television screenwriting contest designed to launch the careers of aspiring writers. Big Break rewards screenwriters with over $100,000 in cash and prizes, including a trip to Los Angeles for a series of A-list executive meetings. Winners and finalists alike have had their screenplays optioned and produced and have secured high-profile representation as well as lucrative writing deals.
Deadline/Entry Fees
| Deadline | Date Days till: |
Entry Fee |
|---|---|---|
| Early Bird | April 15, 2024 | $35 |
| Regular | May 20, 2024 31 |
$65 |
| Final | June 10, 2024 52 |
$75 |
| Extended | June 28, 2024 70 |
$85 |
See website for feedback fees, and other options.
Dates reflect deadlines for electronic submission of scripts. All entries must be electronically submitted by their respective deadlines at midnight Pacific Time.
Rules
Visit website for contest rules and conditions: https://www.finaldraft.com/big-break-screenwriting-contest/rules/Awards
2 Grand Prize Award Winners- One Feature Grand Prize and one TV Grand Prize winner will be chosen from the 11 Feature Genre and TV Format award winners
- These two Grand Prize Award Winners are flown to Hollywood for meetings and networking with executives, producers, agents, and managers. See the full prize package here: https://www.finaldraft.com/big-break-screenwriting-contest/prizes
Final Draft/Big Break
Contact
2300 W. Empire Avenue
5th floor
Burbank, CA 91504
818-995-8995 (voice)
Web:
Click here
Email:
bigbreak@finaldraft.com
Contact: Kala Guess, Contest Director
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Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Contest
Contact
2300 W. Empire Avenue
5th floor
Burbank, CA 91504
818-995-8995 (voice)
Web:
Click here
Email:
bigbreak@finaldraft.com
Contact: Kala Guess, Contest Director
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Contest News
Final Draft Announces 2008 Contest Winners
Final Draft has announced Terry O'Brien's Flesh & Blood as the winner of the 2008 Big Break International Screenwriting Competition:
1st Place:
Winner: Terry O'Brien - Toronto, Canada
Flesh & Blood
Kidnapping and murder were never part of the plan. It was supposed to be easy. Dump the car, hike upriver and bust out an older brother from juvenile boot camp. Lost in the wilderness, the volatile gang of city kids turn on each other in a fight for survival.
2nd Place:
Jordan Thomas - Seattle, WA
Arctic Air
An Alaskan bush pilot turns bootlegger to save the airplane he believes houses his best friend's disembodied spirit. He crash-lands in a remote village inhabited by recovering alcoholics and the love of his life. If he can escape before the villagers get to the booze, he won't be forced to choose between the plane, or a promise made to his dead partner.
3rd Place:
Robert Bowden - Bristol, United Kingdom
A Child of Our Time
A shy and secretive artificial intelligence helps euthanize her dying creator only to become hunted by the authorities. When fate offers her a chance to redeem herself she takes it, knowing she faces certain destruction.
2008 Finalists (listed in alphabetical order)
Robert Bowden, Stapleton, United Kingdom - A Child Of Our Time
VJ Boyd, Los Angeles, CA - Crypto Baby
Mark Hammer, Orange, CA - Sonny Takes To Peru
J.P. Hills, Cochrane, Canada - Badland
David Van Hooser, Nashville, TN - Barefoot Mel
Nicholas Horwood, London, United Kingdom - The Sons Of Avalon
Ehud Lavski, Herzelia, Israel - The Things I Saw Before I Went Blind
Kevin Naughton, Laguna Beach, CA - The Great Christmas Train Robbery
Terry O'Brien, Mount Albert, Canada - Flesh And Blood
Jordan Thomas, Lynnwood, WA - Arctic Air
2008 Semifinalists (listed in alphabetical order)
David Ball, Cumberland, ME - Chuck Hodges
Jennifer Barclay, San Diego, CA - The Fontaines
Nino Del Pesco, Saint Paul, MN - The Third Realm
Paul Gulino, Santa Monica, CA - The Lost Brigade
John Killeen, Dover, United Kingdom - In God's Name
Linda Marr, Redondo Beach, CA - Involuntary Man
Michael Morra, Annandale, NJ - Shades Of Grey
Austen Rachlis, New York, NY - When The Shooting Stops
David Stieve, Hermosa Beach, CA - The Gunshot's Echo
Coert Voorhees, Houston, TX - Air And Space
Terence Winkless & Raly Radouloff, Encino, CA - The Apprentice
Updated: 01/16/2009
Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Contest
Contact
2300 W. Empire Avenue
5th floor
Burbank, CA 91504
818-995-8995 (voice)
Web:
Click here
Email:
bigbreak@finaldraft.com
Contact: Kala Guess, Contest Director
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