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BlueCat Screenplay Competition
BlueCat Contest
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Hollywood , CA 90078
(323) 785-2338 (voice)
Web:
https://www.bluecatscreenplay.com/
Email:
info@bluecatscreenplay.com
Contact: Gordy Hoffman, Founder
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The BlueCat Screenplay Competition, now in its 25th year, is accepting submissions for its 2024 competition.
Founded in 1998 by award-winning writer Gordy Hoffman, BlueCat has supported thousands of screenwriters through written analysis provided to all entrants, many of whom have gone on to successful careers in the film and television industry. BlueCat's Alumni include:
Aaron Guzikowski (Verve/Madhouse) wrote PRISONERS, the remake of PAPILLON, and Ridley Scott's RAISED BY WOLVES.
Fergal Rock wrote DEPARTURES starring Nina Dobrev and Maisie Williams.
Ana Lily Amirpour (CAA), won Special Jury Prize at the 2016 Venice Film Festival for THE BAD BATCH, directed by Lyle Vincent (DREAMLAND) and starring Jason Momoa, Jim Carrey and Keanu Reeves. Show More
Deadline/Entry Fees
| Deadline | Date | Entry Fee | Days till Deadline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Opening | July 9, 2023 | Feature $65, Pilot $50, Short $30 | |
| Early | August 13, 2023 | Feature $75, Pilot $60, Short $40 | |
| Regular | September 17, 2023 | Feature $85, Pilot $70, Short $50 | |
| Final | October 29, 2023 | Feature $90, Pilot $75, Short $55 | |
| Late | December 10, 2023 | Feature $95, Pilot $80, Short $60 | 11 |
Resubmission Fee by December 10th, 2023. Feature $65, Pilot $50, Short $30.
Resubmission Fee by February 18th, 2024. Feature $80, Pilot $65, Short $45.
Resubmission Deadline is February 18th, 2024.
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Notification: Quarter-Finalists for each category will be announced on March 26th, 2024. Semi-Finalists for each category will be announced on April 9th, 2024. Finalists will be announced on April 30th, 2024. Winners will be announced on May 14th, 2024.
Rules
We accept features, pilots and shorts - visit our website for more info.
Awards
- Every script submission will receive a complimentary written analysis.
- The Grand Prize Winner will receive $7500. All scripts submitted (Features, Pilots and Shorts) are eligible.
- The Feature Screenplay Winner will receive $3,000.
- The Pilot Script Winner will receive $3,000.
- The Short Script Winner will receive $3,000.
- The Fellini Award will be awarded to the Best Screenplay from any category (Feature, Pilots or Short) of the 2024 Competition written by a screenwriter residing outside the USA and will receive $2000.
- All cash prizes will be disbursed 30 days after the winners are announced.
BlueCat Contest
Contact
Hollywood , CA 90078
(323) 785-2338 (voice)
Web:
https://www.bluecatscreenplay.com/
Email:
info@bluecatscreenplay.com
Contact: Gordy Hoffman, Founder
MovieBytes Interview: Gordy Hoffman
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BlueCat Screenplay Competition
Contact
Hollywood , CA 90078
(323) 785-2338 (voice)
Web:
https://www.bluecatscreenplay.com/
Email:
info@bluecatscreenplay.com
Contact: Gordy Hoffman, Founder
MovieBytes Interview: Gordy Hoffman
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Contest News
BlueCat Announces Contest Winner
Man Among Boys, by Andrew Stock and Rick Stempson, has been named the winner of the 2005 BlueCat Screenwriting Competition.
Man Among Boys
by Andrew Stock and Rick Stempson
An ethically challenged Rod Laver worshipper moonlighting as a custodian finds himself in charge of the high school tennis team, only to throw down the singularly most unorthodox coaching performance in the history of the game.
All queries should be directed to the authors:
andrstock@yahoo.com 512.731.4129.
Finalists
Donnie's Brother by Jim Beggarly
With his parents buckling under the pressure of an impending tragedy, a high school basketball star hatches a getaway with an odd convenience store clerk named Donnie, to start over with his brother out of state, a brother who the entire town claims is not alive.
JimBeggarly@hotmail.com 917.287.0771
Panacea by Aaron Guzikowski
When a tiny statue a boy has found in the woods apparently awakens his comatose father, his mother sets out to heal the world, one person at a time, until she slowly realizes each and every cure has a disturbing cost.
aguzikow@digitas.com 917.327.4893
The Break-In by Ryan David Jahn
After a man kills a burglar in self-defense, he elects to leave the body in his bathtub, setting out on an obsessive hunt to discover the identity of his victim, who happens to be his identical twin.
ryandavidjahn@yahoo.com
Holy Hell by Frances Zuccarel
A tailspinning, sexual triangle between two Catholic priests and the owner of a Hell's Kitchen speakeasy implodes over Ash Wednesday 1930 against the backdrop of a violent transit worker strike, when suddenly, quite out of nowhere, they bear witness to a miracle.
beautykilledbeast@yahoo.com 212.253.9742
2005 Honorable Mentions
The Kewpie Doll Kiss by George Birimisa
Elder Franklin by Anthony Brosnan
The Living Sky by Jack Dawe
Vineyard Sound by Eric Molinsky
You May Say I'm A Dreamer by Cinthea Stahl
The BlueCat Screenplay Competition is open to writers worldwide and received 1035 entries this year.
Updated: 07/26/2005
BlueCat Screenplay Competition
Contact
Hollywood , CA 90078
(323) 785-2338 (voice)
Web:
https://www.bluecatscreenplay.com/
Email:
info@bluecatscreenplay.com
Contact: Gordy Hoffman, Founder
MovieBytes Interview: Gordy Hoffman
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