Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Contest
Final Draft/Big Break
Contact
2300 W. Empire Avenue
5th floor
Burbank, CA 91504
818-995-8995 (voice)
Web:
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Email:
bigbreak@finaldraft.com
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Objective
Final Draft, the Industry Standard Screenwriting Software, offers the annual Big Break Contest – a screenwriting competition that has been launching careers for over twenty years. Finalists and winners have signed with professional representation. Many have had scripts optioned, sold and produced. Others have found full-time work in television. Prizes include a trip to Hollywood to meet with industry professionals, meeting preparation with top career coach Lee Jessup, $10,000 in cash, a brand new Dell laptop, an iPad, a New York Film Academy Fellowship, and more! Is this YOUR year?
Deadline/Entry Fees
| Deadline | Date Days till: |
Entry Fee |
|---|---|---|
| Early Bird | April 21, 2025 | $35 |
| Regular | May 19, 2025 19 |
$65 |
| Final | June 9, 2025 40 |
$75 |
| Extended | June 30, 2025 61 |
$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.
Eligibility
18 years of age or older. See website for details: https://www.finaldraft.com/big-break-screenwriting-contestRules
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
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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
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Contest News
Final Draft Names Top 3 Big Break Finalists
The Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Competition has named their Top 3 Scripts in all categories.
Top 3 Feature
Action/Adventure
Blowback by Yuri Shallan
Bune by Harris Kauffman
Sled by Dean Harvey
Comedy/Rom-Com
Intro to Creation by Adam Goldstein
My Clone’s an A–Hole by Julie Anne Wight
Reality Check by Adi Blotman
Drama
Breedlove by G.W. Freund & Daniel Bonjour
Second Serve by Ryan Bernstein
Take the Wheel by Amy Gailey
Family/Animated
King of Florida by Christina Eliopoulos
Robo4ce by Jeffrey Howe
Turtle Boy by Stewart Sugg
Period/Historical/War
A Face to Paint by KT Parker
A Gentleman of Good Hope by Christina Hulen
Gable by Sean Patrick Reily
Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Airlock by Chris Maes
Alpha Male by Mark Hibbett
The Encampment by Joe Rechtman
Thriller/Horror
Babygirl by Robert Garrett
Blood Moon by Monique Mata
Lord of the Woods by H.A. Young
Top 3 Television
Half-Hour Specs
Bob’s Burgers “Crazy Cat Bob” by Johnny Brayson
BoJack Horseman “Hard Pill to Swallow” by Joe Taylor
Brooklyn Nine–Nine “Only the Good Die Hard” by Andrew Lee
Hour Specs
Arrow “Follow the Leader” by Meghan Fitzmartin
Orange is the New Black “Toxic Shock Syndrome” by Elysse Applebaum
The Blacklist “The Accelerant #29” by Amanda Morad
Half-Hour Pilots
45 Wall by Eric Buchman
Cumming of Age by George Allicon, III
Special by Jay Cundiff & Kyle Jorgesen
Hour Pilots
Escape/Artist by Alan R. Baxter
Pros and Cons by Paula Sabbaga
Use Your Words by Julia Batavia
Updated: 12/08/2015
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
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