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American Zoetrope Screenplay Contest
American Zoetrope
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916 Kearny Street
San Francisco, CA 94133
415-788-7500 (voice)
415-989-7910 (fax)
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Email:
contests@zoetrope.com
Contact: Manjula Martin
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Objective
The mission of the American Zoetrope Screenplay Competition is to find and promote new and innovative voices in cinema. The competition considers feature-length film scripts, as well as pilot scripts for television/streaming services. Every script is read closely by a select handful of professional readers, and American Zoetrope staff and the guest judge choose a winner from among the ten finalists.
Deadline/Entry Fees
| Deadline | Date Days till: |
Entry Fee |
|---|---|---|
| Early | July 15, 2026 36 |
$40 |
| Final | September 9, 2026 92 |
$50 |
Notification: One winning script and nine finalists will be announced on February 8, 2027. Semi- and quarterfinalists will be announced at the same time.
Eligibility
18 years or older. No earnings greater than $50,000 in the prior calendar year. See website for details.Rules
Please see website.Awards
The winner receives a grand prize of $5,000.
The winner and nine finalists are considered for representation by the agencies CAA, Circle of Confusion, Energy Entertainment, Exile Entertainment, the Gersh Agency, ICM, Oasis Media Group, the Radmin Company, UTA, and William Morris Endeavor. Their scripts will be considered for option and development by the production companies American Zoetrope, Anonymous Content, Array, Cats & Dogs Productions, Double Hope Films, Fox Searchlight, Groundswell Productions, Icon Films, IFC Films, Jean Doumanian Productions, Lionsgate, LIT Entertainment Group, Lleju Productions, Netflix, Number 9 Films, Oasis Media Group, Pretty Pictures Productions, Roserock Films, Sony Pictures Classics, Verisimilitude, and Working Title Films.
American Zoetrope
Contact
916 Kearny Street
San Francisco, CA 94133
415-788-7500 (voice)
415-989-7910 (fax)
Web:
Click here
Email:
contests@zoetrope.com
Contact: Manjula Martin
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American Zoetrope Screenplay Contest
Contact
916 Kearny Street
San Francisco, CA 94133
415-788-7500 (voice)
415-989-7910 (fax)
Web:
Click here
Email:
contests@zoetrope.com
Contact: Manjula Martin
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Contest News
American Zoetrope Names Contest Winners
Tricia Lee's Mother-Daughter has been named the Grand Prize Winner of the 17th Annual American Zoetrope Screenplay Competition.
GRAND PRIZE–WINNER
Mother-Daughter
Tricia Lee
(Valley Village, CA)
FINALISTS/HONORABLE MENTIONS
Men
Rebecca Dreyfus
(Brooklyn, NY)
Valid
Sefi Atta
(Meridian, MS)
The Shtick-Up
by Valerie Bodurtha
(Stamford, CT)
A Citizen
by Jason Christou and Tanya Farley
(Melbourne, Australia)
Service Animals
by Christopher Corte
(North Hollywood, CA)
The Thirty Second Plan
by Lori Dale
(Los Angeles, CA)
The Fourteeners
by Edgar Martinez Schulz
(North Hollywood, CA)
Under Act (PILOT)
by Nir Shelter
(Rose Bay, NSW, Australia)
The Carlisle Indian
by Peter Vicaire
(Savage, MN)
The complete list of all finalists, including semi- and quarterfinalists, and the list of the prizes are available on our American Zoetrop website.
Updated: 02/18/2020
American Zoetrope Screenplay Contest
Contact
916 Kearny Street
San Francisco, CA 94133
415-788-7500 (voice)
415-989-7910 (fax)
Web:
Click here
Email:
contests@zoetrope.com
Contact: Manjula Martin
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