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Launch Pad Names Feature Contest Winners

Jeffrey Field has been named the 2018 Launch Pad Feature Contest Winner for his thriller, Don't Go There, about a violent man who has just murdered four people, who seeks refuge in what appears to be an empty home, only to discover that the elderly woman living within may be far more dangerous than anything waiting for him outside.

Shore Scripts Names 2019 Short Film Fund Winners

A Young Man's Game by James Gould-Bourn has been named the Grand Prize Winner of the 2019 Shore Scripts Short Film Fund, and the project has been awarded $10,000 in cash. Miss Fortunate, by Molly O'Shea been named the $4,000 Second Place Winner.

StoryPros Names Awards Semifinalists

Semifinalists have just been announced for the 12th Annual StoryPros Awards Screenplay Contest.

Filmmatic Names Inroads Fellowship Winner

Filmmatic has named Justin Moran Season 2 Inroads Screenwriting Fellow for his Sci-fi TV pilot, Rust. The script features a crew of hard-luck space miners that happen upon an old shipwreck, launching them into a world of bounty hunters, terrorists, and a mammoth mining conglomerate set on keeping old mistakes buried.

Shore Scripts Names Short Film Fund Finalists

Shore Films has announced the 15 Finalsts for their 2019 Short Film Fund. Winner will be announced June 6th.

StoryPros Awards Names Quarterfinalists

Quarterfinalists have been announced of the 12th Annual StoryPros Awards Screenplay Contest.

Launch Pad Feature Competition Names Top 10 Finalists

The Launch Pad competition, in exclusive partnership with Good Fear Film + Management and Romark Entertainment, has announced the top 10 finalists for the 2018/2019 Launch Pad feature competition.

Scriptapalooza TV Debuts New Website

Emerging Screenwriters Names Shoot Your Sizzle Winners

Steve Feld's Take My Wife, Please has been named the winner of the Emerging Screenwriter's Shoot Your Sizzle Screenwriting Competition.

BlueCat Names Contest Winners

Fox Hollow by Ariel Sobel has been named the Winner of the BlueCat Screenplay Contest for 2019. Benjamin Christopher won the Hour-long Pilot Category for his script Tenth Street, while Katie Blair was the Half-Hour Winner for her script, Clay.

Austin Fest to Honor David Benioff and D.B. Weiss

Austin Film Festival & Writers Conference (AFF), the premier film festival that champions the writers’ contribution to film, television, and new media, has announced David Benioff and D.B. Weiss as the recipients of the "Outstanding Television Writer" Award at the 26th Annual Austin Film Festival, this October 24-31, 2019.

BlueCat Names 2019 Finalists

BlueCat has named their top 5 Feature and TV Pilot finalists.

Shoot Your Sizzle Names Top 100

Emerging Screenwriters has announced the Top 100 scripts of their 2019 Shoot Your Sizzle Screenwriting Competition.

Skye Emerson's Challenger Wins Fresh Voices Grand Prize Award

Women reigned victorious at the 2018-19 Fresh Voices Screenplay Competition this week with an all-star group of talented female writers dominating both the Drama and Family Film Categories. Leading them all, it was Skye Emerson's historical drama, CHALLENGER, that wowed the jury and took home the Grand Prize Award.

ScreenCraft Names Fellowship Quarterfinalists

ScreenCraft has announced the quarterfinalists from among roughly 2,500 submissions to their 2019 ScreenCraft Fellowship Competition.

BlueCat Names Semifinalists

BlueCat has announced their 2019 Feature, TV, and Short Script semifinalists.

Fresh Voices Announces Finalists and Spotlight Award Nominees

Fresh Voices Screenplay Competition has named their 2018-19 Contest Finalists and Spotlight Award Nominees.

Scriptapalooza Producing Shorts & Features

A newly launched division of the Scriptapalooza Screenwriting Competition is now producing films utilizing the organization's relationships to attach funds and talent.

BlueCat Names 2019 Quarterfinalists

The BlueCat Screenwriting Competition has announced quarterfinalists for their 2019 Feature, Short, and TV pilot contests.

Austin Film Festival and Rooster Teeth Announce New Fellowship Award

Austin Film Festival and Rooster Teeth are partnering to launch the Inaugural "Rooster Teeth Fellowship Award" to be presented at the 26th Annual Austin Film Festival. This new award will be available in conjunction with AFF's existing Script Competitions and is open to all scripted submissions that embody the Rooster Teeth genre.

Scriptation Announces Showcase Script Competition for Emerging Screenwriters

Scriptation, the company behind the popular script app used on film and television productions worldwide, opened the call for submissions for its new screenwriting competition, the Scriptation Showcase. Fifteen winners' scripts will be featured for a full year in Scriptation, giving them unprecedented exposure to Hollywood professionals.

Fresh Voices Names Semifinalists

Semifinalists have been announced for the 2018-19 Fresh Voices Screenwriting Competition.

TVWriter.com Names People Pilot Winners

THE BOOK OF JOEY by Steven Block has been named the TVWriter.com People's Pilot Comedy category winner, while THE FUCKING NEW GUYS by Meredith Bagby took top honors in the Drama/Action category.

Interview with 2018 CineStory Second Place Winner Avishai Weinberger

CineStory Co-Executive Director Carlo Martinelli catches up with the 2018 CineStory Fellowship second place winner, Avishai Weinberger.

People's Pilot Announces Finalists

The People's Pilot television writing contest, from TVWriter.com, has announced the finalists of their 27th competition.

Producers Request Scriptapalooza TV Winners

Twelve producers have requested to read Scriptapalooza TV's recently announced contest winners.

CineStory Names TV Fellowship Winner

Robert Axelrod has been named the 2019 CineStory TV Fellow for his winning episodic spec comedy script BETTER THINGS - "Goy Vey", which impressed the judges by capturing the tone of the show while also showcasing the writer's own voice.

Greg Silverman's Stampede Partners With HollyShorts Film Festival

Greg Silverman’s new media company Stampede is partnering with the HollyShorts Film Festival, the Los Angeles-based short film festival, on a first-look feature film and TV series development program. (From the Hollywood Reporter.)

CineStory Names TV Category Winners

CineStory has announced their 2019 Spec Drama, Spec Comedy, Original Drama and Original Comedy category winners. The first place winner of each division is now in the running for this year's TV Fellowship, which includes a $1,000 cash prize, free tuition and housing for this year's TV retreat, and a 12-month mentorship with 2 Hollywood professionals hand-picked to help the Fellow advance the Fellow's craft and career.

Scriptapalooza TV Names Contest Winners

Scriptapalooza TV has announced their latest Pilot, Sitcom, One-Hour Drama and Reality Category winners.

TVWriter.com Names People's Pilot Semifinalists

TVWriter.com has announced the semifinalists for the 27th People's Pilot competition. Finalists will be announced in two weeks.

Launch Million Dollar Screenplay Competition Now Open for Submissions

The LAUNCH Million Dollar Screenplay Competition has announced it will accept global submissions for its second million-dollar screenplay competition from Friday, February 1st through Tuesday, April 30th, 2019. Once again, The LAUNCH will be looking for original screenplays with captivating stories, unique voices and honest emotion in any genre. The international competition is open to students over the age of 18 who are enrolled in an accredited two-year, four-year college/university or graduate program.

Austin Fest and Humanitas Announce New Partnership to Discover Original Voices

The Austin Film Festival (AFF) and HUMANITAS have joined forces to launch the inaugural "HUMANITAS Originals Award". This joint initiative is a new addition to AFF’s Script Competitions and is open to both feature screenplays and teleplay pilots that reflect the kinds of stories HUMANITAS has honored for over four decades.

Scriptapalooza Short Script Finalist Screens at Hollywood Independent Film Festival

A Boy A Man and A Kite by Adam Matalon & Stephen Endelman, 2017 Scriptapalooza Shorts finalist, has been produced and will screen on 2/15/2019 at Regal Cinema LA Live.

Nicholl Fellowships Now Open for Submissions

The Motion Picture Academy's Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting is now accepting submissions. Early deadline in March 7, 2019, with a $45 entry fee.

TrackingB Names Contest Winners

Gorby and Ronnie Do Reykjavík, by Patrick Connely, has been named the overall winner of the TrackingB Screenwriting Competition.

Fresh Voices Names Quarterfinalists

Fresh Voices has announced the quarterfinalists of the 2018-2019 Fresh Voices Screenwriting Competition. Semifinalists will be announced March 7th, 2019.

CineStory Names TV Finalists

Finalists have been announced in the original and spec categories of the CineStory TV Writing Competition.

Kairos Names $15,000 Prize Winners

Grace by Night, by Nathan Leon, has been named the winner of the $15,000 Kairos Prize for Beginning Screenwriters. Mingo Road by Paul Cooper was the "pro" category winner among established filmmakers. The Kairos Prizes are presented annually by Movieguide, and award $15,000 to each winner whose work "greatly increases man's love or understanding of God."

HBO Accepts Fellowship Applications Feb. 6-13

The HBO Access Writing Fellowship provides mentorship for up to 8 diverse, emerging storytellers. Following a one-week intensive of master classes, participants are immersed in 8 months of mentoring by HBO creative executives, as each participant develops a script suitable for HBO or Cinemax.

Filmmatic Names Pitch Now Contest Winners

Courtney Suttle's A Jungle Dark has been named the Overall Winner of the 2019 Pitch Now Screenplay Competition.

Kairos Names Semifinalists

Dr. Ted Baehr, founder of Movieguide®: The Family Guide to Movies and Entertainment, has announced the eight semi-finalists for the Fourteenth Annual Kairos Prize® for Spiritually Uplifting Screenplays by First-Time and Beginning Screenwriters and four semi-finalists for the Kairos Pro Prize® for Inspiring Screenplays by Established Filmmakers.

CineStory Names TV Semifinalists

CineStory has named their 2018 Comedy and Drama Semifinalists.

Table Read My Screenplay Names Grand Prize Winners

Cannabiz by Shane Elizabeth Roche has been named the Grand Prize Winner of the Table Read My Screenplay (Park City) Screenwriting Competition in the Feature/TV Pilot Category. Anaesthesia by John Harden was named the Grand Prize Winner in the Short/Web Series Pilot Category.

CineStory Names TV Spec Semifinalists, Original Script Quarterfinalists

Semifinalists have been announced in the Episodic Comedy and Drama Divisions of CineStory/TV Digital Fellowship. CineStory has also announced quarterfinalists in the Original Drama and Comedy divisions.

Write/LA Names Grand Prize Winners

Jonathan Dillon's Artificial has been named the Grand Prize Winner of the 2018 Write/LA Screenwriting Competition. The script is about an amnesia-ridden survivor of a pandemic virus who wakes up in a high-tech house being nursed by a mysterious woman. When her secrets begin to unravel, he must do everything he can to get out alive. Other Grand Prize winners include Jeff Patneaude's one-hour pilot Rogues, about a brilliant criminal's quest for vengeance, and Jenna Wycoff's half-hour pilot Vamp, about a recently windowed Latina mom faced with a rare blood cancer, who doubles down on her parental devotion by making a soul-sucking underground arrangement to extend her life, despite some eternal consequences.

StoryPros International Names Contest Winners

Southern Blood, by Lonas Taylor, has been named the Grand Prize Winner of the 12th Annual StoryPros International Screenplay Contest.

New York Horror Fest Names Short Script Finalists

The New York Horror Film Festival has named their 2018 Short Screenplay Finalists.

Writers Lab Releases Participant Loglines

The Writers Lab, supported by Meryl Streep and Nicole Kidman, has released the loglines of this year's twelve participant scripts.

Write/LA Names Contest Finalists

Write/LA has announced their 2018 Screenplay Contest finalists. The grand prize announcement will be made on December 15.

StoryPros Names Contest Finalists

StoryPros has announced the Finalists of the 12th Annual StoryPros International Screenplay Contest.

ScreenCraft Names Pilot Launch Semifinalists

Semifinalists have been announced for the 2018 ScreenCraft Pilot Launch competition. This year's jury is comprised of creative executives, coordinators and development heads at HBO, AMC andAmazon Studios, as well as a manager at3 Arts Entertainment and a story consultant for NBC's Writers on the Verge.

StoryPros Names International Screenplay Contest Semifinalists

Semifinalists have been announced for the 12th Annual StoryPros International Screenplay Contest.

Shore Scripts Names 2018 Contest Winners

Jordan Presser's Hungry Man has been named the winning feature of the 2018 Shore Scripts Screenwriting Competition, while Galápagos by Lukas Hassel was the winning TV Pilot. Stephanie Bollag & Lily Lyor Askenazi won the Short Script competition with their screenplay, Esther In Wonderland.

New York Horror Fest Names Features Script Finalists

Finalists have been announced for the 2018 New York Horror Film Festival Screenwriting Competition.

Roadmap Writers Names JumpStart Winners

Max Rissman's Grandpa has been named the Feature Script Winner of the 2018 JumpStart Writing Competition, while Alan Baxter's Lost Eden Canyon has been named the Pilot Winner.

Scriptapalooza Names 2019 Fellowship Mentors

Scriptapalooza has announced the six individuals who will serve as mentors to the winners of the 2019 Scriptapalooza Fellowship.

ScreenCraft Names Action/Thriller Quarterfinalists

Quarterfinalists have been announced from among more than 700 submissions to the 2018 ScreenCraft Action & Thriller Screenplay Competition. This year’s jury is comprised of producers and executives at Appelles Entertainment, Bad Robot, Columbia Pictures, the Donners’ Company, a manager at Elevate Entertainment, and the screenwriter of Die Hard and Lara Croft: Tomb Raider.

StoryPros International Names Quarterfinalists

The StoryPros International Screenwriting Competition has announced their 12th Annual Contest Quarterfinalists.

Scriptapalooza Announces Producer Requests

Scriptapalooza has announced the list of producers who have requested to read the Scriptapalooza 2018 contest winners.

ScreenCraft Names Drama Contest Semifinalists

Semifinalists have been selected from among more than 1,000 submissions to the 2018 ScreenCraft Drama Screenplay Competition.

ScreenCraft Names Stage Play Quarterfinalists

Quarterfinalists have been selected from among nearly 700 submissions to the inaugural ScreenCraft Stage Play Competition.

ScreenCraft Names Short Screenplay Contest Winner & Finalists

The Rubicon by Aminah Hughes has been selected as the winner of the 2018 ScreenCraft Short Screenplay contest.

Write/LA Names Semifinalists

Semifinalists been announced for the 2018 Write/LA Screenwriting Competition.

AFF Names Screenplay Contest Winners

The Austin Film Festival (AFF) has announced their 2018 Screenplay Contest Winners in all categories.

Interview with ScreenCraft Fellowship Winner Davia Carter

Davia Carter was named a 2018 ScreenCraft Fellowship Winner on the basis of her TV pilot Double Time Dames, a one-hour drama set in the jazz age that tells the story of a brilliant female trumpeter who sheds her life of abusive men and attempts to start an all-female band as an Italian mob tries to stake their claim in her town.

Shore Scripts Names Finalists

Shore Scripts has announced their contest finalists. Winners will be named November 30th.

Poe Contest Names Halloween Contest Winner

The Poe Contest has to announced the winner of its one-day Halloween script contest. "Demon Inside Me," by Brandon Rutherford, captured the $100 cash prize and an automatic advancement to the Poe Contest semifinals.

ScreenCraft Names Pilot Launch Quarterfinalists

Quarterfinalists have been announced for the 2018 ScreenCraft Pilot Launch TV Writing Competition, selected from about 2,500 submissions.

Finish Line Script Competition Names Grand Prize Winner

Folklore by Sebastian Magiera has been named the Grand Prize Winner of the 2018 Finish Line Script Competition. Set in 18th century colonial America, the script is about a Spanish priest and a cursed enchantress who band together to prevent malevolent supernatural forces from destroying the lives of helpless villagers.

Short Scripts Names Semifinalists

Shore Scripts has announced the semifinalists in their Feature, TV Pilot and Short Categories. Winners will be announced November 10th.

Interview with ScreenCraft Fellowship Winner Georgina Love

Georgina Love was named a 2018 ScreenCraft Fellowship Winner for her sci-fi feature Pig, which follows an experimental scientist as he raises a sentient pig as a mirror image of his terminally ill son. When the pig learns his "father's" plans have a sinister bent, he fights to resist the inevitable.

Roadmap Writers Names JumpStart Finalists

Roadmap Writers has announced the Top 10 Pilot and Feature Finalists for their 2018 JumpStart Writing Competition.

Scriptapalooza TV Producer Requests

Scriptapalooza has released a list of the producers that have requested to read their recent TV contest winners.

Write/LA Names Contest Quarterfinalists

Quarterfinalists have been announced for the 2018 Write/LA Screenwriting Competition. Semifinalists will be announced November 15.

Scriptapalooza Interviews TV Contest Winners

Scriptapalooza has posted video interviews with their 2018 television contest winners.

Shore Scripts Names Contest Quarterfinalists

Quarterfinalists have been announced in all four categories of the 2018 Shore Scripts Screenwriting Competition.

Interview with ScreenCraft Fellowship Winner Brock Newell

Brock Newell was named a 2018 ScreenCraft Fellowship Winner for his feature screenplay Ravenous, a fresh take on the cabin in the woods horror genre, about a man who invites his new girlfriend on a camping trip with his friends, only to realize that she's a cannibal who intends to kill them all. Brock graduated from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana with a degree in Creative Writing, and has been living in LA for 10 years by way of Chicago.

ScreenCraft Names Drama Quarterfinalists

ScreenCraft has announced the quarterfinalists of their 2018 Drama Screenplay Competition, selected from more than 1,000 submissions.

ScreenCraft Names Public Domain Contest Winners

Yellow by Zara Meerza has been selected as the grand prize winner of the inaugural ScreenCraft Public Domain Competition. A pilot set at the end of the 19th century as the bitter rivalry between Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst reaches a boiling point and "yellow journalism" is born.

ScreenCraft Names Horror Contest Winner

Burner by Mukilan Thangamani has been selected as the grand prize winner of the 2018 ScreenCraft Horror Competition. Drawing inspiration from Strangers on a Train, Maya uses a black-market phone app to kill her sexually abusive boss, only to find she must repay the favor.

2018 PAGE Award Winners Announced

The winners of the 2018 PAGE International Screenwriting Awards contest have just been announced, and the Judges have presented this year’s $25,000 Grand Prize to Kevin Bachar from New York City for his riveting action script TUNDRA KILL. In addition, Gold, Silver, and Bronze Prizes have been awarded to writers in ten different genre categories.

Finish Line Announces 2018 Semifinalists

The Finish Line Script Competition has announced the 67 semifinalists for their 2018 contest.

ScreenCraft Names 2018 Short Screenplay Semifinalists

ScreenCraft has announced their 2018 Short Screenplay semifinalists.

Scriptapalooza Posts Video Interviews with 2018 Contest Winners

Scripapalooza has posted video interviews with their 2018 Contest Winners Angela & Darren Croucher, Beth Ashby, and George Caine.

One-Day Halloween Screenplay Contest Announced

Submit your feature or short screenplay in The Poe Contest during the 24 hours of Halloween (October 31, your prevailing time), and you'll learn whether you've won our $100 cash prize in a week.

ScreenCraft Names Public Domain Contest Finalists

ScreenCraft has announced the top 10 finalists of their Public Domain Screenplay Contest, a competition that highlights Hollywood's longstanding tradition of adaptations based on free intellectual property in the public domain, such as folk tales, fairy tales, mythology and books and plays published before 1923.

Universal Writers Program Now Open for Submissions

The Universal Writers Program, designed to identity both up-and-coming and experienced screenwriters with unique points of view, is accepting entries through October 31, 2018. The only feature film program sanctioned by the Writers Guild of America West (WGAW), the Program develops storytellers who organically incorporate multicultural and global perspectives in screenwriting.

Austin Fest Names Script Competition Semifinalists

The Austin Film Festival has announced the 2018 Script Competition Semifinalists, representing the top 2% of all submissions. They were chosen from a record field of 10,580 scripts entered in the AFF Screenplay, Digital Series, Playwriting, and Fiction Podcast Competitions.

Academy Names Nicholl Fellowship Winners

Three individuals and one writing team have been selected as winners of the 2018 Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting competition. The fellows will each receive a $35,000 prize, the first installment of which will be distributed at the Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting Awards Presentation & Live Read on Thursday, November 8, at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.

Scriptapalooza Names Contest Winners

Angela & Darren Croucher have been named their $10,000 Grand Prize Winner of the Scriptapalooza Screenwriting Competition for their script, 1000 Beautiful Watts.

Finish Line Script Competition Names Quarterfinalists

The Finish Line Script Competition has announced their 2018 quarterfinalists, a mixed list of television pilots and screenplays.

Scriptapalooza Names Fellowship Winner

Lyn Pinezich has been named the Scriptapalooza Fellowship winner for her script Julie and Romeo, and will attend a Robert McKee STORY Seminar (hotel and airfare included).

2018 PAGE Awards Finalists Announced

The judges have now announced the Finalists in the 2018 PAGE International Screenwriting Awards competition, representing the Top 10 scripts in each of the contest's ten genre categories.

Stage32 Announces National Lampoon Search for Comedy Gold Finalists

Stage32 and National Lampoon have announced the Finalists for their "Search for Comedy Gold" Screenwriting Competition.

ScreenCraft Names Spring Film Fund Semifinalists

Semifinalists have been announced for ScreenCraft's 2018 Spring Film Fund.

ScreenCraft Names Short Script Quarterfinalists

ScreenCraft has named the quarterfinalists for their 2018 Short Screenplay Competition.

Filmmatic Names Screenplay Award Winners and Finalists

Greg Mania has been named the overall winner of the Filmmatic Screenplay Awards for his script Mania, an edgy and brazen TV Comedy Pilot.

ScreenCraft Names Horror Semifinalists

ScreenCraft has announced the semifinalists for their 2018 Horror Screenplay Competition.

Scriptapalooza Announces TV Contest Winners

Scriptapalooza has named their TV Pilot, Sitcom, 1-Hour, and Reality TV Contest Winners.