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CineStory Names Fellowship Winner

CineStory has named Angelina Karpovich as their 2017 Feature Fellowship Winner for her screenplay, Eggshells.

Scriptapalooza Names Short Screenplay Contest Winner

Shorty by Jeremy Grant has been named the winner of the 2017 Scriptapalooza Short Screenplay Contest.

WILDsound Names August, 2017 Contest Winners

Burning Love Names Screenplay Contest Winners

Aurora by Travis Opgenorth has been named the Grand Prize Winner of the Burning Love Screenplay Competition.

BlueCat Names Short Script and Pilot Winners

BlueCat has named White-Shoe U by Beanie Barnes as the winner of their 2017 Pilot Competition, and Ageusia by Will Schneider as the winner of their Short Script Competition.

BlueCat Names Top Five Finalists

BlueCat has named their top 5 Finalists from a total of 3,273 submissions. The Winner will receive $10,000 and the four remaining Finalists $1,000 each.

CWA Announces 2017 Contest Winners

Avi Glick's Stella Incarnated has been named the Grand Prize Winner of the 2017 Creative World Awards.

BlueCat Names TV Pilot and Short Screenplay Finalists

BlueCat has named the Finalists for their TV Pilot and Short Screenplay Competitions. Winners will be announced on Friday, September 1st.

HollyShorts Names Contest Winners

John Humber's Jameson has been named the winner of the HollyShorts Screenwriting Competition.

Burning Love Screenplay Names Semifinalists

The Burning Love Screenplay Contest, presented by Poe Films, has announced its 2017 semifinalists in all categories.

ScreenCraft Names Film Fund Winner

Cowboys & Pakistanis, written by Farraz Khan, has been named the recipient of ScreenCraft Spring 2017 Short Film Production Fund.

CWA Names 2017 Finalists

The Creative World Awards has announced their 2017 finalists.

Scriptapalooza Names Top 30 Scripts

Scriptapalooza has named the Top 30 Screenplays of the 2017 Scriptapalooza Screenwriting Competition.

CineStory Names Fellowship Finalists

Finalists have been announced for the 2017 CineStory Feature Fellowship.

BlueCat Names Semifinalists

BlueCat has announced their Feature, Pilot, and Short Script Semifinalists. Finalists will be announced on Sunday, August 27th at 6PM, PST.

HollyShorts Names Screenplay Finalists

The 4th annual HollyShorts Screenplay Contest has announced its list of finalists. The top 3 screenplays will be announced/awarded at the HollyShorts Awards Ceremony August 19th and the winning script will receive a $10,000 production deal courtesy of Evil Slave.

Finish Line Names Contest Quarterfinalists

The Finish Line Script Competition has announced their TV Pilot and Screenplay Quarterfinalists from among more than 1,100 submissions.

CWA Names 2017 Semifinalists

The Creative World Awards has announced their 2017 semifinalists.

ScreenCraft Names Comedy Winner

The Triple Engagement by Robert Troccolo has been named the Grand Prize Winner of the 2017 ScreenCraft Comedy Screenplay Contest. The script is described as a fun and entertaining romantic comedy that marries concept and character.

BlueCat Names Quarterfinalists

BlueCat has named their 2017 Contest Quarterfinalists for Features, Pilots, and Shorts.

PAGE Names 2017 Semifinalists

The PAGE International Screenwriting Awards has announced their Semifinalists for 2017 -- the top 25 scripts in each of the contest’s ten genre categories.

CWA Names 2017 Quarterfinalists

The Creative World Awards has announced their 2017 quarterfinalists.

HollyShorts Names Screenplay Selections

HollyShorts has announced their 2017 Screenplay Selections.

Scriptapalooza Announces Semifinalists

Scriptapalooza has named their 2017 Screenplay Contest Semifinalists.

Writers Lab Names 2017 Participants

The Writers Lab, funded by Meryl Streep and Oprah Winfrey, has announced the screenwriters selected to participate in the 2017 Lab. The program is the only lab in the world devoted to providing script development for women writers over the age of 40. It is produced by New York Women in Film & Television (NYWIFT) and IRIS, in collaboration with The Writers Guild of America, East.

TrackingB Names TV Contest Winners & Finalists

Botany Bay by Eleanor Burgess has been named the winner of the TrackingB TV Contest.

Scriptapalooza Names Quarterfinalists

Scriptapalooza has announced their 2017 quarterfinalists. Semifinalists will be announced August 6th.

CWA Names 2017 Preliminary Finalists

The Creative World Awards has announced their 2017 Preliminary Finalists.

WILDsound Names July, 2017 Contest Winners

WILDSound has named their 17 contest-winning screenplays for July, 2017.

CineStory Names 2017 Feature Semifinalists

CineStory has announced their 2017 Feature Retreat and Fellowship semifinalists.

Acclaim Names 2017 TV and Film Contest Winners

Cara Hanson's romantic comedy Fourth Down and Love took top honors in the Acclaim feature screenplay category, while Josh Bressler's Playing By Ear, a pilot centered around a jazz genius, won the pilot/MOW contest. Matt Kenny's TV spec for Archer, Registered Sexy Offender won the TV spec contest.

Acclaim Names 2017 TV and Film Contest Winners

Cara Hanson's romantic comedy Fourth Down and Love took top honors in the Acclaim feature screenplay category, while Josh Bressler's Playing By Ear, a pilot centered around a jazz genius, won the pilot/MOW contest. Matt Kenny's TV spec for Archer, Registered Sexy Offender won the TV spec contest.

ScreenCraft Fellow/LaunchPad Winner Sells Original Pilot to Endgame Entertainment

ScreenCraft Fellow TA Snyder, one of the winners of the inaugural ScreenCraft Screenwriting Fellowship, has sold his original pilot DEAD MEN to Endgame Entertainment.

ScreenCraft Names Jamaica Residency Attendees

Screencraft has the named the four writers who will receive free tuition to attend the inaugural ScreenCraft Screenwriters Residency Program in Treasure Beach, Jamaica, presented by the Calabash Literary Festival and the Jamaica Film & Television Association (JAFTA).

PAGE Names 2017 Quarterfinalists

The PAGE International Screenwriting Awards has announced their Quarterfinalists for 2017, representing the top 10% of all entries in this year's contest.

WILDsound Names June, 2017 Screenplay Winners

ScreenCraft Names Sci-Fi Contest Winner

Pandorium by Graham Parke has been selected as the winner of the 2017 ScreenCraft Sci-Fi Screenplay Competition. The script - an original, high-concept time travel odyssey - features a compelling father/daughter relationship at its core, and centers on a young scientist who discovers a way to track time travelers.

Shore Scripts Winner Optioned by Stephen Woolley

Shore Scripts has announced that their 2016 contest winner The Accessor, by MrsandMrThomas (Nell & Dave Garfath-Cox) has been optioned by Oscar nominated producer, Stephen Woolley (Their Finest).

Scriptapalooza Fellowship Retreat Video

2017 Scriptapalooza Fellowship recipient Jonathan Ammon's has posted a video from his Costa Rica Writers Retreat.

ScreenCraft Names Comedy Quarterfinalists

ScreenCraft has named their Comedy Screenplay Contest quarterfinalists from among more than 1,100 submissions. Semifinalists will be announced July 7th.

WeScreenplay Names Short Film Fund Winner

Borders of the Imagination, by Benjamin Friedman, has been named the winner of the inaugural season of WeScreenplay's Short Film Fund.

Script Pipeline Names 2017 Quarterfinalists

Quarterfinalists have been announced for the 2017 Script Pipeline Screenwriting Competition. Semifinalists will be announced June 26th.

StoryPros Awards Names Contest Winners

Bella And The Bear by Nicholas Clifford has been named the Grand Prize Winner of the 10th Annual StoryPros Awards Screenwriting Competition.

Roadmap Writers Names Iconic Character Finalists

Last month, Roadmap Writers launched an industry-wide search for the next Iconic Character. Over a dozen organizations spread the word to their communities and now 30 finalists have been selected from almost 1,000 submissions

CineStory Names Quarterfinalists

Quarterfinalists have been announced for the 2017 CineStory Features Retreat.

StoryPros Awards Names Contest Finalists

Finalists have been announced for the 10th Annual StoryPros Awards Screenplay Contest. Winners will be announced on Thursday, June 15th.

Shore Scripts Names Short Film Fund Winner

Ben Gutteridge has been named the Shore Scripts 2017 Short Film Fund winner for his screenplay, The Naked Man. Ben will be awarded $9000 to produce his winning screenplay.

WildSound Names May, 2017 Contest Winners

ScreenCraft Names Sci-Fi Semifinalists

ScreenCraft has named the Semifinalists of their third annual Sci-Fi Screenplay Contest, representing the top ten percent of nearly 1,000 submissions received. This year's jury includes executives from 20th Century Fox, Sony Pictures and Lionsgate.

StoryPros Awards Names Semifinalists

Semifinalists have been announced for the 10th StoryPros Awards Screenplay Contest

StoryPros Awards Names Quarterfinalists

Quarterfinalists have been announced for the 10th StoryPros Awards Screenplay Contest

Shore Scripts Names Short Film Fund Finalists

Shore Scripts has announced ten finalists for their 2017 Short Film Fund Screenwriting Competition. The overall winner will be announced June 6th.