BlueCat Names Semifinalists

Updated: 04/13/2021

BlueCat has announced their 2021 Feature, Pilot, and Short Script Semifinalists.

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Wiki Contest Announces March Finalists & Winners

Jan Tilley and Wally Lane's Justified has been named the winner of the March, 2021 Wiki Screenplay Contest. [Updated: 04/18/2021]

Fresh Voices Names 2020-21 Screenplay Competition & Spotlight Award Winners

Ponzi by Wigham Foothill has been named the Grand Prize Winner of the 2020-21 Fresh Voices Screenplay Competition. Genre and Spotlight Award Winners have also been announced. [Updated: 04/08/2021]

ScreenCraft Names Fellowship Quarterfinalists

ScreenCraft has announced their ScreenCraft Fellowship quarterfinalists, selected from almost 4,300 submissions. Semifinalists will be announced on April 28th. [Updated: 03/31/2021]

BlueCat Names Quarterfinalists

The BlueCat Screenplay Competition has announced their feature, pilot, short script semifinalists for 2021. [Updated: 03/31/2021]

Fresh Voices Names Contest Finalists

The Fresh Voices Screenwriting Competition has announced their 2020-21 Finalists, representing the top 3% of screenplays submitted. Winners to be announced April 8th. [Updated: 03/29/2021]

Stowe Story Labs Announces Narrative Lab Quarterfinalists

Stowe Story Labs has announced the 2021 Maven Screen Media, Tangerine Entertainment, International Screenwriters’ Association, PAGE International Screenwriting Awards, Final Draft, and Sidewalk Film Festival Fellowship Quarterfinalists to the 2021 Narrative Labs. [Updated: 03/23/2021]

Write LA Announces New Literary Manager Partnerships

The Write LA Screenwriting Competition has announced that their 2021 Finalists will be read and considered by up to five leading Literary Management Companies: Circle of Confusion, Zero Gravity, Fourward, Fictional Entity and Grandview. [Updated: 03/17/2021]

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