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Write LA Screenplay & Pilot Competition

Write LA Screenplay

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Los Angeles, CA

Web:
https://www.write-la.com
Email:
info@write-la.com

Contact: Tim Schildberger, Founder/Head Judge

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Overall: 5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars (5.0/5.0)
Professionalism: 5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars (5.0/5.0)
Feedback: 5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars (5.0/5.0)
Signficance: 5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars (5.0/5.0)
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Objective

**A Moviebytes Top Screenplay Contest**

Our winners have been signed by Literary Managers as a result of entering our competition!! Now in our ninth season, Write LA's 3 winners get read by multiple Los Angeles bases Literary Managers and considered for representation.

Semifinalists receive other prizes including notebooks and free feedback from our Head Judge - respected Script Coach and author Tim Schildberger.

Write LA was built by writers, for writers. We offer all the industry access we can because we know how hard it is to get your writing in front of the people who can launch your career. Getting representation is a huge step on your writing journey. So if you're entering competitions to attract attention, you should enter Write LA. Show More

Deadline/Entry Fees

Deadline Date
Days till:
Entry Fee
Early December 31, 2025
105
$45
Regular February 1, 2026
137
$60
Final March 4, 2026
168
$75

We open for entries November 1, 2025. Submissions accepted via write-la.com and Film Freeway.

Notification: May 20, 2026

Eligibility

Anyone over 18

Rules

Please visit http://write-la.com/rules/ to read the official rules.

Awards

The Winner receives…
  • Your script read and considered for representation by several well respected Literary Management Companies
  • A notebook courtesy of Decomposition Books
  • An online seminar courtesy of Script Magazine and The Writer's Store
  • A free copy of Tim's Amazon chart topping screenwriting book.
  • Your logline posted on the Write LA website
The 15 SemiFinalists receive…
  • A notebook courtesy of Decomposition Books
  • An online seminar courtesy of Script Magazine and The Writer's Store
  • Free written feedback on your script from Head Judge Tim Schildberger
  • A free copy of Tim's Amazon chart topping screenwriting book.
  • Your logline posted on the Write LA website

Write LA Screenplay

Contact

Los Angeles, CA

Web:
https://www.write-la.com
Email:
info@write-la.com

Contact: Tim Schildberger, Founder/Head Judge

Report Card

Overall: 5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars (5.0/5.0)
Professionalism: 5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars (5.0/5.0)
Feedback: 5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars (5.0/5.0)
Signficance: 5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars (5.0/5.0)
Report Cards: Less than 5  
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Write LA Screenplay & Pilot Competition

Contact

Los Angeles, CA

Web:
https://www.write-la.com
Email:
info@write-la.com

Contact: Tim Schildberger, Founder/Head Judge

Report Card

Overall: 5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars (5.0/5.0)
Professionalism: 5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars (5.0/5.0)
Feedback: 5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars (5.0/5.0)
Signficance: 5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars (5.0/5.0)
Report Cards: Less than 5  
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Contest News

Write LA Announces Top 5

The Top 5 Finalists have been annnounced for the 2024 Write LA Screenwriting Competition.

Kathy Benjamin, Jenn Bradford, Katie Stober - Yanks | Comedy Pilot
Three brilliant American women navigate bad sex, binge drinking, and grad school in 2000s-era England, where “American” may as well be a four-letter word.

Jamie Campbell – Kirby in Limbo | Drama Feature
A retiree's perfect life is shattered when a tragic car crash takes the lives of his wife and daughter. After an insurance settlement leaves him the world's most miserable millionaire, he attempts to pick up the pieces and find a reason to keep going.

Brian Koukol – Sad Gopher | Drama Feature
A disabled man sets his eyes on a regional chess tournament in pursuit of self-worth, but the trans woman he meets along the way might just turn his ambitions from check to mate.

Bernhard Pucher – Oxygene | Historical Drama Feature
In the late 18th century, while Paris is on the brink of social unrest, a printer’s son dreams of becoming a scientist. But when his mentor and hero shatters those dreams, he stokes the flames of the French Revolution to take him down.

Daniel Weber – Provenance | Thriller Feature
A gifted apprentice sommelier is taken under the wing of an enigmatic wine legend bent on high-stakes deception. This modern crime caper immerses the audience in the rarefied world of luxury wine sales.

Updated: 09/15/2024

Write LA Screenplay & Pilot Competition

Contact

Los Angeles, CA

Web:
https://www.write-la.com
Email:
info@write-la.com

Contact: Tim Schildberger, Founder/Head Judge

Report Card

Overall: 5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars (5.0/5.0)
Professionalism: 5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars (5.0/5.0)
Feedback: 5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars (5.0/5.0)
Signficance: 5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars (5.0/5.0)
Report Cards: Less than 5  
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