BlueCat TV Writing Competition

Objective

Deadline/Entry Fees

WinningScripts Pro $10 Off Coupon

Notification: Quarter-Finalists: August 20th Semi-Finalists: Sept 3rd Finalists: Sept 10th Winners: Sept 17th

Rules

• All submissions must be original, and the sole property of the applicant(s).
• All ages are eligible.
• Must be in English.
• Hour Pilot scripts must be between 45-100 pages.
• Half Hour Pilot scripts must be between 1-45 pages.
• There is no limit to the number of entries you may submit.
• You may submit a script once. You may not submit the same script more than once.
• All script entries must be uploaded in PDF format.
• Under absolutely no circumstances will substitutions of either corrected pages or new drafts of the entry script(s) be made. Scripts will not be returned.
• Competition judges, readers and employees of the BlueCat, past and present, and their immediate friends and families are not eligible to enter.
• Previous winners of the BlueCat are not eligible.
• Scripts, including outlines, treatments, pitches, log lines or any developmental material related to the script, that has previously won any contest, competition, grant, lab, fellowship, mentorship, reading or award of any kind, are not eligible.
• Past and present scripts consulted on through Gordy Hoffman’s consultation service or the BlueCat workshops are not eligible.
• Past USC and UCLA students of Gordy Hoffman are not eligible.

Awards

• Every script submission will receive a complimentary written analysis.
• There will be two winners: Hour Pilot and Half-Hour Pilot.
• Both winners will receive $2000 each.
• All cash prizes will be disbursed 30 days after the winners are announced.