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BlueCat Screenplay Competition

BlueCat Screenplay

Contact

Hollywood , CA 90078
(323) 785-2338 (voice)

Web:
https://www.bluecatscreenplay.com/
Email:
info@bluecatscreenplay.com

Contact: Gordy Hoffman, Founder
MovieBytes Interview: Gordy Hoffman

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Overall: 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars (4.5/5.0)
Professionalism: 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars (4.1/5.0)
Feedback: 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars (3.7/5.0)
Signficance: 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars (4.0/5.0)
Report Cards: 200    
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Objective

The BlueCat Screenplay Competition, now in its 25th year, is accepting submissions for its 2024 competition.

Founded in 1998 by award-winning writer Gordy Hoffman, BlueCat has supported thousands of screenwriters through written analysis provided to all entrants, many of whom have gone on to successful careers in the film and television industry. BlueCat's Alumni include:

Aaron Guzikowski (Verve/Madhouse) wrote PRISONERS, the remake of PAPILLON, and Ridley Scott's RAISED BY WOLVES.

Fergal Rock wrote DEPARTURES starring Nina Dobrev and Maisie Williams.

Ana Lily Amirpour (CAA), won Special Jury Prize at the 2016 Venice Film Festival for THE BAD BATCH, directed by Lyle Vincent (DREAMLAND) and starring Jason Momoa, Jim Carrey and Keanu Reeves. Show More

Deadline/Entry Fees

Expired. Previous Deadline: 12/10/2023

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Notification: Quarter-Finalists for each category will be announced on March 26th, 2024. Semi-Finalists for each category will be announced on April 9th, 2024. Finalists will be announced on April 30th, 2024. Winners will be announced on May 14th, 2024.

Rules

We accept features, pilots and shorts - visit our website for more info.

Awards

  • Every script submission will receive a complimentary written analysis.
  • The Grand Prize Winner will receive $7500. All scripts submitted (Features, Pilots and Shorts) are eligible.
  • The Feature Screenplay Winner will receive $3,000.
  • The Pilot Script Winner will receive $3,000.
  • The Short Script Winner will receive $3,000.
  • The Fellini Award will be awarded to the Best Screenplay from any category (Feature, Pilots or Short) of the 2024 Competition written by a screenwriter residing outside the USA and will receive $2000.
  • All cash prizes will be disbursed 30 days after the winners are announced.

BlueCat Screenplay

Contact

Hollywood , CA 90078
(323) 785-2338 (voice)

Web:
https://www.bluecatscreenplay.com/
Email:
info@bluecatscreenplay.com

Contact: Gordy Hoffman, Founder
MovieBytes Interview: Gordy Hoffman

Report Card

Overall: 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars (4.5/5.0)
Professionalism: 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars (4.1/5.0)
Feedback: 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars (3.7/5.0)
Signficance: 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars (4.0/5.0)
Report Cards: 200    
Have you entered?
Submit a Report card

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BlueCat Screenplay Competition

Contact

Hollywood , CA 90078
(323) 785-2338 (voice)

Web:
https://www.bluecatscreenplay.com/
Email:
info@bluecatscreenplay.com

Contact: Gordy Hoffman, Founder
MovieBytes Interview: Gordy Hoffman

Report Card

Overall: 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars (4.5/5.0)
Professionalism: 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars (4.1/5.0)
Feedback: 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars (3.7/5.0)
Signficance: 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars (4.0/5.0)
Report Cards: 200    
Have you entered?
Submit a Report card

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Contest News

BlueCat Announces Semifinalists

The BlueCat Screenwriting Competition has announced their 2012 semifinalists:

Semifinalists
By The River by Eleanor Burgess & Arthur Greene
Carfax by Yana Gibbs
Chile by Bobby & Billy Darling
Closing Costs by Patrick Connelly
Crazy Bet by Betsy Morgan
El Jeffy by Andrew Ulloa
Flutter by Eric Hueber
Green Skies Falling by Matthew Elwell
Hammerstrike by Tom Gilman
Josser by Phil Gladwin
Legends from the Golden Age by Arthur Halpern
Life In A Box by Nick Luddington
Lucid by Philip Tarl Denson
Mallpocalypse by Ashleigh Powell
Mexicali by Steve LaMontagne
Monkey Puzzle Tree by L J Sedgwick
Nixon's Daughters by Jacqueline Brogan
Orchard by Jeremy Greenberg
Random Acts Of Violence by Guy McDouall
Seamus Pitt by Joe Swanson & Matt Zucker
Some Kids Lie by Michelle Rosenfarb
Temporal by E.B. Rhee
The Emperor of Wyoming by Michael Hamblin
The Hosanna Tree by Anthony Easton
The Last Suicide Note by J R O'Hara
The Prime Mover by Alex Eylar
The Summer of 800 by Bjorn B Bjornsson
The Toilet Attendant by Daniel Johnson
The Whaler by Paul Wie
Treasure beneath the Dogwood Tree by Tyler Jacob Henderson
Tulio by Gladys Stone
Untitled Sarah Palin Sex Doll Project by Zeke Farrow
What the Water Gave Me by Latoya Denise Jackson
Whistler by Robert Yula & James Higginson
Whiting to a Snail by Julian Mountfield


Cordelia Finalists
Green Skies Falling by Matthew Elwell
Josser by Phil Gladwin
Life In A Box by Nick Luddington
Monkey Puzzle Tree by L J Sedgwick
The Toilet Attendant by Daniel Johnson
Whiting to a Snail by Julian Mountfield


Joplin Finalists
Carfax by Yana Gibbs
Lucid by Philip Tarl Denson
Random Acts Of Violence by Guy McDouall
The Summer of 800 by Bjorn B Bjornsson

Updated: 03/01/2012

BlueCat Screenplay Competition

Contact

Hollywood , CA 90078
(323) 785-2338 (voice)

Web:
https://www.bluecatscreenplay.com/
Email:
info@bluecatscreenplay.com

Contact: Gordy Hoffman, Founder
MovieBytes Interview: Gordy Hoffman

Report Card

Overall: 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars (4.5/5.0)
Professionalism: 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars (4.1/5.0)
Feedback: 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars (3.7/5.0)
Signficance: 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars (4.0/5.0)
Report Cards: 200    
Have you entered?
Submit a Report card

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