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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
107
$45
Regular February 1, 2026
139
$60
Final March 4, 2026
170
$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 Quarterfinalists

Fifty quarterfinalists have been announced for the 2019 Write/LA Screenwriting Competition. Fifteen semifinalists will be announced on October 15.

2019 Write/LA Quarterfinalists
Nick Alverson – CHICAGO PIZZA
Carrie Anderson – ON WATER
Paul Baiguerra – THE DUNES
Danny Baram – FRANK & STEIN
Sabrina Besla – ANGRY JUNE
Pedro Bonano – WOLF MOTHER
Vera Brooks – ACTS OF THE SOUL
Joe Brukner – KHAN
Sarah Casey – ARRANGEMENTS
Emily Cheever – BEGINNER’S HISTORY
Michael Corleone – I SEE YOU
Brunson Delves – THE UNTAMED
Paula Dixon – THE TRUE STORY OF THE SS REX – "PILOT"
Sebastian Foerster – GHOST OF A PSYCHOPATH
Marisa Forrest – SKYFOXES
Howard Fridkin – THE LAST ADVENTURE OF SHAY BLAZE
Bil Gaines – INVISIBLE BOXES
Audrey Hackett – JUNIOR HIGH GENIE
Detra Hicks – THEY CALL IT HOME
Chad Hutson – LETTERS IN BARBED WIRE
Jeffrey Jackson – ATHEISTS IN LOVE
BK – MADE IN AMERICA
Justin Kagan – SCARED STILLMAN
Nicole Lenart – MS. BEHAVING
Leslie Lyshkov – A BLACK VEIL
John McCarney – BLOOD AND ROSES
Frederick Mensch – THE TRAGICAL HISTORY OF MATTHEW WAGNER, PARTS ONE THROUGH FIVE
Justin Moran – RUST
Justin Moran – CLOVER COUNTY PARANORMAL
Lindiwe Mueller-Westernhagen & Dale Winton – THAT SISTER THANG
Martina Muhoberac – THE RESTART
RK Musgrave – CHOP SHOP
Matthew Neff – SIGHT SINGING
John Nugent – WALK CYCLE
Craig Peters – THE MYTHICAL GOLDEN TROUT
Craig Peters – THE 49TH DAY
DR – FINDING NIA
Dan Riesser – JUNKYARD
Elizabeth Ring – DISASTER
Tom Santos – EXPATRIADOS – "SIEMPRE HACE FRIO, PARTS 1 & 2"
Sai Saripella – BURGERS AND BIRYANI
Allison Schleisman – NIKKI THE ROMANCER
Ed Seaward – MOTHER, DAUGHTER, HAPPINESS
Samantha Sise – A PART
Joel Svendsen – RAGEMAN
Delraj Takher – CONVERSATIONS WITH THE NIGHT DEMON
Jodi Teti – BOARD TO DEATH
Ed Vela – THE MORTALITY GAME
Clint Williams – FREEDOM FORT
Patrick Zelinski – NO ESCAPE

Updated: 10/01/2019

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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