BlueCat Screenplay Competition
BlueCat Screenplay
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Hollywood , CA 90078
(323) 785-2338 (voice)
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https://www.bluecatscreenplay.com/
Email:
info@bluecatscreenplay.com
Contact: Gordy Hoffman, Founder
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The 2025 BlueCat Screenplay Competition is now open for entries! Submit your feature or short script by the EARLY DEADLINE (August 13th) and get your written analysis by September 12th. Every project submitted will receive their written analysis at no additional cost!
Over 400 managers and agents will be contacted on behalf of the winners and finalists!
There will be two winners: Feature Screenplay and Short Script. We also award the Fellini Prize to the best international screenplay submitted. The two winners will win $3,000 each and the Fellini winner will receive $2,000.
BlueCat has a long and distinguished history of discovering unknown screenwriters, introducing them to the industry, and launching their careers. Show More
Deadline/Entry Fees
Expired. Previous Deadline: 12/10/2024WinningScripts Pro $10 Off Coupon
Notification: Quarterfinalists will be announced on February 25th, 2025; Semifinalists will be announced on March 11th, 2025; Finalists will be announced on March 31st, 2025; Winners will be announced on April 8th, 2025.
Eligibility
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Awards
- Every script submission will receive a complimentary written analysis.
- The Feature Screenplay 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 or Short) of the 2025 Competition written by a writer 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
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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
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BlueCat Screenplay Competition Announces 2016 Winners
Oreathia C. Smith's screenplay, MONA. RICHY. ROBBY. AND RAY, has been selected as the winner of the 2016 BlueCat Screenplay Competition. Smith's script was selected from 4,523 submissions and will be awarded a $15,000 cash prize. Smith received an MFA in Writing at USC in 2011.
The screenplay follows a black woman's attempts to prevent another black woman from attending her white church.
Elizabeth Capot's APART won for best short screenplay and will receive a $10,000 cash prize. 2,086 short submissions were received. Capot is currently a student at Emerson College.
BlueCat alumni include Aaron Guzikowski, writer of PRISONERS starring Hugh Jackman, who's now working on remakes of PAPILLON and THE WOLF MAN, along with the next chapter in the FRIDAY THE 13th franchise.
Previous winners include Ana Lily Amirpour, currently in post on THE BAD BATCH for Annapurna Pictures, starring Jim Carrey and Keanu Reeves, and Young Il Kim, who's working on BILLIONS for Showtime.
Haydn Fox's script TITLE IX won the Cordelia Award for best screenplay from the UK, with PARODY by Chad J. Nelson & Alexander Ellerston winning the Joplin Award for top international screenplay. The Roshan Award, given to the best screenplay from India, went to Paras S. Borgohain for his screenplay, DEEPEST, DARKEST OR HOW NOT TO LIE.
Each international winner receives a $2000 prize.
In addition, four feature scripts have been named as finalists, and will each take home a $2,500 prize:
Death of an Ortolan by Justin Piasecki
Dog by Conall Pendergast
Amara, 15 by Hannah Leshaw
In the Cradle of Granite by Jonathan Holmes
Three short scripts have also been named as finalists and each will take home a $2,000 prize:
I Sleep Easy by Tess Carroll
When We Run by Nikki Tran
Changelings by Nic Yulo
To read complete profiles on all the writers, visit http://www.bluecatscreenplay.com/blog/meet-the-2016-winners-and-finalists.
Updated: 04/06/2016
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
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