Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Contest
Final Draft/Big Break
Contact
2300 W. Empire Avenue
5th floor
Burbank, CA 91504
818-995-8995 (voice)
Web:
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Email:
bigbreak@finaldraft.com
Contact: Kala Guess, Contest Director
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Objective
Big Break is an annual, international feature and television screenwriting contest designed to launch the careers of aspiring writers. Big Break rewards screenwriters with over $100,000 in cash and prizes, including a trip to Los Angeles for a series of A-list executive meetings. Winners and finalists alike have had their screenplays optioned and produced and have secured high-profile representation as well as lucrative writing deals.
Deadline/Entry Fees
| Deadline | Date Days till: |
Entry Fee |
|---|---|---|
| Early Bird | April 15, 2024 | $35 |
| Regular | May 20, 2024 30 |
$65 |
| Final | June 10, 2024 51 |
$75 |
| Extended | June 28, 2024 69 |
$85 |
See website for feedback fees, and other options.
Dates reflect deadlines for electronic submission of scripts. All entries must be electronically submitted by their respective deadlines at midnight Pacific Time.
Rules
Visit website for contest rules and conditions: https://www.finaldraft.com/big-break-screenwriting-contest/rules/Awards
2 Grand Prize Award Winners- One Feature Grand Prize and one TV Grand Prize winner will be chosen from the 11 Feature Genre and TV Format award winners
- These two Grand Prize Award Winners are flown to Hollywood for meetings and networking with executives, producers, agents, and managers. See the full prize package here: https://www.finaldraft.com/big-break-screenwriting-contest/prizes
Final Draft/Big Break
Contact
2300 W. Empire Avenue
5th floor
Burbank, CA 91504
818-995-8995 (voice)
Web:
Click here
Email:
bigbreak@finaldraft.com
Contact: Kala Guess, Contest Director
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Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Contest
Contact
2300 W. Empire Avenue
5th floor
Burbank, CA 91504
818-995-8995 (voice)
Web:
Click here
Email:
bigbreak@finaldraft.com
Contact: Kala Guess, Contest Director
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Contest News
Final Draft Announces Big Break Semifinalists
Final Draft has announced the Semifinalists of their Big Break Screenwriting Competition:
1066 (Period) by Stephen Graham
1900 Rock Shock (Animated Feature) by Frederick Calvert
According to Plan (Thriller) by Daryl Coon
Albion (Period) by Robert Blaise Hesselgren
Amazing Secrets (Comedy) by Michael Higgins
Back to School Night (Action) by Johnny Silver
Baretta Sloan (Adventure) by Rick Frey
Beckwourth (Western) by James Watts
Blink of an Eye (Crime) by Kal Weber
Blood Relative (Thriller) by Corey Bodoh-Creed
Blue (Coming of Age) by Lindsey Rosin
Blur Together (Romantic Comedy) by Kurt Fried
Bob (Comedy) by Bryan Lake
Consider Icarus (Drama) by Lori Romero
Danger, Inc. (Adventure) by Gary Hershberger and Mike Calvert
Eye of the Storm (Adventure) by James Hereth and Rhonda Smiley
Faust (Period) by Alexander Danelski
Harp (Drama) by David Scott Hay and Mark Glinski
Heart of a Racer (Coming of Age) by Carrie Fitch
Held (War) by Suzanne Kelman, Rose Woods and Suzanne Kelman
Hell, Incorporated (Adventure) by Chris Copeland
How Low Has the Sun Sunk? (Drama) by Ben McCracken
Joe Banks (Comedy) by Patty Jones
Judgment Tree (Period) by Gary Parker
Lamentations (Horror) by Ben Lanoha
Le Mécano (Drama) by Lukas Hassel
Life Copy (Sci-fi) by A Rouveyrol
Little Bandits (Adventure) by Michael DiMartino
Lord Marshal (Alternative) by John Crews
Loren Sprung Off (Comedy) by Jenn Barta
Lost Sheep (Thriller) by Mark Dempsey
Ludlow (Drama) by Craig Houchin
Magnus the Magnificent (Coming of Age) by Kimberly Manky
Man With Van (Crime) by Ed Blythe and James Windeler
Mercy Kill (Thriller) by David Birkenhead
MiddleMan (Period) by Ioannis Kementsetsidis
Mirror-Me (Horror) by Keith Dando and Leone Annabella Betts
My Boyfriend's the Antichrist (Romantic Comedy) by Adam Taylor
Ole (Comedy) by Jon Price and Jerry Rapp
One Good Day (Coming of Age) by Scott Taylor
One Night Stan (Comedy) by Tony Boland
Peter the Beast (Adventure) by Michael Ouellette
Pipsqueak (Comedy) by Jay Lien
Powderpuff (Comedy) by Chelsea Hackett
Property of Madison (Drama) by Lisa Redlich
Pudgeon (Animated Feature) by Joe Friend and Aaron Mahoney
Rennfest (Comedy) by Brett Shogren and Per Peterson
Replay (Thriller) by Kevin McAllister
Run (Action) by Dennis Luu
Run The Tide (Drama) by Rajiv Shah
Saving Lexie Lee Kennedy (Horror) by Michael Morra
Schrodinger's Cat (Thriller) by Tommy Butler
Sea Fever (Sci-fi) by Neasa Hardiman
Senioritis (Drama) by Brian DePasquale
Skerrie (Thriller) by Rupert Such
Sound of Impact (Horror) by Erik Ratliff
Straight Razor Jazz (Thriller) by David Scott Hay
Street Corners (Drama) by Marie Robinson
Terminal Call (Thriller) by A.J. Meyers and Richard Winslow
The 500 Year Guarantee (Comedy) by Craig Carlisle
The Agent (Drama) by Alec McAulay
The Bleeding Light (Crime) by Jason Haglof
The Bridge (Thriller) by Teddy Adams
The Burning Room (Horror) by Marco van Belle and Kat Wood
The Butcher's Apron (Drama) by Grant Bryant
The Last Night of Charlie (Drama) by David Seals
The Looking Glass (Thriller) by Dennis Luu
The Man From Longwood (Period) by Russell Thompson
The Mockingbird's Coda (War) by Brooke Eikmeier and Eric Eikmeier
The People V. God (Mystery) by Paul Undari
The Plantation (Drama) by Keith Groff and Jonathan White
The Sneaker Man (Drama) by Anthony Stitt
The Taloquan Network (Drama) by Robert Hestand
The Theory of Almost Everything (Romantic Comedy) by Lorraine Devon Wilke
The Ultimate Almanac (Family) by David Ullendorff
The Useless Puddle (Drama) by Yossy Zagha, David Desola and Jack Zagha
The Wedding Bandit (Comedy) by Andrew McCarthy
The Whaler's Daughter (Drama) by Matthew Snyman
The Amazing Eric (Comedy) by Dennis Cary
Thicker Than Water (Coming of Age) by Ted Peterson and J Stewart
Tickets (Comedy) by Josh Miller
Time Nerds (Comedy) by Andrew McCarthy
Tooth Fairies (Animated Feature) by Ryan Fuller
Trunk (Drama) by Alex Convery
What Rough Beast (Western) by Kranti Pally
Your Number's Up (Comedy) by Christopher Bacon
Updated: 09/17/2012
Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Contest
Contact
2300 W. Empire Avenue
5th floor
Burbank, CA 91504
818-995-8995 (voice)
Web:
Click here
Email:
bigbreak@finaldraft.com
Contact: Kala Guess, Contest Director
Report Card |
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| Overall: |
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(3.7/5.0) |
| Professionalism: |
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(3.0/5.0) |
| Feedback: |
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(2.6/5.0) |
| Signficance: |
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(3.7/5.0) |
| Report Cards: |
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Have you entered?
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