Objective

Grand Prize Winner meets with Jon Shestack Productions, The Illusionarium & The Baker Entertainment Group.

Plus a 1-Year Mentorship with Award Winning Fantasy & Sci-Fi Writer Marc Zicree

All Finalists have their loglines presented to 500 working industry executives!

The Stage 32 Fantasy & Sci-Fi Screenwriting Contest is searching for the best original Fantasy & Sci-Fi feature screenplays. Super powers. Outer space. Mystical Creatures. Bring it!

Taking our stories out of this world is nothing new, but it’s definitely generated some of the most prolific and biggest blockbuster films to date, and let’s not forget have brought some of the most iconic film lines ever. Stage 32 is happy to provide a brand new opportunity for our Fantasy and Sci-Fi screenwriters to get their stories out there and read by some of the top industry players. Show us what new fantastical worlds and outer depths of science fiction you've created, because we want to read it!

Deadline/Entry Fees

Expired. Previous Deadline: 04/28/2017

WinningScripts Pro $5 Off Coupon

Notification: July 21, 2017

Rules

ENTRANT RULES

• Void where prohibited by law.
• The Stage 32 Fantasy & Sci-Fi Writing Contest is an international contest. Must be 18 years or older to submit.
• Entrant agrees to Stage32.com terms and conditions.
• The Stage 32 Fantasy & Sci-Fi Writing Contest is not a game of chance. All material is read and reviewed by industry professionals.
• All quarterfinalists, semi-finalists, finalists and winners are subjectively determined by our judges.
• There is no limit to the number of screenplays an Entrant can enter. The same screenplay cannot be submitted multiple times under different names. If so, you will be disqualified.
• Entrant must not be an immediate family member or friend of any of the judges or their respective companies.
• Entry fees will not be returned or adjusted.
• No waivers are available for this contest.
• Entrants must submit screenplays and payment online.

SCREENPLAY RULES

• Screenplays should be written in English and in standard industry format.
• Screenplays must be the original work of the Entrant and may not be based whole or in part on any fictional or non-fictional material, published or unpublished, produced or unproduced for which the Entrant does not have rights.
• The rights to the Entrant’s screenplay should not have been previously optioned or sold.
• Entrant’s screenplay must not have been produced or have won any contests.
• After a screenplay is entered, no new drafts or corrected pages can be made by the Entrant. No exceptions.
• Screenplay must be submitted as a PDF document with title page.
• Only feature length screenplays are accepted. No short scripts.

Awards

GRAND PRIZE WINNER

• One year mentorship with Award Winner Fantasy & Sci-Fi writer Marc Zicree (STAR TREK– THE NEXT GENERATION, DEEP SPACE NINE, THE NEW TWILIGHT ZONE)
• One-on-one meetings with Jon Shestack Productions (Girls of Girlfriends Past), The Illusionarium (Cooties) & The Baker Entertainment Group
• A logline review from the “The Logline Whisperer”, Emmy-Award winner Lane Shefter Bishop
• Logline posted on Stage 32 and sent to over 500 industry executives
• Free On-Demand Stage 32 Next Level Webinar

2ND PLACE WINNER

• Two Skype meetings with a top executive, producer, manager, or agent
• Two Stage 32 Happy Writers online pitch sessions
• A logline review from the “The Logline Whisperer”, Emmy-Award winner Lane Shefter Bishop
• Logline posted on Stage 32 and sent to over 500 industry executives
• Free On-Demand Stage 32 Next Level Webinar

ALL FINALISTS

• All finalists loglines will be posted in a special section of Stage 32 where any of the 500 industry executives we work with will be able to view them. If there is interest beyond the logline, we will facilitate the communication between the exec and the writer. Finalists will also receive a special Free On-Demand Stage 32 Next Level Webinar.