Objective

Founded by a writer, the BlueCat Screenplay Competition’s passionate commitment to develop and discover the unknown screenwriter continues to define our work today.

We provide each writer who enters BlueCat two written analyses, ensuring each entry is reviewed by two readers, while supporting screenwriters of all levels and stages of development with the constructive feedback all writers require.

Our Winners and Finalists have been signed by major talent agencies like UTA, CAA and WME, sold their work to studios like Warner Bros., Paramount and Universal, and won major awards at the Sundance, Berlin and Tribeca Film Festivals, all after being discovered by and winning BlueCat.

Deadline/Entry Fees

Notification:

• Top Ten Percent will be announced February 15th, 2015.
• Quarter-Finalists will be announced March 1st, 2015.
• Semi-Finalists will be announced March 15th, 2015.
• Shorts Finalists will be announced April 4th, 2015.
• Feature Finalists will be announced April 5th, 2015.
• Joplin Award will be announced April 7th, 2015.
• Cordelia Award will be announced April 8th, 2015.
• The Shorts Screenplay Winner will be announced April 9th, 2015.
• The Feature Screenplay Winner will be announced April 10th, 2015.

Rules

All entries must be in English. Accepts both Short and Feature screenplays. See BlueCat website for complete rules.

• All screenplays submitted by June 15th, 2014 will receive their written analysis by July 1st, 2014. ($55 features, $40 shorts)
• All screenplays submitted by September 1st, 2014 will receive their written analysis by October 1st, 2014. ($60 Features, $40 Shorts)
• All screenplays submitted by October 15th, 2014 will receive their written analysis by November 10th, 2014. ($65 Features, $50 Shorts)
• All screenplays submitted by November 15th, 2014 will receive their written analysis by March 1st, 2015. ($70 Features, $60 Shorts)
• All analyses will be returned by March 1, 2015.

Awards

• The Feature Winner of the 2015 Competition will receive $15,000. Four Feature Finalists will receive $2500 each.
• The Shorts Winner of the 2015 Competition will receive $10,000. Three Shorts Finalists will receive $1500 each.
• The Cordelia Prize will be awarded to the Best Feature screenplay written by a screenwriter residing in the UK and will receive $1500.
• The Joplin Award will be awarded to the Best Feature screenplay written by a screenwriter residing outside the USA, Canada or the UK and will receive $1500.
• All screenplays entered by August 1st, 2014 will be automatically entered in our Title Contest. Three winners will be determined by the votes of current 2015 BlueCat entrants and awarded $250 each.

Also Queued

Writers who have queued this contest have also queued:

• PAGE International Screenwriting Awards
• Scriptapalooza Screenwriting Competition
• Austin Film Festival Screenplay & Teleplay Competition
• Creative World Awards
• WriteMovies Writing Contest