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BlueCat Screenplay Competition

BlueCat Screenplay

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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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Overall: 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars (4.5/5.0)
Professionalism: 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars (4.1/5.0)
Feedback: 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars (3.7/5.0)
Signficance: 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars (4.0/5.0)
Report Cards: 200    
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Objective

The BlueCat Screenplay Competition, now in its 25th year, is accepting submissions for its 2024 competition.

Founded in 1998 by award-winning writer Gordy Hoffman, BlueCat has supported thousands of screenwriters through written analysis provided to all entrants, many of whom have gone on to successful careers in the film and television industry. BlueCat's Alumni include:

Aaron Guzikowski (Verve/Madhouse) wrote PRISONERS, the remake of PAPILLON, and Ridley Scott's RAISED BY WOLVES.

Fergal Rock wrote DEPARTURES starring Nina Dobrev and Maisie Williams.

Ana Lily Amirpour (CAA), won Special Jury Prize at the 2016 Venice Film Festival for THE BAD BATCH, directed by Lyle Vincent (DREAMLAND) and starring Jason Momoa, Jim Carrey and Keanu Reeves. Show More

Deadline/Entry Fees

Expired. Previous Deadline: 12/10/2023

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Notification: Quarter-Finalists for each category will be announced on March 26th, 2024. Semi-Finalists for each category will be announced on April 9th, 2024. Finalists will be announced on April 30th, 2024. Winners will be announced on May 14th, 2024.

Rules

We accept features, pilots and shorts - visit our website for more info.

Awards

  • Every script submission will receive a complimentary written analysis.
  • The Grand Prize Winner will receive $7500. All scripts submitted (Features, Pilots and Shorts) are eligible.
  • The Feature Screenplay Winner will receive $3,000.
  • The Pilot Script 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, Pilots or Short) of the 2024 Competition written by a screenwriter 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

Report Card

Overall: 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars (4.5/5.0)
Professionalism: 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars (4.1/5.0)
Feedback: 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars (3.7/5.0)
Signficance: 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars (4.0/5.0)
Report Cards: 200    
Have you entered?
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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

Report Card

Overall: 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars (4.5/5.0)
Professionalism: 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars (4.1/5.0)
Feedback: 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars (3.7/5.0)
Signficance: 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars (4.0/5.0)
Report Cards: 200    
Have you entered?
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Contest News

BlueCat Announces Short Screenplay Quarterfinalists

Quarterfinalists have been announced for the 2012 BlueCat Short Screenwriting Competition:

A Penny Saved is A Penny Stolen, by Leslie Jean Jones
A Spot Of Bother, by Todd Gordon & Lee Chambers
Accidents, by Paul Chironi
All I Know Is Nothing, by Matthew Barker
All That Cat, by Jessica von Schramm
Amenities Included, by Stephen C. Krystek
Amygdala, by Linda Sills
Animals, by Brian MacEvilly
Anne of the Thousand Lilies, by Charles Musser
Answers, by Edgar Martinez Schulz
Are You Thinking What I’m Thinking, by Paul Epstein
Bang, by Anne Carmack and Matthew Lawrence
Becoming Lana Liu, by Alfonso Orsini and David J. Schroeder
Between Shifts, by Jaime Saginor
Breakfast at Gerardo’s, by Kim Nunley
Burn, by Finley Mulligan
Burn the Day, by Francis Pilchesky
Checkpoint, by Sarah Magill
Christmas Shoes, by Eric Mithen
Chub, by Alessandra Gherardi
Crank, by Matthew Himlin
Crossfire, by Jason Miller
Dacryphilia, by Amanda Mihalakopoulos
Dead Rabbit, by Ana Brown
Deviled Eggs, by Cody Rea
Die For Love, by Giorgina Medori
Dolores, by Vicki Speegle
Edwin and Maudey, by Nancy Froeschle
Everything You Say I Am, I’m Not, by Harold Chapman
Glard, by April Rouveyrol
Glare, by April Rouveyrol
Graciana Smallhopes, by Michael Yagnow
Growing Pains, by Ginia Desmond
Hlf pSt nInE, by Douglas Stark
Hypocholorite, by Bryce Wolfgang Joiner
I’m David, by Gloria (Day) Hickerson
In The Silence, by Kristi L. Simkins
Ingrid Astrid, by Mike Comstock
Itch, by Heather Wallace-Brown
Jackie, by Dr. Awesome & Ms. Fantastic
Last Train, by Paul Schofield
Listen, by Philip Hoang
Little Princesses, by Anna Heinamaa
Maid of Horror, by Caitlin Koller and Lachlan Smith
Mann’s World, by Dipak Chowdhury
Meet Cupid, by William Tepper
Monsters, by Luke Kondor
Mr and Mrs Mash, by Nina Mitrovic
My Kingdom, by Jennifer Hahn
Neighbors, by Billy Ray Fong
No Price Too High, by Shale Nelson
Notes, by Josef Ber
Olo, by Greg Donahue
Oscar’s Ashes, by Luke Gomez
Pale Blue Eyes, by Chris Connolly
Party Monsters, by Scott Luper
Playing All The Notes, by Kelly Schulz Greene
Playing Away, by Steve Langridge
Polly and the Cracker, by Laura Ries
Postcards From Nowhere, by Ben Cluse
Pun’kin, by Tracee Beebe
Radish Hearts, by Ray Shea
Robert, by Willy Rowe
Snowflakes, by Sandy Garfunkel
Sunrise on a Cloudy Morning, by Victoria Ellis Nye
Sweet, by Paige Baldwin and Julie Kirtz Garrett
The Bridge on the River Styx, by John Ashbrook
The Chocolate Kandinsky, by Suzanne Griffin
The Devil Wears a Hat, by Ronald L. Ecker
The Doorway, by Bragi Schut
The Dungeon, by A.P. Quach
The Economy Sucks, by J.E. Clarke
The Flight, by Chris Jenkins
The Island, by rian MacEvilly
The Ladder, by Faisal A. Qureshi
The Magician’s Son, by Chris Moore
The Project, by J L Swift
The Sacred Heart, by Andrew Serban
The Seat, by Christopher Dingli
The Three of Us, by Andrew Viner
The Way Back, by Robert Hill
This Modern Man is Beat, by David J Schroeder
To Late for Candies, by Adina Sadeanu
Trumpet, by Ben Cleary
Two Guys, A Girl and A Parking Space, by Chris Mueller
Waking Billy, by David Widdicombe
Wort Irkington’s Hate Books, by Annaliese Ciel Walker


Updated: 07/15/2012

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

Report Card

Overall: 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars (4.5/5.0)
Professionalism: 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars (4.1/5.0)
Feedback: 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars (3.7/5.0)
Signficance: 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars (4.0/5.0)
Report Cards: 200    
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Submit a Report card

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