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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 $80,000 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.
Since its inception in 1999, Big Break has awarded screenwriters with over $600,000 in cash and prizes and invaluable industry exposure. A panel of notable industry professionals conducts the final judging.
Our objective is to discover talented screenwriters and help them find success in today’s filmmaking market. Show More
| Deadline | Date | Entry Fee | Days till Deadline |
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| Early Bird | March 13, 2019 | $45 | |
| Regular | June 18, 2019 | $55 | 88 |
| Extended | July 9, 2019 | $65 | 109 |
| Last Chance | July 23, 2019 | $75 | 123 |
Dates reflect deadlines for electronic submission of scripts. All entries must be electronically submitted by their respective deadlines.
11 Feature and TV Winners share over $80,000 in cash and prizes! The Big Break grand-prize feature winner will take home $15,000 in cash plus win a trip to Los Angeles and 3-night hotel stay (unless winner resides in or around Los Angeles). The TV grand-prize winner will win $2,500 plus the trip to Los Angeles. Both winners are taken to industry meetings, dinner with working screenwriters, lunch with Big Break industry judges, and more! Please see website for details.
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Final Draft has named their 2017 Category Winners and Grand Prize Finalists for 2017. The grand prize winners will be announced in February at the 2018 Final Draft Awards Show.
Final Draft has named the TV and Feature Script Finalists for their 2017 Big Break Screenwriting Contest.
The Grand Prize winners of the 2016 Final Draft Big Break Contest were revealed at the 12th Annual Final Draft Awards on February 23rd, 2017.
I don't know why you got into the business of writing, of grasping at words to explain the images in your brain, and editing within an inch of your life. For most, it's a kind of call, a transcendent purpose. Otherwise, who would chose to subject themselves to continual criticism, knowing their project will always need more work and never feel up to par? Not to mention the constant struggle to "make it" without anyone really defining what "making it" means, beyond an agent and a job on a show. (And once you get that, there's a whole bevy of problems beyond the wall.)
Meet Eric Buchman. By day, he's the script coordinator for the hit NBC show Blindspot, starring Jaimie Alexander and Sullivan Stapleton. By night however, Buckman is the writer of his own show called 45 Wall and dreams of one day hiring his own script coordinator.
The Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Competition has named their Top 3 Scripts in all categories.
Semifinalists have been named for the 2015 Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Competition.
13.1 by Chad Rhiness has been named the Grand Prize Winner of the Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Competition. Christopher Iannacone's The Blacklist script "William Henry Booker (No. 58)" was named the TV winner.
Final Draft has announced their Big Break Screenwriting Contest Semifinalists for 2014.
Final Draft has announced their Big Break Screenwriting Contest Quarterfinalists for 2014, representing the top 10% of almost 7,000 entries.
The semifinalists for the 2013 Final Draft, Inc. Big Break Contest have been announced.
The quarterfinalists for the 2013 Final Draft, Inc. Big Break Contest have been announced. Quarterfinalists represent the top 10% of 6,669 entries.
Final Break has announced the finalists of their Big Break Screenwriting Competition. The top five finalist will be announced in late October, and forwarded to the contest's celebrity judges for final placement.
Final Draft has announced the Semifinalists of their Big Break Screenwriting Competition.
Quarterfinalists have been announced for the 2012 Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Competition.
The top-10 finalists for the 2011 Final Draft, Inc. Big Break Contest have been announced.
The top 40 finalists for the 2011 Final Draft, Inc. Big Break Contest have been announced.
Tejal Desai has been named the winner of the 2010 Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Competition for his script, Cowboys and Hindus.
Wyatt Wakeman's crime/drama Borderland has been named the winner of the Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Competition.
Final Draft has announced the semifinalists for their 2009 Big Break Screenwriting Competition. Finalists will be announced in September, and the top three winners will be announced on October 30, 2009.
Final Draft has announced Terry O'Brien's Flesh & Blood as the winner of the 2008 Big Break International Screenwriting Competition.
Robert Frisbee has been named the winner of the 2007 Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Competition for his script, Cityfall.
Final Draft has announced the top ten finalists in the 2007 Big Break screenwriting contest.
Final Draft’s 2007 Big Break semifinalists have been selected from among 3500 entries. The top ten finalists will be announced on September 11, and the top 3 winners will be announced on October 5.
Final Draft has announced the top three winners of their 7th Annual Big Break International Screenwriting Competition. Winners Tom Cosgrove, Yehudi Mercado and Stinson Carter had their scripts selected from 3,000 competing worldwide entries, with top winner Cosgrove hailing from Ireland.
Final Draft’s 2006 Big Break! semifinalists have been selected from among 3,000 other entries.
Final Draft has announced the winners of the 6th Annual Final Draft "Big Break!" International Screenplay Contest.
Scriptwriting guru Syd Field has been named as a judge in Final Draft, Inc.’s Big Break! Screenwriting Contest.
Selected from over 2,500 entries, this year's winner of Final Draft Screenwriting Competition is "Do Not Remove" by D.J. Richardson of Los Angeles, CA.
Shawn Corridan, who won the Final Draft Big Break International Screenwriting Competition for his coming-of-age drama 8-Track, has sold the project to Fox 2000.
Final Draft has announced the finalists for their BIG BREAK screenwriting competition.
Final Draft, Inc. (www.finaldraft.com), makers of the top-selling screenplay software Final Draft, announced today that it has begun taking entries for its annual "Big Break" International Screenplay Contest.
Shawn Corridan's 8 TRACK captures the $10,000 first prize.
Final Draft has announced 11 finalists for their Big Break Screenwriting Award. Winners will be announced later this summer.
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An interview with screenwriter Kevin Lee Miller regarding the Final Draft/Big Break Writing Competition.
An interview with screenwriter Wyatt Wakeman regarding the Big Break Writing Competition.
