BlueCat Names Contest Winners

Fox Hollow by Ariel Sobel has been named the Winner of the BlueCat Screenplay Contest for 2019. Benjamin Christopher won the Hour-long Pilot Category for his script Tenth Street, while Katie Blair was the Half-Hour Winner for her script, Clay. [Updated: 05/07/2019]

Austin Fest to Honor David Benioff and D.B. Weiss

Austin Film Festival & Writers Conference (AFF), the premier film festival that champions the writers’ contribution to film, television, and new media, has announced David Benioff and D.B. Weiss as the recipients of the "Outstanding Television Writer" Award at the 26th Annual Austin Film Festival, this October 24-31, 2019. [Updated: 05/06/2019]

BlueCat Names 2019 Finalists

BlueCat has named their top 5 Feature and TV Pilot finalists. [Updated: 04/30/2019]

Shoot Your Sizzle Names Top 100

Emerging Screenwriters has announced the Top 100 scripts of their 2019 Shoot Your Sizzle Screenwriting Competition. [Updated: 04/19/2019]

Skye Emerson's Challenger Wins Fresh Voices Grand Prize Award

Women reigned victorious at the 2018-19 Fresh Voices Screenplay Competition this week with an all-star group of talented female writers dominating both the Drama and Family Film Categories. Leading them all, it was Skye Emerson's historical drama, CHALLENGER, that wowed the jury and took home the Grand Prize Award. [Updated: 04/12/2019]

ScreenCraft Names Fellowship Quarterfinalists

ScreenCraft has announced the quarterfinalists from among roughly 2,500 submissions to their 2019 ScreenCraft Fellowship Competition. [Updated: 04/11/2019]

BlueCat Names Semifinalists

BlueCat has announced their 2019 Feature, TV, and Short Script semifinalists. [Updated: 04/11/2019]

Fresh Voices Announces Finalists and Spotlight Award Nominees

Fresh Voices Screenplay Competition has named their 2018-19 Contest Finalists and Spotlight Award Nominees. [Updated: 04/01/2019]

Scriptapalooza Producing Shorts & Features

A newly launched division of the Scriptapalooza Screenwriting Competition is now producing films utilizing the organization's relationships to attach funds and talent. [Updated: 03/27/2019]

BlueCat Names 2019 Quarterfinalists

The BlueCat Screenwriting Competition has announced quarterfinalists for their 2019 Feature, Short, and TV pilot contests. [Updated: 03/26/2019]

Austin Film Festival and Rooster Teeth Announce New Fellowship Award

Austin Film Festival and Rooster Teeth are partnering to launch the Inaugural "Rooster Teeth Fellowship Award" to be presented at the 26th Annual Austin Film Festival. This new award will be available in conjunction with AFF's existing Script Competitions and is open to all scripted submissions that embody the Rooster Teeth genre. [Updated: 03/19/2019]

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Triton

Imagine going around the world under the sea onboard the world's most advanced submarine. It sounds like "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea," but it really happened. In this dramatic true story, an American nuclear submarine captain announces to his new, untested crew that their maiden voyage is now a far more dangerous top-secret mission - to make the first submerged circumnavigation of the Earth.
Author: Marc DeLamater
Genre: Drama,Historical

Scare Me To Death

David is the manager of a small movie theater in which odd deaths are becoming a frequent occurrence – now, he just has to figure out what's causing them and make it stop before the detective pins the murders on him.
Author: Joe Borriello
Genre: Comedy,Horror

Lotus Operandi

This one is pure Fun.!It's a genre buster, LA LA Land meets James Bond, meets All That Jazz and Cabaret! Asian American Black Belt goes undercover for the CIA, to help track down terrorists. Oh, and did I mention she’s the Lead in a Broadway Musical? This is very musical, but there’s a lot of action! This one is getting a lot of attention right now! The main Characters reside in New York, they are part of an international terrorist group.
Author: Janet Caulfield
Genre: Drama,Romantic Comedy,Thriller

Cirque D' Etoiles

*** Russian astronaut, thrown out of the space program, hijacks a space taxi going to the International Space Station. An intergalactic, time warp, adventure to the future.
Author: janet caulfield
Genre: Thriller,Action-Adventure,Sci-Fi

Noctume's Rainbow

Kids and their dogs, find the rainbow bridge in a snowstorm. They teleport, fly, zoom through tunnels, and levitate, around this heaven-like universe.They have a lot of fun, but get a few surprises along the way, from messages, and musical communication with angels and whales....to a run in with a demon. They meet up with their recently departed Grandfather, and his dog, who helps them return home.
Author: janet caulfield
Genre: Fantasy,Supernatural,Animation

The Call Center

Locusts invade the building, the adherence schedules are off kilter, and one of the night managers is watching TV and preaching the word. Meet the staff of the Call Center where "the prisoners run the prison". But it's just a cup of coffee, for the merry go round of Managers in this wacky environment
Author: Janet Caulfield
Genre: Drama,Comedy

The Unemployment Line

A disgruntled Manager at the Unemployment office is having a really bad day. First there's the dirty Geese, then the slobs in the parking lot...and to top it off? One of his employee's is feeding them! It's a comedy expressso. A bold blend of "The Office and Seinfield with a shot of "How I met Your Mother."
Author: janet caulfield
Genre: Comedy

City Dwellers

A Veteran FBI Agent outsmarts a cult of young cyber crooks. The crafty FBI Agent with the help of a New York Company that specializes in security services and equipment, tracks down, hunts and arrests a syndicate of interns working in these cities. It's MAD MEN meets CRIMINAL MINDS.
Author: Janet Caulfield
Genre: Drama,Comedy,Action-Adventure

God Is A Geek

A geeky comic book writer promotes his comic book with the aid of a young prodigious girl and a band of nerdy kids after the superhero he created steps out of a portal and into his comic book store in search of his creator.
Author: Joe Borriello
Genre: Comedy,Fantasy,Family

Gamer Girl

While competing in a virtual reality video game tournament, a tomboy, gamer girl is transported to a parallel universe where she must enlist the help of five woman warriors to defeat the games big boss or be stuck in the game forever.
Author: Mike W. Rogers
Genre: Action-Adventure,Sci-Fi