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2014 PAGE Awards Quarter-Finalists Announced
After the first two rounds of competition, the judges of the PAGE International Screenwriting Awards have now selected the scripts that will advance to the Quarter-Final Round of competition.
TVWriter.com Announces People's Pilot Contest Winners
Angel Radio by Keith Davidson has been named the One-Hour Pilot winner of the latest People's Pilot TV Writing Competition. Jackson and Jill by Theresa Julian was named the Half-Hour Winner.
WMC Announces Contest Results
Cog and the Machine, by Harris Doran, has been named the winner of the lastest (WMC 35) WriteMovie Screenwriting Competition.
WildSound Announces Feature and Short Screenplay Winners for June
Andrew Fisk's Shapeshifters has been named the winner of the June, 2014 WildSound Feature Length Screenplay Contest. Cagey, by JJ Hillard, has been named the Short Script Contest Winner.
People's Pilot Announces TV Contest Finalists
Finalists have been announced for the TVWriter.com People's Pilot television writing competition.
VARIETY: trackingB Contest Win Leads to CBS Series
Early last year, Mickey Fisher (pictured) entered his script for “Extant” into the TrackingB TV Pilot Contest. His script earned a finalist slot, and the attention of a young lit coordinator at WME, Allysa Bauer. Bauer was impressed by Fisher’s script, and she and her fellow WME coordinator at the time, Solco Schuit, took it upon themselves to step beyond their job description as coordinators to champion the project to senior TV agents.
Script Pipeline Announces Screenplay Finalists
Script Pipeline has announced their 2014 Screenplay Contest finalists from among 3,516 entries.
Script Pipeline Announces TV Finalists
Script Pipeline has announced their TV script finalists from among the 1,335 entries to their 2014 competition.
ScreenCraft Announces Horror Script Quarterfinalists
Quarterfinalts have been announced for the 2014 ScreenCraft Horror Script Contest.
The Writers Place (TWP) Announces November 2013 - April 2014 Contest Winners
American Bred by Justin Chambers has been named the winner of the latest Writers Place Screenwriting Competition.
Extreme Screenplay Announces Finalists
Extreme Screenplay has announced their contest finalists for 2014.
MoviePoet Announces May Short Script Winners
The Wilderness by William Boehmer has been named the First Place Winner of the May, 2014 MoviePoet.com Short Screenplay Competition.
CineStory Announces Finalists
CineStory has announced their 2014 Contest Finalists.
StoryPros Awards Winners Announced
Lullabies For Lieutenants by David Carren and Frank Cox has been named the Grand Prize Winner of the 7th Annual Story Pros Awards.
CineStory Announces Semifinalists
CineStory has announced the semifinalists of the 2014 CineStory Screenwriting Awards. As well as being in the running for the grand prize, the CineStory Fellowship, each semifinalist is invited to the CineStory Retreat taking place in Idyllwild, CA, from September 26th-September 30th.
StoryPros Announces Awards Finalists
Finalists have been announced for the 7th Annual StoryPros Awards Screenplay Contest.
WILDSound Announces TV Spec Screenplay Contest Winners
WILDsound has announced its June, 2014 TV Spec Screenplay Winners.
TWP Announces Nov. - April Screenplay Finalists
The Writers Place (TWP) has announced the finalists for its November 2013 through April 2014 screenplay competition.
StoryPros Awards Semifinalists Announced
Semifinalists have been announced for the 7th Annual StoryPros Awards Screenplay Contest.
MoviePoet.com Announces Feature Contest Finalists
MoviePoet.com has announced the finalists of their Annual Feature Length Screenplay Contest.
StoryPros Awards Announces Quarterfinalists
The StoryPros Awards Screenwriting Competition has announced their 2014 quarterfinalists.
Interview with Heather Waters on CWA's New Production Award
Heather is the Co-founder of CWA & the Director of the 2014 Grand Prize Winner's Film, The People V. God, Screenplay by Paul Undari.
Beverly Hills Film Festival Announces Screenplay Winners
Rosie & Monica Malek-Yonan's The Crimson Field has been named the winner of the 2014 Beverly Hills Film Festival Screenwriting Competition.
CineQuest Announces Screenplay Competition Winners
Breathe has been named the winner of the 2014 CineQuest Film Festival Screenplay Competition. Travis Neufeld's The Tinwife was the winner of the Short Screenplay Competition.
ScreenCraft Announces Family Friendly Contest Winners
Boys Night Out by Suzanne Johnson has been named the Grand Prize Winner of the inaugural ScreenCraft Family-Friendly Script Contest. The script is about two brothers -– a teen and a six-year-old –- who witness a murder and must evade the killers and the cops during one crazy night in New York City.
CineStory Announces Quarterfinalists
CineStory has announced their 2014 quarterfinalists.
Movie Scripted by PAGE Award-Winning Writer Opens in Theaters This Weekend
The animated musical LEGENDS OF OZ: DOROTHY'S RETURN, adapted for the screen by 2005 PAGE Award winner Adam Balsam, opens in theaters all across the U.S. and Canada this weekend.
Phoenix Empire! Wins Fresh Voices Grand Prize Award
Acclaimed Hollywood Director Joel Schumacher, Principato-Young literary manager Evan Cavic, and Fresh Voices Chairman Joel Mendoza have named Jade Shames' explosive fictional drama Phoenix Empire! as the winner of the Fresh Voices Eli Richbourg Grand Prize Award from over 1,500 entries received.
WILDSound Announces Spring Contest Winners
WILDsound has announced its Spring TV Spec and Pilot Winners.
FilmMakers.com Announces Finalists
Filmmakers.com has announced the Finalists in the 12th Annual Filmmakers International Screenwriting Awards Screenplay Contest.
Breaking Walls Announces Q1 2014 Winners
The Isolated Pawn, by Dennis Wasitis, has been named the Q1 2014 Breaking Walls Screenwriting Competition.
MoviePoet Announces March Short Script Winners
Bill Sarre's Man and Boy has been named the winner of the March, 2014 MoviePoet.com Short Screenplay Competition.
Survival Strategies for Screenwriters: Creative Control - Who Pays The Piper, Calls The Tune
The eternally galling thing about being a screenwriter is the loss of control as a given. The reason for this indignity? Whoever pays the piper calls the tune.
Emerging Screenwriters Announces Contest Winners
Derek Asaff's K-9 Academy has been named the winner of the 2013 Emerging Screenwriters Competition.
Writers Store Announces Industry Insider Contest Winner
The Writers Store has named Patrick Rockwell's The Recruitment as the winner of the latest Industry Insider Screenwriting Contest, featuring Academy-award winning screenwriter Roger Avary.
Reel Writers Announces Contest Results
Ann Hilborn's A Woman, A Burro, Six Crooks, and a Coyote has been named the Grand Prize Winner of the 2014 Reel Writers Screenwriting Competition.
Beyond the Beaten Path Announces Screenplay Selections
The Beyond the Beaten Path Film Festival has announced their Official Screenplay Selections for 2014.
WILDSound Announces First Scene Contest Winners
WILDSound has announced 7 winners in their First Scene Script Contest.
Bankable Script Announces First Cycle Contest Winners
Bankable Script has named Ten Ferraris by Gary Sherwood as the Grand Prize Winners of their first cycle of competition.
BlueCat Announces Feature Screenplay Contest Winner
BlueCat has named 3 Faces of Hunger & Thirst by HF Crum as the winner of their 2014 Feature-length Screenplay Competition.
BlueCat Announces Short Screenplay Contest Winner
BlueCat has named Winged by Jennifer Cui of Melbourne, Australia as the winner of their 2014 Short Screenplay Competition.
Fresh Voices Announces Category and Spotlight Winners
The Fresh Voices Screenwriting Competition has announced their Genre and Category Award Winners, as well as their Spotlight Award Winners for 2014. Their Grand Prize Award Winner will be named on April 28th.
BlueCat Announces Feature Screenplay Finalists
The BlueCat Screenwriting Competition has named their Feature Screenplay Finalists for 2014.
BlueCat Announces Short Screenplay Finalists
The BlueCat Screenwriting Competition has named their Short Screenplay Finalists for 2014.
Some Assembly Required:
They Don't Teach Failure in Film School
When Luke Bittel's first directorial feature - Help Wanted - didn't turn out as well as he anticipated, he decided to make to make lemonade out of lemons by making a documentary about the "unmaking" of this ill-fated project.
BlueCat Announces Cordelia Award Winner
The BlueCat Screenplay Competition has named Face to Face by Jason Pittock of Bradford, West Yorkshire, UK as their 2014 Cordelia Award Winner.
BlueCat Announces Joplin Award Winner
The BlueCat Screenplay Competition has named The Longest Birthday by Savion Einstein of Tel Aviv, Israel as their 2014 Joplin Award winner.
MoviePoet Announces February Short Script Contest Winners
Chris Setten's Stay Foolish has been named the First Place Winner of the February, 2014 MoviePoet.com Short Screenplay Competition.
Hill Country Film Fest Announces Finalists
The Hill Country Film Festival has announced their feature and short screenplay finalists for 2014.
ScreenCraft Announces Family-Friendly Quarterfinalists
ScreenCraft has announced the quarterfinalists for their Family-Friendly Screenwriting Competition.
Phoenix Film Festival Announces Contest Results
Sardis the Merciful by Christian Thomas has been named the winner of the 2014 Phoenix Film Festival Screenwriting Competition.
Filmmakers Announces Semifinalists
Filmmakers.com has announced the semifinalists in the 12th annual Filmmakers International Screenwriting Awards.
Fresh Voices Announces Finalists & Spotlight Awards Short-List
Fresh Voices has announced their Finalists and Spotlight Awards Shortlist for 2013.
Scriptapalooza Posts Video Interviews with TV Contest Winners
Scriptapalooza Posts Video Interviews with TV Contest Winners
BlueCat Announces Semifinalists
BlueCat has announced their 2014 Screenwriting Contest Semifinalists.
WILDsound Announces Spring Feature Screenplay Contest Winner
Harold L. Brown's Hope Is Not a Black & White Rainbow has been named the WILDSound Spring Feature Screenplay Contest Winner.
Nashville Film Festival Announces Screenwriting Competition Finalists
The Nashville Film Festival has announced the finalists for its inaugural Screenwriting Competition. The 76 finalists represent the best of 1,511 entries from all over the world. Winners will be announced at the Nashville Film Festival Awards Ceremony on April 24th.
Philadelphia's Screenplay Fest Announces Winners
Warrior and the Beast, by Erik H. Bernard and Lyndon Tait, has been named the winner of the Philadelphia's Screenplay Fest Screenwriting Competition.
FreshVoices Announces 2013 Semifinalists
The Fresh Voices Screenwriting Competition has announced their 2013 semifinalists. (PDF format)
WMC Announces Contest Finalists
Finalists have been announced for the WriteMovies Screenwriting Competition.
MoviePoet.com Announces Feature Length Semifinalists
MoviePoet.com has announced the semifinalists for their Feature Length Screenplay Contest.
MoviePoet.com Announces December Short Script Contest Winners
Naughty by David M Troop has been named the December, 2013 winner of the MoviePoet.com Short Screenplay Contest.
WILDSound Announces TV PILOT and Spec Winners
WILDSound has announced the winners of their latest TV Pilot and Spec Contest Winners.
Table Read My Screenplay Announces 2014 Contest Winners
Nick Schober's Given has been named the Grand Prize Winner in the Feature/Pilot Category of the 2014 Table Read My Screenplay Competition.
BlueCat Announces 2014 Quarterfinalists
BlueCat has announced their quarterfinalists from among a record total of 4060 feature and 1602 short submissions
Comedy Screenplay Contest Announces Winners
Nate Lane's Playing Hero has been named the winner of the Comedy Screenplay Contest.
WriteMovies Announces Contest #34 Semifinalists
Semifinalists have been announced for the WriteMovies Screenwriting Competition.
Scriptapalooza TV Announces Contest Winners
Scriptapalooza TV has announced their latest Pilot, Sitcom, 1-Hour and Reality TV contest winners.
Script Pipeline Announces Movie & TV Show Idea Winners
Winning entries for the Script Pipeline Movie & TV Idea Contest included a broad, studio-level comedy feature, and a TV series that pushes the boundaries of a typical network or cable mystery/thriller. Both were considered top-notch pitches.
Beverly Hills Screenplay Contest Announces Results
Nattalia Lea's Bitumen Blues has been named the Grand Prize Winner of the 2013 Beverly Hills Screenplay Contest.
Jeremy Irons to Judge 2014 Shore Scripts
Shore Scripts has announced that the Oscar Winning actor Jeremy Irons has come onboard as a Judge for 2014's Shore Scripts Screenwriting Competition.
Prototype Announces Contest Finalists
Eight finalists have been awarded $20,000 each to produce their action, sci-fi or effects-driven short scripts, as part of the Prototype online film program, in partnership with New Regency Productions.
Comedy Screenplay Contest Announces Finalists
The Comedy Screenplay Contest has announced their 2013/2014 finalists.
Acclaim Announces Fall/Winter 2013 TV Contest Winners
Contest winners in all categories have been announced for the 2013 Acclaim TV Writing Competition.
Acclaim Announces Fall/Winter 2013 Screenplay Contest Winners
Timucin Leflef's Heroman has been named the winner of the Acclaim Film Fall/Winter 2013 Screenwriting Competition.
BlueCat Announces Top Ten Percent
The BlueCat Screenplay Competition has announced the top 10 percent of their contestants for 2013.
CreativeScope Announces Contest Winner
CreativeScope has named Torched by Dianna Zimmerman & Brad Jost as the 1st Place Winner of the 2013 CreativeScope Awards.
Kairos Prize Announces Finalists
The Kairos Prize has announced the top 10 finalists for the Ninth Annual Kairos Prize for Spiritually Uplifting Screenplays by First-Time and Beginning Screenwriters.
FreshVoices Announces 2013 Quarterfinalists
The Fresh Voices Screenwriting Competition has announced their 2013 quarterfinalists. (PDF format)
CreativeScope Names Contest Finalists
Finalists have been announced for the 2013 CreativeScope Awards.
Richmond International Film Festival Announces Official Selections
The Richmond International Film Festival has announced their Official Feature Length and Short Screenplay Selections.
Zed Fest Announces 2013 Contest Winners
Zed Fest has named Death Doesn't Like Me as the 1st Place Winner of the 2013 Zed Fest Screenwriting Competition.
California Film Awards Names Top Screenplays
The Marcoing Incident, by Jeffery W. Travis, has been named the 1st Place Winner of the 2013 California Film Awards.
Richmond Fest Announces Finalists
The Richmond International Film Festival has announced their Feature Length and Short Screenplay finalists.
PAGE Award-Winning SCOUT Wraps Production
The 2010 PAGE Bronze Prize-winning drama SCOUT, written and directed by Laurie Weltz, has now completed production. The story of a rebellious Goth girl who sets out on a journey to Texas to rescue her little sister, the movie stars India Ennenga (TREME) in the title role, along with James Frecheville, Nikki Reed, Jane Seymour, Danny Glover and Ellen Burstyn.
Scriptapalooza Producer Requests 2014
Scriptapalooza has announced a number of finalist script requests.
Richmond International Film Festival Announces Screenplay Semifinalists
The Richmond International Film Festival has announced their Feature Length and Short Screenplay Semifinalists.
Short Screenplay Contest Announces Winners
David D. DeBord's Floater has been named the winner of the 2013 Short Screenplay Contest.
Reel Writers Announces Contest Results
Bill Johnston's Requited has been named the winner of the 2013 Reel Writers Screenwriting Competition.
WILDsound Announces December 2013 TV PILOT Winning Script
The Share by Emily Chadick Weiss has been named the December, 2013 WILDSOUND TV Pilot Winning Script.
TWP Announces Latest Contest Winners
Thomas Jannetta's Maiden Flight has been named the winner of the The Writers Place (TWP) May 2013 through October 2013 Screenplay Competition.
Short Screenplay Contest Announces Finalists
The Short Screenplay Contest has announced their top five Finalists for 2013.
Holiday Screenplay Contest Announces Results
Fred Perry's Crossings has been named the winner of the 2013 Holiday Screenplay Contest.
Screenplay Festival Announces Semifinalists
The Screenplay Festival Screenwriting Competition has announced their 2013 semifinalists, representing the top 50% of entries received.
Happy Writers Names Contest Winnners
Betty Sullivan's Community Service has been named the First Place Winner of the Happy Writers Screenplay Competition.
Holiday Screenplay Contest Announces Finalists
Finalists have been announced for 2013 Holiday Screenplay Contest.
WILDSound Announces Contest Winner
The Final Job, by Robert Ward, has been named the winner of the latest WILDSound Short Screenplay Contest.
StoryPros International Announces Contest Winner
Tammy Gross has been named the Grand Prize Winner of the StoryPros International Screenwriting Competition for her script Evangelina.
Just Effing Entertain Me Announces Semifinalists
The Just Effing Entertain Me Screenplay Contest has announced their 2013 Semifinalists.
Howling Myth Media Announces Screenplay Contest Winner
The feature-length screenplay The Rose Tree by Angela Berliner was chosen Outstanding Winner of the 2013 Howling Myth Media screenplay contest.
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