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CineStory Names Semifinalists

CineStory has announced the semifinalists for the 2018 CineStory Feature Retreat & Fellowship competition.

ScreenCraft Names Sci-fi Contest Winners

Sandino Moya-Smith's Monster Hunter has been named the Grand Prize Winner from among over 700 submissions to the ScreenCraft Sci-fi Screenplay Contest. The script focuses on a father/son team of cryptozoologists tasked with finding the Loch Ness monster. The contest jury this year included development executives from 20th Century Fox, Sony Pictures and United Picture Group.

Capital Fund Names Contest Winners

The Capital Fund Screenplay Contest has named their Contest Winners and "Hot 100" for 2018.

PAGE Announces 2018 Quarterfinalists

The PAGE International Screenwriting Awards has announced their 2018 Quarterfinalists, representing the top 10% of all entries in this year's contest.

Acclaim Announces Spring/Summer TV Contest Winners

Natural Law by Nick Marini has been named the winner of the Spring/Summer 2018 Acclaim TV Writing Competition.

ScreenCraft Names Comedy Quarterfinalists

Screencraft has named the quarterfinalists for their 2018 ScreenCraft Comedy Screenplay Contest.

ScreenCraft Names Sci-Fi Contest Finalists

Ten finalists have been announced from among more than 700 submissions to the 2018 ScreenCraft Sci-Fi Screenwriting Competition.

BlueCat Names Contest Winners

Death of a Fool by Ismael Gomez III & Joe Leone has been named the winner of the 2018 BlueCat Screenwriting Competition.

BlueCat Names Finalists

BlueCat has announced their 2018 Feature, Pilot, and Short Screenplay finalists. Winners will be announced Thursday, July 5th.

ScreenCraft Names Fellowship Winners

ScreenCraft has announced their 5th annual ScreenCraft Screenwriting Fellowship winners. The program is designed to advance the careers of talented screenwriters through ongoing mentorship and introductions to key entertainment executives and talent representatives.

CineStory Annouces Quarterfinalists

CineStory has announced quarterfinalists for their 2018 Feature Retreat and Fellowship competition.

Austin Film Festival Announces Partners and Judges for Fiction Podcast Script Competition

In order to further expand their legacy of supporting storytellers, Austin Film Festival (AFF) is pleased to announce a distinguished panel of judges for its returning Fiction Podcast Script Competition, which includes development heads and creators of successful fiction podcasts such as THE BRIGHT SESSIONS and TUMANBAY.

ScreenCraft Announces China-Hollywood Screenwriting Fellowship Winner

Craig Rosenthal has been named by Orb Media Group and ScreenCraft as the winner of the second annual China-Hollywood Screenwriting Fellowship on the basis of his script #Cloudman.

StoryPros Names Award Winners

Christian Lybrook's City of Trees has been named the winner of the 11th Annual StoryPros Awards Screenwriting Competitition.

Scriptapalooza premieres new website, ventures into producing and announces Advisory Board

The Scriptapalooza Screenplay Competition has dramatically updated their website, inserting all the movie posters they have been involved with over the years. Also, posting success stories of past winners, alumni and all the projects that have taken off since Scriptapalooza started in 1998.

Interview with ISA Fellowship Winner Sean Collins-Smith

Ever since graduating from film school in 2010, Sean Collins-Smith has wanted to move to Los Angeles to pursue a TV writing career. His goal seemed unobtainable, though, until he won an ISA Fast Track Fellowship on the basis of his pilots End of Life and Lifers Anonymous. As part of his ISA prize package, he scored a week of industry meetings and wound up signing with manager Jewerl Ross of Silent R Management. He'll be moving to Los Angeles in September.

Finalists Announced for 11th Annual StoryPros Awards

Finalists have been announced in all genres for the 11th Annual Story Pros Awards. Winners will be announced Friday, June 15th.

ScreenCraft Names Fellowship Finalists

ScreenCraft has announced the 25 Finalists for their 2018 Fellowship, selected from a submission pool of more than 2,100 entries.

BlueCat Names Quarterfinalists

BlueCat has announced their 2018 Feature, Short, Pilot-Hour and Half-Hour quarterfinalists.

Shore Scripts Names Short Film Fund Winners

Shore Scripts has announced Nora Kirkpatrick & Dennis McNicholas as the winners of their 2018 Short Film Fund. They'll be awarded a $10,000 grant to make their short film, Best Seller.

StoryPros Awards Names Semifinalists

Semifinalists have just been announced for the 11th Annual StoryPros Awards Screenplay Contest.

ScreenCraft Names Sci-fi Semifinalists

Semifinalists have been announced for the 2018 ScreenCraft Sci-fi Screenplay Contest, representing the top ten percent of submissions received. The jury this year includes development executives from 20th Century Fox, Sony Pictures and United Pictures Group. Winners will be announced July 6th.

Shore Scripts Names Short Film Fund Finalists

Shore Scripts has named their 2018 Short Film Fund Finalists.

StoryPros Awards Names Quarterfinalists

Quarterfinalists have been announced for the 11th Annual StoryPros Awards Screenplay Contest.

Blumhouse Productions Set to Produce Script from Shore Scripts Alum Louis Ackerman

Shore Scripts has announced that their 2015 Contest Winner, Louis Ackerman, has set up his horror/thriller script, Flesh & Blood with Blumhouse Productions.

Scriptapalooza Names Fellowship Mentors

Scriptapalooza has named its industry mentors, one of whom who will provide six-months of mentorship to the winner of the Scriptapalooza Fellowship. Four other writers will receive 3-months of mentorship.

ScreenCraft Names Fellowship Semifinalists

ScreenCraft has named their Screenwriting Fellowship Semifinalists, representing approximately the top 10% of all submissions.

On Winning the Austin Film Festival Script Competition, Part II

Troy Anthony Miller shares some thoughts about what it takes to win the Austin Film Festival Script Competition ... twice!

On Winning the Austin Film Festival Script Competition, Part I

Are there actually writers out there who enter screenplay competitions thinking they might win? Because I am mostly certainly not that kind of writer.

ScreenCraft Names Sci-Fi Contest Quarterfinalists

Quarterfinalists have been announced from among nearly 800 submissions to the ScreenCraft Sci-Fi Screenplay Contest.

ISA Names Fast Track Fellowship Winners

Ned Farr and Sean Collins-Smith have been named the International Screenwriters Association's Fast Track VII Fellowship Winners.

Universal Names Writers Program Participants

Universal Writers Program has announced their 2018 participants. The program is a one-year track that gives writers the opportunity to develop two feature scripts under the guidance of Universal and Focus Features production executives and producers.

Scriptapalooza Interviews Fellowship Winner

Scriptapalooza has posted an interview with their 2017 Fellowship Recipient Natasha Paris.

ScreenCraft Names 5th Annual Fellowship Quarterfinalists

ScreenCraft has announced the quarterfinalists for their 5th Annual ScreenCraft Fellowship Competition.

ScreenCraft Names Orb Media China-Hollywood Screenwriting Fellowship Finalists

Semifinalists have been announced for the ScreenCraft/Orb Media China-Hollywood Screenwriting Fellowship, representing approximately the top 10% of all applicants.

ScreenCraft Names Family Script Contest Winner

Nickerbacher by Terry John Barto has been named the winner of the 2017 ScreenCraft Family-Friendly Screenplay Contest. Repeatedly praised for its unique premise and strong character dynamics, it is an innovative story of a dragon who moves to Los Angeles to pursue a career as a comedian and paves the way for civil rights.

Fresh Voices Names Contest Winners

Those Who Hear by Jerome Velinsky has been named the Grand Prize Winner of the 2017-18 Fresh Voices Screenwriting Competition.

FilmMakers.com Names Feature Script Contest Finalists

FilmMakers has announced the finalists of the 16th Annual Filmmakers International Screenwriting Awards.

American Gem Names Short Screenplay Contest Winners

American Gem and Write Brothers have announced the winners of the 13th Annual American Gem Literary Festival. The Competition attracted a total of 1309 entries worldwide, including 1,026 short scripts, 221 short stories, 51 TV scripts, 5 treatments and 6 documentaries.

Fresh Voices Names Contest Finalists

Fresh Voices has announced their 2017-2018 contest finalists.

1st TV Script Writing Competition Names Contest Winners

Persuasion by Susan Hippen has been named the Grand Prize Winner of the 3rd annual '1st TV Script Writing Competition' from FilmMakers.com.