StoryPros Awards Contest Winners Announced

Updated: 06/16/2021

Minotaur by Tim Auld has been named the Grand Prize Winner of the 14th Annual StoryPros Awards Screenwriting Competition.

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Shore Scripts Names Film Fund Winners

EL VALS (THE WALTZ), by Alycya Magaña has been named the winner of the Shore Scripts Film Fund $15,000 Grand Prize Production Grant. [Updated: 06/14/2021]

Wiki Screenplay Names May Contest Winners

The James Hemmings Story by C. Joab Davis has been named the Wiki Screenplay Contest Winner for May, 2021. The Best TV Pilot and Best Short Script results have also been announced. [Updated: 06/11/2021]

Houston International Sports Fest Names Contest Winners

Blue Ball by Bruce Dundore has been the named the winner of the Houston International Sports Film Festival Screenplay Competition. [Updated: 06/10/2021]

StoryPros Names Awards Finalists

StoryPros has named the finalists for their 14 Annual StoryPros Awards Screenwriting Competition. [Updated: 06/09/2021]

Shore Script Names Short Film Fund Finalists

Shore Scripts has named the 15 finalists for the Spring Season of their Short Film Fund competition. [Updated: 06/02/2021]

StoryPros Awards Names Semifinalists

Semifinalists have been announced the 14th Annual Story Pros Awards Screenwriting Competition. [Updated: 06/02/2021]

StoryPros Awards Names Quarterfinalists

The 14th Annual StoryPros Awards Screenplay Contest has announced their quarterfinalists. [Updated: 05/26/2021]

BlueCat Announces 2021 Contest Winners

Astray by Faizan Kareem has been named the Grand Prize Winner of the 2021 BlueCat Screenwriting Competition. The Feature, Pilot, Short, and Fellini Award Winners have also been announced. [Updated: 05/19/2021]

Inroads Fellowship Names Season 4 Winners

Time Janitors, by Ryan Manns and Jocelyn Manns, has been named the overall winner of the Fourth Season of the Inroads Fellowship. [Updated: 05/18/2021]

BlueCat Names Contest Finalists

BlueCat has announced their 2021 Feature, TV Pilot, and Short Script finalists. [Updated: 05/12/2021]

Killer Shorts Names Contest Winners

THIS HUNGER by Alessandra Jara Del Castillo has been selected from more than 950 entries as the Season 2 Grand Prize Winner of the Killer Shorts Screenplay Competition. COPY CAT by Vanessa Branch has been selected as the 2nd Place Winner; and HIDE YOUR CRAZY by Austin Kase has been selected as the 3rd Place Winner. [Updated: 04/26/2021]

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