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Scriptapalooza Features & Shorts Competition

Scriptapalooza Features/Shorts

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Hollywood, CA 90046
(310) 594-5384 (voice)

Web:
http://www.scriptapalooza.com
Email:
info@scriptapalooza.com

Contact: Mark Andrushko, President and CEO

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Overall: 5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars (5.0/5.0)
Professionalism: 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars (4.5/5.0)
Feedback: 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars (4.1/5.0)
Signficance: 5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars (4.8/5.0)
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Objective

Scriptapalooza was founded in 1998 with the goal of helping as many writers as possible through the competition. We have over 90 production companies, agents and managers reading all the entered scripts. (A complete list of participants is on Scriptapalooza's website.)

We actively push the Semifinalists, Finalists, Runners-Up and Winners for a full year with the intention of creating opportunities for the writers. We are a hands on competition because we feel it is important to continue supporting the top scripts beyond the cash and prizes. No other competition in the world does that.

We are proud to present the competition with Write Brothers, a company that not only provides the necessary tools for writing but is an advocate and true supporter of emerging writers. Show More

Deadline/Entry Fees

Deadline Date
Days till:
Entry Fee
Early-bird December 2, 2024
33
$45 (features) $25 (shorts)
Regular January 6, 2025
68
$50 (features) $30 (shorts)
Late February 3, 2025
96
$55 (features) $35 (shorts)
FINAL DEADLINE March 3, 2025
124
$60 (features) $40 (shorts)
LAST MINUTE DEADLINE April 7, 2025
159
$65 (features); $45 (shorts)

We now accept SHORT screenplays, under 50 pages in length.

Notification: August 15, 2025

Rules

This competition is open to any writer, 18 or older without produced feature film credits. Entering the competition constitutes permission to use the winners' names and likenesses for publicity and promotions with no additional compensation. We reserve the right to publicize and promote any and all progress, development and success of the entered scripts.

  1. Any script from any genre will be considered.
  2. Multiple entries are accepted, provided a signed entry form and appropriate entry fee is attached to each submission.
  3. Multiple authorship is acceptable. If the screenplay wins an award, that award will be divided among the writers, by the writers.
  4. Screenplays must be the original work of the author.
  5. Scriptapalooza recommends registering your scripts with the WGA or copyrighting your material with the Library of Congress.
  6. Entry must be accompanied by the following:
    a. completed official entry form (photocopies are acceptable)
    b. the appropriate entry fee
    c. completed original feature screenplay

Awards

Awards for FEATURES competition:

First Place Winner

  • $10,000 Cash
  • Access to over 150 producers thru Scriptapalooza’s Network
  • Writer’s Studio from Write Brothers (Outline 4D, Movie Magic Screenwriter and Dramatica Pro)
  • 1 year of International Screenwriters’ Association Connect Membership
  • 6 month online subscription from Backstage
  • 5 CoverFly tokens for peer feedback on your script
  • InkTip Script Listing & InkTip Magazine Listing

Second Place Winner

  • Access to over 150 producers thru Scriptapalooza’s Network
  • Writer’s Studio from Write Brothers (Outline 4D, Movie Magic Screenwriter and Dramatica Pro)
  • 1 year of International Screenwriters’ Association Connect Membership
  • 6 month online subscription from Backstage
  • 5 CoverFly tokens for peer feedback on your script
  • InkTip Script Listing & InkTip Magazine Listing

Third Place Winner

  • Access to over 150 producers thru Scriptapalooza’s Network
  • Writer’s Studio from Write Brothers (Outline 4D, Movie Magic Screenwriter and Dramatica Pro)
  • 1 year of International Screenwriters’ Association Connect Membership
  • 6 month online subscription from Backstage
  • 5 CoverFly tokens for peer feedback on your script
  • InkTip Script Listing & InkTip Magazine Listing

10 Runners-Up

  • Access to over 150 producers thru Scriptapalooza’s Network
  • Writer’s Studio from Write Brothers (Outline 4D, Movie Magic Screenwriter and Dramatica Pro)
  • Hollywood Screenwriting Directory from The Writers Store
  • 1 year of International Screenwriters’ Association Connect Membership

All 30 Finalists

  • Access to over 150 producers thru Scriptapalooza’s Network
  • Receive Movie Magic Screenwriter and Dramatica Writer’s Dreamkit from Write Brothers
  • 1 year of International Screenwriters’ Association Connect Membership

Awards for SHORTS competition:
  • 1st Place Prize - $2000 Cash
  • Access to over 150 producers thru Scriptapalooza's Network
  • 2nd Place Prize
  • Access to over 150 producers thru Scriptapalooza's Network
  • 3rd Place Prize
  • Access to over 150 producers thru Scriptapalooza's Network
  • 5 Finalists
  • Access to over 150 producers thru Scriptapalooza's Network
  • 8 Semifinalists
  • Access to over 150 producers thru Scriptapalooza's Network
  • 15 Quarterfinalists
  • Access to over 150 producers thru Scriptapalooza's Network

Scriptapalooza Features/Shorts

Contact

Hollywood, CA 90046
(310) 594-5384 (voice)

Web:
http://www.scriptapalooza.com
Email:
info@scriptapalooza.com

Contact: Mark Andrushko, President and CEO

Report Card

Overall: 5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars (5.0/5.0)
Professionalism: 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars (4.5/5.0)
Feedback: 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars (4.1/5.0)
Signficance: 5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars (4.8/5.0)
Report Cards: 388    
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Scriptapalooza Features & Shorts Competition

Contact

Hollywood, CA 90046
(310) 594-5384 (voice)

Web:
http://www.scriptapalooza.com
Email:
info@scriptapalooza.com

Contact: Mark Andrushko, President and CEO

Report Card

Overall: 5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars (5.0/5.0)
Professionalism: 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars (4.5/5.0)
Feedback: 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars (4.1/5.0)
Signficance: 5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars (4.8/5.0)
Report Cards: 388    
Have you entered?
Submit a Report card

Contest News

Scriptapalooza Names Quarterfinalists

Scriptapalooza has announced their 2017 quarterfinalists. Semifinalists will be announced August 6th.

1 UP by Sam Higgins
2-12 Delta by David Brichetto
86 Melrose Avenue by Lili Matta
A Fish for Rudy by Helen Darvall
A Month in Mahanamawauk by Stephanie Stehling & Courtney Abbiati
A Relative Unknown by Lynne Logan
Aftermath by Nguyen Nguyen
Alice by Grace Link
Aloria: The Adventure Begins by Debbie Taylor
Amarok by Michael Weldon
America's Most Wasted by Rex Perez & Sam Skillz
American by Simon Heller
An Affair by Renate Grassmugg
Art by Melanie Wallace
Bet Your Death by Dominic Wieneke
Bevel Down by Travis Lemke & Todd Langley
Blessings From The Deep by Philip Benz
Blowback by Jeff Meares
Breaking Tom by Michael Faunce-Brown
Bring Me To The Light by Florica Cimpoies
Broken Chain by Jonathan Clancy
Burning Orchard by Mary LaMont
Caliber by Kenlon Clark
Cane Sugar by Martin McKenna
Carbon Police by Guy Bicke
Cargo by Chris Aronsten & Robert Herbert
Caring Angel by Don Taylor
Cartel Del Toro by Marty Morrisroe
Casey Valentine by Chuck Monzo
Cashed by Alexandra Phillips
Cell Wars by Jay Klapperman
Chances by Jeff Trently & Anthony Stitt
Cheat On Me by Reeve Segal & Kyle Segal
Chicken Nuggets by Mike Dobrogosz
Choices by Nia Danielle
Chopper Cowboys by Jeff Peters
Chronicles of a Cigar Store Indian by Scott Hartman
Cirko by Des Burnison
Conjure Seven by Erik Day
Constitution by Andrew Slattery
Consumed by Don Stroud
Country Club Kids by Steve Marino
Crabs in a Bucket by Tal Almog
Crescent by Edward Worthy
Damsel in Distress by Michael Stillman
Dark Alliance by Michael Casey
Dark Vienna Woods by Jonathan Field
David and Katrina: A Love Story by Stephen Erickson
Death's Hidden Love by Ernestina Juarez
Delta by Peter Zhou
Delta Dog by Anthony Dionisio
Departing Flights by Kirk Ballog & John Haggard
Detours & Dead Ends by Rick Mole
Diminuendo by Paul Gross
Dischord by Julian Surface
DNA by Heather Farlinger
Doc Review by Dawn Veltman
Doctor Mom by Patrick Tierney
Dominion by Chad Strawn & Marissa Alnas
Dr. Feelgood by James Kennedy
Dragon Bones by Dennis Cooper
East Side Girl by Max Segal & Paul Arria
Ecstasy Club by Jay Adams
Edge of the Earth by Seth Renshaw
Eiger Rescue by Michael January
Elsewhere by Matt Cochran
Empath by Jaime Saginor
Erotomania by Joe Hurst
Escape From Freedom by Murat Yeszhan
Everest by Curtis Merritt
Every Horizon Beyond by Henry Tranton
Exacta by Charlie Fountaine
Expiration Date by Michael Farley & Dave Tassone
Exquisite Cadavers by Ellie Slavova
Fahrenheit 321 by Dimitri Kutuzov
Faith Tricked by Priscilla Oliveira
Family Practice by Rembrandt VanDruff
Fear God by Silvia Arribas-Mantelli
Fey Fighter by Jann Else
Finding Mario by Kimon Koufogiannis
Fine Blue Veins by Joey Czaja
Flakes of Gold by Steven Shibuya
Flawed by Kathleen Milner
Fly Girls by Shay Thurmon
Flyover State by Sarah Tither-Kaplan
Follow The Money by Don Shroll
Food by Ali Scott
Footsteps of my Father by Erik V. Wolter
Forget and Forgive by Gregory Mulligan
Free As The Wind by Susan Zimmerman
Freedom Fort by Clint Williams
Freedom in a Bullet by Brian Nolin
From Father To Son by Mark Rocco Wakefield
Gardeners by Jorge de la Torre
Get Better Slowly by Damian Muncaster
Ghosttown by Rafael Bolliger
God or Hollywood by Aileen Kilburn
God Sent by Aprille Anderson
Going Down Cape by Deborah Wyatt
Good Times With Aaron Davies by Benjamin Smith
Got Good by Britney Barber
Green Seekers by Luciano de Lima
Green Tony by Andras Liptak
Guys Night by Adam Fortner & Geoff Holder
Halcyon by Shereen Hariri
Haley and the Comet by Terri Bond & Haley Bond
Halfway There by Gregory McLauchlin
Hard Transition by Darren Baker & Dan Wagener
Hellbreakers by Michael Brennan & Chris Mueller
Hello Love by James Tapp
Help Unwanted by Skye Emerson
Hemophilia by Guy Polin
Hilda by Courtney Morrison
Hog-Tied by Mary Mancera
Holy Fools by Richard Turner
Holy Hell by J. P. Ackels
Home by Francine Lumbard
Home Team by Ken Robb
Hopscotch by Paul Cenzoprano
Hot Dog Gone by Douglas Shamlian
House On Fire by Jake T.M. Tabacchini Sheets
How The Genetti Brothers Invented Hollywood by Jeff Pulice
I Just Want to Drive by Rick Elliott
I Saw Forever by Paul Colbath
I Thought We Were Bros by A.D. Burnett
Illusions of Magic by Joseph Rivard
Immunity by Kenlon Clark & William Rubio
Imports vs. American Muscle by Terry Rousseau
In Between the Clay and Stone by Monica Montgomery
In The Hands of the Stoners by Aaron Mare
In Thy Blood by Liz Buda
Independence by Tamar Ben Chaim
Inequity by Rob Thorman
Infracktion by Tina Winograd
Into the Web by Eric Bell
Intraverse by Phil Huber
It's A Love Story by Laura Patterson & Isaac Alpert
J&B by Charles-Henry J. Williams Sr.
Jack Scratch by Cody Glenn
Jack's In Debt by Mike Schaffer
Jackalope by Steven Lankenau
Jean-Philippe & A Gaggle of Geese by Irene Frame
Jefferson Parish by Michael Hull
Just An Illusion by Alessandro Beghini
Keep on the Sunny Side by C.C. Campbell
Keeper Land by Kristen Alario
Kevin Christ by Robert Lundgren
Kibou by Keith Hayasaka & Cassie Hayasaka
Kildare by Brook Simmons
Kill Like A Girl by Jacob Scheyder
Kill The Indian by Andrea Brusa
Killing Santa Claus by Ronald Ecker
Knuckles by Chris Sacks
Kolmio by Risa Friskey
Kumaon by Chaitanya Chopra
Lady on the Run by Virginia Bola
Lay Down and Die by Joe Farr
Leah Rose by Colin Larkin
Leopards of San Francisco
Let Me Ask You This by Allison Bowsher
Life and Legend by Parrish Griggs
Life Cell by Wayne Parker
Life Code by Adina Sadeanu
Life Without Jane by Kevin Gustafson
Light From Other Stars by Sarah Rois
Liminality by Deborah J. McDonald
Liquor by Daniel & Alexandra Edgeworth
Little Bird by Julie Wittrock
Little Brother by Matthew S. Alaniz
Little Gone Girl by Kaili Capito
Little Hell by Amanda Norman
Live Wire by Kyle Ferchen
Live, From the Milky Way by Joe Borriello
Locksmiths by James Kwon Lee
Lords of Xibalba by Nathan Price
Love Crush by Hamilton Mitchell
Love's Free Will by Amanda Samaroo
Love, Mary Reed by Mary Reed & Mathew Hart
LP by Zachary Taylor
Luck Don't Give Out by Paul Goldman
Mad Jack by Kelsey Nicklaw & James Kendall
Maggie Rocks by Guy Polin
Manifest Destiny by Justin Zorn
Martyr by Scott Pittock
Meet the Russian Parents by Tiffany Pierson
Mendel High by Damone Bester
Mexiko by Michael A. Niemann
Mia and Parmesan by Mia Volta
Michelangelo Machine by Micheal McGee
Middle Man by Ryan Borsellino & Alex Williams
Midnight, With Joe Keenan by Damon Taylor
Mika by Kevin Foong
Mike & Michael Jackson's Trip to Oz by Rikki Lee Travolta
Milkfish by Robert Surgi
Miraculous by Richard Fehler
Mirror by Eric Reynolds
Misremembrance by Daniel Hess
Monday, Wednesday and Friday by George M. Lewis
Money & Other Love Stories by Jennifer Abbott
Montana Quagmire by David A. Bisevic
Moonflower by Beth Curry
Mrs. Bond by Kristi Hall
Mulberry by Anastasia Levina & Mark Aaron
Mummy's Boy by Stewart McDonald
My Capone Summer by Steven Hakeman
My Lost Boys by Julian Freeman
My Son Sam by Michael Droberg
My Superhero Brother by Elizabeth Preston
My Time With Howard by Eric Karstunen
My Virago by James Johnson
Nathan's Way by Stephen Erickson
New Balls Please by Kevin Loughnane
New Pangaea by Tobias Tobbell
New to the Zoo by Paul Mahoney
Night of Game by Alex Beattie
No Filter by Amanda Miess & David Miess
North Channel by Michael Davis
Not Made in America by Nick Girish
Not My Emergency by Matthew Conlin
Nun Taken by Harry Burleigh
Odie by Deirdre McCarrick
Of Bread and Honey by George Erdstein
Off Balance by Peter Andrews
Off Peak by Eric Shahinian
Ofrenda by Jennifer Noonan
Oggleswog the Dragon by Monique Amado
Oh Mists, My Mists by Guilherme Viegas
P.O. Box 1142 by Lillian Wang
Paper Cranes by Gia Accuardi & Betsy Langton
Paperboy by Todd Heilesen
Party All Night by Kerry Mark
Paternity by Damon Taylor
People May Be Developing by Tamim Almousa
Pigment by Renee Topper
Pigs with Paws by Kevin Rexroat
PlagueMate by Michiel Oakes
Police Story by Madeline Rozwat & Nicholas Busalacchi
Pomme de Tere by Sarah Whorton
Pop by Young-Sun Kim
Portcullis by Eveline Powell
Pot Luck by Britney Barber
Powderpuff by Kyle Little
Pregnant Slut by Alyson Weaver Nicholas
Priestess of Egypt by Jianda Song
Primal Scream by Max Conroy
Prince Dracula 1456 by Janos Abahazy
Prince Max's Bout Against Candy-Ass Carl by Christopher Buerkle
Pro Bono by Ivory Avery
Prodigal Brother by Courtney Iseman
Prom Date by Herman Dhaliwal
Pump Monkey by John Foley
Rachel and Sidharatha by Siddhartha Valicharia
Rag Doll by Ashley Luckyram
Raising The House by Amy Larkin & Peg Watson
Reckless by Donna Moynan
Red Luce by Steven Meier
Reflections by Lori Howell, Kathy Krantz Stewart & Steph Kimmel
Renovations by Keyvon Pierre
Resurrection Bones by Richard Averill
Reticent by Vernon Rome
Returning Grace by Mary Lloyd
Ride of Truth by George Croitoru
River Song by Michael Millichamp
Road Test by Trevor Markwart
Runaway Kids by Luis Ortiz & Tsunami Ortiz
Serendipitous by Craig L. Andrews
Seriously?! by Jodi Asadourian
Seventh Angel by Dr. Richard P. Perry Jr.
Sgt. Claus by Adrian Catarzi
Shaken by Michael Brown
Sharpie by Mary Sette
Shine Your Eyes by Clint Pearson
Shooting For The Stars by Richard Belsky
Shooting Manson by Ron Pivo & Kevin Courtney
Short Fuse by James Ridgley
Show of Truth by Alper Cagatay & Christopher Thompson
Siege of Man by Sun-kyu Park
Signing Day by D.C. Walker & Edmond Guidry
Silk Tiger by Julian Winter
Single Awareness Day by Michael Hearn
Sinking by Jeff Thomas
Sisters by Thomas Norton
Sixes by Jacob Scheyder
Skulk by Revis Call
Slammin' by Brandon Martin
Sloe Gin Fizz by Jasmine Kosovic & Rachel Parker
Smoke & Mirrors by Brian Uriel Diaz
Sneak Peek by Robert Marin
Snowblind by Dan Maurer
Somniphobia by Michael Brody
Spirit Lake by Alison Macinnis
Spree by Laura Allen
St. Vitas Stance by Doug Criscitello
Stay Together for the Kidds by Scott Honea
Steal My Heart by Ryan Parker
Stealing Poseidon by Jeff Zampino
Stockholm Syndrome by Kamal John Iskander
Stolen Goods by Michael Tosta
Stone Drive by Sylvia Marie Llewellyn
Stormcloud by Marat Berdyyev
Strange Rain by Chris Bell
Strangers 1863 by Eric Wagner
Streetwalker by David Alvarez
Strings by Richard Roth
Stuck in Limbo by Artil Smith
Stuffed by Mark Keavney
Sugar Land by Alexa Garster
Sunny's Funnys by Lauren E. Smith
Sweet Petunia by Kal Bonner
Take Five by Vishal Patel
Takedowns by Elena Pax & Kaitlyn Pax
Taking the Fall by Sean Flaherty
Tarkington House by Meg Kelly
Temporary Brilliance by Dean Mann
That's A Really Nice Urn by Greg Wayne
The Achilles Shield by Paul Hansen
The Augur's Owl by Kathleen Milner
The Bad Thing That Happened by Josh Matt Rivera
The Black Lens by Jonathan J. Anderegg
The Bone Wars by Sarah Fischer
The Boy From the Sea by John Woodard
The Bridge by Trey Wilkins
The Caputilation of California by David Lovret
The Changer by Joe Gordon
The Compton Thrill Ride by Martin Bartlett
The Corner Office by Kieran Lynn
The Deliverer by Horace Wilson
The Donnellys of Biddulph Township by Roger Lee Westry
The Emissary by Ronald Pergola
The Essence of Life by Alanna Fox Starks
The Fourth Wall by Brooke Smith
The God Machine by Michael Bowler
The Grey Escape by Kim Turner
The Hands of the Keeper by Nathan Price
The Henry Manor Incident by Denise Williams
The Honeymoon Game by Daniel Gentile
The Ideal Damned by Molly Irizarry
The Lean by Pearse Lehane
The Mary Jane Girls by Heidi Kozak Haddad
The Missing Year by Jessica Clothier
The New Yorker by Jennifer Keitt
The Other Boys of Summer by C. Craig Patterson
The Producer, The Prince, And The World Cup by Chris Zafirson
The Prophecies by Ray Cecire
The Regulars by Devon Colwell
The Renovator's Dream by Richard Vilensky
The Road to Hannah by Ann Goldman
The Run by Christopher Halligan
The Savage by Christopher Yeazel
The Stacks by Ed Cound
The Terrorist by R. Paul
The Tragic Life of Dexter Strange by Sophie Dawson
The Traveler by Jameel Saleem
The Witness by Chris Corbett
Those Who Hear by Jerome Velinsky
Torch by Madison Malysheva
Universal Monster by Constantine Nasr
Voyage by Amit Gottlib
Wendigo by Mike Langer
Westminster, CA by Lauren Moon
What Rough Beast by Kranti Pally
When Flames Rise by Michael Canon
When Our Cherry Tree Is In Bloom by Mariana Buric
White Rabbit by Karunasagar Sridharan
Who the Fu is Bang Wu? By James Ridgley
Willful Blindness by Barbara Nunberg
Zero Hundred by Bernie Felix Jr.

Updated: 08/02/2017

Scriptapalooza Features & Shorts Competition

Contact

Hollywood, CA 90046
(310) 594-5384 (voice)

Web:
http://www.scriptapalooza.com
Email:
info@scriptapalooza.com

Contact: Mark Andrushko, President and CEO

Report Card

Overall: 5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars (5.0/5.0)
Professionalism: 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars (4.5/5.0)
Feedback: 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars (4.1/5.0)
Signficance: 5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars (4.8/5.0)
Report Cards: 388    
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