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WriteMovies' Writing Contest 80

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Overall: 3 stars3 stars3 stars (3.0/5.0)
Professionalism: 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars (4.1/5.0)
Feedback: 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars (4.0/5.0)
Signficance: 2.5 stars2.5 stars2.5 stars (2.6/5.0)
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Objective

WriteMovies' Writing Contest 80 - our 80th major international screenwriting contest is now open!

The top three screenplays will win:

  • A year of script development (worth up to $3200).
  • Representation from our industry-facing partner TalentScout International Management.
  • Pitching of your developed script to the international industry.

Pitch Entry: For an additional opportunity to become a prize winner, submit a one-page pitch document alongside your script!

With each submission, you'll receive a feedback sheet about your script's first ten pages - and the chance to submit any redraft before the final deadline, for free. And as ever, the best way to get the most out of your entry is to combine it with a mentoring service:

Studio Coverage - see exactly how an analyst would currently assess your script with a summary and recommendations for studio executives. Show More

Deadline/Entry Fees

Deadline Date
Days till:
Entry Fee
Earlybird September 28, 2025
15
$49 (Screenplay, Stageplay, TV PIlot), $79 (Book and Video Game)
Standard October 19, 2025
36
$59 (Screenplay, Stageplay, TV PIlot), $79 (Book and Video Game)
Late November 9, 2025
57
$69 (Screenplay, Stageplay, TV PIlot), $79 (Book and Video Game)

Notification: Overall Winners - December 19th

Eligibility

Open to anyone. Scripts need to be in English.

Rules

  • We no longer accept checks due to issues with fraud. Please use the PayPal options when participating through our website. Please ensure you can send AND receive payments via PayPal.
  • There are no physical items deliverable under our services – all reports will be provided by email in standard document formats.
  • Each entry is entitled to submit a free redraft before the final deadline. Only one redraft will be accepted.
  • Each script entry will receive a feedback sheet about the script's first ten pages, except if commissioning Studio Coverage or Development Notes, which instead provide a longer, more detailed report on the whole script.
  • With entries submitted close to the Late Deadline, we cannot guarantee to provide feedback before the close of the contest, but the entrant is still welcome to submit a redraft before the contest closes.
  • Pitch Entry must be submitted alongside a Screenplay Entry. Pitch submissions without an accompanying script will not be considered.
  • Once a project has been processed, there is no refund.
  • Any cancellations must be requested within 48 hours and before any public announcement of winning entries.
  • Entries MUST have a cover sheet/title-page with contact info in order to be considered.
  • Prize: All winners are guaranteed representation and one full year of script mentoring, including development notes on all re-writes of the winning scripts. Worth $3,200.
  • Up to $1 million in option monies from the A-List producers we work with. If an established studio/production company makes an offer on your script, we will fly you to Los Angeles and cover your flight & hotel costs for three days. We will pitch the top three projects to relevant production companies. You keep ALL the option/sales money (unless you commission an agent, manager or attorney to represent you). The Grand Prize winner is also pitched to several literary agencies and management companies as well as non-US companies to increase the chances of a sale. The top three overall winners and their projects are mentioned in press releases and on the web.

Awards

Top three scripts and the Pitch Entry winner all receive:

  • A year of free script development worth up to $3200
  • Representation and guaranteed pitching to industry by Talent Scout International Management

WriteMovies

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264 S. La Cienega Boulevard
Suite 1132
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
(206) 203-1256 (fax)

Web:
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Email:
info@writemovies.com

Contact: John Sullivan, Competitions & Consulting Facilitator

Report Card

Overall: 3 stars3 stars3 stars (3.0/5.0)
Professionalism: 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars (4.1/5.0)
Feedback: 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars (4.0/5.0)
Signficance: 2.5 stars2.5 stars2.5 stars (2.6/5.0)
Report Cards: 84    
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264 S. La Cienega Boulevard
Suite 1132
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
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Web:
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Email:
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Contact: John Sullivan, Competitions & Consulting Facilitator

Report Card

Overall: 3 stars3 stars3 stars (3.0/5.0)
Professionalism: 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars (4.1/5.0)
Feedback: 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars (4.0/5.0)
Signficance: 2.5 stars2.5 stars2.5 stars (2.6/5.0)
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Contest News

WriteMovies.com Announces Contest Winner

WriteMovies.com has announce Anne Kruse as the winner of the WriteMovies.com Screenwriting Contest #13 for her comedy, Solid Waste:

1st Place: Kruse, Anne - SOLID WASTE

2nd Place : Horn, Michael - ONE MILLION MONSTERS

3rd Place: Spark, Lea - EGO ET HOMO

Best Short Story : Holgerson, Larry - COWBOY DOWN

Best TV Project: Vitolo, Steven - TWO AND HALF MEN: THE RACQUETEERS TO THE RESCUE

Honorable Mention:

Feld, Alain - LES CHAUSSETTES MAGIQUES;

Mansevani, Celestin - HORS-LA-LOI AUX ABOIS;

Appell, Elizabeth - THE SENTRY

About the winner:

Trashman Dewey Binder’s steadfast pursuit of his real family has come to an unsuccessful end. But, it’s just the beginning when he must pull off a dumpster to debonair masquerade to stop the eco-vigilante Greens from buying his company. His unquenched need for a family drives him in the wrong direction away from the parents who raised him, his fellow trash comrades and into the dysfunctions of the Greens, a “real” family whose blurred boundaries and sexual missteps prove to be better thrown away than recycled. Unfortunately, he finds himself in love with Shelly Green and must salvage a second chance once his real identity is exposed. When it counts, Dewey summons his inner-trashman and the support of those who have always loved him and attempts to drive his big beautiful trash truck straight to his destiny.

SOLID WASTE a comedy set in the world of trash, and takes a comedic look at what it means to “go green”, self-sustaining energy and the ever-growing world of eco-friendly efforts to bring about environmental change. Why will some of us only “go” kicking and screaming? Who knows, this story might just move people from “YUK” to “WOW” when they think about trash and all the opportunities it brings. It also addresses the concept that "family" is what you make of it and should be cherished not thrown away.



And a bit about Anne Kruse:

This second generation native Southern Californian aspires to bring her comedic voice to the screen. The leap was taken and she has been attempting to break in the biz full-time subsequent to a seventeen year stint as a career counselor. Living the paradox of being a career counselor and not knowing what she wanted to be when she grew up changed once screenwriting became her passion, and there’s no looking back. Helping others find what their passion is and making plans to pursue it provided Anne with a clear understanding of character development, motivation, inspiration, conflict and most of all perseverance. She graduated from the UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television’s screenwriting program in 03’ and has her M.S. in counseling from CSU, Long Beach. She looks forward to the day when she tells her accountant that screenwriting is no longer just a hobby, but rather the biggest dream this girl could dream and it has been ACHIEVED.

Updated: 05/10/2007

WriteMovies Screenwriting Competition

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264 S. La Cienega Boulevard
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Beverly Hills, CA 90211
(206) 203-1256 (fax)

Web:
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Email:
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Contact: John Sullivan, Competitions & Consulting Facilitator

Report Card

Overall: 3 stars3 stars3 stars (3.0/5.0)
Professionalism: 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars (4.1/5.0)
Feedback: 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars (4.0/5.0)
Signficance: 2.5 stars2.5 stars2.5 stars (2.6/5.0)
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