Scriptapalooza Features & Shorts Competition
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
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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 |
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Early-bird | December 2, 2024 | $45 (features) $25 (shorts) |
Regular | January 6, 2025 | $50 (features) $30 (shorts) |
Late | February 3, 2025 | $55 (features) $35 (shorts) |
FINAL DEADLINE | March 3, 2025 17 |
$60 (features) $40 (shorts) |
LAST MINUTE DEADLINE | April 7, 2025 52 |
$65 (features); $45 (shorts) |
We now accept SHORT screenplays, under 50 pages in length.
Notification: August 15, 2025
Eligibility
Open to all writersRules
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.
- Any script from any genre will be considered.
- Multiple entries are accepted, provided a signed entry form and appropriate entry fee is attached to each submission.
- Multiple authorship is acceptable. If the screenplay wins an award, that award will be divided among the writers, by the writers.
- Screenplays must be the original work of the author.
- Scriptapalooza recommends registering your scripts with the WGA or copyrighting your material with the Library of Congress.
- 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
- 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
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(5.0/5.0) |
Professionalism: |
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(4.5/5.0) |
Feedback: |
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(4.1/5.0) |
Signficance: |
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(4.8/5.0) |
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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
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Overall: |
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(5.0/5.0) |
Professionalism: |
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(4.5/5.0) |
Feedback: |
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(4.1/5.0) |
Signficance: |
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(4.8/5.0) |
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Contest News
Scriptapalooza Names Short Screenplay Contest Winners
Michael Fearths' Made You Better When I Died has been named the winner of the 2019 Scriptapalooza Short Screenplay Competition.
1st Place
Made You Better When I Died by Michael Fearths
2nd Place
Corpse Pose by Virginia Youngren
3rd Place
Braving the Night by Daniel Feldman & Joshua Kushner
5 finalists
Graveyard Romance by Yana Grebenyuk
Kid Midnight by Mychal Sargent
Mike Love, Not War by Cristian-M’ Olvera
Ringloom by Justin Solaiman
The Chocolate Kandinsky by Suzanne Griffin
8 Semifinalists
Best Solution Ever by Joe Hardy Jr.
Cut by Hallie Ann Jacobson
Mason & Jay Save the World by John Woosley
Meghan’s Challenge by Jacob James Henry
Silicon Ceasar by Chuck Griffith
The Justice League of America’s Final Frontier by Curtis James Lofgren
Words by Erick Torres
Yellow Rose by Amanda Panda Garcia
15 Quarterfinalists
5 Years On by Madeleine Goddard
Blended by Ross Moore
By The Campfire by Michael Rosario
Charles Jensen by Thomas Zayas
Coffee and Dream by Debi Calabro
Double Happiness by Jamie Canobbio
Eve by Debra Sharkey
Keeshond by Cat Papadimitriou
Love Ridden by Isaac Garcia
Pigskin by Susan Polk
Pizza Party by Tessa Slovis
Tell Tale Wank by James Everett
The Director by Janyce Lapore
This Is Silence by Steven Wesley Miller
Trust by Eleanor Crosswell
Updated: 08/23/2019
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 |
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Overall: |
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(5.0/5.0) |
Professionalism: |
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(4.5/5.0) |
Feedback: |
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(4.1/5.0) |
Signficance: |
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(4.8/5.0) |
Report Cards: |
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Have you entered?
Submit a Report card
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