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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

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 (4.0/5.0)
Signficance: 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars (4.7/5.0)
Report Cards: 385    
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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

Expired. Previous Deadline: 04/08/2024

Notification: August 15, 2024

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 (4.0/5.0)
Signficance: 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars (4.7/5.0)
Report Cards: 385    
Have you entered?
Submit a Report card

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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 (4.0/5.0)
Signficance: 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars (4.7/5.0)
Report Cards: 385    
Have you entered?
Submit a Report card

Contest News

Scriptapalooza Names 2022 Contest Semifinalists

Semifinalists have been announced for the 2022 Scriptapalooza Screenwriting Competition:

2 Milligrams by Gordon James Asti
A Common Divide by TJ McDevitt
A Player Born by Kirby Ward
A Whole Lotta Coin by Tracy Schumer
About Tonight by Azan Kung
American Daydream by Jim Grieco
Another 5 Minutes by Nilesh Yagnik
Army Brat by Julie Anbarchian
Ask Already by Sandra Lince
Believeland by Kevin Hulick
Best Served Cold by Bill Crossland
Black Eyes by Allan Tamshen
Blood Chains by Michael Sinoway
By the Time I Got to Woodstock by Jeffrey Massie
Caravaggio by Alex Wilson
Caspian Gull by Iain Anderson
Cat Killers by Phil Atlakson
Cheviot Beach by Tim Randall
Chivalry by George Alexanian
Christmas in Cryonis by Molly Bandt
Combustion by Craig Oliver
Comedy Eyes by Jeff Blum & T.C. DeWitt
Complicity by Justine Raczkiewicz & Aleksandra Rychlicka
Conference of the Gods by Harry Kelley
Curse of the Canaanities by H.G. Middlemass
Dead Man’s Hand by Austin Ellsworth
Death Steppe by Judy Bruce
Death, Ghosts & Other Stuff by Shannon Walsh & Jack Gorman
Devil’s Night by Mike Voltz
Domain by Sam Bass
Don’t Wake Up by Neil Oxenburg
Estrada’s Gold by Durk Duerksen
Feather Light by Anna Chaoqun Wang
Finding Natalie by Ben Raper
Ghost Boy by James DeLorean
Glow Stick by Michael Raymond
God Laughs by Timothy Ryan
Grandma is a Dinosaur by Dominic Laiti
Great American Highway by Zoey Towner
Green Bloods by Kevin Percival
Harry and the Sleigh by Carlton Welch
He Had it Coming by Camika Spencer
Heart in the Game by Nancy Wilkinson
Hidden Camera by Dion Sampson & Christopher Owens
High Sierra by Kathryn Cehrs
Holly by Jeff Williams
Home of the Devils by Steven D’Addieco
House Zero by John Pallas
Hurricane Party! by Frank Volk
Imperfect Strangers by Robin Gainey
Inevitable Cruelty by Emma Hicklin
Infinity Club by Matt Alexander & Myles Rigg
Irish Rose by Paulette Bane & Charles Bane
Killer by Joe Villanti
KTown by Jeff Jin-Hwan Galatowitsch
Land of the Free by Cody Beavers
Let Me Out! By Yasmin Asias
Level Up by Jason Skorski
Long Road Home by Ron Praymak
Loss by Brian Beatty
Love Heals by Paul Ware
Madeleine by Natalie Howard
Marathon Bride by Kate McCreary
Marcel by David Soll
Naïve by Gill Hagan
Nando’s Legacy Faire by Davida Lippman
Nod by John Palfery-Smith
Not in the Stars by Sandford Galden-Stone
Omenize by Bill Kersit
One More Hit by Brad Max
Peculiar Bedfellows by Kenya Branch
Plainclothes by Carmen Emmi
Plume Raiders by Jeff Zampino
Pop by James Pillion
Propensity for Violence by Laura Kirk
Qubit by Darren Moran
Rascal on the Run by Joni Rodgers
Save the Night by Aaron Bradley
Saving Cinderella by Melinda Saranchock
Sea-Gen by Paul Lind
Shark by Dawson Oso
Six Rooms by Mark Graham
Smoke on the Water by Margaret Newlin Rice
Sweet Lou McGinnty by Kevin Lance Bash
The Apology by Candace Kimeer
The Demon of Debuque by Samuel Hughes
The Donnellys of Biddulph Township by Roger Lee Westry
The Film Professor Who Kills Students for Fame and Healthcare by Greg Benevent
The Immortal Bledsoes by Andrew Johnson
The Kez by Mark Lichtenstein
The Last Man by Jason Morrys
The Man by Carla Queipo
The Nest by Aaron Carter
The Pit and the Pendulum by Andrei Burke
The Reluctant First Gentleman by Curt Samlaska
Turquoise Mountain by Diane Joy Schmidt
Vasily Arkhipov by Dean Jaloudi
Wayward by Jes Sugrue
Wayward by Linda Palmer & Laree’ Griffith
Wernher by Jason & Kevin Ward

Updated: 08/14/2022

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 (4.0/5.0)
Signficance: 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars (4.7/5.0)
Report Cards: 385    
Have you entered?
Submit a Report card

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