Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Contest
Final Draft/Big Break
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2300 W. Empire Avenue
5th floor
Burbank, CA 91504
818-995-8995 (voice)
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Email:
bigbreak@finaldraft.com
Contact: Kala Guess, Contest Director
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Objective
Big Break is an annual, international feature and television screenwriting contest designed to launch the careers of aspiring writers. Big Break rewards screenwriters with over $100,000 in cash and prizes, including a trip to Los Angeles for a series of A-list executive meetings. Winners and finalists alike have had their screenplays optioned and produced and have secured high-profile representation as well as lucrative writing deals.
Deadline/Entry Fees
| Deadline | Date Days till: |
Entry Fee |
|---|---|---|
| Early Bird | April 15, 2024 | $35 |
| Regular | May 20, 2024 31 |
$65 |
| Final | June 10, 2024 52 |
$75 |
| Extended | June 28, 2024 70 |
$85 |
See website for feedback fees, and other options.
Dates reflect deadlines for electronic submission of scripts. All entries must be electronically submitted by their respective deadlines at midnight Pacific Time.
Rules
Visit website for contest rules and conditions: https://www.finaldraft.com/big-break-screenwriting-contest/rules/Awards
2 Grand Prize Award Winners- One Feature Grand Prize and one TV Grand Prize winner will be chosen from the 11 Feature Genre and TV Format award winners
- These two Grand Prize Award Winners are flown to Hollywood for meetings and networking with executives, producers, agents, and managers. See the full prize package here: https://www.finaldraft.com/big-break-screenwriting-contest/prizes
Final Draft/Big Break
Contact
2300 W. Empire Avenue
5th floor
Burbank, CA 91504
818-995-8995 (voice)
Web:
Click here
Email:
bigbreak@finaldraft.com
Contact: Kala Guess, Contest Director
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Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Contest
Contact
2300 W. Empire Avenue
5th floor
Burbank, CA 91504
818-995-8995 (voice)
Web:
Click here
Email:
bigbreak@finaldraft.com
Contact: Kala Guess, Contest Director
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Contest News
Big Break Competition Announces 2023 Quarterfinalists
Feature and TV Writing Competition quarterfinalists have been announced for the 2023 Big Break Screenwriting Competition, sponsored by Final Draft. [Updated: 08/26/2023]
Final Draft Names Big Break Grand Prize Winners
Final Draft has announced the Grand Prize Winners of the 2022 Big Break Screenwriting Competition. [Updated: 01/27/2023]
Final Draft Names Big Break Category Winners
Final Draft has announced their Feature and TV category winners for the 2022 Big Break Screenwriting Competition. [Updated: 01/05/2023]
Final Draft Names Big Break Finalists
Final Draft has named their 2017 Category Winners and Grand Prize Finalists for 2017. The grand prize winners will be announced in February at the 2018 Final Draft Awards Show. [Updated: 01/13/2018]
Final Draft Names 2017 Finalists
Final Draft has named the TV and Feature Script Finalists for their 2017 Big Break Screenwriting Contest. [Updated: 11/29/2017]
Final Draft Names 2016 Big Break Contest Winners
The Grand Prize winners of the 2016 Final Draft Big Break Contest were revealed at the 12th Annual Final Draft Awards on February 23rd, 2017. [Updated: 02/27/2017]
“Making it” Means Making Magic
I don't know why you got into the business of writing, of grasping at words to explain the images in your brain, and editing within an inch of your life. For most, it's a kind of call, a transcendent purpose. Otherwise, who would chose to subject themselves to continual criticism, knowing their project will always need more work and never feel up to par? Not to mention the constant struggle to "make it" without anyone really defining what "making it" means, beyond an agent and a job on a show. (And once you get that, there's a whole bevy of problems beyond the wall.)
[Updated: 04/21/2016]
Tips on Contest Entry: Big Break TV Winner Eric Buchman Shares Lessons from the World of Script Coordinators
Meet Eric Buchman. By day, he's the script coordinator for the hit NBC show Blindspot, starring Jaimie Alexander and Sullivan Stapleton. By night however, Buckman is the writer of his own show called 45 Wall and dreams of one day hiring his own script coordinator. [Updated: 03/01/2016]
Final Draft Names Top 3 Big Break Finalists
The Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Competition has named their Top 3 Scripts in all categories. [Updated: 12/08/2015]
Final Draft Names Big Break Semifinalists
Semifinalists have been named for the 2015 Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Competition. [Updated: 10/30/2015]
Final Draft Names Contest Winners
13.1 by Chad Rhiness has been named the Grand Prize Winner of the Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Competition. Christopher Iannacone's The Blacklist script "William Henry Booker (No. 58)" was named the TV winner. [Updated: 02/19/2015]
Final Draft Announces Big Break Semifinalists
Final Draft has announced their Big Break Screenwriting Contest Semifinalists for 2014. [Updated: 10/28/2014]
Final Draft Announces Big Break Quarterfinalists
Final Draft has announced their Big Break Screenwriting Contest Quarterfinalists for 2014, representing the top 10% of almost 7,000 entries. [Updated: 09/30/2014]
Final Draft Announces Big Break Semfinalists
The semifinalists for the 2013 Final Draft, Inc. Big Break Contest have been announced. [Updated: 10/18/2013]
Final Draft Announces Big Break Quarterfinalists
The quarterfinalists for the 2013 Final Draft, Inc. Big Break Contest have been announced. Quarterfinalists represent the top 10% of 6,669 entries. [Updated: 09/20/2013]
Final Draft Announces Big Break Finalists
Final Break has announced the finalists of their Big Break Screenwriting Competition. The top five finalist will be announced in late October, and forwarded to the contest's celebrity judges for final placement. [Updated: 10/09/2012]
Final Draft Announces Big Break Semifinalists
Final Draft has announced the Semifinalists of their Big Break Screenwriting Competition. [Updated: 09/17/2012]
Final Draft Announces Big Break Quarterfinalists
Quarterfinalists have been announced for the 2012 Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Competition. [Updated: 08/20/2012]
Big Break Announces Top 10 Finalists
The top-10 finalists for the 2011 Final Draft, Inc. Big Break Contest have been announced. [Updated: 09/21/2011]
Big Break Announces Finalists
The top 40 finalists for the 2011 Final Draft, Inc. Big Break Contest have been announced. [Updated: 09/06/2011]
Interview with Shelly Mellott: An Inside Look at the Big Break Screenwriting Contest
by Barri Evins
Shelly Mellott has been the editor of Script magazine for over 17 years. She sold the magazine and its ancillary products to Final Draft, Inc. in 2006. Now she serves as a vice president for Final Draft, Inc., overseeing the magazine and several ancillary products, including the Big Break Contest. When not hard at work for screenwriters, she is a mother, avid dressage rider, and member of a pug rescue.
[Updated: 05/19/2011]
Final Draft Announces 2010 Contest Winners
Tejal Desai has been named the winner of the 2010 Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Competition for his script, Cowboys and Hindus. [Updated: 11/01/2010]
Final Draft Announces Big Break Competition Winners
Wyatt Wakeman's crime/drama Borderland has been named the winner of the Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Competition. [Updated: 10/30/2009]
Final Draft Announces Big Break Semifinalists
Final Draft has announced the semifinalists for their 2009 Big Break Screenwriting Competition. Finalists will be announced in September, and the top three winners will be announced on October 30, 2009. [Updated: 08/17/2009]
Final Draft Announces 2008 Contest Winners
Final Draft has announced Terry O'Brien's Flesh & Blood as the winner of the 2008 Big Break International Screenwriting Competition. [Updated: 01/16/2009]
Final Draft Announces Big Break Contest Winners
Robert Frisbee has been named the winner of the 2007 Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Competition for his script, Cityfall. [Updated: 11/20/2007]
Big Break Announces Top 10 Finalists
Final Draft has announced the top ten finalists in the 2007 Big Break screenwriting contest. [Updated: 09/14/2007]
Final Draft Announces Big Break Semifinalists
Final Draft’s 2007 Big Break semifinalists have been selected from among 3500 entries. The top ten finalists will be announced on September 11, and the top 3 winners will be announced on October 5. [Updated: 09/06/2007]
Final Draft Announces Big Break Contest Winners
Final Draft has announced the top three winners of their 7th Annual Big Break International Screenwriting Competition. Winners Tom Cosgrove, Yehudi Mercado and Stinson Carter had their scripts selected from 3,000 competing worldwide entries, with top winner Cosgrove hailing from Ireland. [Updated: 10/30/2006]
2006 Big Break! Semifinalists Announced
Final Draft’s 2006 Big Break! semifinalists have been selected from among 3,000 other entries. [Updated: 09/12/2006]
Final Draft Announces Contest Winners
Final Draft has announced the winners of the 6th Annual Final Draft "Big Break!" International Screenplay Contest. [Updated: 10/12/2005]
Syd Field Joins Big Break Judges Panel
Scriptwriting guru Syd Field has been named as a judge in Final Draft, Inc.’s Big Break! Screenwriting Contest. [Updated: 06/21/2004]
Final Draft Announces Contest Winner
Selected from over 2,500 entries, this year's winner of Final Draft Screenwriting Competition is "Do Not Remove" by D.J. Richardson of Los Angeles, CA. [Updated: 11/19/2003]
Final Draft Winner Sells Script to Fox 2000
Shawn Corridan, who won the Final Draft Big Break International Screenwriting Competition for his coming-of-age drama 8-Track, has sold the project to Fox 2000. [Updated: 10/22/2003]
Final Draft Announces Contest Finalists
Final Draft has announced the finalists for their BIG BREAK screenwriting competition. [Updated: 10/09/2003]
Final Draft's 4th Annual International Screenwriting Contest Announced
Final Draft, Inc. (www.finaldraft.com), makers of the top-selling screenplay software Final Draft, announced today that it has begun taking entries for its annual "Big Break" International Screenplay Contest. [Updated: 01/23/2003]
Final Draft Announces Winners of 3rd Annual International Screenwriting Contest
Shawn Corridan's 8 TRACK captures the $10,000 first prize. [Updated: 08/26/2002]
Final Draft Announces Big Break Contest Finalists
Final Draft has announced 11 finalists for their Big Break Screenwriting Award. Winners will be announced later this summer. [Updated: 06/29/2002]
"Breathing Underwater" by Torye A. Mullins Wins Final Draft Big Break Screenplay Competition
[Updated: 03/11/2001]
Final Draft Contest Announces 20 Semifinalists
[Updated: 02/05/2001]
Final Draft Contest Winner Completes Principal Photography
[Updated: 01/05/2001]
Final Draft Partners with Express.Com for New Screenwriting Competition
[Updated: 04/10/2000]
Interviews
MovieBytes Interview:Screenwriter Kevin Lee Miller
An interview with screenwriter Kevin Lee Miller regarding the Final Draft/Big Break Writing Competition. [Updated: 02/18/2010]
MovieBytes Interview:Screenwriter Wyatt Wakeman
An interview with screenwriter Wyatt Wakeman regarding the Big Break Writing Competition. [Updated: 11/24/2009]
Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Contest
Contact
2300 W. Empire Avenue
5th floor
Burbank, CA 91504
818-995-8995 (voice)
Web:
Click here
Email:
bigbreak@finaldraft.com
Contact: Kala Guess, Contest Director
Report Card |
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