GREAT Exposure for Contest Winners & Finalists!

Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Contest

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

Report Card

Overall: 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars (3.7/5.0)
Professionalism: 3 stars3 stars3 stars (3.0/5.0)
Feedback: 2.5 stars2.5 stars2.5 stars (2.6/5.0)
Signficance: 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars (3.7/5.0)
Report Cards: 47    
Have you entered?
Submit a Report card

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

Expired. Previous Deadline: 06/28/2024

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

Report Card

Overall: 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars (3.7/5.0)
Professionalism: 3 stars3 stars3 stars (3.0/5.0)
Feedback: 2.5 stars2.5 stars2.5 stars (2.6/5.0)
Signficance: 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars (3.7/5.0)
Report Cards: 47    
Have you entered?
Submit a Report card

Contest Comments

You must login to post a comment.

First-time user? Register now to receive FREE email contest updates, news, results, deadline reminders and more. Rest assured, information submitted here is held in strict confidence. MovieBytes never sells or in any way distributes email names or addresses. We promise!

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

Overall: 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars (3.7/5.0)
Professionalism: 3 stars3 stars3 stars (3.0/5.0)
Feedback: 2.5 stars2.5 stars2.5 stars (2.6/5.0)
Signficance: 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars (3.7/5.0)
Report Cards: 47    
Have you entered?
Submit a Report card

Contest News

2006 Big Break! Semifinalists Announced

Final Draft’s 2006 Big Break! semifinalists have been selected from among 3,000 other entries.

The top 10 finalists will be announced in October, and an industry jury will select a winner.

The winner announcement will be made October 27.

Here is the alphabetized list of semifinalists:

Jason Butler, Dublin, Ireland - TON OF MONEY

Stinson Carter, Los Angeles, CA - ANANIAS

Tom Cosgrove, Dublin, Ireland - THE SEA DEVILS

Steven Davidson, Logan, UT - BADLAND

James Duff, New York, NY - MOROCCO

David Eskin, Vienna, VA - THE WALK

Rick Fonte, Austin, TX - HER FORTUNE

Jen Frankel, Toronto, ONT Canada - MINNIE FINSTER

Jason Ginsburg, Valley Village, CA - THE BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS

David Haynes, Santa Monica, CA - BAD THINGS PEOPLE DO

Kellen Hertz, New York, NY - MASQUE

Ken Klein, Portland, OR - IMPACTS AND REMAINS

Yehudi Mercado, Austin, TX - BUFFALO SPEEDWAY

Bret Ootes, Toronto, ONT Canada - ATOMIC EYE

Jill Parker, London, UK - LOVE IN THE TIME OF BOLERO

Jon Preece, Newport, UK - ELVIS WALKS HOME

Richard Redlo, Albany, NY - THE OTHER TEAM

Greg Shea, North Andover, MA - HEARTBREAK HILL

Ian Taylor, Lilling York, UK - STREET MAGIC

Nizar Wattad, Los Angeles, CA - AGENCY

Updated: 09/12/2006

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

Overall: 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars (3.7/5.0)
Professionalism: 3 stars3 stars3 stars (3.0/5.0)
Feedback: 2.5 stars2.5 stars2.5 stars (2.6/5.0)
Signficance: 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars (3.7/5.0)
Report Cards: 47    
Have you entered?
Submit a Report card

Submit Report Card

You must login to read or submit report cards.

First-time user? Register now to receive FREE email contest updates, news, results, deadline reminders and more. Rest assured, information submitted here is held in strict confidence. MovieBytes never sells or in any way distributes email names or addresses. We promise!

Subscribe to WinningScriptsPRO

Go Pro!