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Shore Scripts Feature Screenplay Contest

Shore Scripts Feature

Contact

171 Pier Avenue #145
Santa Monica, CA 90405-5363

Web:
https://www.shorescripts.com/feature/
Email:
contact@shorescripts.com

Contact: Justine Owens, Director of Contests

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Objective

Guaranteed Option Prize, 1-2-1 Judges' Feedback. Cash Prizes + Industry Meetings. We've launched screenwriting careers at Sony, Blumhouse, Film4, & Hulu.

For over a decade, Shore Scripts has been shining a light on new screenwriting talent. This year we are presenting a unique opportunity for feature writers to go behind the scenes and start developing their screenplay with the support of our award-winning Judges.

Feature film production is a massive engine, made up of many moving parts and engaging the creative talents of a huge number of individuals, but as the well-known phrase goes, “It all starts with the script.”

NEW FOR 2024 – A GUARANTEED PAID OPTION PRIZE with Showdown Productions!

Showdown Productions has come on board to select and sign a Paid Option Agreement with one of Shore’s 2024 feature writers, working with the writer to develop their project before taking it out to market. Show More

Deadline/Entry Fees

Expired. Previous Deadline: 08/30/2024

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Notification: December 9th, 2024.

Rules

* Scripts should ideally be within 80-120 pages. Writers can exceed the recommended limits by up to 30 pages, with an additional fee of $1 per page.

* To be eligible for consideration for the Guaranteed Option Prize you must select the +Showdown entry when submitting your Feature screenplay.

* Shore Scripts only accepts electronic entries.

* Screenwriters from all countries are welcome to enter. All scripts must be written in English.

* The script must be the writer’s original work. Adaptations are accepted but the writer must own all copyright. At no point will Shore Scripts ever have any rights over your work.

* All ages are welcome.

* We accept animations.

* We accept all genres. It’s absolutely fine if your script is a combination of multiple genres or sub-genres. If that’s the case, use the Coverfly Genre dropdown to indicate the main genre on your submission, and make a note of other Genres, and any other information you feel will be relevant to the reader in the Comment to Reader field.

* Each writer, or writing team, may not have earned more than $50,000 in screenwriting fees in the preceding 18 months. This clause is in place to help us support emerging talent. (Contest and Fellowship awards and writing fees received outside of fiction screenwriting do not count toward this total).

* You may enter a newer draft of an already submitted script. There is a small additional fee as the script will be reread. You may re-enter your script through our Resubmission page: https://www.shorescripts.com/resubmissions/

* A writer can enter as many scripts in as many categories as they wish.

* If a script is optioned or purchased during the competition, then it will no longer be eligible for the contest.

* Scripts should be formatted at size 12 Courier.

* We prefer scripts to be submitted as a PDF file.

* Please only include the Script Title on the cover page.

* The winners consent to Shore Scripts using their name, script title, and any other relevant information for promotional purposes on their website. This will be used to inform other contestants and the media of the results.

* If Shore Scripts helps a writer gain representation, option, sell, or have his/her screenplay produced, then we are entitled to state this on our website and any other platform whenever we see fit.

* Shore Scripts staff and associates are unable to enter.

* The decision of Shore Scripts is final. By applying to this contest each participant agrees to hold Shore Scripts, our judges, and sponsors immune from any competition disputes, claims, liabilities, and expenses.

* By entering Shore Scripts, you authorize us to use any trusted third-party online, cloud-based, and email services and databases for hosting, managing, and/or sending/transmitting your submission file(s).

* If we see fit, we can extend the final deadline for the competition. (Please note that this has never yet happened).

RULES, FAQ’s & MORE INFO CAN BE SEEN HERE: https://www.shorescripts.com/rules-faq/#f-rules

Awards

NEW FOR 2024 – A GUARANTEED PAID OPTION PRIZE with Showdown Productions!

Showdown Productions is a Los Angeles-based Production Company who have produced multiple feature films, including Blumhouse’s TORN HEARTS, FOLLOW ME & SAFER AT HOME. Showdown will select and sign a Paid Option Agreement with one of Shore’s 2024 feature writers, working with the writer to develop their project before taking it out to market. This will be a career-changing experience for an upcoming writer that will enable them to gain experience developing their work with a top production company.

Showdown will be presented with a shortlist of the strongest screenplays for them to choose the winner. To be eligible for consideration for the Guaranteed Option Prize you must select the +Showdown entry when submitting your Feature screenplay.

Our prestigious panel of Oscar & BAFTA winning Judges (https://www.shorescripts.com/judges/#feature) will decide this year’s five (5) Winners.

* Grand Prize Winner - $5,000.

- Writer Development Calls with our Judges, Antony Johnston (ATOMIC BLONDE), Alayna Glasthal (M3GAN), Mitchell Altieri (THE HAMILTONS), Alex Ranarivelo (THE RIDE), and Manager Alec Ring at Cinetic whose clients include the writers of BOOKSMART, MOONLIGHT, and PARASITE.

- A complimentary enrollment in a 10-week or shorter screenwriting course at the UCLA Extension Writers’ Program.

* 2nd Place Winner - $1000.

* 3rd Place Winner - $500.

Plus, all FIVE (5) of our Winners will win 6 months of free access to the Stage 32 Writer's Room program.

In 2024 all of our 5 Winners and Top 20 Finalists will have the opportunity to participate in our Writer Development Program receiving one-to-one support from our Writer Development Manager, sending out their scripts to our roster of over 300 Managers, Agents, Producers, and Directors (https://www.shorescripts.com/industry-roster/). This bespoke and personal approach to script circulation built on enduring, knowing what our roster members are looking for right now, and what our writers wish to achieve is what makes Shore Scripts stand out from the crowd, and has enabled us to help launch the careers of over 100 screenwriters to date.

And the opportunity to join our private alumni Facebook community where they can network with other winners, readers, and members of the Shore Scripts team, and our directors' roster and take part in exclusive live events and access specially provided learning materials.

Take a look at our alumni and see how placing in Shore Scripts contests can kick-start your screenwriting career: www.shorescripts.com/success-stories/.

Placing in Shore Scripts contests will boost your rating on Coverfly’s Red List. At the end of 2023, over 100 scripts by Shore Scripts writers were listed in Coverfly's Top 10%.

Plus, every writer who enters will receive a FREE 18-page booklet on HOW TO GET YOUR SCREENPLAY PRODUCED.

Shore Scripts Feature

Contact

171 Pier Avenue #145
Santa Monica, CA 90405-5363

Web:
https://www.shorescripts.com/feature/
Email:
contact@shorescripts.com

Contact: Justine Owens, Director of Contests

Report Card

Overall: 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars (4.0/5.0)
Professionalism: 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars (3.5/5.0)
Feedback: 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars (3.7/5.0)
Signficance: 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars (3.9/5.0)
Report Cards: 30    
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Shore Scripts Feature Screenplay Contest

Contact

171 Pier Avenue #145
Santa Monica, CA 90405-5363

Web:
https://www.shorescripts.com/feature/
Email:
contact@shorescripts.com

Contact: Justine Owens, Director of Contests

Report Card

Overall: 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars (4.0/5.0)
Professionalism: 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars (3.5/5.0)
Feedback: 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars (3.7/5.0)
Signficance: 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars (3.9/5.0)
Report Cards: 30    
Have you entered?
Submit a Report card

Contest News

Shore Scripts Names Quarterfinalists

Shore Scripts has named their Feature Script and Short Script Quarterfinalists for 2015. Semifinalists will be announced on November 5th.

FEATURE QUARTER-FINALISTS
10 MINUTES FROM PARADISE – JANYCE LAPORE
A GENTLEMAN OF GOOD HOPE – CHRISTINA HULEN
A LEADER PREPARES – PIETRO SEGHETTI
A RUNNER – JAMES POUT
AFTER THE FALL – PHILIP HALMARACK
AIR GUITAR HERO – NINO ABATE
ALL CLOUDS BRING NOT RAIN – SARAH SCHYGULLA
BACK TO ONE – K.A. ENNIS
BIKINI BARISTAS – MATTHEW WEAVER
BLACK ICE – KATIE COOK
BOOMTOWN – KYLE FRANCIS
BREAKING ENIGMA – PAUL WONNACOTT
CAIN – CHRIS GILMORE
CHILLING TRUTHS – JOHN HOERNSCHEMEYER
CITY OF ROSES – STEVE WALTER
CLIMBERS – ALEXANDER JULIAN III
CONFESSION – SEAN CORRIGAN
CRAZY LITTLE THINGS – GAVIN CUTTER
CROSSING GATES – NATALIE IMMONEN
CRYSTAL RAIN FALLS FROM BLACK CLOUDS – MARK KINGSBURY
DEAD WINDOWS – BEN STEINER
DEFENSE OF ANOTHER – JOAN BROADMAN
DESERT THIEF DOWN – DANIEL GREEN
DIETRICH DANZIG – JOHN PISANO-THOMSEN
DIGNITY – MONICA SENDER
DON’T MAKE A SOUND – JOHN HICKMAN
DRAWING DEAD – DANIEL L. BECKER
ELAINE THE FAIR – KATRINA GALLEGOS
ENSLAVED – VILLIAM BAB
EVERLONG – ANDY KEEN
EX VITRO – MARIA HINTERKOERNER
FABULATION – CLOE DE LA VEGA
FACES IN THE STREET – LARISSA OLICK
FAIR PLAY – MICHAEL PICA
FOR LATER TIMES – MIGUEL J. RAMIREZ
FULL NELSON – TOM NASH
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN – TOM WATERACRE
GOO GOO G’JOOB – JASON K. LAU
GODLESS SKIES – JOSHUA DAVID HARRIS
GUARDIAN ANGEL 1 – DEREK STEPHEN BRYAN
GUILE – DE-ANN BLACK
GUNS OF THE ECLIPSE – DANNY NAYLOR
HARD COURTS – BRADEN LINDSTROM
HOOLIGAN – TONY CAMMARATA
I AM KHAMA – MARK MACAULEY
ILL GOTTEN GAINS – JUNE ESCALANTE
ILL WILL – JABARI HOWARD
INTO NIGHT – DANIEL KELLY
ISOLATED – ADAM NELSON
JIMMY THE FREAK – MARK STEENSLAND
JOSEPH – MIRANDOLA GONZAGA
KILL OR CURE – CHARLOTTE CAMERON
KLARA’S SECRET – STEVE HAMMOND
KNOT OF TOADS – PENELOPE THOMAS
LIFE EXPECTANCY – LOUIS ACKERMAN
LIVE – EMILIANO & HECTOR CASTRO VIZCARRA
LOCAL SUGAR – ANDREW GARRETT
LONG ARM OF THE LAW – STEVE WARKEL
LYKANTHROPIA – TIMOTHY FASANO
MAD DOGS AND CHINAMEN – RICHARD DE SILVA
MANY ROOMS – ANDREAS HADJIVASSILIOU
MCCASLIN’S RIVER – CHARLIE VRUGITZ
MEGAPHONE – TOM HARRISON
MILK THISTLE – ADRIAN & GAVIN FERRARA
MISPRINTS – ADAM PRESTON
MISSING CHAPTERS – SONYA DESAI
MRS. MOON AND THE DIRTY LITTLE MOVIE – CATHERINE HURD
MY FATHER’S JOY – GUNNAR E GARRETT JR.
NINA – DANA SUTHERLAND
NO DIRECTION HOME – JOHN DAMIEN
NO GO – SUSIE FARRELL
NORTH 40 – TIMOTHY JAY SMITH
NORTH POINT – STEVE SPREMO & DAVID VICEK
NYIMA – CHIMMI DEMA
OVERKILL – CHRISTIAN J. HEARN
PASSING TIME – HARRISON WISE
PAUSE – TOM HARRISON
PIG – PAUL HOLBROOK
SIRIUS – PJ HART
POSTER CHILD – GRAEME ROBERTSON
PRECURSOR – JORDAN BROWN & CHRISTOPHER WILSON
PROMISED LAND – HAYDN FOX
PURA VIDA – BRANDON NORMON
REDREAMERS – GLENN ACOSTA
REQUIEM FOR A BANTAMWEIGHT – ENRIQUE BERUMEN
RETROGRADE – ALEXANDER JULIAN & ANDREW MARSHALL
REUBEN THE HOOD – ASH CORRISTINE
ROAD TO PHOENIX – LAURA MCPHILLIPS
ROOM 46 – GIORDANO TRISCHITTA
RUMSPRINGA – PETER ZINN
SEX, DRUGS AND FIG ROLLS – KATEY MCDONAGH
SOUND BYTES – TYLER WATKINS
STICK IN THE SAND – BALJINDER SINGH GILL & SIMON BIRKS
SUNSHINE VALLEY – MATTHEW ASHCRAFT
SUWANNEE WARRIOR – MICHAEL MCGUIGAN
THE ANAHEIM PROJECT – SCOTT ROBERTS
THE ARBITRATOR – JOHNNY PICKAVANCE
THE BEACH HUT – KT PARKER
THE COURTESAN – MARJORY KAPTANOGLU
THE DELEGATION – SHANE ANDRIES
THE DRIVE THERE – SEAN PATRICK MONAHAN
THE FIREBIRD – SUZANNE EGAN
THE GAZE – MARTINE ALLARD
THE GLASS PYRAMID – NICHOLAS OVERLOCK
THE KING – ALEX RAFALA
THE LAST RIFLEMAN – KEVIN FITZPATRICK
THE OCCUPATION – CHUCK THOMPSON
THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY – BENJAMIN A. FRIEDMAN
THE OTHER CHEEK – NICK CRAWFORD
THE RECORD – K.R. SCOTT
THE SAVAGE LAND – MARIO RIVAS
THE STRAIN – LEE CROMPTON
THE STRANGE DAYS – ALICE SEABRIGHT
THE VACUUM DEALER – DAVID BERRADE
THE VIEW FROM THE TOP – PETER MANUSELIS
THE VOICE AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL – JOEL WEBER
THE WHITE ROSE – ASA O’LEARY
TITLE IX – HAYDN FOX
TRAUMATIZED – KRIS LIPPERT & ERIC SHAPIRO
TREES IN THE CABIN – IRENA GRANT
UNIKORN – MATHIEU SALIVA
UP JUMPED THE DE’VIL – JONATHAN RUSSELL
VICTOR – TONY HEAVER-WREN
WALKING ON THE FLATLINE – MAGDALENA HERFURTNER
WHEN THE DEVIL’S LOOSE – BEN WATTS
WHITE LILY – PRESTON POULTER
WHY ME – SCOTT OSBORN
WINDS OF TRANSITION – SYLVIA PERUYERA BROOK
WONDERLAND – DANIEL BAIG
YOUNG BLOOD – KATIE LYMN

SHORT QUARTER-FINALISTS
3RD – HENRY ARROYO
A CORPS OF ENGINEERS – JED WYLIE CALLIHAN
A DEDICATION – RUPERT ASPDEN
A MARRIAGE ON THE ROCKS – BRANDON BACALL
ALPHA SON – JEREMY SCROGGINS
AMENABLE – CORREY KLOOS & EM STAMM
ANA LIMIC: A TREE STORY OF SILENCE – MICHAEL PICA
ANIMALS – BRIAN MACEVILLY
ANYTHING HELPS – JABARI HOWARD
ASHLAND – DAN RITTER
AUDREY’S KNICKERS – GILLIAN HAY & SCOTT BARON
BART CONSTANTINO – JON LULLO
B.E.N – DARIK MAURICE
BEYOND BLOOD – ETHAN GLOVER
BLOG OF THE GROTESQUE – SHERWOOD ANDERSON / DANA BISCOTTI MYSKOWSKI
BLOOMING THROUGH MUSIC – TRACI HANNEL
BODY AND SON – CHRIS ANTHONY HAMILTON
BOXCAR – DAVID-MATTHEW BARNES
BREAKING NEWS – CARY ANDERSON
BURY YOUR DOG – URIEL EMIL
CARAMEL – ALEXANDER DANCE
CATCHING THE BLACK TAXI – KEVIN T. HOUSTON
CEASEFIRE – JAMES VINCENT
YOU’RE NOT HELPING – RYAN PATRICKS
CHECKING OUT – ANGELICA O’REILLY
CISCO CISCO – JACOB MITTLESTADT
COIN – DREW JOHNSON
COLUMBARIUM – JAN MARTENSSON
CONCRETE JUNGLE – RON PODELL
CRICKET – OHAD IRA AMRAM
DEAD FISH – BRUNO REIS
DEATH AND THE WIDOW – GREGORY FISHWICK
A DIFFERENCE OF 25¢ – SUNDAE JAHANT-OSBORN
EDWARD’S HEART – A.T. LYNNE
ELLEN A HALLOWEEN STORY – PATRICK NASH
ESTHER AND THE OTHER – TIMOTHY COLLINS
EXTINCTION – DAMIEN BARNES
EXTRA SCHOOL – CARY ANDERSON
FIRE – BRIAN MACEVILLY
FORGIVE ME NOT – MICHAEL J. DALY
FREAK CITY – JAMES BROPHY
GATES OF DAWN – BENJAMIN FINKEL
GENE-E RACE FOR THE CURE – DOUG MATTIS
GETTING THERE – LACHLAN MARKS
GRATUITOUS – ANDREW NIVEN
GRAVE CONSEQUENCES – DANIEL EASTMAN
GUARDED ANGELS – NIKOLAOS SARAFIS
HISTORY – GRAHAM GUNNER
HOME SWEET HOME – SYLVIA-ANNE PARKER
INDESTRACTABLE MAN – DAVE PIGEON
INTERVIEW WITH A MARAUDER – PARKER COOLEY
IT STARTS WITH A SPIDER – ERIK GROSSMAN
LETTING GONE – CHERYL ISAACSON
LIFELINE – DAVID VOSS
LOST & LOST – J. SUBBA
LOST AND FOUND – DEBRA JOHNSON
MAITHIUNAS – CONOR O’CALLAGHAN
MAKE BELIEVE – MEAGAN MCGARR
MIGHTY SOLOMON – JESSE J. COOK
MOTHERHOOD – JOSHUA TRAYWICK
MUSTANG – PHYLLIS HELTAY
NICE AND CLEAN – LUKE STAPLETON
OLIVIA – ROBERT WILLIAMS
OUTSIDE HARMONY – TIM CASTO
PAPER FISH – ELISA SCUBLA
PENDULUM: CATALYST – ADAM R. BARNETT
PILLOW TALK – JOE IRVING
PITFALL – BEN DESMOND
POACHER’S SONG – NADEEM RAJWANI
POWER WASH – LINDA RUMNEY
SACRIFICIAL – EMILY ROOS
SELL YOUR BODY – JAANELLE YEE
SEPULTURE – LEE BAILES
STREET HASSLE – JAMES PRICE
SWAN – JAELYNN WALLS
THE BIG FAT ZERO – BEN STRATTEN
THE CORPSE AND THE PIGEON – JAMES POUT
THE DEAL – DANIEL WILES
THE DELUSIONIST – CHARLIE BAMBRIDGE
THE EAGLE – RORY HERBERT & VERNOICA LAYUNTA MAUREL
THE GIRL IN THE BLIZZARD – ANTOINE TARDIFF
THE LAST RED TAIL – JERMONE C. SULLIVAN
THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF HUMPHREY TAGGARD – LOUIS COLLENETTE
THE LIFT – MIKE EASON
THE MESSENGER – ALLISTER RAE
THE PERILS OF FINDING YOURSELF – DOMINIC CLARKE
THE PLAGUE DOCTOR – JON MENNELLA
THE SIGNAL – ALEX LAKIN
THE SIX DEGREES OF CRIME – QALEB PILLAI
THE WISH – MATTIAS J SKOGLUND
TWILIGHT ON CHARLES BRIDGE – SANDRA BEKVALAC
VHS: LONDON – JOSEPH CAPPELLAZZI
WASTED YOUTH – BRENDAN DOUSI
WHERE’S GUY? – VARUN RAMAN & TOM HANCOCK
WILDFLOWER – JAN MARTENSSON

Updated: 10/26/2015

Shore Scripts Feature Screenplay Contest

Contact

171 Pier Avenue #145
Santa Monica, CA 90405-5363

Web:
https://www.shorescripts.com/feature/
Email:
contact@shorescripts.com

Contact: Justine Owens, Director of Contests

Report Card

Overall: 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars (4.0/5.0)
Professionalism: 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars (3.5/5.0)
Feedback: 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars (3.7/5.0)
Signficance: 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars (3.9/5.0)
Report Cards: 30    
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