WriteMovies' Writing Contest 80
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Objective
WriteMovies' Writing Contest 80 - our 80th major international screenwriting contest is now open!
The top three screenplays will win:
- A year of script development (worth up to $3200).
- Representation from our industry-facing partner TalentScout International Management.
- Pitching of your developed script to the international industry.
Pitch Entry: For an additional opportunity to become a prize winner, submit a one-page pitch document alongside your script!
With each submission, you'll receive a feedback sheet about your script's first ten pages - and the chance to submit any redraft before the final deadline, for free. And as ever, the best way to get the most out of your entry is to combine it with a mentoring service:
Studio Coverage - see exactly how an analyst would currently assess your script with a summary and recommendations for studio executives. Show More
Deadline/Entry Fees
| Deadline | Date Days till: |
Entry Fee |
|---|---|---|
| Earlybird | September 28, 2025 13 |
$49 (Screenplay, Stageplay, TV PIlot), $79 (Book and Video Game) |
| Standard | October 19, 2025 34 |
$59 (Screenplay, Stageplay, TV PIlot), $79 (Book and Video Game) |
| Late | November 9, 2025 55 |
$69 (Screenplay, Stageplay, TV PIlot), $79 (Book and Video Game) |
Notification: Overall Winners - December 19th
Eligibility
Open to anyone. Scripts need to be in English.Rules
- We no longer accept checks due to issues with fraud. Please use the PayPal options when participating through our website. Please ensure you can send AND receive payments via PayPal.
- There are no physical items deliverable under our services – all reports will be provided by email in standard document formats.
- Each entry is entitled to submit a free redraft before the final deadline. Only one redraft will be accepted.
- Each script entry will receive a feedback sheet about the script's first ten pages, except if commissioning Studio Coverage or Development Notes, which instead provide a longer, more detailed report on the whole script.
- With entries submitted close to the Late Deadline, we cannot guarantee to provide feedback before the close of the contest, but the entrant is still welcome to submit a redraft before the contest closes.
- Pitch Entry must be submitted alongside a Screenplay Entry. Pitch submissions without an accompanying script will not be considered.
- Once a project has been processed, there is no refund.
- Any cancellations must be requested within 48 hours and before any public announcement of winning entries.
- Entries MUST have a cover sheet/title-page with contact info in order to be considered.
- Prize: All winners are guaranteed representation and one full year of script mentoring, including development notes on all re-writes of the winning scripts. Worth $3,200.
- Up to $1 million in option monies from the A-List producers we work with. If an established studio/production company makes an offer on your script, we will fly you to Los Angeles and cover your flight & hotel costs for three days. We will pitch the top three projects to relevant production companies. You keep ALL the option/sales money (unless you commission an agent, manager or attorney to represent you). The Grand Prize winner is also pitched to several literary agencies and management companies as well as non-US companies to increase the chances of a sale. The top three overall winners and their projects are mentioned in press releases and on the web.
Awards
Top three scripts and the Pitch Entry winner all receive:
- A year of free script development worth up to $3200
- Representation and guaranteed pitching to industry by Talent Scout International Management
WriteMovies
Contact
264 S. La Cienega Boulevard
Suite 1132
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
(206) 203-1256 (fax)
Web:
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Email:
info@writemovies.com
Contact: John Sullivan, Competitions & Consulting Facilitator
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WriteMovies Screenwriting Competition
Contact
264 S. La Cienega Boulevard
Suite 1132
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
(206) 203-1256 (fax)
Web:
Click here
Email:
info@writemovies.com
Contact: John Sullivan, Competitions & Consulting Facilitator
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Contest News
WriteMovies.com Announces Contest Results
WriteMovies.com received 1037 screenplays, books, plays, short stories and articles from the following countries: USA, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, France, Belgium, India, Switzerland, Austria, Russia, Italy, Georgia, Mexico, Japan, South Africa and The Cameroon.
WINNERS OF THE WRITEMOVIES.COM INTERNATIONAL WRITING CONTEST:
Premier Prix:
FIRST PRIZE OF $2500: THE ELLET FAMILY NAVY by Kris Hall
Erster Preis:
2) PLAYING INDIAN: Stacy M. Lee
3) THE MAELSTROM: Marcus Hennessy
4) CIRCULUS NEKROSUS: Dieter Matten & Ursula Heger
5) LA VÉRITÉ PEUT ATENDRE: Séverine Klein
HONORABLE MENTION:
THE HIGHWAYMEN: Michael Kerrigan
ABBY MESSINA: Jennifer Kilgen
THE WIND KNOWS MY NAME: Claudia Kim Wolfkind
THE LAST TRAIN: Jane Wells & Ian Ginsburg
VOICE OF THE ARTEMIS: Mark Shannon & Rick Harrington
A GOLDEN SORROW: Peggy Phillips
THE PICTURE WAGON: Donna Getzinger
BOMBENSTIMMUNG: Dietmar Pritzlaff
PERIWINKLE: Peter Reeve
TIME STUD: Alexander Hall
THE BUTTERFLY BOY: Kathleen Harty
FINALISTS
Abax, Michel: QUAI DE LA JOLIETTE
Aebersold, Urs: NATASCHA
Altemer, Jean-Claude: LES CHEVALIERS DES ÉTOILES
Anderson, Stephen: DEAD DOGS DON'T BITE
Ayston, Jack: BIENVENUE DANS LA FAMILLE
Ayston, Jack: UN MONDE HOSTILE
Bourguelle, Stéphane: LA NOUVELLE ARME
Bradley, Tom: KARAKUN
Dalton, Jack: GEMINI
Dill, John: THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Gale, Steven: FALLOUT
Gardner, Thomas: IN SEARCH OF BETTY BLUE
Getzinger, Donna: THE PICTURE WAGON
Gettzinger, Donna: SAVING CHRISTMAS SPIRIT
Hall, Alexander: TIME STUD
Hall, Kris: THE ELLET FAMILY NAVY
Harty, Kathleen: THE BUTTERFLY BOY
Hennessy, Marcus: THE MAELSTROM
Hooper, David, REUNIONS ARE MURDER
Jice, El: LE TOMBEAU DES ÉTOILES
Kapoor, Deepak: MY DEARGOD@YAHOO.COM
Klein, Séverine: LA VÉRITÉ PEUT ATENDRE
Korian, Hervé: MR. ABBELMAN
Korian, Hervé: LE CHOIX DE STANLEY
Kraus, Rudolf: HOAMAT STRANGE HOMELAND
Lee, Stacy: PLAYING INDIAN
Mahle, Martin: GEHEIMNISVOLLES SCHWARZES GOLD
Maram, Tim: ERDLANTIS
Matten, Dieter & Ursula Heger : CIRCULUS NEKROSUS
Melzener, Axel & Alexander Hofmann: BIOPOLIS
Michaels, Richard: MARK TWAIN & THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER
Namm, Devorah: THE ANGLE OF DISTRACTION
Ndonyi, Isaac: FRUIT OF THE WHIP
O'Neill, Ken: THE HEALER'S HAND
Palmer, A.J.: IF YOU PLAY WITH FIRE
Parker, Narroyl: FLORIDA
Phillips, Peggy: A GOLDEN SORROW
Poulet, Médéric: DÉJÀ-VU
Pritzlaff, Dietmar: BOMBENSTIMMUNG
Radley, Eric: DOWNWINDERS
Reeve, Peter: PERIWINKLE
Rodriguez, Maria: VIRGIN TERRITORY
Saison, Olivier: LUX
Seafont, Emanuel: IN THE SHADE OF THE JESUS TREE
Shannon, Mark & Harrington, Rick: IT'S A STORY THING
Shannon, Mark & Harrington, Rick: TABLOID NEWS
Shannon, Mark & Harrington, Rick: VOICE OF THE ARTEMIS
Taylor, Scott: BARTH
Taylor, Scott: TAMICANFLY
Tur, Nicole: LES SEPT COUPES DE L'APOCALYPSE
Walsh, Michael: THE DAY THAT I DIE
Wells, Jane & Ginsburg, Ian: THE LAST TRAIN
Wells, Jane & Ginsburg, Ian: IN RAINBOW & FIRE
Wells, Jane & Ginsburg, Ian: ARDMORE
Wolfkind, Claudia: THE WIND KNOWS MY NAME
Wolfkind, Claudia: WITH NO REGARD
Yamashita, Iris: TRAVELLER IN TOKYO
Zerries, Zachary: SPENCER GUEST
Updated: 03/08/2001
WriteMovies Screenwriting Competition
Contact
264 S. La Cienega Boulevard
Suite 1132
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
(206) 203-1256 (fax)
Web:
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Email:
info@writemovies.com
Contact: John Sullivan, Competitions & Consulting Facilitator
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