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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
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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
Report Card |
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| Signficance: |
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Contest News
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.
Feature:
Action/Adventure
Blacktop by John Mahony
Comedy/Rom-Com
My Boyfriend the App by Kevin Bachar
Diversity
El Camino by Nicolas Pinzon
Drama
Stray by Julia Mogerman
Family/Animated
I Am Khama! by Mark Macauley
Period/Historical/War
8 Guns and a Pinkerton by Matt Herrmann
Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Plus 7 by Andy Healy
Thriller/Horror
City Under Fire by Greta Heinemann
Television:
Diversity
Portia’s Law by Hana Callaghan & Chad Callaghan
Half-Hour Pilot
Starseed by Greg Wayne
Hour-Long Pilots
Shelter by JJ Bailey
Updated: 01/13/2018
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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| Overall: |
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(3.7/5.0) |
| Professionalism: |
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(3.0/5.0) |
| Feedback: |
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(2.6/5.0) |
| Signficance: |
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(3.7/5.0) |
| Report Cards: |
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Have you entered?
Submit a Report card
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