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ScreenCraft Family Screenplay Competition

ScreenCraft Family

Objective

Remember the first time a movie made your whole family laugh together? Or that animated film that somehow got both your kid sister AND your parents teary-eyed? Family entertainment remains one of the most stable and lucrative sectors in the industry, with major industry heavyweights competing to secure quality content that appeals across generations.

Past ScreenCraft Family competition winners and finalists have had their work optioned, signed shopping agreements, and have signed with managers at companies like Zero Gravity and Valley Entertainment.

Whether you've written a heartwarming adventure, a laugh-out-loud comedy, or an animated epic that breaks the mold – we want to read your script.

Deadline/Entry Fees

Deadline Date
Days till:
Entry Fee
Early February 28, 2025
14
$69.99
Final March 31, 2025
45
$79.99

Notification: May 7th: Quarterfinalists; May 28th: Semifinalists; Jul 2nd: Finalists; Jul 30th: Winners.

Eligibility

All writers at least 18 years of age are eligible. However, a writer who has earned more than $50,000 (or equivalent currency) from professional writing services for film or TV in the preceding year is not. Please see website for more info.

Rules

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Awards

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ScreenCraft Family

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ScreenCraft Family Screenplay Competition

Contest News

ScreenCraft Announces Family Friendly Contest Winners

Boys Night Out by Suzanne Johnson has been named the Grand Prize Winner of the inaugural ScreenCraft Family-Friendly Script Contest. The script is about two brothers -– a teen and a six-year-old –- who witness a murder and must evade the killers and the cops during one crazy night in New York City. The script fits firmly in the family-friendly genre but, much like seminal genre favorites Home Alone and Adventures In Babysitting, also boasts an exciting tone and slight edginess that truly cements the story as being four-quadrant. The central sibling dynamic feels authentic and lived-in, and the emotional stakes are convincing.

ScreenCraft has also named Free Inside! by Sarah Brockmann as the contest runner-up. The 1960s-set script boasts a wonderfully original premise: upon discovering that their cereal box toys are really benevolent extraterrestrials, two young boys team up with them to save Earth from a massive alien invasion. The script is fresh, zany and remarkably creative.

ScreenCraft has also named eight Family-Friendly Contest finalists:

Alice Griffith and the Keys of Time by Jeffrey Bradley
Darby Petty and the Lost Treasure by DC Sayre
Dogbiskit: The Fastest Mutt In History by Christopher Sansone
Owney by Wayne Johnson
Remy by James Grayford
The Cat That Saved the (Hollywood) Stars by Philip C. Sedgwick
The Fearless Foursome & The Danville Treasure by Kranti Pally
The Mootants by Derek Taylor Kent

Updated: 05/14/2014

ScreenCraft Family Screenplay Competition

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