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Scriptapalooza Produced Short Wins Festival Accolades
Tics, a short film executive produced by Scriptapalooza's Mark Andrushko, has been winning festival recognition for its unique take on mental illness, the need to ask for and receive help, and the consequences when help isn't received. Scriptapalooza is currently producing shorts and features through a newly launched division of the company.
Updated: 07/06/2020
Stowe Story Labs Names Participants & Mentors
Stowe Story Labs has announced its 2020 Roster of Participants and Mentors for the Stowe Writers' Retreat. The event is typically held at the Timberholm Inn in Vermont, but will be held remotely this year due to the coronavirus crisis. Updated: 07/04/2020
Screenwriters Network Launches 2nd Annual 'Killer Shorts' Horror Short Screenplay Competition
The Screenwriters Network has partnered with literary managers, producers and executives to unearth the next visionary talent in horror. The Top 10 scripts will be read by a star-studded panel of industry judges, with a further combined $5,000 worth of prizes up for grabs including copies of Final Draft screenwriting software, waived entry fees to multiple screenwriting contests, increased rank on Coverfly's The Red List, free subscriptions to on-demand horror streaming service Shudder, and more. Updated: 07/01/2020
Filmmatic Announces Season 5 Drama Contest Winner, Plus Finalists and Semifinalists
Dawn Garcia's The Confidence Men has been named the Winner of the Filmmatic Season 5 Drama Contest. Updated: 07/01/2020
Interview with StoryPros Comedy Category Winner Thomas Leupp
Comedy writer Thomas Leupp was born and raised in Los Angeles, and his sports comedy Tres Banditos was the comedy category winner of the 2019 StoryPros Awards, and a runner-up for the 2019 Inroads Fellowship.
Shoot Your Shorts Names Grand Prize Winner & 100 Finalists
Emerging Screenwriters has named Rachel Thomas-Medwid as the Grand Prize Winner of their 2020 Shoot Your Shorts Screenplay Competition for her script The Influencer. The contest's top 100 finalists have also been announced. Updated: 06/27/2020
CineStory Names 2020 Quarterfinalists
CineStory has named 128 quarterfinalists from almost 600 submissions to this year Feature Retreat and Fellowship Competition. Quarterfinalists will be offered any open spots to this year's retreat after the semifinalists, finalists, and winners are invited to attend. Attendees receive three 90-minute one-on-one sessions with CineStory mentors. Attendees also participate in informal rooms run by mentors that cover topics ranging from pitching like a pro to the state of filmmaking in the digital age. Updated: 06/22/2020
StoryPros Awards Names Contest Winners
Johnny Cruz has been named the Grand Prize Winner of the 13th Annual StoryPros Awards for his script Repair the Carrows. Updated: 06/16/2020
Interview with 2020 Fresh Voices Horror Division Winner Harry Aspinwall
Harry Aspinwall is a writer and actor who grew up in Scotland, but has been living the U.S. - currently Brooklyn - since he was 16. His historical horror script Henrietta was the First Place Winner of the Horror Division of the 2020 Fresh Voices Screenwriting Competition.
Shore Scripts Names 2020 Film Fund Winner
Lindiwe Makgalemele's The Town has been named the Grand Prize Winner of the 2020 Shore Scripts Short Film Fund Competition. The script is about a seven year old girl who believes she's responsible for a car break-down in an anonymous South African town. Updated: 06/07/2020
ScreenCraft Names Comedy Quarterfinalists
ScreenCraft has announced quarterfinalists from among almost 2,400 submissions to the 2020 ScreenCraft Comedy Screenplay Competition. Updated: 06/04/2020
Interview with 2019 Shore Scripts Short Film Fund Winner James Gould-Bourn
James Gould-Bourne, winner of the 2019 Shore Scripts Short Film Fund Competition, is originally from Manchester, England, but now lives with his wife in Malaysia after four years of living in Lithuania. His debut novel, Bear Necessity, will be published in U.S. on August 4, 2020.
Inroads Names Fellowship Competition Winner
The Inroads Screenwriting Fellowship has named Christopher Byram as their 2020 Fellowship Winner for his gritty period TV pilot, Rednecks. The script is a a brutal tale of the West Virginia Mine Wars of the 1920's, when ordinary miners fought a violent David-versus-Goliath battle for their civil liberties. Updated: 05/27/2020
Dallas International Film Festival Names Screenplay Contest Winners
The Dallas International Film Festival, powered by Capital One, has announced the winners of the “Broaden Your Horizons” screenplay competition, presented by Event Horizon Films. The winners will receive cash prizes, a professional consultation with a high profile writer, a Star Pass for the Dallas International Film Festival and opportunities to pitch their work to industry professionals through Virtual Pitch Fest. The two grand prize winners will also embark on a future Writer’s Enrichment Cruise. Updated: 05/27/2020
Shore Scripts Names 2020 Film Fund Finalists
Shore Scripts has announced their 15 Short Film Fund Finalists for 2020. Winners will be announced on June 6th. Updated: 05/26/2020
StoryPros Awards Names Quarterfinalists
Quarterfinalists have been announced in all genres for the 2020 StoryPros Awards. Updated: 05/26/2020
BlueCat Announces Grand Prize Winner
The BlueCat Screenwriting Competition has named Jane Barr and their 2020 Grand Prize Winner for her script, An American Tale. Updated: 05/19/2020
Austin Fest Launches Enderby Entertainment Filmmaking Fellowship Award
The Austin Film Festival (AFF) has announced the launch of their inaugural Enderby Entertainment Filmmaking Fellowship Award, as well as their inaugural Jury Advisory Program. Updated: 05/18/2020
Save The Cat Names Contest Semifinalists
Save the Cat has announced the 25 semifinalists for their 2020 Save The Cat Screenplay Challenge. Updated: 05/13/2020
BlueCat Names 2020 Finalists
The BlueCat Screenwriting Competition has announced their 2020 Feature, TV Pilot, and Short Script finalists. Winners will be announced on May 19th, 2020. Updated: 05/12/2020
Dallas International Film Festival Names Broaden Your Horizons Semifinalists
Semifinalists have been announced for the 2020 Broaden Your Horizons Screenwriting Competition, sponsored by the Dallas International Film Festival. Updated: 05/01/2020
Dallas International Film Festival Names Broaden Your Horizons Quarterfinalists
Quarterfinalists have been announced for the 2020 Broaden Your Horizons Screenwriting Competition, sponsored by the Dallas International Film Festival. Updated: 04/26/2020
BlueCat Names Contest Semifinalists
The BlueCat Screenwriting Competition has announced their 2020 Feature, TV Pilot, and Short Script semifinalists. Finalists will be announced on May 12th, 2020. Updated: 04/14/2020
Montana Screenwriting Competition Announces Contest Winners
The Montana Screenwriting Competition (MTSC) has announced the results of its contest to honor Montana screenwriters and film scripts that highlight Montana locations. In association with the fourth annual Bigfork Independent Film Festival (BIFF), the first MT Screenwriting Competition received submissions of features and short films between November 2019 and February 2020. Updated: 04/14/2020
Fresh Voices Names Contest Winners
Priscilla Davies’ Romantic-Comedy THE POWER OF THREE has taken top honors at the Fresh Voices Screenplay Competition, scooping up the 1st place Award in the Comedy/ Romantic-Comedy Genre and the Grand Prize Award. A graduate of the New Jersey School of Dramatic Arts acting program, Priscilla toiled as an elementary school teacher in New Jersey before chasing her dreams as an actress and moving to Los Angeles nearly ten years ago. Updated: 04/10/2020
ISA Fast Announces Track Fellows
Julia Skikavich and Kevin Bachar have been named the ISA Fast Track Fellows for 2020. Updated: 04/09/2020
Roadmap Writers Names Top Tier Competition Winner
Roadmap Writers has named Joey Day Hargrove as the winner of their 2019/2020 Top Tier Competition for her script, Sunny & Hyde. Updated: 04/01/2020
Launch Pad Feature Names Contest Winners
Alex Payne's Deepfake has been name the overall winner of the 2019 Launch Pad Feature Screenwriting Competition. Updated: 03/26/2020
Fast Track Names Semifinalists
The International Screenwriters’ Association has announced their 2020 Fast Track XI semifinalists. Updated: 03/26/2020
BlueCat Names Quarterfinalists
The BlueCat Screenwriting Competition has announced their 2020 Feature, TV Pilot, and Short Script quarterfinalists. Semifinalists will be announced on April 14th, 2020. Updated: 03/17/2020
LiveRead/LA Names March Selections
Tony Cammarata and Dillon Magrann-Wells have been announced as the March Selections for LiveRead/LA, which this month - due to the Covid-19 virus - will feature a March 23rd "closed" reading with Industry Insider Sean Woods. Updated: 03/13/2020
Killer Shorts Names 2020 Contest Finalists & Winners
Allen Roughton has been named the 1st Place Winner of The Killer Shorts Horror Short Screenplay Competition for his short script AN APPLE A DAY. CJ Whitehead has been named the 2nd Place Winner for THE NO-NO MAN, and Chris Hicks has been named the 3rd Place Winner for THE BUTTER STREET HITCHHIKER. Updated: 03/13/2020
Scriptapalooza TV Announces Script Requests
Scriptapalooza has anounced a list of producers/managers who will review the contest's 12 winners and 12 finalists. Updated: 03/10/2020
On Story Premieres 10th Season on PBS
Austin Film Festival (AFF) has announced that its original interview series, Austin Film Festival's On Story®, will premiere its 10th season nationwide in April 2020 on public television stations across the country. Available in more than 85% of U.S. markets, including New York, Los Angeles, Dallas, San Francisco, Washington, D.C., and Houston, On Story gives viewers an inside look at the creative process behind some of our most popular and beloved movies and television shows. Season 10 features recorded conversations between acclaimed and award-winning screenwriters, TV creators, and filmmakers from the 26th Annual Austin Film Festival & Conference. Updated: 03/03/2020
Killer Short Names Contest Semifinalists
The Killer Shorts Horror Short Screenplay Competition has announced their 2020 Semi-Finalists, representing approximately the top 5% of all submissions. Updated: 03/01/2020
Emerging Screenwriters Names Shoot Your Sizzle Winners
No Overnight Parking by Megan Swertlow has been named the Grand Prize Winner of the 2020 Shoot Your Sizzle Screenwriting Competition. Updated: 02/25/2020
Scriptapalooza Posts Video Interviews with TV Contest Winners & Finalists
Scriptapalooza TV has posted video interviews with a number of their 2020 TV contest winners and finalists. Updated: 02/22/2020
Your Script Produced Names Contest Winners & New Judges in Hollywood Reporter
The Your Script Produced Screenwriting Contest has announced their second season judges in a two-page spread in the Hollywood Reporter. Updated: 02/20/2020
American Zoetrope Names Contest Winners
Tricia Lee's Mother-Daughter has been named the Grand Prize Winner of the 17th Annual American Zoetrope Screenplay Competition. Updated: 02/18/2020
Killer Shorts Names Quarterfinalists
The Killer Shorts Screenplay Competition has announced their 2020 quarterfinalists, the top 100 entries from a total of 765 submissions. Updated: 02/14/2020
Scriptapalooza TV Names Contest Winners
Scriptapalooza TV has announced their latest Pilot, Sitcom, Drama and Reality Show contest winners. Updated: 02/14/2020
TVWriter.com Names People's Pilot Winners
TVWriter.com has named their 2019 Comedy, Drama, and Special Bonus Award Winners. Updated: 02/10/2020
CoverageInk Announces Get Repped Now Competition Results
CoverageInk.com has announced the 12 "considers" from their late 2019 Get Repped Now promotion. These 12 writers submitted screenplays or pilots so effective that they scored a coveted "consider" rating for script from the service. Updated: 02/07/2020
Filmmatic Names Horror Screenplay Award Winners
Jai Brandon has been named the winner of The Filmmatic Horror Screenplay Awards for his dark and edgy feature Whispers from the Watchtower, which features the host of a popular skeptic/debunking radio show as he works alongside a reluctant psychic in a hectic last-ditch attempt to find his missing daughter. Updated: 02/06/2020
TrackingB Names Feature Contest Winner
Texas Poetry, by David Michael Milwee, has been named the Grand Prize Winner of the TrackingB Feature Screenplay Competition. Alessandro M. King's King of Swing and Scott Gatlin's The Stray were named runners-up. Updated: 02/01/2020
Fresh Voices Names Quarterfinalists
Quarterfinalists of the 10th Annual Fresh Voices Screenwriting Competition have been announced, representing the top 353 scripts from 1,400 total submissions. Quarterfinalists can resubmit a revised draft of their script by February 6th, and semifinalists will be announced by March 5, 2020. Updated: 01/29/2020
Scriptapalooza Names Fellowship Mentors
Scriptapalooza has announced the six industry professionals who will serve as mentors to this year's award winners. Updated: 01/27/2020
TVWriter.com Names People's Pilot Finalists
Finalists have been announced in the Comedy and Drama categories of the 2019 People's Pilot TV Writing Competition. Updated: 01/27/2020
LiveRead/LA Names Contest Winners
LiveRead/LA has named Natalie Higdon and Mads Gauger & Christan Mary Leonard as the winners of their next live read, to be held Monday, January 27th at 7.30pm at the Matrix Theatre in West Hollywood. MovieBytes readers are eligible for a $5 discount for the reading and the Q&A afterwards. Updated: 01/17/2020
Tracking Board Names Launch Pad Feature Finalists
Tracking Board has announced the 100 Finalists for the 2019 Launch Pad Feature Competition. Updated: 01/16/2020
People's Pilot Names Semifinalists
The People's Pilot has announced their 2019 Comedy and Drama Semifinalists. Updated: 01/13/2020
Scriptapalooza Launches New Website for Coverage Department
Updated: 01/11/2020
Table Read My Screenplay Names Park City Grand Prize Winners
Cloistered by M Rowan Meyer has been named the Feature/TV Pilot Winner of the 2020 Table Read My Screenplay Competition, with the Grand Prize of a table read to be held in Park City. Utah during the Sundance Film Festival. The Short Script/Web Series winner was The Nebraska Incident by J. Elizabeth Martin. Updated: 01/07/2020
Which Screenplay Contests Should You Enter in 2020?
Screenwriting contests are not a one-size-fits-all affair. While there are obvious benefits to winning a huge and prestigious competition like the Nicholl Fellowships, smaller contests can be just as valuable if they hook you up with a judge who wants to option your screenplay, or a manager who wants to represent your work. Updated: 12/31/2019
Table Read My Screenplay Names Park City 2020 Semi-Finalists
Semifinalists have been announced for the 2020 Table Read My Screenplay competition, with the winning screenplay to be read in Park City, UT during the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. Updated: 12/20/2019
Emerging Screenwriters Names Genre Contest Winners
Survivors: B.S. by Julia Skikavich has been named the winner of the 2019 Emerging Screenwriter Award, and 7 other writers have also been honored for genre-winning scripts. Updated: 12/20/2019
Launch Pad Names 2019 Pilot Competition Winners
Noah Kloor's Grand Illusions has been named the Overall Winner of the 2019 Launch Pad Pilot Competition for his period drama about a young factory worker longing to escape her difficult life who is drawn inexorably into the glamorous and dangerous world of a touring illusionist and his troupe. Updated: 12/16/2019
CineStory TV Announces First Round Contest Results
Cinestory TV has announced the quarterfinalists in their Original Drama, Comedy and Sci-Fi Categories, and the semifinalists in their Family category. The next round of results will be announced in mid-January. Updated: 12/16/2019
Shore Scripts Announces Order of Finish
Benjamin Feuer, Brian Golden, and Kate Shenton have been named the 1st Place Winners of the Feature, 1-hour and 1/2-hour TV categories of the 2019 Shore Scripts Screenwriting Competition. Updated: 12/10/2019
Your Script Produced Honors Contest Winners
Your script Produced! International Film/TV/Short Screenplay Competition inaugural 2019 Season 1 Awards Dinner in Beverly Hills, CA November 8, 2019.
Updated: 12/05/2019
Shore Scripts Names Contest Winners
Shore Scripts has announced their Winning Features and TV Pilots. Order of finish among the winning scripts will be announced on December 10th. Updated: 11/25/2019
Your Script Produced Contest Winner Slated for Production
Ted Campbell, Feature Grand Prize winner and Doval Bacall the financier/producer, have begun developing/preparing the Crime Thriller script "Blue Motel" for pre-production in the first quarter of 2020. Doval Bacall will produce the feature for $250,000 under his Doval Bacall Films LLC Banner. Updated: 11/24/2019
Shore Scripts Names Feature and TV Finalists
Shore Scripts has announced their 2019 Contest Finalists. Winners will be announced on November 25th. Updated: 11/21/2019
Scriptapalooza Runner-Up Optioned for Production
Updated: 11/19/2019
Your Script Produced Award Ceremony with Tribute to late John Singleton
Sheila Shah and Doval Bacall hosted an intimate reception with winners and friends at the Bombay Palace in Beverly Hills.
Updated: 11/18/2019
Write/LA Names Grand Prize Winners
Write/LA has announced their Grand Prize Winner for 2019. Nick Alverson, Paula Dixon and Clint Williams will come to LA for two days of masterclasses followed by an invite-only Grand Prize Live Read event at Raleigh Studios on December 7, 2019. Updated: 11/15/2019
Interview with 2019 Creative World Award
Winner Taylor Hopkins
Taylor Hopkins was the Grand Prize Winner of the 2019 Creative World Awards for his screenplay, Stagecoach Mary, a true story about a hard-drinking, cigar smoking black woman in Montana in 1885, who uses her six shooter and tough as nails attitude to defend a convent of nuns from the perils of the Wild West. Updated: 11/14/2019
Creative Screenwriting Names Unique Voices Contest Winners
The First Law by D.J. McPherson and Jack Christian has been named the Grand Prize Winner of the 2019 Creative Screenwriting Unique Voices Screenwriting Competition. Updated: 11/11/2019
Shore Scripts Names Semifinalists
Short Scripts has announced their 2019 Feature and TV Pilot (1/2-hour and 1-hour) semifinalists. Updated: 11/10/2019
Scriptapalooza Fellowship Recipient Discusses McKee Seminar
2019 Scriptapalooza Fellowship Recipient Paula Dixon talks about the Robert McKee seminar she attended. Updated: 11/08/2019
Austin Film Fest Names Contest Winners
The Austin Film Festival has announced their 2019 Screenplay Contest Winners. Updated: 11/07/2019
Your Script Produced Names Season One Contest Winners
Ted Campbell's Blue Motel has been named the Ultimate Grand Prize Winner in the Feature Film Category of the Your Script Produced Screenwriting Competition. Midlife Drive-Thru, by Iris May & Leia Leia Vogelle, is the Prize Winner in the TV Category.
In related news, 
the late Academy Award nominated filmmaker John Singleton will receive the Your Script Produced! Lifetime Achievement Award on Friday, November 8th, at the Season One Awards Dinner at Bombay Palace in Beverly Hills. The screenwriter and producer's daughter, Justice Singleton, will accept the award on his behalf.
Updated: 11/07/2019
Finish Line Names 2019 Contest Winners
Avi Glick's Old Dogs and Still Waters has been named the Grand Prize Winner of the 2019 Finish Line Script Competition. Updated: 11/06/2019
Write/LA Names Contest Finalists
Eight finalists have been chosen for the 2019 Write/LA Screenwriting Competition. Three Grand Prize Winners will announced November 15th. Updated: 11/01/2019
NYC Horror Film Festival Names Screenplay Competition Finalists
Finalists and Semifinalists have been announced for the 2019 NYC Horror Film Festival Screenplay Competition. Updated: 10/31/2019
ScreamFest Names Contest Winners
Fang and Claw by Troy Sloan has been announced as the winner of the ScreamFest Horror Screenwriting Competition, along with four other finalists. Updated: 10/25/2019
Shore Scripts Names 2019 Quarterfinalists
Shore Scripts has announced their 2019 TV and Feature Script Quarterfinalists, representing approximately the top 10% of all submissions. Updated: 10/25/2019
ISA Names Fast Track X Fellowship Winners
The International Screenwriters Association (ISA) has named M Elizabeth Eller and Victoria Lucia as their Fast Track X Fellowship Winners. Updated: 10/23/2019
Scriptapalooza Posts TV Winner Interviews
The Scriptapalooza Television Writing Competition has posted video interviews with its top winners. Updated: 10/17/2019
2019 PAGE Award Winners Announced
The winners of the 2019 PAGE International Screenwriting Awards contest have now been announced, and this year’s $25,000 Grand Prize was awarded to Michael Kogge for his powerful historical biopic ODYSSEY. Updated: 10/15/2019
Write/LA Names 2019 Semifinalists
The Write/LA Screenwriting Competition has named their 15 semifinalists for 2019. Finalists will be announced on November 1st. Updated: 10/15/2019
Scriptapalooza Posts Video Interviews with 2019 Contest Winners
Scripapalooza has posted video interviews with their 2019 Contest Winners Tuck Tucker, Nick Roberts, and Steven Benedict. Updated: 10/07/2019
ScreamFest Names Semifinalists
Semifinalists have been announced for the 2019 ScreamFest Horror Screenplay Competition. Updated: 10/04/2019
Write/LA Announces Quarterfinalists
Fifty quarterfinalists have been announced for the 2019 Write/LA Screenwriting Competition. Fifteen semifinalists will be announced on October 15. Updated: 10/01/2019
Filmmatic Names 2019 Comedy Screenplay Awards Winners and Finalists
Annie O'Connell & Reem Edan have been named the winner of the 2019 Filmmatic Comedy Screenplay Awards for their Pilot "The Degenerates". Updated: 09/27/2019
Table Read My Screenplay Names Austin Contest Winners
The Table Read My Screenplay Competition has announced Rachel Kempf's Dirty Words as the winner of a table read at this year's Austin Film Festival. Updated: 09/18/2019
AFF Announces Semifinalists & Second Rounders
The Austin Film Festival (AFF) has announced their 2019 Script Competition Semifinalists (top 2%) and Second Rounders (top 20%), chosen from a record field of 11,907 scripts entered in the Screenplay, Digital Series, Playwriting, and Fiction Podcast Competitions. Finalists will be revealed by mid-October and the winners will be announced during this year’s Conference at the Awards Luncheon on Saturday, October 26 at the new LINE Austin Hotel, overlooking Town Lake downtown. Updated: 09/16/2019
Page Announces Contest Finalists
The Judges of the 2019 PAGE International Screenwriting Awards have announced the top 10 Finalists in each of the contest's ten genre categories. Updated: 09/15/2019
Finish Line Names Quarterfinalists
Quarterfinalists have been announced for the 2019 Finish Line Screenwriting Competition in both the Feature and Television Pilot categories. Updated: 09/11/2019
CineStory Names Fellowship Winner
Kerry Kolbe has been named the Winner of the 2019 CineStory Fellowship Competition on the basis of her script Swallow, about a 17-year-old girl who is desperate to study particle physics at Cambridge, like her hero Stephen Hawking. Unfortunately, she's trapped playing parent to her dysfunctional family of twitchers (a/k/a bird watchers), who drag her on a wild chase of her late mother's "spirit animal," a rare albino swallow. Updated: 09/09/2019
Scriptapalooza Announces 2019 Screenplay Contest Winners
Tuck Tucker's Boy Most Wanted has been named the winner of the 2019 Scriptapalooza Screenplay Competition. Nick Robert's Jumping Into Hemingway's Pool was the 2nd place winner, and the 3rd place winner was The Girl Who Collected Sound by Steven Benedict. Updated: 09/09/2019
Academy Announces 2019 Nicholl Fellowship Finalists
The 2019 Nicholl Fellowships finalists are (listed alphabetically by author): Aaron Chung, "Princess Vietnam", Gary Patent, "Cosmonaut", Jack Zafran, "Justice, Justice", Joel Sinensky, "The Lie Factory", Karen McDermott, "Lullabies of La Jaula", Lynn Esta Goldman, "On the Wing", Matthew Fantaci, "Scandalous!", Paul Ashton, "Slater Berricks is a Dead Man", Renee Pillai, "Boy with Kite", Sean Malcolm, "Mother", Toy Styles, "Concrete Beach", and Walker McKnight, "Street Rat Allie Punches Her Ticket." Updated: 09/08/2019
HollyShort Names Contest Winners
6,000 submissions, 400 official selections, and 10 days later, the HollyShorts Film Festival has announced their top 36 prizes for their landmark 15th year. On Saturday at Harmony Gold in Hollywood, three of the festival’s films officially became qualified to be in the running for an Academy AwardⓇ in 2020. This year marked the biggest prize packages for filmmakers as well, including prizes from Impossible Dream, Studio 21, Film Augusta, Seattle Film Summit, Buffalo 8, Stampede Ventures, Kodak, Panavision, PaperChase Films, ISA and more. Updated: 08/30/2019
CWA Announces Contest Winners
Taylor Hopkins' Stagecoach Mary has been named the winner of the Creative World Awards Screenwriting Competition. Based on a true story, the script is about a hard-drinking, cigar smoking black woman in Montana in 1885, who uses her six shooter and tough as nails attitude to defend a convent of nuns from the perils of the Wild West. Updated: 08/27/2019
Scriptapalooza Names Short Screenplay Contest Winners
Michael Fearths' Made You Better When I Died has been named the winner of the 2019 Scriptapalooza Short Screenplay Competition. Updated: 08/23/2019
CineStory Names Finalists
Finalists have been annonced for the 2019 CineStory Feature Fellowship. Updated: 08/19/2019
TrackingB Names TV Contest Winners
Matt Raner has been named the overall winner of the TrackingB TV Pilot Competition. The script, titled Hechicera is about a former FBI agent who lives a lonely life in a small Arizona town, until three cartel killers come hunting for an innocent immigrant girl hiding an unbelievable secret. Updated: 08/19/2019
Live Read/LA Names August Winners
Winners and finalists have been announced for the August, 2019 Live Read/LA Screenwriting Competition. The reading will be held on Monday, August 26th, 2019, with Industry Insider Hannah Ozer, a Literary Manager with Kaplan/Perrone. Updated: 08/16/2019
Scriptaplooza Names Screenplay Finalists
Scriptapalooza has announced the top 30 finalists for their 2019 Screenplay Competition. Updated: 08/16/2019
Scriptapalooza Announces TV Contest Winners
ScriptaploozaTV has announced their category winners, finalists, semifinalists, and quarterfinalists from among 767 submissions. Updated: 08/13/2019
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