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Final Deadline: 03/11/2010
Only 1000 entries will be accepted. Enter early and save! Out of close to three hundred "contest sites," WriteMovies is one of only a handful that has produced movies from winning projects. "The List", was written by WriteMovies winner Marcus Folmar. In addition, former winner Jon Rosten has parlayed his success in the contest into getting his project," Valley of Angels" produced last Dec.
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Final Deadline: 03/14/2010
The Amsterdam Film Festival proudly supports the art of screenwriting by allowing new talent to be heard and discovered in AFF's annual Screenplay Competition. Top screenplays in the competition are awarded based on the quality and originality of the work. AFF seeks to discover and revere the finest and most original voices in screenwriting from around the globe.
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Final Deadline: 03/15/2010
The Mexico International Film Festival is now accepting entries of short and feature length screenplays, stage plays, and teleplays. The annual scriptwriting competition is a way for new and veteran scriptwriters to showcase their talents among industry professionals.
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Final Deadline: 03/17/2010
Showcasing the creative talents of New York State Screenwriters!
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Final Deadline: 03/19/2010
To find original, feature-length screenplays that have never been produced.
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Final Deadline: 03/22/2010
To foster and promote Asian Pacific Islander talent, scripts, writers, and themes.
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Final Deadline: 03/25/2010
Founded in 2005, the UCLA Extension Screenplay Competition gives students the opportunity to receive recognition for screenplays developed in Writers' Program courses. From the scripts submitted into competition, the three top finalists receive in-depth mentoring prior to final industry judging, cash prizes, and guaranteed reads by an agent, producer or creative executive.
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Final Deadline: 03/29/2010
The goal of Wilson Wheaton Productions, LLC is to serve as an outlet for creative expressions in screenwriting for both the beginning and seasoned screenwriter. This annual screenwriting competition will give screenwriters an opportunity to gain valuable experience and exposure in the film industry. Entries will be judged on originality, creativity, and industry standard formatting.
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Final Deadline: 03/30/2010
The mission of the OIFF is to be the leading organization in Ohio dedicated to freedom of expression through the art of independent media, encouraging emerging media artist, and providing a consistent, reputable venue for work the public may not otherwise see. The OIFF accomplishes our mission by facilitating grass roots networking for independent media makers, by acting as the accessible step between local filmmakers and the larger world of independent film, and through educational programs and workshops.
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Final Deadline: 03/31/2010
Storyboard TV is an online community of writers, readers, and television watchers that believes in the power of episodic, fictional television to document, enhance, and transform people's lives for the better. The object of Storyboard's long form script competition is to jump start this community and to empower new writers to start creating scripts for television.
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Final Deadline: 03/31/2010
SkyFest III now open for submissions. 262 awards! Big change this time is that 4th place in all nine categories now ALSO gets trophy, check, and certificate just like 1-3. And we're giving 25 Certificates of Excellence in all nine categories for 5th place winners. More awards and more respect for filmmakers and scriptwriters than many festivals.
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Final Deadline: 03/31/2010
Our goal is to provide a venue for films that might not otherwise be exhibited. However, films of a controversial, confrontational, radical, provocative, subversive, offensive, obscene, rebellious, profane, conspiratorial, corruptive, volatile, violent, blasphemous, anarchic, or otherwise irresponsible nature are especially encouraged.
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Final Deadline: 04/01/2010
The PAGE Awards competition was established by an alliance of Hollywood producers, agents, and development execs. Our goal: to discover the most exciting new scripts by up-and-coming writers from across the country and around the world. And due to the success of our winning writers, the PAGE Awards have rapidly become one of the most important sources for new screenwriting talent within the Hollywood community and worldwide.
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Final Deadline: 04/01/2010
To bring awareness of the craft of screenwriting to the Midwest.
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Final Deadline: 04/01/2010
To provide writers the opportunity to jump-start their careers by giving them direct access to industry professionals.
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Final Deadline: 04/01/2010
Looking for character driven stories that are written in such a way the story is expressed visually and not in the narrative. Not to worry...if you are wondering how to write as a visualist, I will help you. Unique stories, entertaining and something that will transport me into your world and keep me there for 120 minutes.
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Final Deadline: 04/01/2010
EVERY SCREENPLAY RECEIVES WRITTEN SCRIPT ANALYSIS This year, we've created two new awards for international screenwriters, expanded our early analysis deadlines and resubmission programs and brought back our popular title contest to further our support and find the new writer.
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Final Deadline: 04/01/2010
The Sixth Borough Screenwriting Competition is a way for Screenwriters to get their scripts into the hands of industry professionals with the possibility of having there vision make it from page to screen. Sixth Borough Entertainment is currently in search of a script to make a 1 to 2 million-dollar feature within the next year. The winner will be offered cash, and an option contract for a Feature Film! Additionally, every writer that enters the screenplay competition will receive a written analysis on his or her entry.
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Final Deadline: 04/01/2010
To promote and recognize quality feature film screenplays. To assist finalists and winners to get their material in the hands of agents, managers and production companies and to give all entries constructive written feedback.
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Final Deadline: 04/10/2010
To provide both aspiring and seasoned screenwriters with an opportunity to have their scripts brought to the attention of industry professionals via our annual Spirit Quest Film Festival.
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Final Deadline: 04/11/2010
The AAA Contest is looking for the best and most talented writers from around the world. If you have written a great screenplay, please allow us to bring your work to the attention of the industry and to help you bring it to the attention of the industry.
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Final Deadline: 04/14/2010
The mission of the Screenwriter's Challenge is to discover and support a new wave of talented storytellers from around the world. The Challenge is organized by NYC Midnight Movie Making Madness, LLC. NYC Midnight aims to provide the prizes and exposure necessary for writers to take their next big step towards writing professionally.
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Final Deadline: 04/15/2010
Our intention is to help open doors for the aspiring television writer. There are four categories you can submit to, which include 1 hour existing spec scripts, 1/2 hour existing sitcom spec scripts, original pilots, and reality programs. This competition is designed with the TV writer and crossover screenwriter in mind. The participants we have chosen to read the winning scripts are individuals from established production companies.
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Final Deadline: 04/15/2010
To introduce Midwestern screenwriters to Hollywood production companies and representatives.
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Final Deadline: 04/15/2010
Scriptapalooza was founded in 1998 with the goal of helping as many writers as possible through the competition. We have over 90 production companies, agents and managers reading all the entered scripts. (A complete list of participants is on Scriptapalooza?s website.) We actively push the Semifinalists, Finalists, Runners-Up and Winners for a full year with the intention of creating opportunities for the writers.
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Final Deadline: 04/20/2010
The EXPOSURAMA Screenplay Contest wants to give you the exposure that you deserve! We have great prizes for our writers, but more importantly we're going to do everything we can to get the word out about our WINNERS!
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Final Deadline: 04/23/2010
To encourage new writers and student writers.
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Final Deadline: 04/30/2010
To introduce writers to the decision makers in film and multimedia markets. Top script receives $1,000 and ALL competition winners, runners-up, and finalists will earn the chance to have their scripts read by established production companies and agents in LA and NY. We strive to provide commentary on each script.
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Final Deadline: 04/30/2010
To introduce writers to the decision makers of traditional broadcast television, the cable market, and multi-media outlets. Competition winners will have their material read by experienced producers and agents in L.A. and N.Y.
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Final Deadline: 04/30/2010
Every brilliant film begins with a brilliant screenplay. Do you have what it takes? Our annual screenplay competition is aimed at finding the best and most talented writers from around the world. The main goal of the competition is to uncover the best, unproduced screenplays and in collaboration with the writer help develop and potentially produce them.
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Final Deadline: 04/30/2010
To find the best GENRE scripts. Genre scripts are bought and produced more than 10 to 1 over the serious drama, indie, or quirky, off-the-wall screenplay that typically win screenplay contests. This contest seeks to identify and promote to the industry the very best genre screenplays which have the best chances of being bought and produced. Please see our excellent Moviebytes rating for our other contest the StoryPros International Screenplay Contest.
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Final Deadline: 05/01/2010
To foster the development of the art of screenwriting.
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Final Deadline: 05/01/2010
In our never-ending quest to make you a better writer, The Script Department created a screenwriting competition like no other. Even with over $10,000 in prizes, we reward our entrants with something even more precious than silver or gold - a chance to kick start a career. The Grand Prize winner will fly to Los Angeles, stay at a four-star hotel on the Sunset Strip, dine with an A-list writer (our 2008 winner, Hilary Graham, dined with David Arrata Academy Award Nominated co-writer of Children of Men and Steve Faber, co-writer of Wedding Crashers) have a day of three meetings with three managers, enjoy cocktails with The Script Department at the Chateau Marmont and have the experience of a lifetime.
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Final Deadline: 05/01/2010
Encourage excellence in writing. The three prize-winning screenplays receive a critique from the contest judge, Abbot Screenplay Management.
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Final Deadline: 05/01/2010
To shine a spotlight on new, fresh voices writing for television.
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Final Deadline: 05/01/2010
To recognize excellence in script writing of shorts and features in a wide variety of genres. Event takes place Aug. 6,7 & 8 2010
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Final Deadline: 05/14/2010
Shiver's Short Horror Screenplay Competition is for short horror screenplays 1 to 30 pages in length. Winners receive monetary award, trophy, and industry exposure.
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Final Deadline: 05/15/2010
To assist the aspiring screenwriter in realizing his/her dream of becoming a professional screenwriter. To eliminate industry chokepoints that stifle creativity and impede screenplay access to managers,agents & producers.
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Final Deadline: 05/15/2010
To help launch the careers of 4 previously undiscovered screenwriters. Once the winners are announced, hard-copies of all four winners will be delivered to the 20 production companies and literary agencies that have requested the winners for their consideration.
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Final Deadline: 05/15/2010
Tell your story in a 1-3 Page Synopsis.
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Final Deadline: 05/15/2010
The objective of the Moondance International Film Festival is to inspire, motivate, promote and encourage the best writers & independent filmmakers, from every country in the world, and to inspire a greater understanding about the vital role of the arts in enhancing creativity, community spirit, and the preservation of our cultural heritage.
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Final Deadline: 05/15/2010
Movie Script Contest is a feature and short script contest formed to discover and promote new writing talent. Optional paid feedback available to all who enter.
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Final Deadline: 05/15/2010
The Duke City Shootout is a week-long digital filmmaking competition dedicated to melding technology, creativity and education to produce and promote the next generation in filmmaking. The Duke City Shootout is the only filmmaking festival that provides filmmakers with the opportunity to fully produce their short scripts in seven days. For our 10th Shootout in 2010, we're adding the production of music videos to our competition! Scripts and music video submissions are selected through an international competition.
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Final Deadline: 05/15/2010
The Alaska International Film Festival is Alaska's leading independent film competition and recognition platform. The aim of the competition is to recognize the best and brightest new work in international cinema and highlight Alaska's important role in the international film community. Each year, awards are presented to independent filmmakers from around the globe who produce original and compelling films and screenplays in several competition categories.
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Final Deadline: 05/23/2010
Take a scene from novel THE SEVEN RAYS and turn it into a killer screenplay scene. Find that special scene that speaks to you and inspires you to get cinematic! Use the book as a springboard for your untapped creative energy, and put it on the page. This is a chance for screenwriters of all ages to explore a different side of the craft of screenwriting: the art of adaptation.
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Final Deadline: 05/31/2010
The present call is addressed to aspiring or professional writers. There is no restriction about subjects and topics dealt. Subjects and screenplays for sit-com, animation series, TV serials and TV movies will be accepted. The prospective and experimentation aspects, in terms of episodes' duration or number of episodes, will be encouraged facilitating the fruition through different distribution channels (web, TV, mobile streaming).
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Final Deadline: 05/31/2010
Our objective is to discover and promote quality screenplays. There will be one winner in each of our seven categories: Drama, Romantic Comedy, Comedy, Family, Action/Thriller, Period, Sci-Fi/Fantasy (provided quality scripts are submitted in each category) and one Grand Prize winner. The Grand Prize winning script will be submitted to managers, producers, and directors in Los Angeles, New York and/or London, depending on the genre.
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Final Deadline: 06/01/2010
To support student screenwriters at any campus of the University of California.
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Final Deadline: 06/01/2010
The Austin Film Festival Screenplay and Teleplay Competition recognizes the work of the writer, opens doors, and creates a networking system for new writers to further their career within the industry.
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Final Deadline: 06/02/2010
BE SCENE - For 4 years now, ACEFEST has been one of the most anticipated annual events on the industry calendar. The American Cinematic Experience goes far beyond film exhibition and into the very most primitive stages of production - writing. The Great American Screenplay Competition is seeking the best writers from coast to coast and it could be you! With an always impressive roster of judges, a growing bundle of rewards and nearly 55,000+ industry players waiting eagerly to see the winner's work, this is your chance to get your script seen!
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