Script Savvy Announces January Contest Winner

Gus by R. Scott Shields has been named the winner of the January, 2010 Script Savvy Screenwriting Competition.

MoviePoet.com Announces Feature Contest Semi-Finalists

MoviePoet.com has announced the semifinalists of their first Feature Length Contest.

The-Greenlight.com Announces January Contest Winner

Antoine Mizel's Rematch has been named the winner of the January, 2010 Monthly Screenwriting contest sponsored by The-Greenlight.com.

MOVIEGUIDE® Announces Kairos Prize Winners

The 18th Annual Faith & Values Awards Gala wrapped up its awards presentation Tuesday night, February 23rd, and handed out more than $300,000 in cash prizes, including $25,000 to Dwight Carlson and Gregory Carlson for their Kairos Award-winning Screenplay, The Good Doctor.

WriteMovies.com Announces Contest Winners

Timothy Jay Smith's Cooper's War has been named the winner of the 23rd WriteMovies.com Writing Contest.

HollywoodIQ: Screenwriter/Director Josh Olson

Writing across genres, Josh Olson has twisted a few rules on his path to success. After writing and directing the horror flick "Infested," he sold Paramount his spec "Three Gun Blues," a modern-day tribute to Richard Lester's "Musketeers." Olson's adaptation of John Wagner and Vince Locke's graphic novel by the same name, "A History of Violence" (New Line), brought Olson a nomination for an Academy Award, the BAFTA, the WGA Award, the Edgar, a Chicago Film Critics Association Award and more. He recently adapted the Lee Child best-selling novel "One Shot" (Paramount Pictures) and penned the sequel to L. Frank Baum's "The Wizard of Oz" titled "Oz" (Warner Bros. Pictures). Currently, Olson is developing the pilot for "Meanwhile," a television series he sold to producer Peter Chernin and the Fox Network. In addition to having a day job that he loves, his passion project is the film adaptation of "Mystic River" author Dennis Lehane's compelling short story "Until Gwen," for which Olson wrote the screenplay and is slated to direct.

Scriptapalooza TV Announces Contest Winners

Scriptapalooza has announced the winners of their TV Competition (deadline October 15, 2009).

Vail Film Festival Announces Screenplay Contest Winners

Mike Bencivenga's Running Gun has been named the winner of the Vail Film Festival Screenwriting Competition.

IndieProducer.net Announces Contest Winners

IndieProducer.net has named the winning screenplays in each of the eight genres of the 7th Annual IP Screenwriting Contest.

Acclaim TV Announces Fall/Winter 2009 Winners

Acclaim TV has announced their Fall/Winter 2009 TV Competition winners: "Randall" by Michael Adams won the TV Pilot/MOW category while Chadwick Handley's script for "30 Rock" won the TV Spec category.

Acclaim Film Announces Fall/Winter 2009 Contest Winners

Acclaim Film has announced the winner of their Fall/Winter 2009 Screnwriting Competition. Steve LaMontagne took first place in the feature script category with "Gorgeous George," based on the life of the famed wrestler.

ScriptVamp Announces Dream Quest Competition Winner

Rebirth by T.L. Lewis has been named the winner of the Dream Quest Screenwriting Competition.

Free Screenplay Contest Names Winner

Colleen De Maio's The Devil and Harry Houdini has been named the winner of the Free Screenplay Competition.

Free Screenplay Contest Announces Finalists

The Free Screenplay Contest has announced seven finalists.

Twelve Finalists Named for $50,000 Kairos Prize Screenplay Competition

MOVIEGUIDE®: The Family Guide to Movies and Entertainment announced its short list of twelve finalists for the 5th Annual $50,000 Kairos Prizes for Spiritually Uplifting Screenplays by first-time and beginning screenwriters, funded by a grant from the John Templeton Foundation and presented by MOVIEGUIDE®.

Scriptshadow Announces Contest Winners

OH NEVER, SPECTRE LEAF C. Ryan Kirkpatrick and Chad Musick has been named the winner of the Scriptshadow Logline/Screenplay Contest.

BlueCat Announce Title Contest Winners

The 2010 BlueCat Screenplay Competition title contest winners have been announced.

Movie Deal! Announces Grand Prize Winner

Michael Menta's Suburban Kings has been named the Grand Prize Winner of The Movie Deal! Screenwriting Competition.

HollywoodIQ: Lucky Crow Films Producer Kerry David on Bringing Like Dandelion Dust to the Screen

No stranger to MovieBytes, Lucky Crow Films Producer Kerry David served on a panel of Hollywood pros that helped launch this column a few years ago. When one of her recent films reeled in more than 30 awards (and we're still counting!), we couldn't resist inviting her back to talk about it.

Nevada Film Office Names Contest Winner

April Rouveyrol has been named the winner of the 22nd Annual Nevada Film Office Screewriting Competition for her script, American Child.

American Zoetrope Announces Contest Results

Baby Fat, by Michael Raphan, has been named the winner from among 2,600 entries to the 2009 American Zoetrope Screenwriting Competition.

Scripts Savvy Announces December Contest Results

Script Savvy has named Michael Cravotta's Codex as the winner of their December, 2009 Screenwriting Competition.

MoviePoet.com Announces December Contest Winner

Tim Westland's Better Be Good has been named the winner of the MoviePoet.com short screenplay contest for December, 2009.

Screenplay Shootout Announces Semifinalists

The 2009 Screenplay Shootout has announced their top 40 semifinalists.

WriteMovies Writing Contest

( Extended to March 11th, 2010 )

Amsterdam Film Festival

(March 14,2010)

Mexico International Film Festival

(August 10, 2009 (early); October 10, 2009 (regular); January 10, 2010 (late); March 15, 2010 (extended) )

Screenplay Live Screenwriting Competition

(March 17th, 2010.)

Nantucket Film Festival Screenplay Competition

(March 1, 2010 (early); March 12, 2010 (regular); March 19, 2010 (WAB extended) )

Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival Short Screenplay Competition

(March 22, 2010)

UCLA Extension Screenplay Competition

(March 25, 2010 at 4:00 PM, PST. )

Blazing Quill Screenwriting Competition

(January 21, February 22, March 22, and March 29 (see website for details) )

Ohio Independent Screenplay Awards

(February 1, 2010 (early); March 1, 2010 (regular); March 15, 2010 (late); March 30, 2010 (WAB Extended))

SkyFest Film & Script Festival

(October 31, 2009 (earlybird); March 15, 2010 (regular); March 31, 2010 (late) )

Underground Exposure

(November 30th, 2009 (early); January 31st, 2010 (regular); March 31st, 2010 (late) )

Storyboard TV - Longform TV Script Competition

(March 31, 2010)

Waterfront Screenplay Competition

(April 1, 2010)

Sixth Borough Screenplay Competition

( Final deadline extended to April 1st, 2010.)

Big Bear Lake Screenwriting Competition

(February 20, 2010 (early bird); March 15, 2010 (regular); April 1, 2010 (late) )

Extreme Screenplay Contest

(January 31, 2010 (early); April 1, 2010 (final))

BlueCat Screenplay Competition

(March 1, 2010 (early); April 1, 2010 )

PAGE International Screenwriting Awards

( January 15, 2010 (early); March 1, 2010 (regular); April 1, 2010 (late). )

Red Inkworks Screenwriter's Competition

(April 1, 2010 (firm and final) )

Spirit Quest Screenplay Competition

(November 15, 2009 (first deadline); January 15, 2010 (second deadline); February 15, 2010 (third deadline); April 10, 2010 (final deadline). )

AAA 'Access Acclaim Achievement' Screenplay Contest

(January 31, 2009 (early); March 7, 2010 (regular); April 11, 2010 (one last rewrite))

NYC Midnight Screenwriter's Challenge

(March 11, 2010 (early); April 14, 2010 (final) )

Chicago Screenwriters Network

(January 31st, 2010 (early); March 29, 2010 (2nd deadline); April 15, 2010 (final) )

Scriptapalooza Screenwriting Competition

(Early Bird: January 5th, 2010; Regular: March 5, 2010; Final: April 15, 2010)

Scriptapalooza TV Writing Competition

(April 15, 2010)

EXPOSURAMA Screenplay Contest

(November 30th, 2009 (early); January 31st, 2010 (regular); March 5, 2010 (late); April 5, 2010 (extended); April 20, 2010 (WAB extended) )

Kay Snow Writing Contest

(April 23, 2010)

Acclaim TV Screenwriting Competition

(Early: February 27, 2010; Regular: March 27, 2010; Late: April 30, 2010 )

Acclaim Film

(Early: February 27, 2010; Regular: March 27, 2010; Late: April 30, 2010 )

StoryPros Awards Contest

(February 28, 2010 (early); March 31, 2010 (regular); April 30, 2010 (final) )

AMERICAN SCREENWRITING COMPETITION

(November 15, 2009 (early), January 15, 2010 (regular), March 15, 2010 (late), April 30, 2010 (Last Chance))

The Silver Screenwriting Competition

(March 15, 2010 (early); April 19, 2010 (regular); May 1, 2010 (final) )

Indie Gathering Script Writing Contest

(December 31st, 2009 (early bird); April 1st, 2010 (regular); May 1st, 2010 (late) )

trackingb.com Original TV Pilot Contest

(March 15th, 2010 (early); April 15, 2010 (late); May 1st, 2010 (really late))

SouthWest Writers Annual Contest

(May 1, 2010)

Nicholl Fellowships In Screenwriting

(April 1, 2010 (early bird); May 1, 2010 (regular) )

ScriptVamp's Dream Quest: Short Screenplay Contest

(March 30, 2010 (early); June 30, 2010 (regular); July 31, 2010 (late) )

Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival Short Screenplay Competition

(March 22, 2010)

Northern California Screenwriters Competition

(February 1, 2011 (early); February 15, 2011 (final))

Serial Writer

(May 31, 2010)

ScriptVamp's Dream Quest: Attention Grabber Competition

(11:59pm Pacific Standard Time (PST) on the last day of each month.)