Star Writers' Literary Agency.
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We will be listing here details of ongoing competitions that may of interest to new writers. Star Writers provides this information in good faith but cannot be held responsible for any errors. Please check the information on the relevant website. Entry fees shown are for guidance only. You are most welcome to email us any additions to this list using the form at the bottom of this page. Many thanks. ENGLAND Writing Magazine competitions www.writingmagazine.co.uk One page story prize: (€100 x ten) Max words 250. Entry fee £8. www.fishpublishing.com BBC competitions: www.bbc.co.uk/dna/getwriting/competitions Bridport prize: Poems and short stories. £10,000 in prize money. www.bridportprize.org.uk
AMERICA Scriptapalooza screenplay competition. $10,000 first place prize. www.scriptapalooza.com. Open Door Contest: Screenwriting competition. $3,000 cash prize. www.scriptmag.com Filmakers int`l screenwriting awards contest. $4000 cashprize. Total prizes $12,000. Top 10 get to pitch their work to Producers. www.FilmMakers.com Carl Sautter Memorial The Scriptwriters Network 11684 Ventura Blvd., #508 Studio City, CA 91604 Chesterfield Film Co. Writer's Film Project Chesterfield Film Company, The 1158 26th Street, PMB 544 Santa Monica, CA 90403 Entry fee: $39 per entry Cine Story Screenwriting Awards 53 W. Jackson Suite 1224 Chicago, IL 60604 312-322-9060 Columbus Screenplay Discovery Awards 433 N. Camden Drive, Suite 600 Beverly Hills, CA 90210 310-288-1988 Entry Fee: $45 Drama Garage's Thursday Night Screenplay Reading Series Occidental Studios Hollywood 323-993-5700 Entry Fee: $25 Empire Screenplay Contest 12358 Ventura Blvd., #602 Studio City, CA 91604-2508 661-420-9919 Final Draft International Screenwriting Competition Entry Fee: -- June 20th: $45 Late : $55 Grand Prize: $10,000/ All expense paid trip to Hollywood. Meetings. HBO New Writers Project, The 2049
Century Park East, Suite. #4200 Los Angeles, CA 90067
Hollywood Discovery Awards 433 N. Camden Drive, Suite 600 Beverly Hills, CA 90210 Fee: $45 per entry Hollywood International Screenplay Competition, The 1st Annual 3815 Hughes Avenue Culver City, CA 90232 310 841-4339 Sponsored by GoCoverage.com Hollywood Scriptwriting Contest l605 Cahuenga Blvd., Ste. 213 Hollywood, CA 90028 1-800-SCRIPT Fee $50 Illinois/Chicago Screenwriting Competition One North LaSalle, Suite 2165 Chicago, IL 60602 312-814-3600 Fee: $25 per script The Independent Filmmaker's Program 6855 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite. #207 Los Angeles, CA 90038 Fee: $50 per entry igottascript.com Bi-annual Script Contest 7095 Hollywood Blvd. #1380 Hollywood, CA 90028 Fee: $50 early; $66 Late Laughing Horse Productions 3rd Annual Screenplay Contest Alexia Wellons, Contest Director PO Box 58023 Seattle, WA 98138 206-762-5525 Fax: 206-768-9778 First prize: $1000 and possible professional reading in LA/Seattle Fee: $45 Lone Star Screenplay Competition 1920 Abrams Parkway, Suite 419 Dallas, TX 75214-3915 214-606-3041 Massachusetts Film Office Screenwriters' Competition 10 Park Plaza, Suite 2310 Boston, MA 02116 617-973-8800 Monterey County Film Commission Screenwriting Competition PO Box 111 Monterey, CA 93942 408-646-0910 Maui Writers Conference National Screenwriting Competition 4821 Lankershim Blvd. Suite F, #241 North Hollywood, CA 91601 Contact: Shawn Guthrie Open to all screenplays that have never been sold or optioned. Nantucket Film Festival Screenwriting Competition PO Box 688 Prince Street Station New York, NY 10012 212-642-6339 Nashville Screenwriters Conference Screenwriting Competition c/o Tennessee Screenwriting Association P.O. Box 40194 Nashville, TN 37204 Phone: 615-316-9448 Fax: 615-316-9448 Fee: $30 National Screenwriting Competition Annual Juried Competition 145 Broad Street Matawan, NJ 07747 Phone: (732) 566-1800 Fax: (732) 566-7336 Entry fee: $45 Awards: $2,500.00 - First Place; $500.00 - Second Place; $250.00 - Third Place; All winning entries will be considered for their possible production or development as feature films. All scripts entered in the Competition will be evaluated based upon concept, structure, character, cinematic quality and superior writing. In the initial round of the competition, each script will be read and rated by one reader. Scripts that qualify based upon the above criteria will be read by the entire panel. National Writers Workshop P.O. Box 69799 Los Angeles, CA 90069 Fee: $25 New Century Writer Awards (NCWA) 32 Alfred Street, Suite B New Haven, CT 06512-3927 203-469-8824 phone 203-468-0333 fax Nicholl Fellowships Academy Foundation 8949 Wilshire Blvd. Beverly Hills, CA 90211-1972 Fee: $30 Scriptapalooza and Screenplay.com 3rd Annual Scriptapalooza Screenwriting Competition Grand Prize of $25,000 Slamdance Screenplay Competition 2000 Fees: $45 - $60 Prizes: $2,000 - $500 + submission to major literary & film studio. 323-466-1786 Step Up Women's Network 8424 -A Santa Monica Blvd., #857 West Hollywood, CA 90069 (323) 549-5347 Fee: $25 Only one submission allowed per person. Sundance Institute 225 Santa Monica Blvd., 8th Floor Santa Monica, CA 90401 Fee: $25 per entry Third Annual Taos Land & Film Screenplay Contest 2554 Lincoln Blvd., Suite #456 Venice, CA 90291 (310) 396-9242 Winner receives 5 acres of Beautiful Taos Land. Walt Disney Studios Fellowship Program Director 500 South Buena Vista Street Burbank, CA 91521-1735 Attention: Brenda Vangsness Hathaway 818-560-6894 No fee Writers Workshop, The P.O. Box 69799 Los Angeles, CA 90069 Attention Willard Rodgers Fee:$65 (Please confirm figure on their website) If you would like to advise us about a new competition please email us brief details, including the relevant web address using the box below:-. |
