Competition/Festival Info

This page collects all the screenwriting and playwriting festival and competition info that is sent to me directly.  It is by no means a comprehensive list, nor is it recommended or endorsed by the SCRP Program.  It's just a list of information.  It's up to you to explore it further.

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If you're going to LA this summer, you might be interested in The Hollywood Pitch Festival.

Playwrights! New Jersey residents, there's an upcoming commission opportunity you might be interested in: Liberty Live is open to emerging writers.

Origin Theater is also offering the W.B. Yeats Emerging Playwright Competition. Get a staged reading of your play!
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HUMANITAS College Fellowships

David and Lynn Angell Comedy & Student Drama

Submission Deadline is May 15, 2015


The HUMANITAS College Fellowships scriptwriting competition is now accepting submissions. The David and Lynn Angell Comedy Fellowship winner receives a $20,000 prize. The College Drama Fellowship winner receives a $10,000 prize, and through a partnership with 20th Century Fox Television, an opportunity for a freelance script assignment on a Fox TV show.

As a HUMANITAS college affiliate, you can nominate three (3) student scripts for comedy and three (3) for drama. Both undergraduate and graduate students are eligible.

The student scripts can be:
30 Minute (22 to 38 pages), 60 Minute (44 to 60 pages) or 90 Minute (75 to 90 pages)   Feature (105 to 120 pages)
Pilot script for original series
Script for current or past series

Please note:
Plays and short stories are not accepted
Scripts must be student's sole and original work
Scripts should reflect the HUMANITAS mission (click here for website)
No entry fee
The "copyright registration and protecting the property" are the student’s responsibility

To enter a submission online:

1.  Student provides the college representative with the following information:
  a. Name, email and phone number
             b. Brief script synopsis (PDF)
             c. Script (PDF)

2.  College representative clicks HERE to register and submit student information and materials on the HUMANITAS website. Enter your contact information and the student’s name, email and phone number then upload their synopsis and script as separate PDFs.

The winners will be announced in December. The college fellowships prizes will be presented at our annual January awards reception in Los Angeles. If you have any questions, please contact me at 310-454-8769 or deirdre.dooley@humanitasprize.org.

We look forward to receiving your submissions.

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My name is Tom Hogg, and I'm the producer of the 48 Hour Film Project in Philadelphia. We're trying to get the word out about this years competition as much as we can. I was wondering if there was anyway we could get a quick plug about the competition on your departments website, listserv, and/or social media? I tried reaching out to some of the program directors but I haven't had much luck.

We've been doing the 48 HR in Philly for almost a decade now. Film groups from all over the area will have 48 hours to make a short film the weekend of April 24-26th. They will then be screened at the International House in University City on May 3rd. We were very excited to announce that the winner of the 48 Hour Film Project this year will receive 2 badges to the Cannes Film Festival in 2016 where their short will be screened!

http://www.48hourfilm.com/en/philadelphia/

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Now in its 17th year, the New South Young Playwrights Festival supports the development of the next generation of American dramatists.  Each year we hold a national contest for college and high school playwrights, and we invite the 20-25 winners to join us in Atlanta for a FREE week of residency including workshops, rehearsals and seminars, with new play readings presented by professional actors, directors, and dramaturgs. This year’s festival dates are May 25th – 30th, 2015.
Submissions do not have to be brand new pieces – they can be previously written material.
Please also visit our website for student submission guidelines and more information on this wonderful festival!  (YOU CAN SEE OUR AD FOR SUBMISSIONS BELOW – DEADLINE HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO APRIL 1st)
If you have any questions, feel free to contact me here or at 404.523.1477 ext. 113. Thanks so much for your help in creating buzz about this exciting opportunity.



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Six writing competitions for spring 2015.
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HBO Access Writer's Fellowship spring 2015.
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My name is Amanda Hillsberg, and I'm a founding member of JustA Theater & Production Company.  We are a new Los Angeles-based company dedicated to fostering and employing diverse and emerging writers and actors.

We are seeking original work for our inaugural 2015 season: three staged play productions and two short films.

We would like to reach out to students in your prestigious program for play and short screenplay submissions. Our starting stipend for writers is $150.

Here are our submission guidelines:

Characters should primarily range between the ages of 15 and 30.
At least two characters must be women.
Diverse themes and characters are encouraged.
We welcome scripts of varied genres. Feel free to submit plays with elements of absurdism or magic-realism, as well as plays rooted in realism.
Staged plays should not exceed 115 pages total.
Screenplays should not exceed 15 pages.

Please submit the first 15 pages of your piece to info@justatheater.com
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For more information, visit us at justatheater.com.

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Nickelodeon Writing Program, www.nickwriting.com





2015 BlueCat Screenplay Competition
Regular Deadline: OCTOBER 15TH

Since 1998, the BlueCat Screenplay Competition has developed and discovered thousands of writers through our commitment to providing written feedback to all entrants and substantial cash awards to their best screenplays: 

  • Each Screenplay Receives Written Analysis
  • Feature and Short Screenplays Accepted
  • Over 40,000 in cash awards
  • Early Analysis: All submissions received by October 15th will receive their written analysis by November 10th. 
  • All October 15th entries are eligible for Resubmission
  • All entries received after October 16th will receive their feedback by February 1st.


Awards

BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY
$15,000 Grand Prize
Four Finalists
$2,500 Prize

BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY
$10,000 Grand Prize
Three Finalists
$1,500 Prize

THE CORDELIA AWARD
Best Feature Screenplay from the UK
$1,500 Prize

THE JOPLIN AWARD
Best Feature Screenplay from outside the USA, Canada or the UK
$1,500 Prize


Recent achievements by BlueCat Alumni include:
  • 2014 BlueCat Winner HF Crum has signed with manager Michelle Knudsen at MXN. Knudsen co-produced Jason Bateman's "Bad Words" and also represents screenwriting team Yana Gorskaya & Maia Rossini, who are currently writing a film for FOX and director Paul Feig.
  • 2014 BlueCat Joplin Award Winner Savion Einstein has been named as one of six fellows to the 2014 Black List Lab and will be mentored by Jessica Bendinger (Bring it On, Stick It), Max Borenstein (Godzilla, Seventh Son), Jesse Wigutow (It Runs in the Family, The Prince) and Scott Myers (K-9, Alaska).
  • BlueCat Finalist Aaron Guzikowski's #1 Film "Prisoners," (Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Melissa Leo) was released in September 2013 through Warner Brothers. Guzikowski is also the creator of "The Red Road," (Martin Henderson, Jason Momoa, Julianne Nicholson) which is SundanceTV’s second scripted original series.
  • 2006 BlueCat Winner Young Il Kim's script, "Rodham," attached director James Ponsoldt (The Spectacular Now) after having been on the 2012 Black List. Young recently won the 2013 Alfred P. Sloan Commissioning Grant from Sundance, and is currently writing a biopic on Stephen Hawking.
  • 2007 BlueCat Winner Ana Lily Amipour's debut feature, "A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night," was produced by Elijah Wood and premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival.  It will be distributed by Kino Lorber (Oldboy, Manuscripts Don’t Burn) nationwide in Fall 2014.
  • BlueCat Finalist Ashleigh Powell sold her script, "SomaCell," to Warner Brothers, with David Goyer (Batman Begins, Man of Steel) attached to produce.  Powell is repped by Daniel Vang at Benderspink.

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