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Screenwriting refers to the art and craft of writing screenplays.
Writing for film is potentially one of the most high-profile and best-paying careers available to a writer, and as such, it is perhaps the most sought. It is increasingly difficult to make a living as a Hollywood screenwriter, but that does not stop tens of thousands of people from trying every year, as the capricious nature of the film industry makes it possible (though improbable) for a complete unknown to launch a career simply by writing a commercially-appealing screenplay and getting it into the hands of the right people.
Status of Screenwriters in the Industry
Historically, screenwriters have had a low social position in the film industry. Despite the fact that a screenwriter is often the genesis of a project, directors –-- not writers —--frequently get their names associated with the films they make (as in, "a film by..."). Screenwriters usually do not get this honor, unless the screenwriter is also directing. More on [ Screenwriting ]
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jeannevb (Jeanne V Bowerman) Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:31:55 -0000
Been on phone w Linksys tech support for an hour. Listen,bub, I don't want sm talk. FIX IT! He's asking zillion ?? about screenwriting!
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dave_patten (Dave Patten) Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:09:33 -0000
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mindtingling (Nicole ) Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:35:15 -0000
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MikeAtSMS (Mike Hayden) Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:58:43 -0000
For novel/screenwriting, checkout Dramatica Pro. Get the book/software and take the course in LA. #amwriting #writingtip
2003 Script PIMP Writing Competition - Offers $10,000 in cash, plus $14,000 in other prizes. 85 Companies have requested the winners for their consideration. Final deadline: May 1,2003.
Meta Description: [ Movie Script Coverage & Analysis, Screenwriting Competition & Writers Database for Screenwriters ]
Acclaim TV - Original, television scripts, and film scripts are sought.
Meta Description: [ ACCLAIM, SCREENPLAY CONTEST, LOGLINES, SCRIPTS, PRODUCTION COMPANIES, HOLLYWOOD, AGENTS, FILM, SCREENWRITING, SCREENWRITERS, TELEVISION, FLORIDA, COMPETITION ]
American Accolades Screenwriting Competition - Competition aims to find and usher emerging talent into the Hollywood mainstream marketplace.
Meta Description: [ Aspiring screenwriter? This screenwriting competition may help your career, sell your script, and meet Hollywood insiders--producers, agents, and managers. The American Accolades wants you to be in the mainstream marketplace. Contest winners receive cash, exposure, and a critique of their mater... ]
American Cinema Foundation - Elicits scripts which are suitable for either theatrical or television production and which tell a positive story about specific fundamental values.
American Gem Short Script Contest - The winning screenplay will be produced, with the screenwriter sharing in the gross profits.
Meta Description: [ Presented by American Gem Short Screenplay Competition with its Partner Write Brothers. Winning script will be produced. The top five winners get to pitch their script to Hollywood producers and agents. ]
American Screenwriting Competition - Promises $50,000 in cash and prizes. Minimum entry fee: $40. Deadline: September 15.
Meta Description: [ Screenwriting Competition with over $50,000 in cash and prizes. Screenwriting Contest Grand prize $12,000. Is your screenplay good enough? ]
American Zoetrope Screenplay Contest - Offers a $5,000 grand prize. The top ten screenplays are considered for option by American Zoetrope and for representation by top agencies. Judged by Francis Ford Coppola. Reading fee: $40. Opens May 1. Deadline: September 1.
Awesome Television Scriptwriting Contest - Offers cash prizes for spec scripts of existing television shows.
Bare Bones - Spotlights screenplays with a budget summary of less than a million dollars.
BlueCat Screenplay Competition - An annual search for the best screenplay in the world.
Meta Description: [ Winner of BlueCat Screenplay Competition awarded $10,000 cash prize, finalists $1500. Every screenwriter receives script analysis. Top screenplays sent to literary agencies and production companies. An annual screenwriting contest since 1998. ]
Bravo TV - Bravo TV is producing a reality show documenting a contest for writers - they're looking for the next big sitcom. Entry is free but eligibility requirements are strict. The contest is limited to non-professional writers who are residents of the U.S.A. Deadline: September 18, 2004. Prize: $25,000.
Meta Description: [ From Emmy Award winner Sean Hayes (NBC's ]
British Short Screenplay Competition - The winning script will be produced by Kaos Films to be exhibited in UK cinemas and entered into film festivals around the world.
Meta Description: [ Kaos Films & NFTS presents The British Short Screenplay Competition 2006 — The only competitive and international short screenplay competition that undertakes to produce the winning screenplay and is able to boast an unrivalled line-up of judges including top producers, writers and actors.... ]
Chesterfield Writer's Film Project - Writing competition open to all writers of fiction, plays, screenplays. Five winners will each receive a $20,000 fellowship, and spend 10 months completing 2 screenplays with the guidance of industry mentors. Sponsored by Paramount Pictures.
Meta Description: [ Chesterfield Writer's Film Project - $20,000 Screewriting Fellowships ]
Cinescape's Genre Screenwriting Competition - Competition to assist science fiction, fantasy, horror, and action-adventure screenwriters in becoming discovered by the film industry.
Devilhawk Screenplay Competition - The winning screenplay will be produced by Devilhawk Productions on a budget determined by the number of entries received. Entry fee: $50. Deadline: September 15, 2003.
Empire Screenplay Contest - Information related to the Empire Screenplay Contest, including previous winners, innovations, successes, etc.
Meta Description: [ EMPIRE SCREENWRITING CONTEST: winners, letter to winners,
innovations, progress on commitments, successes, guidelines, results. ]
eShay.com Competition - For all screenwriters who have at least one copyrighted feature length screenplay. Prizes include software and script consultation. 2001 competition winners announced.
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European Pitch Point - Script competition aimed to promote European writers. General information, deadlines, call for proposals, quotations from industry professionals, and contact details.
Fade In: Screenwriting Awards - Cash prizes and industry exposure from the publishers of Fade In Magazine.
Heat Productions - $5,000 bonus and round trip tickets each to 3 screenwriters chosen for this experience down in South Africa.
Meta Description: [ Sebastian Apodaca and Kim te Roller launched Heat Productions in 2002 with a vision of introducing South Africa to superior filmmakers around the world. ]
Hollywood 27 - Independent film production company offering $25,000 in prize money.
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Hollywood Gateway Screenwriting Contest - An annual contest provides a $5,000 cash prize in addition to a number of other benefits including transportation and accommodation in Hollywood, meetings with top agents and producers, plus submissions to over 70 agencies and production companies. Final deadline: September 30.
Hollywood Symposium - Features screenplay development, film production, script consultation and screenplay contests.
Meta Description: [ Screenplay Development, Film Production, Script Consultation and Screenplay Contest ]
International Screenplay Competition - More than $10,000 in prizes. Presented by the American Screenwriters Association and Writer's Digest.
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Lighthouse Scripts - Annual teleplay and screenplay competition open to all writers worldwide.
Monterey County Film Commission - Three finalists will receive one-on-one consultations with jury members at the awards event in Monterey County.
Meta Description: [ Enter your screenplay in our screenplay contest. The
Monterey County Film Commission is a non-profit organization, which promotes
our areas unforgettable locations, crew and businesses to the film industry,
making it easy for filmmakers to take their projects from start to finish here.
We a... ]
Nashville Screenwriting Competition - 1st place cash prize of $1,000 plus an all-access pass to the Nashville Independent Film Festival.
National Screenplay Contest. Winning script produced as a movie - A monthly contest for movie scripts offers the winner of the Grand Finals a $1,000 Treasury Bond and the certainty that the script will be produced as a movie.
Meta Description: [ Screenplay script contest competition! If you're the grand finals winner, your script screenplay will be produced as a motion picture movie. Prizes will be awarded! www.screenplay-contest.com, www.rlyeh.com/screenplay-contest/index.html, Aspiring screenwriter? This screenwriting screenplay script... ]
Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting - An international competition, sponsored by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, seeks original screenplays from writers who have not earned more than $5,000 for film or TV scripts. Up to five $25,000 fellowships are awarded each year.
One-In-Ten Screenplay Competition - Open to all writers. At least one of the primary characters in the screenplay must be a positively portrayed gay or lesbian character.
Organization of Black Screenwriters - Categories are original screenplays, half-hour and one hour television spec scripts, and half-hour and one hour television pilot scripts.
Meta Description: [ The Organization of Black Screenwriters is a non-profit group. Its goal is to develop great writers. ]
Outfest - Recognizes and promotes screenplays that significantly feature lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgendered characters and/or themes.
PAGE International Screenwriting Awards - Founded by Hollywood producers to discover new screenplays by up-and-coming writers. Cash and prizes of over $25,000.
Meta Description: [ The 2006 PAGE International Screenwriting Awards ]
Radmin Company Screenwriting Contest - Held in conjunction with FilmMakers Magazine, the top 50 scripts will be considered for representation by the Radmin Company.
Meta Description: [ Filmmakers.com: home of the filmmakers screenplay competition awards where the top 50 screenplays will be read by the Radmin Company. The 10 finalists get to pitch to producers and agents via our screenplay competitions. ]
Screamfest - Annual horror film and screenplay competition. Finalists and winning horror screenplay finalists to be read by literary agents. 0ctober 17th - 20th.
Meta Description: [ Discovering the New Blood of Horror and Honoring the Masters, Screamfest LA is Los Angeles' premiere horror film and screenplay festival. OCT.14 -23rd, 2005. ]
Screenwriter Showcase - An annual screenwriting contest, to find and promote talented new screenwriters, awards prizes in kind but not in cash. Entry fees are payable.
Meta Description: [ Now accepting entries for our annual screenwriting contest sponsored by InkTip.com. Also offering screenwriting resources and screenplay posting service to promote talented screenwriters. ]
Script Magazine Open Door Contest - Cash prizes, script notes and consideration from a legitimate management company, production company or agency.
Meta Description: [ The screenwriting magazine covering the craft and business of writing for film. Featuring articles written by working screenwriters. ]
Scriptapalooza screenwriting competition with Screenplay.com - Annual Screenwriting Competition offers a $10,000 cash prize, plus promotion for the best thirteen scripts submitted.
Meta Description: [ Scriptapalooza on filmmakers.com ]
Scriptapalooza TV - Semi-annual competition that accepts pilots and spec scripts for sitcoms and one hour episodics.
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Scriptunities - A free monthly guide to competitions, script calls and other script opportunities in the UK and Europe. Subscribe to a monthly mail out or examine the web edition.
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Short Film Script Contest - Seeks a short film script based on any book or story in the Bible. $2,500 to be won, plus possible use in a feature film.
Slamdance Screenplay Competition - Indie-oriented competition aims to promote and support talented new writers.
Meta Description: [ Slamdance.com: online home for the Slamdance Film Festival. Watch short films, enter our screenplay competition, and find out more about the festival and the organization. ]
Spec Scriptacular Contest - Spec Scriptacular TV Writing Competition. A television competition for TV episode and movie scripts and original pilot teleplays.
Meta Description: [ Spec Scriptacular TV Writing Competition. A television competition for TV episode and movie scripts and original pilot teleplays. ]
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Split-Screenplay Contest - All contestants must register as a member of the Screenwriters Community.
Meta Description: [ Community for Screenwriters offering a FREE screenplay contest. ]
TalentScout TV Writing Contest - Winners are submitted to the networks and production companies to help find them work.
Meta Description: [ TalentScout offers simply the best script & teleplay consulting on the net, staffed by award winning writers and producers. ]
The Austin Film Festival Heart of Film Screenplay Competition - Competition dedicated to recognizing the writer's contribution to the motion picture industry.
True Independent Screenplay Competition - Offers a $1500 First Prize for superior craftmanship in screenwriting. Feedback is provided on all entries for an extra $20 fee. Deadline: May 15. Entry fees: $15 for short films; $30 for features.
Warner Bros. Writers Workshop - The Warner Bros. Writers Workshop maintains an annual program geared towards helping aspiring television writers obtain representation and work.
WinFemme - Monthly and annual film screenplay festival in Los Angeles. Winners receive staged readings and screenings in Hollywood on a monthly basis with top industry executives who discuss the artist's work.
Meta Description: [ Since 1993, Women's Image Network has produced The WIN Awards to honor media makers and individual artists who help forward WIN's mission to ]
WriteMovies.com Writing Competition - Offers a $2,000 cash prize (plus representation, and possible option money), plus submission of the top three entries to studios, production companies, and agencies in Hollywood.
Writer's Film Project - Originated by the Chesterfield Film Company and co-sponsored by Paramount Pictures.
WriteSafe Writing and Art Contest - Quarterly competition for all material registered with WriteSafe for public view.
Meta Description: [ WriteSafe offers your written work protection from thievery and shows it to the world at the same time! Your ideas, outlines, stories, novels, and scripts are dated and registered as proof of their existence in their form, and they are posted for agents, network executives, studio and production... ]
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