Script Studio has partnered with Hollywood Script Express and experienced industry professionals to offer emerging screenwriters with unique voices and original ideas an opportunity to get their script in front of agents, managers, producers and development execs. Our annual feature contest aims to highlight the best international writing talent, circulate and promote the winning scripts and raise the profile of their writers.
This year's total prize fund of $10,000 in cash and prizes will be distributed among the top 5 scripts in 7 genres, with genre category winners receiving $500 cash and the Grand Prize Winner walking away with $2,500 cash in total.
We will also be offering a Guaranteed Option prize to one or more scripts.
All genre winner prizes plus...
(includes genre cash prize)
from Dan Bronzite — produced screenwriter, award-winning director, Buckle Up Entertainment CEO and creator of Script Studio.
“Story Notes” replaced by:
Breakdowns and analyses from popular Hollywood movies
(in total) from Virtual Pitch Fest
1 year (in total) community membership for resources, writing gigs, webinars, discounts and more
All finalist prizes plus...
Project and writer exposure to industry partners
Pro Screenwriting Software
Development notes from Hollywood Script Express
(in total) from Virtual Pitch Fest
6 month community membership for resources, writing gigs, webinars, discounts and more
5 Winners in Each Genre
from Hollywood Script Express
Breakdowns and analyses of 12 popular Hollywood movies
10th Digital Edition — a specialized resource for discovering where and how to sell your screenplay
from Virtual Pitch Fest
Pro Screenwriting Software
Raising your profile on our affiliated newsletters and social media channels
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A minimum of one entry will be selected by one or more of our industry partners (which include Buckle Up Entertainment) to receive an option offer for their script. This option offer will be time-limited but completely optional without any obligation upon the writer(s) to accept. The option offer will be made with the intention to develop and/or produce the script, or to market the script and raise the profile of the writer(s) in order to secure development or production. To qualify for this prize, entrants must have selected the “Guaranteed Option” add-on when submitting their entry. This prize is not contingent upon placement in the contest and projects selected for this prize may or may not have been a winner or finalist in previous rounds.
Placed entries will be listed on our site and receive our official laurel to promote the accolade.
Producer
Footprint Films
Jackie produced features ESCAPE FROM PRETORIA (starring Daniel Radcliffe, Daniel Webber and Ian Hart) and AFRICA UNITED, and the multi-award winning short film I AM SAMI. With experience of filming in overseas locations (South Africa, Rwanda, Burundi, Kurdistan (N Iraq), Ireland, Australia) as well as in the UK, she has produced films that have won over 70 awards around the world. Many of the shorts she has produced, including the BAFTA Cymru nominated ONLY CHILD, have been part of Footprint Film's consultancy to short film fund "The Pitch" which works with emerging filmmakers.
Producer/Financier
Apollo Media
Gavin has produced / executive produced / financed 27 films with an aggregate production value of over $500M. He moved to the UK to attend the London Film School and spent 10 years working as a finance and acquisitions executive for companies including Oscar-winning producer Jeremy Thomas' Glinwood Films/Film Trustees, and Mayfair Entertainment International. In 1996, together with investment banker Mark Beilby, Gavin founded Apollo Media, where he has been involved in the production and/or finance of over 15 films including THE ZOOKEEPER, Abel Ferrara's CHELSEA ON THE ROCKS, and HOPE GAP.
Literary Manager
Osowik Management
Charlie began his career interning at top international sales companies including FilmNation, Sierra/Affinity and Voltage. After two years working as an assistant to the CEO of MGM he worked for a partner in the feature literary department at Gersh for another two years where he realized his passion for guiding writers and directors could be turned into a career. In 2018 he established his own management company where he is currently staffing writers and building his client list. He is a firm believer in quality over quantity, loves ideas and surrounds himself with people who deeply connect with what they do.
Literary Agent
APA
Hailing from the Midwest, Halle graduated from Columbia College Chicago in film business and worked in film sales for Shoreline Entertainment and Preferred Content. She is now an agent in the Scripted Literary Department of APA, one of the largest diversified talent agencies in entertainment industry. As a honoree of Colour Associates 2019 Next Up List, Halle is also a part of Women Wednesday’s BIPOC Mentorship Program Committee and #Startwith8 Mentorship program. Her goal is to advocate for writers and directors who are underrepresented in the film world.
Literary Manager
Entertainment Lab
Sean is the Co-founder of Entertainment Lab, a bicoastal Talent Management and Production company in Beverly Hills and Manhattan, that guides and develops careers of established actors, writers and directors in film, TV, theatre, commercial, print and voice overwork. Sean graduated from UCLA in International Development Studies, has been UCLA MFA Screenwriting Program Judge since 2018 and has judged in many high profile screenplay contests. He works with film, theater and TV writers and is looking for exciting, original, edgy stories with unique, diverse voices.
Writer/Director/Producer
Buckle Up Entertainment
Dan is a produced screenwriter and award-winning producer/director with 25 years industry experience and credits that incude LONG TIME DEAD (Working Title Films) and Brit-Listed DO OR DIE for Michael Kuhn's Qwerty Films. He has adapted several novels and optioned his original screenplays both in the UK and US. He's also the creator of Script Studio screenwriting software and long-time contributor to Script Magazine. Dan is currently deveoping a slate of film and television projects for his production company Buckle Up Entertainment and is setting up his feature debut as director.
Between the Silence
by Steve Spiro
The World Turned Upside Down
by Dennis O'Flyng
Decked
by Brent Hartinger
To Be Frank
by Cameron Graber
>Mavenmoon
by Matt Lewis
Between the Silence
by Steve Spiro
Ergosphere
by Martin McLoughlin
Sticks
by Miguel Balona
79 A.E. by William Scott Smith
A Breached Contract by Emmanuel Gilot
Baroness by Brent Hartinger
Between the Silence by Steve Spiro
Boomerang by Auguste Dinoto
Call Me Thor by Jamie Campbell
Child of the Disappeared by Michael Thomas Holliday
Cloudkill by Brent Hartinger
Control by Carroll Brown
Decked by Brent Hartinger
Ergosphere by Martin McLoughlin
Gristle by Heidi Hornbacher
Kintsugi by Desa Larkin-Boutté
Mavenmoon by Matt Lewis
Salience by Craig Cauchi
Sticks by Miguel Balona
The Cellist of Sarajevo by David Becker
The Guns at Cowra by Vir Srinivas
The World Turned Upside Down by Dennis O'Flyng
To Be Frank by Cameron Graber
79 A.E. by William Scott Smith
A Breached Contract by Emmanuel Gilot
Baroness by Brent Hartinger
Between the Silence by Steve Spiro
Boomerang by Auguste Dinoto
Call Me Thor by Jamie Campbell
Child of the Disappeared by Michael Thomas Holliday
Cloudkill by Brent Hartinger
Control by Carroll Brown
Decked by Brent Hartinger
Dumbest Generation by Leslie Lyshkov
Ergosphere by Martin McLoughlin
Gristle by Heidi Hornbacher
Jail Break by Jordan Taylor
Kintsugi by Desa Larkin-Boutté
Litten's Passion by Arik Bjorn, Debi King McMartin, Evelyn L. Morgan
Mavenmoon by Matt Lewis
Salience by Craig Cauchi
Sticks by Miguel Balona
The Cellist of Sarajevo by David Becker
The Guns at Cowra by Vir Srinivas
The Last Don by Anthony Moore
The Luckiest Man by Baxter Taylor
The Outskirts of Paradise by Montgomery Burt
The Wardrobe by Peter Noel
The World Turned Upside Down by Dennis O'Flyng
To Be Frank by Cameron Graber
Too Much Toad by David W. Hughens
Voices by Susan Klos
79 A.E. by William Scott Smith
A Balm in Gilead by Ronald Sam
A Breached Contract by Emmanuel Gilot
A Long Way Home by Steven Bogart
A Pirate and a Princess by Mark Kelly
Arrow of Honor by Robin Woldorf & Rik Center
Baroness by Brent Hartinger
Between the Silence by Steve Spiro
Bloodlines by Eddie Clay Thompkins III
Boomerang by Auguste Dinoto
Brave Faces Fellowship by Caitlin Amans
Call Me Thor by Jamie Campbell
Child of the Disappeared by Michael Thomas Holliday
Cloudkill by Brent Hartinger
Control by Carroll Brown
Decked by Brent Hartinger
Dumbest Generation by Leslie Lyshkov
Ergosphere by Martin McLoughlin
Field Trip by Claudio Martinez-Valle
GIF Corp by Ryan Schorman
Gristle by Heidi Hornbacher
How to Be DysFunctional After Divorce by Erin Elizabeth Keefer
I, Alpha by Samantha Brennan
Jail Break by Jordan Taylor
Jumper and Jake by Caitlin Amans
Killer Whales by Alan Lambert
Kintsugi by Desa Larkin-Boutté
Litten's Passion by Arik Bjorn, Debi King McMartin, Evelyn L. Morgan
Mavenmoon by Matt Lewis
Salience< by Craig Cauchi
Sands of Lanikai by Greg Blair
Speak English by Keiran Angelini
Sticksby Miguel Balona
Terra by Nicholas Hogg
Tetzel's Moon-Gate by Peter McClelland
The Cellist of Sarajevo by David Becker
The Gargoyle< by Charles Stulck
The Guns at Cowra by Vir Srinivas
The Last Don by Anthony Moore
The Luckiest Man by Baxter Taylor
The Outskirts of Paradise by Montgomery Burt
The Secret Bloodline by Devin Dugan
The Shadow Falls by Clay Callender
The Wardrobeby Peter Noel
The Widow Mrs. Widger by Megan Breen
The World Turned Upside Down by Dennis O'Flyng
To Be Frank by Cameron Graber
Tomboy< by Kellie Wood
Too Much Toad by David W. Hughens
Voices by Susan Klos
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