Screenwriting Contests

[j]

I have a feature length script that I would like to enter into a contest, however, there are a lot of contests out there. Does anybody have any advice as to which contests are worth entering?

BTW, my genre is scifi.

Thanks,

-J

 

[Barry_Green]

The biggies -- i.e., the ones that are worth winning -- are the Nicholl, the Chesterfield, the Heart of Austin, and a few others. Those have the big prizes and will do the most for your career. And they're by far the hardest to win -- I think the Nicholl gets something like 20,000 entries! (although I may be making that up; but I think I remember that).

Go to www.moviebytes.com and look through the list. There are probably several sci-fi-oriented contests. Heck, there's hundreds, if not thousands, of contests out there, so you can probably find one that exactly suits your needs.

 

[EJ Pennypacker]

Depends on what you want from the competition. There is only one contest that I know of where your script is actually made into a movie.

PGL.

EJ

 

[j]

I'm not looking to have the script made into a film, I guess I'm interested in the prestige of winning a contest in order to help shop a script.

-j

 

[Larry Rutledge]

In that case, I would recommend the ones which Barry Green listed....Nicholl (http://www.oscars.org/nicholl/) and Chesterfield (http://www.chesterfield-co.com/).

 

[GenJerDan]

The one thing I don't like about the bigger contests: the prize is a fellowship. I really can't afford giving up my "real" job for a year to take a minimum wage internship.

Dan