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Our TV Competition has a history of getting writers
signed, staffed, and sold. It's one of our most successful
competitions, period. Winners of this year’s competition receive cash
prizes, exclusive workshops, and introductions to industry
professionals.
We’re looking for pilots that push genre boundaries like Stranger
Things, inspire change like Abbott
Elementary and Grey’s Anatomy, transport us to other worlds
like The Last of Us and Dark Matter, and entertain like The
Bear, Girls5Eva and Beef.
We welcome Emmy-nominated writer and showrunner Kirk Ward (THE CONTINENTAL, WAYNE) as
our VIP Grand Prize Mentor. Kirk will participate in a virtual
Q&A session with all finalists of the program.
Our mission is to
connect great TV writers with great TV producers, managers and
development executives.
Early Deadline: July
31
Regular Deadline:
August 31
Final Deadline:
September 30
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Get in front of
Hollywood judges with decades of combined television experience:
Kyle Castellanet
- Echo Lake Entertainment
Sean Dubravac
- Entertainment Lab
Dan Kavanagh - Vertigo
Lameese Hassen
- Marathon Management
MJ Grogan - ACE
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Check out ScreenCraft's new free event series! Sign up
to re-watch the conversation with Francesca Sloane, showrunner for Mr.
and Mrs. Smith; re-watch
a discussion with Pachinko showrunner Soo Hugh plus visit a brand new
blog with the Chernin brothers featuring their new film
'Incoming'. Sign up for notifications about future events below!
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New Events and Interviews from ScreenCraft
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Looking for inspirational content and interviews with
screenwriters and filmmakers? ScreenCraft is proud to bring you
interviews and panels on a regular basis, most are completely free!
Keep an eye on the newsletter and social media accounts to keep up to
date on the latest opportunities.
- Showrunner Francesca
Sloane discusses the Prime
Video series Mr. and Mrs. Smith, including how the writing shifts
for different genres, but how the stories always come back to
relationships.
Read the recap
- Soo Hugh, showrunner and writer of the Apple TV+ series Pachinko joins us to
talk about how she adapted the acclaimed novel into a TV show
entering its second season. Sign
up to watch the conversation
- Dave and John Chernin chat with ScreenCraft about their transition
to from TV to features, and their daily efforts to sit down and
write something that makes them laugh. Read
the recap
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The Script Lab has
invited ScreenCraft to bring you exclusive video content via TSL360!
Already featuring hundreds of conversations with filmmakers and
screenwriters, TSL360 will now host all ongoing video from ScreenCraft
events and interviews. Join now and get access to all previous
ScreenCraft Summits along with insight from agents, managers, film
executives and more.
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Hello, writers!
Are you stuck on inspiration? Well, maybe listening to
some interviews will help! We're excited to share this Writer's
Summit from ScreenCraft with you this week. With TSL360
access, you'll get the chance to watch and hear from experienced
writers, agents, executives, and more.
Looking for a different muse? Check out this article on 1000
prompts to spark your creativity.
Write on!
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The Script Lab has
invited ScreenCraft to bring you exclusive video content via TSL360!
Already featuring hundreds of conversations with filmmakers and
screenwriters, TSL360 will now host all ongoing video from ScreenCraft
events and interviews. Join now and get access to all previous
ScreenCraft Summits along with insight from agents, managers, film
executives and more.
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When you’re trying to figure out what you are going to
write next, you need to choose wisely. Concept is everything — at least
at first glance. It’s what sells the book, short story, movie or TV
series. As soon as you have a compelling and engaging concept, you can
build equally compelling and engaging stories and characters around
them.
With that in mind, here we present the ultimate list of
1000 story prompts to get your creative juices flowing. So get ready to
go down a wild rabbit tunnel of story prompts.
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You love movies. We love movies. They are magical and
compelling, they teach us about worlds and characters we can only dream
of.
If you're looking for professional feedback specific to
your feature script, you've come to the right place! Our readers have
experience working for studios, agencies, and feature film production
companies -- they're excited to share their expertise with you!
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Manchester Film Festival
Screenplay Competition
Now in its eleventh
year, the Manchester Film Festival is proud to champion independent
work and provide screenwriters with a chance to see their scripts read
and appraised by industry experts.
In response to writer
feedback from previous editions, we're once again offering writers the
chance to receive a detailed script report from their first-round
reader, including 1,200-1,500 words of concise commentary, a written
analysis of features such as premise, story structure, characters, and
more.
Late
Deadline August 27th
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Authored Rising Talent
Competition
Authored’s inaugural Rising Talent Competition identifies
promising manuscripts through a comprehensive review process. Our focus
is on securing representation for authors, supporting diverse voices,
and championing ambitious storytelling.
All submissions are reviewed by literary agents or
published authors. Prizes are sourced from a pool, 50% of which go to
the grand prize winner. Finalists receive detailed feedback on the
first 10 pages and a Q&A session with Mark Tavani of David Black
Agency.
Late
Deadline August 24
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Greetings, writers:
Ever wonder why we can't get enough of the bad guys? What
makes villains so compelling? And why do we need them, anyway? Dive
into The 13
Best Villains in Cinematic History and discover why
they're not just evil—they're essential!
Plus, experience the thrill of redemption with our
must-watch Bad
Guys Turned Good flicks.
Continue reading below!
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The thing about heroes is that they often need a villain
for the story to work. With a boring villain, a hero may not even be
able to rise to the occasion — so we want our “bad guys” really bad.
Whether they’re demons, Nazis, or horrifying superfans who kidnap their
favorite authors, you want certain stories to have someone to root
against. In the stories you’ll see below, we’ve picked the worst of the
worst: terrifying and iconic, the ones who stick with you even after
you’ve turned off the telly. You know which ones we mean.
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The theme of Bad Guy Turned Good is enormously important
in the world of cinematic storytelling. It shows that even the most
apparently irredeemable characters can redeem themselves.
It is a theme that exists throughout all of cinema. The
six scripts in this collection all demonstrate that one of the most
satisfying cinematic/screen-storytelling journeys of them all is the
transformation from the negative to the positive.
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The 2024 ScreenCraft Summit is now available on TSL360!
Watch inspirational conversations with screenwriters and filmmakers
including Richard Linklater, Quinta Brunson, Brit Marling, Issa Lopez,
Chuck Lorre and more.
Get insight into the craft and business of screenwriting
with panels full of industry professionals including literary managers,
agents and executives. Featuring companies like Gersh, WME, The Cartel
and more.
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Black Boy Writes &
Black Girl Writes Mentorship Initiative
This mentorship
program is a year-long international initiative that provides a pathway
to eliminating barriers to entry. The goal of the program is to
position and equip Black writers with the resources and knowledge to
acquire representation, a staffed writing position, and/or optioned
content.
Features of the
mentorship initiative include monthly Writer Roundtables with
established writers/industry leaders, writing workshops and notes
sessions, and more.
Regular
Deadline August 30
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ScreenCraft Virtual
Pitch Competition
The ScreenCraft Virtual Pitch Competition gives writers
the chance to pitch to industry professionals! Take advantage of a
unique opportunity to pitch directly to an A-list jury of industry
insiders online. Open to writers worldwide!
Previous finalists have signed ON THE SPOT during the
pitch competition with a Hollywood Lit Manager. Past winners and
finalists have also landed meetings with companies like Verve, Page Boy
Productions, and more.
Final
Deadline August 31
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The following is a message from
our friends at ScreenCraft!
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New Competitions Now Open!
From Horror to Stage Play, get
your scripts in early to these ScreenCraft competitions!
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The horror genre has timeless
appeal - it’s been drawing theater-goers to the movies for a hundred
years, entertaining TV viewers since The Twilight Zone, and engaging
new audiences for the future within streaming services. We’re looking
for the freshest voices with compelling stories to tell.
The ScreenCraft Horror
Competition has a long history of creating success for our winners and
finalists, many of whom have gone on to sign with companies like
Bellevue Productions, Kaplan Perrone, Affirmative Entertainment, Zero
Gravity, Story Driven, and more.
All finalists will meet with a
member of the jury and be invited to an exclusive Finalist+ workshop on
how you can best position yourself and your writing to the industry.
Early Deadline is August 31!
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Our Stage Play competition is a
celebration of creativity, diversity, and the human experience. We are
committed to supporting playwrights, whether they want to see their
play produced or transition to TV or film. ScreenCraft fosters a
vibrant community where new works can flourish.
Gain visibility among theater
agents, playwrights, and more who are eager to discover and foster
fresh, innovative voices in playwriting.
This year's jury features
theater agents and managers plus award-winning playwrights.
Early Deadline is August 31!
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Lab, All rights reserved.
Our mailing address is:
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Hello, writers,
This week, we're taking a look behind prison films and
discovering what makes these survival and personal redemption stories
so compelling.
Then, get a little more sense of justice with these 10 movies
about sticking it to the man.
Read on!
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Script Collections
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What is it about prisoners that makes them ideal for
storytelling? Maybe it’s the way they long for freedom, how they are
placed in situations where they’re constantly in survivor mode, or it’s
building humanity in a place that’s designed to take it away.
Regardless, the prison movie genre has been an artistic
study in film and television for decades. They’ve won Academy
Awards and have become fan favorites.
These screenplays are must-reads for those looking to
write prison movies or want to see how professional screenwriters
created an ensemble piece with a group of unique and exciting
characters.
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Stories of the rich and powerful getting their comeuppance
never truly get old, especially when those delivering the just desserts
rise from the ranks of the powerless. We all want to feel
liberated from authority or “The Man.” We daydream about heedlessly
telling the Big Kahunas in our lives where to stick their rules.
But even if we never get the chance to actually tell our
bosses where to shove it, we can know what that feels like vicariously
through these films.
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Kickstart your
screenwriting career today with 30% off Final Draft, the
Industry Standard Screenwriting Software - the only tool you need to
write your film or TV script!
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Authored Rising Talent
Competition
Authored’s inaugural Rising Talent
Competition identifies promising manuscripts through a comprehensive
review process. Our focus is on securing representation for authors,
supporting diverse voices, and championing ambitious storytelling.
All submissions are reviewed by literary
agents or published authors. Prizes are sourced from a pool, 50% of
which go to the grand prize winner. Finalists receive detailed feedback
on the first 10 pages and a Q&A session with Mark Tavani of David
Black Agency.
Enter
on or before August 10th to save $10
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ScreenCraft Horror
Competition
The ScreenCraft Horror Competition has a long history of creating
success for our winners and finalists, many of whom have gone on to
sign with companies like Bellevue Productions, Kaplan Perrone,
Affirmative Entertainment, Zero Gravity, Story Driven, and more.
All finalists will meet with a member of the jury and be invited to an
exclusive Finalist+ workshop on how you can best position yourself and
your writing to the industry.
Early
Deadline August 31
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The Script Lab
2300 Empire Ave, 5th Floor
Burbank, California 91504
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Master Your Screenwriting Skills
Fall
Quarter courses begin September 23.
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Learn from dedicated
instructors with experience selling their scripts and working in the
industry in our renowned programs in screenwriting:
Whether you’re putting
your first words on the page or want a deep, conservatory-style
experience for advanced study, the UCLA Extension Writers’ Program
offers dozens of classes each quarter. Start anytime and take classes
on your schedule with in-person, live online and asynchronous course
options.
No application is required to get started—just find the course that
suits your needs and sign up.
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Our mailing address is:
The Script Lab
600 Wilshire Blvd
#500
Los Angeles, CA 90017
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California 91504, United States
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Wassup, writers!
Yes, we're going back to early 2000s TV - revisiting The Sopranos, Mad Men, and The Wire. Now that
this era is cool again (at least according to wide-leg pants being back
in fashion), let’s take a look at what stood the ultimate test - time -
and what made these series memorable, impactful, and ultimately,
universal.
Keep on reading, peeps.
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Script Collections
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If late 20th-century/early 21st-century television is
following 70s cinema as another lost golden age of screen storytelling,
then its totemic works – its equivalent of The Godfather and Chinatown as
the greatest works of a great era – are surely The Sopranos, The Wire, and Mad Men.
These three series combine the singular vision of their
creators with what might be called a structuralist approach to
storytelling. But how else do these works overlap? How do they
differ?
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The most successful films offer a cathartic experience for
the audience. And that cathartic experience is usually the result of
the screenwriters and filmmakers presenting a story
with universal themes that everyone can relate to in their
lives.
The actual story may have little or nothing to do with you
personally, but the movie was so well written and produced that you
somehow felt placed within the shoes of the protagonist and felt their
own catharsis by the end of the film.That’s the magic of an amazing
screenplay and movie, leaving the reader or the audience truly touched,
affected, and sometimes changed.
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Outstanding Screenplays
Shorts Competition
Absolutely FINAL
Deadline is
this WEDNESDAY, JULY 31st!
The winner of the
Outstanding Screenplays Shorts Competition will get their short
screenplay PRODUCED for a guaranteed
budget of $10,000 in co-production with Slick Films, an Academy Award®
winning production company.
This year's
competition has FIVE
OSCAR-WINNING short filmmakers as judges, and
they will be providing WRITTEN
FEEDBACK on how to improve your script. They will
also help get your short script financed
and produced. Almost all famous filmmakers started with
short films, and our competition is your best chance to do the same!
We are also awarding
TWO MENTORSHIPS from two Oscar Winners this year! One writer will
receive mentorship
from Academy Award® Winner CHRIS OVERTON! The second
writer will receive mentorship
from Academy Award® Winner MARTIN STRANGE-HANSEN!
FINAL Deadline is in
TWO DAYS, on JULY 31st!
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WeScreenplay Feature
Script Coverage
You love movies. We love movies. They
are magical and compelling, they teach us about worlds and characters
we can only dream of. If you're looking for professional feedback
specific to your next feature script, you've come to the right place!
Our readers have experience working for studios, agencies, and feature
film production companies -- they're excited to share their expertise
with you!
All coverage packages include a 72-hour
turnaround time at no additional charge.
Get
Script Coverage Now
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ScreenCraft Animation
& Family Competition
ScreenCraft is looking for original stories with new voices in the
animation and family genre. Past competition winners and finalists have
had their work optioned, signed shopping agreements, and have signed
with managers at companies like Zero Gravity and Valley
Entertainment.
All semifinalists will be invited to an
exclusive workshop series with established screenwriters, producers and
animators behind some of the best animated films of all time.
Final
Deadline July 31
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