Screenwriting Deadlines
Written by: FFT Webmaster | January 14th, 2011
Five winners will receive a MacBook Pro plus Final Draft software.
Over 90 producers reading all the entries!
•All the reading is done by 90 production companies
•Entertainment Weekly Magazine calls us ‘One of the Best’
•We promote the winners, runners-up, finalists and semifinalists for a full year
•We are considered one of the best screenplay competitions by agents, managers and producers
•Endorsed by Robert McKee, author of STORY
With over 20k in cash and prizes, the contest’s Grand Prize is a 12-month Fellowship program during which the writer is mentored by two Hollywood professionals. In addition, semifinalists, finalists and winners are invited to an intensive four-day Writers Retreat where they work one-on-one with working Hollywood professionals.
Contest Name: Feature ~ Round 1 of 3: Logline
Description: This is the first of three rounds in our annual feature length script contest.
In this first round, writers submit their title and logline (no more than 500 characters). The top 30 writers move on to the second round in April, when they submit their first ten pages. In August, the top ten writers move on to the third and final round, when they submit their finished scripts.
Do NOT miss out on submitting your script for 2011. The winning script will win 3 ways and a chance to win much more: Best Short Screenplay Script will be produced into a short film by our production partner in Seattle, Washington. This competition is open to screenplay writers of all levels. This competition is open to scripts of ALL genres. Your script must be a “Short Film” script.
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