Screenwriting Contests. My top two! (And three more I'm trying out this year!)
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- Опубликовано: 10 июл 2024
- These are my top two that helped me in the past, but also three more I've heard amazing things about and am going to enter for the first time this year! Below are the links to the websites and the deadlines/costs. Hope it helps!!
Nicholl Fellowship:
www.oscars.org/nicholl
Nicholl Fellowship Deadlines.
Early Bird Deadline: March 2 ($50)
Regular Deadline: April 2 ($65)
Late Deadline: May 2 ($90)
Austin Film Festival 2022 Screenplay & Teleplay Competition Deadlines.
austinfilmfestival.com/submit...
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Feature Screenplay:
Early: March 25 ($50)
Regular: April 18 ($65)
Late: May 16 ($80)
Short Screenplay & Teleplay:
Early: March 25 ($40)
Regular: April 18 ($55)
Late: May 16 ($65)
Tracking B:
www.trackingb.com/contests/?c...
Deadline:
March 28 ($119)
The Writers Lab US:
writers.coverfly.com/competit...
Deadline: March 30 ($60)
Page International Screenwriting Awards:
pageawards.com/the-contest/
Deadline: April 11 ($77)
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I competed in 7 screenplay contests last year - varying from 'only writing the story' to 'winning production money'... 😯🍀 I didn't win anything. But... I did learn how to pitch, how to write with deadlines, how to take producers & audiences into account. Sometimes you even get feedback. And you meet so many industry people! It was a master class in screen writing! Lord, lots of free time spent on it... 😅 But still worth the learning curve. ☕️🎬
That sounds amazing!!! You're so right! Contests are such a good way to learn about screenwriting and everything it entails! Pitching is so important and so hard hahahaha!!!! Are you entering anything this year?
@@BeccaCSmith I will probably try again... Haha. But I would also like to work on my own stories. Always a challenge to find a balance between commissioned work, marketing, your own creativity. And maybe sleep? 🤣 Thanks for the tips about these contests. Good luck to you as well!
I got to the Quarters at Finish Line, and Semis in both Shore Scripts and Screencraft Action & Thriller (different scripts). I only got in top 10% at the Nichol, but I entered too early. I've since done several rewrites on that script. Now I cn't get into my Academy account because I changed phones! Doh!
It is SO FUN hearing you talk about screenwriting! Between you, Phoebe, and some other people I've chatted with recently, I really want to try entering more contests! (Maybe even screenwriting next year bahahah.) Also seeing all of your placements for Nicholl's on screen is WILD. I love your point about how incredible it is that they let you see how far along you made it in the process (and I wish every contest did this!). It's so cool to hear you can submit spec scripts for the Austin Film Festival too!
I love you breaking down which contests are industry hubs and have eyes on them! That's something a lot of people wouldn't know and it's awesome for you to share. :)
Also I saw your response to Laura and I'm so excited for your upcoming scheduled videos!! I need to pick up The Founding of Screenwriting.
(I'm very excited for this embarrassing pitch meeting story time in the future. 👀)
Thank you!!!! And yesss!! Enter all the contests! Why are they so fun hahahahaha!!!! And LOL! I could start a whole series of embarrassing industry stories. I've made a lot of flubs in my life hahahaha!!!
This video was very helpful, thank you.
tysm for the video! super helpful for someone starting out! (:
Very helpful and encouraging
Thank you
Thank you 😊
What a fantastic video with very helpful information. Thank you! I liked and subscribed to your channel. ☺️
Great video, I wish I had your attitude and persistence. Thanks for the inspiration
THIS IS SUCH A HELPFUL VIDEO, holy crap. (I also appreciate you pointing out that contests are subjective, because god we're all already our own worst critics, so it really is something that we need to remember that reading is so, so subjective and stuff like this isn't indicative of our skills.) Thank you for sharing this! And good luck!! 💖
Thank you, April!!!! And omg! Yes! I have to remind myself of the subjectivity of readers all the time, even with books and book reviews. We just can't control what people will like and it sucks hahahahahahaha!!!!!
I haven’t heard of these before but now I have to check it out! I’ve been working on a screenplay for a little while now (nowhere near close enough to submitting it lol). I loved the insights you gave and I’m so excited to see how your submissions go!
Thank you, Madeline!!! Ooooooo!!! I know we've talked about screenplays before, but I'd love to exchange for notes if you're ever interested?? I really can't decide between two of my scripts this year to enter into Nicholls! The two scripts are so different from each other, I just have no idea lol!! And neither one is ready yet either! You have until May for Nicholls though! You should totally enter!!!
@@BeccaCSmith Yes please! I would love to exchange notes with you! I love talking screenplays and movies so I’m definitely down 😁 I’m not sure I’ll have anything ready by May, but I can try! I’m so excited for you! Both scripts are going to do great!
@@madelinemonaghan6889 Thank you!! And Yesssss!!!! I'll give you my email on IG! And you totally have time!!! I won't push, but I'll totally push hahahaha!!!!
You’re one of the nicest people I’ve ever seen, you have such a positive mental attitude!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This was a year ago, I hope everything’s been great since then. And this is random but if you are a mom, your kids are so unbelievably lucky
Oooh, I'm excited for your year of placement!! Scripts aren't so much my thing, but I know the feeling you're talking about from short story subs and it can be very fun. I should get back to sending out short stories some time...I've kinda slacked off there for a few months, haha. Good luck with all your entriess!!!
Thank you, Phoebe!!!! And right?! There's nothing like the thrill of entering something hahahaha! Sometimes I enjoy the waiting and dreaming part more than the results lol!!!
Fascinating!!! Good luck!!!
Thank you, Regina!!! 🥰🥰🥰
I made the semi's at Nicholl's two years ago and the meetings I got from it were amazing. Imagine what winning it will do for you? You should always enter Nicholl .
You're totally gunna place!!! Good luck!
Thank you, Abi!!!! Crossing fingers 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻
I’m excited for you! I’ve thought so much about script writing, but haven’t had the guts to dive in. Did you make a video before about recommendations on where to start to learn about script writing? I feel like I remember you doing what. I have a great idea for a feature that I’m tempted to work on this year. Also, I’m curious how often ideas get stolen from these contests. Do you register your script/idea before entering? How does that work?
Thank you, Laura!!!!! You are so psychic lol! I've literally filmed and scheduled videos for Thursday and the following Monday about registering and what craft book I used way back when I first moved to LA and wanted to write my first screenplay lol!!! This book is a staple for screenwriting, I highly, highly recommend it for getting started. It's called The Foundation of Screenwriting by Syd Field. After I read it (at the wee age of 19 lol) it gave me the confidence and tools I needed to write a feature. I do have a video for screenwriting basics though (formatting and such) that I filmed a while back. I just made a new playlist for screenwriting. Since my brain is in screenwriting mode, most of my content will probably be focused on that hahahaha!!!
ohh these sound awesome!!!!! and super excited for you entering thats awesome! I hope you get some great responses that lead to more fabulous opportunities!! I'm also curious if these sorts of competitions are usually open globally or just US based? haven't quite dabbled into screen plays yet but I've always been interested in giving it a go with a couple of my stories so it's nice to know what sort of stuff is out there if I do in the future!
Thank you, Charlotte!! And thank you soooooooo much for reading my script!!!!! And I'm pretty sure most of them are global! Eeepp!!! You must write screenplays!! I decree it!!!
Becca-Bravoo!splendid video,
Thank you so much!!!!
Good luck Becca! Are you going to film your process? I would love to learn more about screenplay writing.
Thank you!!! And I'm in such screenplay mode lately because of all the contest deadlines, most of my content for a while will probably be screenwriting based hahahaha!!!!!
I placed in Austin last year and was told it’s still impossible to get an agent or manager. Can you share some info on how you went about landing a manager? Thanks!!
Do more videos about scripts. What do you think about writing on Fade in, and Ink tip to sell the script?
I’ve used both in the past with not much luck though my father-in-law did sell one of his scripts through Ink Tip a few years back. My friend has recently signed up with ISA Connect, so I’ll be interested to see how that works for her!
My goal is full time writer. I am experienced, none of the books or SP ever were taken up by agents, most of those companies didn't even reply. I have several SP lined up and that my new strategy.
Kind of you Becca!
Do you recommend script coverage before entering the contests? Any suggestions for screenplay coverage?
A question about the rules of these contests: can I send my screenplay for many places at the same time?
How'd you get a manager?
Do you have to be an American? I'm a Canadian citizen.
let's be honest: the thing about nicholl is that they claim they're open to all genres (and even let you choose additional or 'modifying genres' on each submission), but in reality they are highly biased in favor of 'human drama' and 'historically-based' scripts. (nicholl also has heavy bias against politically-related/driven scripts when 'judging' scripts.) example, the only bona fide 100% thriller genre script that has ever been a finalist at nicholl was arlington road (ehren kruger) and that was almost 30 years ago! nicholl misleads entrants and should clearly define their preferences and bias and steer their competition as a 'drama' only script competition or revamp the competition to finally be fully unbiased and open to all genres (ie. the story of the script should inform the judgment of the judges, not the genre or setting of the script). in many ways, nicholl is the most misleading and utterly fraudulent script competition out there. other people have voiced even harsher opinions about nicholl. (and by the way, nicholl readers/judges and their 'notes/feedback' are in fact some of the laziest, incompetent and amateurish in the industry, even worse than the dubious comps out there.)
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