BlueCat Screenplay Competition

2016 BlueCat Screenplay Competition Final Deadline Nov 15th

Every entry receives script analysis.

Submit by 11:59 p.m. (PST) November 15th

Feedback will be sent on or by January 15th.

Entry Fee: $60 Shorts | $70 Features | $35 Student Shorts

Submit: http://www.bluecatscreenplay.com/2016-call-for-entries

AWARDS

BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY: $15,000 Grand Prize

Four Finalists: $2,500 Prize

BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY: $10,000 Grand Prize

Three Finalists: $2,000 Prize

INTERNATIONAL AWARDS

THE CORDELIA

Best Feature Screenplay from the UK

$2,000 Prize

THE ROSHAN

Best Feature Screenplay from India

$2,000 Prize

Screenwriters Residing in India, please visit: http://www.bluecatscreenplay.com/the-roshan-award/

THE JOPLIN

Best Feature Screenplay from outside the USA, Canada or the UK

$2,000 Prize

OFFICIAL RULES & GUIDELINES: http://www.bluecatscreenplay.com/rules-guidelines

MEET OUR 2015 WINNERS & FINALISTS: http://www.bluecatscreenplay.com/2015-winners-and-finalists/

Recent Achievements by BlueCat Alumni Include:

The 2014 BlueCat Joplin Award Winning Screenplay, “The Longest Birthday” by Savion Einstein has been optioned for production by Victoria Films and was presented at the Venice Film Market Pitching Forum. It was also selected for the Film London Production Finance Market and will be participating at B’est Eave this year.

2007 BlueCat Winner Ana Lily Amipour’s debut feature, “A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night,” was produced by Elijah Wood and premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival.  It will be distributed by Kino Lorber (Oldboy, Manuscripts Don’t Burn) nationwide in Fall 2014. She is currently teaming up with Megan Ellison’s Annapurna Pictures for her sophomore feature film THE BAD BATCH.

BlueCat Finalist Aaron Guzikowski’s #1 Film “Prisoners,” (Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Melissa Leo) was released in September 2013 through Warner Brothers. Guzikowski is also the creator of “The Red Road,” (Martin Henderson, Jason Momoa, Julianne Nicholson) which is SundanceTV’s second scripted original series. He was recently hired to scribe Universal’s upcoming THE WOLFMAN.

2014 BlueCat Winner HF Crum has signed with manager Michelle Knudsen at MXN. Knudsen co-produced Jason Bateman’s “Bad Words” and also represents screenwriting team Yana Gorskaya & Maia Rossini, who are currently writing a film for FOX and director Paul Feig. Crum’s “3 Faces of Hunger & Thirst” won Best Feature Screenplay at the 2014 Slamdance Screenplay Competition.

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