2023 Writing Contest – Winners and Honorable Mentions Announced!
The WriteMovies 2023 Writing Contest winners…
2023 Sci-Fi and Fantasy Award Winner revealed: THE REVOLT OF THE WHALES by Michael Rhodes!
Thanks for all your entries to our 2023 contests.
The WriteMovies Sci-Fi and Fantasy Award is a thrilling journey into other realms, exploring the vast possibilities of the human imagination through your scripts. Amidst the captivating landscapes and intricate narratives, we have, after careful consideration, selected a deserving winner!
Sci-fi and fantasy genres often birth franchises, offering storytellers rich lore and expansive story worlds to delve into. This amplifies the excitement as we eagerly anticipate presenting all our winners to the industry.
Remember, even if you didn’t clinch the victory this time, your writing journey continues. Persevere and re-enter future contests, for persistence is a writer’s essential trait!
Seeking assistance? Explore our sci-fi and fantasy-themed writing insights articles, covering aspects like worldbuilding and dialogue. For personalized guidance, consider our Elite Mentoring service, connecting you with industry veterans.
Thanks for all your entries to our 2023 contests, which closed on November 26th. We’re enjoying judging your works, now with our next winner to announce: our 2023 Sci-Fi and Fantasy Award Winner revealed: THE REVOLT OF THE WHALES by Michael Rhodes!
Congratulations to Michael for an inventive and visionary screenplay. We’re really looking forward to helping develop this further and pitching it to industry.
Congratulations once again to our
2023 Sci-Fi and Fantasy Award Winner!!
Michael Rhodes
Semi-Finalists Announced for our 2023 WriteMovies Screenwriting Contest!!
Today marks another significant milestone for us. Following a rigorous judging process, we have successfully narrowed down the submissions for the WriteMovies 2023 Writing Contest to the semi-finalists!
2023 Romance and Comedy Award Winner revealed: WHISKEY MOUNTAIN DAYS by Bill Walker!
Thanks for all your entries to our 2023 contests.
Thanks for all your entries to our 2023 contests, which closed on November 26th. We’re enjoying judging your works and we’re already set with our next winner to announce, postponed a few days due to the contest extension: our 2023 Romance and Comedy Award winner, WHISKEY MOUNTAIN DAYS by Bill Walker!
Congratulations to Bill for an imaginative and unique screenplay. We’re really looking forward to helping develop this further and pitching it to industry.
Congratulations once again to our
2023 Romance and Comedy Award Winner!!
Bill Walker
2023 Horror Award winner revealed: THE LAND OF BROKEN SKY by Jeremy D. Thompson!
Thanks for all your entries to our 2023 contests.
Thanks for all your entries to our 2023 contests, which closed on November 26th. We’re enjoying judging your works and we’re already set with a first winner to announce, postponed a few days due to the contest extension: our 2023 Horror Award winner, THE LAND OF BROKEN SKY by Jeremy D. Thompson!
Congratulations to Jeremy for a vivid and highly original script full of unique visuals and skin-crawling moments. We’re really looking forward to helping develop this further and pitching it to industry.
Congratulations once again to our
2023 Horror Award Winner!!
Jeremy D. Thompson
Meet our 2023 Grand Prize Winner: Zack Kahn, writer of CURVEBALL
Become the next Grand Prize Winner we pitch to the industry
We love working with a wide range of talented writers and taking their work out to the industry – if you’d like us to do the same for you, enter any of our current contests now! The final deadline is November 12th. To introduce you to last year’s Grand Prize Winner Zack Kahn, writer of CURVEBALL, and the work we’ve done with him to ready it for pitching, read on!
Zack Kahn was born in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida and attended NYU Tisch Film School.
He started his career as a writer/director/producer at Nickelodeon and has since written for film, TV and promos with a focus on thriller/horror and comedy. He is also an actor that has appeared in numerous commercials.
Kahn has placed in Writemovies’ contest with 3 previous entries. “Curveball,” a high-concept thriller, is his first Grand Prize win.
Zack says: “Writemovies’ several rounds of development notes have been extremely insightful and helpful in enhancing the script and I’m eager for their team to expose the project to the appropriate eyeballs and ultimately facilitate production at the best possible home for this unique story.”
For your chance to follow in Zack’s footsteps and become the next Grand Prize winner, enter our 2023 Screenwriting Contest here today! Just $59…
Our Industry Diary, August & September 2023: New acclaim for Dr. Alex Ross
InkTip partnership, Royal Historical Society, Newsweek, Amazon news
It’s been another lively period for us, and the end of the WGA strike opens up many doors for us and our winners again – but a lot was already happening, as you can see here! Lots to tell you about from this period including impressive new acclaim for Dr. Alex Ross!
- We’ve renewed our partnership with InkTip, enabling us and 4 of our winners to gain significant exposure to successful producers – more on this soon!
- WriteMovies’ founder and Elite Consultant Dr. Alex Ross has TWICE featured in Newsweek lately – talking about modernizing Disney’s catalogue and why “‘Sound of Freedom’ Becomes One of the Biggest Independent Films Ever Made:”
- Alex Ross has been made a fellow of the Royal Historical Society – some accolade! Alex says: “It’s a pretty cool honour as the fellowship is the highest form of membership and really tough to get”! Read about it here.
- Meanwhile Dr. Alex has earned many top reviews for his book, The Evolution of Hollywood’s Calculated Blockbuster Films: Blockbusted – don’t forget WriteMovies subscribers get a 30% discount!
- The next book by Dr. Alex Ross is also shaping up as a blockbuster insight into a hugely talked-about movie – we’re looking forward to revealing this soon!