WriteMovies’ Writing Contest 80 is Now Open!

Our 80th major international screenwriting contest is now open! Enter WriteMovies’ Writing Contest 80 for the opportunity to win development, representation and pitching to the international entertainment industry!

WriteMovies has been working in the industry for over 25 years, and we’ll be taking all our winners’ scripts out to top producers and execs when the time is right. So if you want to get your work out there, enter here now or use the right sidebar.

Among other excellent prizes and perks, with each submission you’ll receive a feedback sheet about your script’s first ten pages, meaning you’ll get professional feedback from our expert script analysts on their strengths, weaknesses, and areas for improvement and then you can re-enter your redraft to the same contest for free! Click here to see the full prizes and details!

WriteMovies offer an industry-recognized track record of providing truly international writing contests, studio-quality consultancy for writers and producers, and securing our winning writers the deals they deserve in the industry. You can combine our services to get the best possible prospects of success.

Enter now – see the options below or navigate to the service you’re interested in!

For an additional opportunity to win, submit a Pitch Entry.

For an additional opportunity to win, you can submit a Pitch Entry, the strongest Pitch Entry will also become a prize winner! Simply submit a one-page pitch featuring the author’s name, a logline, and information about your project (max 500 words) alongside your screenplay. The winner will receive the same prizes as the 3 overall winners of the full contest.

Pitch Entry must be submitted alongside a Screenplay Entry. Pitch submissions without an accompanying script will not be considered.

The best way to get the most out of your entry is to combine it with mentoring:

Nobody is better qualified in why films succeed and fail, than our founder Dr. Alex Ross (covering all bases from being a top ex agent of Tarantino and others, to producing a film distributed by Warner Bros, to getting a doctorate in film success and failure), and we’ve got a track record that proves it  – click here to find out more! We consider screenplays for film and TV, plus novels with screen potential, and even video game scripts.  We have strong credentials in all these areas: our collaborator Habib Zargarpour is a double BAFTA-winning, double Oscar-nominated VFX expert with famous video game credits, and our Director Ian Kennedy gained nearly 150 BBC scriptwriting credits in his 20s. Our writing contests are well represented on international screenwriting websites like Film Freeway, the International Screenwriters’ Association (ISA), MovieBytes, and others!

TIP: Studio Coverage is a report that an analyst would give a producer/studio which assesses the current potential of the script and writer, and recommends whether the script and writer are currently worth commissioning (and a ‘Recommend’ is quite rare due to the high risks involved with producing a film). Development Notes are designed to help the writer achieve their goals with the script and improve its commercial potential.

To enter paying in £GBP click here – for $AUD click here – for $CAD click here!

Enter now!

Choose an option below then email WriteMovies your script.

Email us at info@writemovies.com to enter after payment! Enter a contest directly, or commission a Mentoring/Consultancy service and get free entry with it!

For contests email your script – in PDF or docx format, up to 130 pages with a coverpage including your contact details (a $0.50 surcharge is due per additional page) – or your book document, also stating your name and email address, a short synopsis, and any additional authors.

Services marked as ‘Alex’ in the list are provided directly by Dr. Alex Ross himself – literally the world’s most qualified person in why films succeed and fail!

By submitting to any of our writing contests or consultancy packages…

you are accepting our TERMS AND CONDITIONS (see below) and PRIVACY POLICY (click here).

TERMS AND CONDITIONS:

“By Submitting work to WriteMovies, I agree:

1. To the accuracy of the information provided.

2. That the material submitted is my sole and original work and that I own all rights to it.

3. To my holding WriteMovies and all those involved in it, harmless from and defends them against all claims demands, losses, costs, damages, judgments, liabilities and expenses (including attorney’s fees) arising out of or in connection with any and all claims of third parties, whether or not groundless, based on any stories submitted to the competition or on any screenplay developed out of such stories.

4. That I recognize that WriteMovies and those involved in the competition to which this submitted entry pertains, may have access to, and/or, may have created, or have commissioned, through some other independent source, or may have otherwise acquired, literary materials and concepts, similar to the material submitted hereunder, in theme, idea, plot, format, or in any other respect. I agree that I will not under such circumstances, be entitled to any compensation, nor consideration of any kind, through the use by WriteMovies of any material so acquired. The ownership of any literary work submitted shall remain vested in the author until otherwise assigned by contract.

5. That should I be one of the winners, I grant WriteMovies the exclusive right to submit my material to as many studios, production companies, and agencies as seen fit, for a period of one hundred and fifty days from the announcement of the competition winners. I also grant WriteMovies the right to use my name, as well as the title and synopsis of my submitted material, in all publicity and promotional activities related to the competition. I also grant WriteMovies the right to contact me to provide me with contest updates.

6. That the burden of obtaining copyright or otherwise protecting any proprietary interests in the material rests entirely with me.”