by Tom | Sep 11, 2024 | 2024 Screenwriting Contest, Contests, News, Updates
Today we’re announcing our brand new WriteMovies Script Pitch Contest – a new opportunity to become a prize winner by submitting a high-quality one-page pitch!
Click here to enter
Win a year of script development! The most impressive pitch will receive script mentoring worth $3200 representation and pitching of their developed script to the international entertainment industry by TalentScout International Management!
Enter for just $25. The winner of the Script Pitch Contest receives the same prize as the winners of our main contest!
Submit a one-page pitch of your idea, making sure to include the author’s name, a logline, and information about the project (max 500 words).
We also offer a free Script Pitch Template to structure your pitch!
Click here to enter
Have you already got a completed script? On Friday we launched the WriteMovies 2024 Screenwriting Contest!
Prizes for the top three scripts: Script mentoring worth $3200, representation and pitching to the industry. Every entry also receives free feedback on the crucial opening 10 pages.
In the coming days, we are also bringing back our Horror Award, our Romance and Comedy Award and our Sci-Fi and Fantasy Award!
We’re looking for the best scripts and pitches and will be taking all of our winners’ projects to out to top execs and producers. Enter a WriteMovies contest to get your work out there!
To be extra prepared for entering, make sure to join us on September 16th for our upcoming session on How to Succeed in Screenwriting Contests.
by Tom | Sep 7, 2024 | 2024 Screenwriting Contest, Contests, Screenwriting Contests, Updates, WriteMovies News
Today we’re announcing that the WriteMovies 2024 Screenwriting Contest is now open!
Click here to enter
Prizes for the top three scripts!The top three entries and all prize winners will receive script mentoring worth $3200 and pitching to industry by TalentScout International Management!
All entries to the contests will also get a free one-page analysis of their crucial opening ten pages, meaning you’ll get professional feedback from our expert script analysts on their strengths, weaknesses, and areas for improvement. To make the most of the feedback, you can re-submit your next draft for FREE until the contest closes!
We’re looking for the best scripts out there in any genre. WriteMovies has been working in the industry for over 20 years, and we’ll be taking all our winners’ scripts out to top producers and execs. So if you want to get your work out there, enter now!
Click here to enter
More opportunities to win with our Genre Awards…
Next week we are also bringing back our Horror Award, our Romance and Comedy Award and our Sci-Fi and Fantasy Award.
Also new for 2024 is our Best Pitch Contest a chance to be a prize winner based on the strength of your pitch!
All winners gain the same prizes as the 3 overall winners of the full contest and are automatically entered into the overall contest. More information will be announced very soon!
To be extra prepared for entering, make sure to join us on September 16th for our upcoming session on How to Succeed in Screenwriting Contests.
by John | Aug 13, 2021 | Our Winners, Updates
What does it take to win a screenwriting contest? WriteMovies Director Ian Kennedy interviews Vanisha Renée Pierce about her successes in our contests and what helped her scripts to stand out in them.
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by John | Jul 23, 2021 | Ian Kennedy, Writing Insights
Sanjay Dutt – Infamous Bollywood Actor
As more of us get the chance to discover Indian films on streaming services, WriteMovies’ Director Ian Kennedy explores these often lavish films to ask whether Hollywood should take Bollywood more seriously. He discusses the appeals of Bollywood films for English-language audiences, and asks whether Bollywood should take ITSELF more seriously to break through to the rest of the world now that PARASITE has shown that non-English-language films can triumph!
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by John | Oct 31, 2019 | Horror Award
With so many great scripts in contention, judging this new prize has been a tough process for us – but today, on the spookiest day of the year, we can finally announce the WriteMovies Horror Award 2019 winner!
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by John | Oct 7, 2019 | WMC, WriteMovies News
We’re nearing the end of another contest! Partnered with our first ever Horror Award – the winner of which is announced on Halloween – the end of the WriteMovies Fall 2019 Screenwriting Contest is fast approaching, with submissions closing on October 13th!
Whatever genre your screenplay belongs to, we want to see it. WriteMovies has been helping writers to succeed for twenty years now, and we want to keep that going! We’re always on the look out for great scripts and fresh new voices that deserve to be heard.
That’s part of the reason why we offer our top three scripts a year of free script development followed by pitching to industry. We want to make sure that your work reaches its full potential – and that once it has, it gets the best possible chance of getting into production. A screenplay should be turned into a film – not left to linger on the page!
Don’t forget the Grand Prize for this contest either. The winner walks away with $2000… not to mention bragging rights!
So make sure you don’t miss your chance. If you’ve got a script you want us to champion, enter the WriteMovies Fall 2019 Screenwriting Contest before October 13th to grab our attention. We believe that great writing deserves to be recognized!
You can also get free entry to this contest when you buy a script report from us. Get professional feedback on your script drawn from industry-standard templates, starting with Judging Feedback from $89 up to our more comprehensive Development Notes at $149.
With just one week to go, move fast if you want to enter the Fall 2019 Screenwriting Contest. Click here to submit today!
by John | Sep 30, 2019 | Updates
There’s some fascinating news coming about the August 2019 script sales according to the latest report by Script Pipeline – not least the return to a very famous virtual world.
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