The School of Night by Simon Bowler! A WriteMovies award winner.
Free thinking is a fatal temptation…
Sixteenth-century England is emerging from the drudgery of the Middle Ages. Into this world of darkness, blazes a group of new voices, The School of Night — a loose collection of intellectuals and spies… prepared to risk everything to think freely.
Today we’re launching the WriteMovies Spring 2025 Screenwriting Contest!
Happy Halloween from us at WriteMovies! As our Horror Award 2024 deadline draws near, we’re marking this spooky season by discussing Making a Movie Monster!Making a movie monster is important for the horror genre – it thrives on memorable villains that haunt audiences long after the credits finish rolling. From physical creatures stalking your characters from the shadows to metaphorical monsters that represent our deepest fears, if you’ve got a terrifying idea for a monster, then bring it to life with the WriteMovies Horror Award 2024!
What are the benefits of Sci-Fi and Fantasy films? And why is the WriteMovies Sci-Fi and Fantasy Award 2024 the perfect opportunity for screenwriters to demonstrate their limitless imagination?
The WriteMovies 2024 Screenwriting Contest Earlybird Deadline is coming up this Sunday!
Every entry receives free feedback on the first ten pages and a free re-entry of your redraft! By entering early you’ll get longer to receive feedback, improve and update your script and resubmit before our final closure date!
Join us for a new WriteMovies Screenwriters Forum session on October 21st, designed to help you learn What Script Readers Look For.
Learn what a script reader looks for in a contest entry and what mistakes to avoid! This Mini-Masterclass can help you gain the competitive edge you need to outshine your rivals!
During this session, you will learn:
This will be followed by the opportunity to have your questions answered by a WriteMovies Script Analyst.
So if you’re looking to succeed, don’t miss out on this insightful session!
The Earlybird Deadline for our 2024 Screenwriting Contest is rapidly approaching on September 29th!
Enter now for the opportunity to have your script developed and pitched to the international entertainment industry!
There are also more ways to win with our Genre Awards and Script Pitch Contest!
Prizes for all contest and award winners:
All award 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!
Entry before our Earlybird Deadline is just $45, so if you want to get your work out there, click here!
Today we’re announcing that the WriteMovies 2024 Screenwriting Contest is now open!
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!
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.