WriteMovies 2023 Screenwriting Contest: Now open! Prices frozen!
All submissions receive a one-page summary of the strengths and weaknesses of your entry’s crucial first ten pages – and then you can resubmit your redraft for free to the same contest, up until the contest closes! And at a time when lots of costs are going up for everybody, we’ve frozen our prices, to help you how we can…
$3500 Grand Prize...
Our Grand Prize Winner takes home a cash prize of $3500, plus a year of free script development notes and guaranteed pitching to industry.
Prizes for the top five scripts...
- A year of free script development worth up to $3200
- Guaranteed pitching to industry
- An exclusive listing InkTip prize
- An invitation to lunch with an industry insider in L.A.
Free feedback on your first 10 pages, and free re-entry for your redraft...
All submissions receive a quick one-page summary of the strengths and weaknesses of your entry’s crucial first ten pages, judged relative to the current international market for scripts and script option agreements, and then you can re-enter with your redraft afterwards – all free of charge!
Free entry and resubmission when you buy a script report...
Buy a consultancy report and you'll get automatic entry to the contest, with Studio Coverage for $99 or full Development Notes for $149. You can resubmit your new draft of the same script before the end of the contest, free of charge, once it’s ready.
Free entry if you submit to one of our genre awards...
Submit to one of our genre awards and you'll also receive free, automatic entry to the WriteMovies 2023 Screenwriting Contest.
WriteMovies 2023 is now open to submissions!
WriteMovies Horror, Romance, and Comedy Award and WriteMovies Sci-Fi and Fantasy Award coming soon...
Results dates...
- Quarter-Finals: December 8th
- Semi-Finals: December 15th
- Winners and Honorable Mentions: December 22nd
Deadlines and fees...
Earlybird Deadline: September 17th 2023
- Submission fee is $49.
Standard Deadline: October 22nd 2023
- Submission fee is $59.
Late Deadline: November 5th
- Submission fee is $69.
There is an additional cost of $0.5 for each additional page over 130 for feature scripts.
Since 1999, WriteMovies’ screenwriting contests guarantee to develop our winners’ projects at our own expense and pitch them to producers with the power to make them happen. Our contests are designed to show you exactly how well your script currently competes in the market, and a clear ladder to success. Our results – with up to 50+ Quarter-Finalists, 25+ Semi-Finalists, 7+ Honorable Mentions and 5 winners – show you where your project currently sits in comparison to others, and our studio-quality tiers of script mentoring and script consultancy show you its potential and how to remove the obstacles to that success without compromising on the things that matter most to you about your script. Because we’re serious about selling our winners’ scripts, and we can prove we have the contacts and meetings to put them in front of decision makers at the heart of the international entertainment industry, our contests are designed to give all writers a clear sense of where their script currently stands in the market – and the clear answers you need about all that your project could achieve and how to fulfil it.
In recognition that money is more challenging for many people than before, we’ve frozen our prices from last year. Entry fees and deadline dates for each medium:
| Entry Windows | Screenplays, Stageplays, and TV Pilots |
| Earlybird Entry (29th July – 17th September) | $49 |
| Standard Entry (17th September – 22nd October) | $59 |
| Late Entry (23rd October- 19th November) | $69 |
There is an additional cost of $0.50 for each additional page over 130 for feature scripts and stageplays, and an additional cost of $0.50 for each additional page over 200 for books.
To enter paying in £GBP click here – for £AUD click here – for $CAD click here – for €EUR click here!
Results dates – WriteMovies 2023 Screenwriting Contest
| Quarter-Finals | Semi-Finals | Finals and Winners |
| 8th December | 15th December | 22nd December |
There is an additional cost of $0.50 for each additional page over 130 for feature scripts and stageplays, and an additional cost of $0.50 for each additional page over 200 for books.
Enter now!
Quick entry options below…
…And then email us!
Email info@writemovies.com. 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, also stating your name and email address, a short synopsis, and any additional authors. By submitting to us you are accepting our Terms of Service (see the contest pages for information about these) and Privacy Policy (click here).
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WriteMovies 2023 Screenwriting Contest – Enter now!
Enter the contest directly, or commission a Mentoring/Consultancy service and get free entry with it!
Quick entry options below… make your purchase then email your entry to us.
…And then email us!
Email info@writemovies.com. 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, also stating your name and email address, a short synopsis, and any additional authors. By submitting to us you are accepting our Terms of Service (see the contest pages for information about these) and Privacy Policy (click here).
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!
Entry terms and prizes:
- We no longer accept checks due to issues with fraud. Please use the PayPal options when participating. Please ensure you can send AND receive payments via PayPal.
- There are no physical items deliverable under our services – all reports will be provided by email in standard document formats.
- Once a project has been processed, there is no refund.
- Cancellations must be requested within 48 hours before any public announcement of winning entries and/or before receipt of any completed.
- Entries MUST have a cover sheet/titlepage with contact info in order to be considered.
- Grand Prize: $3500 cash prize and guaranteed representation. 1 Full year of script mentoring for the top three winners, including development notes on all re-writes of the top 3 winning scripts. Worth $3,200
- Up to $1 million in option monies from the A-List producers we work with. If an established studio/production company makes an offer on your script, we will fly you to Los Angeles and cover your flight & hotel costs for three days. We will pitch the top three projects to relevant production companies. You keep ALL the option/sales money (unless you commission an agent, manager or attorney to represent you). The Grand Prize winner is also pitched to several literary agencies and management companies as well as non-US companies to increase the chances of a sale. The names of the top three winners and their projects are mentioned in press releases and on the web.
- InkTip: Where producers go for scripts and writers. Winners will receive a 4-month InkTip Pro Membership. As an InkTip Pro Member, thousands of filmmakers can find and read your scripts, and you’ll be able to pitch directly to production companies every week. With over 3,000 options and 400 movies made, InkTip is the place for independent film.
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