Screenwriting and Movie Screenplay Database: Home Page. Profile of the Top Screenplay and Screenwriting Contests, 9/02. If you’ve written a screenplay and are not sure what the next step is, you might want to consider submitting your latest work to one or more of the many competitions. Though all of the competitions have some fee for entry (usually about $35), the benefits to an unknown screenwriter can be worth the small cost. Without shmoozing, networking, or encountering some Hollywood figure, the chance of an individual breaking into the film industry is nearly impossible.
Writers are often the lowest on the totem pole, but these competitions provide some hope for unrewarded talent. In addition to small monetary prizes, the award for winning almost always includes a door into the industry for the lucky writer -- how significant and how promising an opportunity depends on which competition you decide to enter your screenplay into. Before rushing off to bind a copy for a contest, decide what it is you really expect from your work. Scriptapalooza - The name says it all. Screenplay Festival.
SimplyScripts - Free Movie Scripts and Screenplays. Applause Screenwriting Competition. Screenplay Option. Sample Screenplay Option Contract The following is a contract I used. This is meant to be used as an example only. ___________________________ Title of screenplay ___________________________ Author ___________________________ Producer This letter, when signed and dated by you, ________________, and returned by mail to me, _________________, will confirm the agreement between you and I regarding any and all motion picture, television, broadcast, home video, remake, sequel, CD-Rom and all other computer-assisted forms of media, merchandising, allied, subsidiary and ancillary rights now known or hereafter invented throughout the universe and in any and all languages (exclusive of book publishing) to the screenplay written by you called _____________________________.
If the property is set up with a production company, the option may be automatically extended for a period of ___ months upon notice and payment to you of $_________. 1. 2. 3. 50% of original. 4. 33 1/3% of original 5. Screenwriting.