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 CONTACT:
Joe Kondash, Director / jkondash@scriptwritersnetwork.org
DESCRIPTION:
The High Concept Screenplay Competition welcomes all genres and
aims to discover, honor and reward different approaches, eclectic
points of view and unique voices in screenwriting.
A high
concept screenplay:
- has
a great premise - the idea is king (Big)
- has
a memorable title - it conveys what the movie is about (Wedding
Crashers)
- has
a visual logline - you can see the movie (40 Year Old Virgin)
- has
universal appeal - all demographics "get it" (Star Trek)
- has
a simple throughline, clear conflicts, high stakes, a hook, a
ticking clock and/ or a twist (The Godfather, Liar Liar)
- can
be summed up succinctly in 25 words or less (Seven, Home Alone)
Read
our interview with Moviebytes magazine on the contest.
AWARDS:
First Place $1500 & Screenplay
Studio Software Bundle ($620 value)
Second Place $500 & Screenplay Studio Software Bundle
($620 value)
Third Place $250 & Movie Magic
Screenwriter ($250 value)
The
2010 winning and finalist scripts have been read by various industry
professionals from companies including Lionsgate Pictures (The Lincoln
Lawyer), Quadrant Pictures (The Departed) and Informant Media (Crazy
Heart).
The
top 30 ranked entries receive free submission to DreamAgo's contest
for their Plume and Pellicule screenwriting workshop in Sierre,
Switzerland.
Winners
will also receive a one year membership or renewal to the Scriptwriters
Network (SWN).
ELIGIBILITY:
The competition is open to both Scriptwriters Network members and
non-members who are at least 18 years of age without feature credits.
Screenplay entries (English only) are to be unproduced, unoptioned
and wholly original works of the writer or writing team and 90-120
pages. It is the writers' responsibility to ensure entries are registered
with the Writers Guild of America or U.S copyright office. Submissions
must conform to standard industry feature screenplay format.
Click
here
for correct script format. Interstate and international entries
are allowed.
There
are NO REFUNDS. Incomplete or late entries will be disqualified.
PROCESS:
Screenplays are uploaded through PayPal after payment is made via
your selection of the appropriate deadline in the upper right-hand
corner of this page. Payments can only be made via PayPal using
a debit or credit card. You don't need to register with PayPal to
make a payment. Pay as a guest user. Once a successful payment is
made, entrants will be invited to upload their scripts and
Submission/Release forms from the PayPal link.
The
High Concept Screenplay
Competition Submission/Release Form must be included with every
script submitted to the High Concept Screenplay Competition. (You
may download the Submission/Release form in Microsoft
Word format or PDF
format.)
The
title page of each emailed screenplay submission must contain the
title, genre and logline only. Do not include the name of
the writer(s) or other identifying contact information anywhere
in the script. Scripts should be in PDF format only. There is no
limit to the number of entries a writer/writing team may submit.
Complete a separate payment and submission/release form for each
script.
Entries
are evaluated in the areas of High Concept, Originality, Marketability,
Story, Grammar, Clarity/ Consistency, Structure, Character, Dialogue
and Script Format.
| 15 semi-finalists |
announced and posted
on website by January 31, 2013 |
| 10 finalists |
announced and posted on website
by February 28, 2013 |
| 3 winners |
announced and posted on website
by March 31, 2013 |
| Awards |
April 2013 |
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2012
SUBMISSIONS NOW OPEN
- Early
Bird Deadline: September 30 ($45)
- Regular
Deadline: October 31 ($55)
- Extended
Deadline: November 30 ($70)
2011
WINNERS
- 1st: Girl Code - Michael Dunker
- 2nd: The Chronicles of Sir Colonel Walter S Houghington III - Colin Borden
- 3rd: Life With Zombies - Jeff Piercey
Honorable Mention: The Last Lifeboat - Luke Yankee (Selected from the top 30 ranked entries for Dreamago's Plume & Pellicule screenwriting workshop in Sierre, Switzerland!)
2011
FINALISTS (ordered by title)
- Driving Danger - Carla Robinson
- Emotibots - T Joe Coddington
- Frontman - Dennis Carr
- Jerusalem Idol - Lewis Papier
- Man In The White Room, The - Edgar Martinez Schulz
- Profiteer, The - Gregory Harty
- Unnatural History - Troy Romeo
2011
SEMI-FINALISTS (ordered by title)
- Arthur's
Pick - Preston Jones
- Imprinted
- Alison McMahan
- Killers
In Kilts - Chrissy K McKay
- Omerta
By Etsy - Mary Anderson Casavant
- Witch
Hill - Cecilia Lance
2010
WINNERS
- 1st: The Source - Nisso Cohen
- 2nd: Heroes Are Made Not Born - Bill Lundy
- 3rd: April 31st - Stephen Buck
2010
FINALISTS (ordered by title)
- Faultline - Kimberly Rizzo
- Greetings
- James Novak
- Misconception
- Linda Andersson
- National
Security Dad - Antony Davies
- Philadelphia
Luck - Francis Hogan
- Protagonist,
The - Natasha Pincus
- Shapeshifters
- Andrew Fisk
2010
SEMI-FINALISTS (ordered by title)
- Disarm - Paul Clingan & Maria Chirono
-
Fairies Landing - Cheryl Miller
- Geeks:
A Love Story - Andrew Fisk
- Reality
Check - Karen Callahan
- Spotnik
- Celeste Wolfe
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