![]() It also tends to be a genre competition, but the genre changes every time. This competition from Imagine Entertainment (founded by film and TV producers Brian Glazer and Ron Howard) tends to be a contest organized for a different sponsor each time it’s run. Some can take 4-5 months or longer from the early submission deadline to even a semifinal round. But, if you don’t want to wait all that time to hear anything, and your primary objective is improving your writing, you can skip the wait and pay for a workshop session on your script with a professional reader.Īlso, check out the Pipeline Artists free online arts magazine they run. Most screenwriting competitions take a long time to judge the work that’s submitted. Theirs is possibly the best TV writing competition. Script Pipeline has several different screenwriting and pitch competitions throughout the year. Script Pipeline, Film Pipeline, and Book Pipeline are all from the same company, and they tend to do a very good job at what they do. Maybe they’ll limit the number of submissions to what they can handle. Hopefully, they can resolve their organizational issues by the next round. We didn’t see that coming out of Austin for either of the last two competitions. Usually if you get terrible notes you get an apology, and if hundreds of people get terrible notes you see a public apology. No one took responsibility for the failures. What’s strangest perhaps is that they haven’t really owned any of the damage publicly. They seem to be having difficulty with the volume of submissions and getting qualified unpaid volunteer readers. The Austin Film Festival’s screenplay contest has clearly had some hiccups in the judging process over the last few years. This has been highlighted by writers on social media who got back bizarre notes that made no sense, notes that seemed to be about a different screenplay than the one the writer submitted, and other unhelpful results. But just like with almost any other screenwriting competition, the quality of notes you get back and vary wildly. ![]() ![]() Attend the conference if you can, it’s good for beginners, intermediates, and even the old fogeys.Īs with most competitions, you can pay to get extra feedback on your script, even if you don’t win. Not just a film festival and screenwriting competition, it also features the top screenwriting conference. The Austin Film Festival is a pretty big deal down in Texas. No, winning a Nicholl Fellowship doesn’t automatically get you a ticket to the Oscars. If you can do that, you can skip this and all other contests, they will not matter. HOWEVER… it is still far less impressive than selling or being hired to write a script for a real producer. Winning Nicholl comes with more than cash and limited bragging rights, you also get into a training program and they introduce the winners to people in the business. The Nicholl Fellowships competition is the most prestigious screenwriting contest you can possibly win in the world of screenwriting. The Nicholl Fellowships is the screenwriting competition associated with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. ![]() Yes, that Academy, the Oscar The Gold people. The Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting
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