2010 BLUECAT SCREENPLAY COMPETITION
***Exclusive $2,500 prize for the top screenplay from outside the US, UK, and Canada***
Grand prize is $10,000
Four Finalist $1,500 each.
The Joplin Award – Best screenplay from outside the US, UK, and Canada will be awarded $2500.
The Cordelia Award – Best screenplay from the UK will be awarded $2,500.
**EVERY SCREENPLAY RECEIVES WRITTEN SCRIPT ANALYSIS**
http://www.bluecatscreenplay.com/script_analysis/SUBMIT YOUR SCREENPLAY:
http://www.bluecatscreenplay.comDEADLINE:
March 1, 2010 with an entry fee of $50.
LATE: April 1, 2010 with an entry fee of $60.
Since 1998, the first year of the BlueCat Screenplay Competition, we have built a large community of writers passionately committed to writing original, unforgettable work. This starts with our exchange of feedback to each writer who enters BlueCat, as EVERY screenplay submitted to BlueCat receives written analysis.
Additionally, through our newsletter, we provide articles, videos and interviews to help and inspire every level of screenwriting.
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http://www.bluecatscreenplay.com/join_newsletterPAST WINNER SUCCESS:
Ana Lily Amirpour
2007 BlueCat Grand Prize Winner - The Stones
*Participant for 2009 Tribeca All Access
*Recipient of first annual Adrienne Shelly Screenwriting Award and Fellowship
*Ana Lily has been invited to attend the BERLINALE TALENT CAMPUS #8 in Berlin (selected from over 4700 applicants from 128 countries)
*Recently signed with CAA
Andy Pagana and Justin Thomas
2004 BlueCat Grand Prize Winner - Man in the Rearview Mirror
*2004 Nicholl Fellowship Semi Finalist
*Winner in the 2006 Austin Film Festival Heart of Film Screenplay Competition
*Under option with Shirley MacLaine and Emmy-nominated director Michael Rhymer attached
Andy Stock and Rick Stempson
2005 BlueCat Winner – Balls Out: The Gary Houseman Story
*Starred Sean William Scott and was released by Sony in early 2008
*Second produced screenplay released last year—The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard, was directed by Neal Brennan, and starred Jeremy Piven
Lance Hammer
2004 BlueCat Finalist – The Imperfect Cell
*Wrote, directed, edited, and distributed Ballast, which premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. Lance won the Directing Award, and Ballast was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize.
*Ballast was nominated for 2009 Independent Spirit Award and Best Film at the 2008 Gotham Awards, where Lance won the Breakthrough Director Award.
Aaron Guzikowski
2005 BlueCat Finalist - Panacea
*Signed with Endeavor with his screenplay Prisoners
*Set to direct Mark Wahlberg in a remake of the acclaimed Icelandic thriller, Reykjavik-Rotterdam
Ryan David Jahn
2005 BlueCat Finalist – The Break-In
*Recently released a novel entitled Acts of Violence
*Ryan has turned his BlueCat Finalist The Break-In, into a novel to be released in July as Low Life
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