2012 Screenwriting Contest - Call For Scripts
We're are pleased to announce the opening of our second annual United Film Festival Screenwriting Contest! The contest consists of 6 seperate categories (Feature-length Drama, Feature-length Comedy, Feature length Horror/Thriller, Short Drama, Short Comedy, Short Horror/Thriller) and is accepting submissions until February 17th, 2012 (see deadlines below). We will announce three finalists in each category on April 6th. Winners will be announced and honored at the Los Angeles United Film Festival Awards Night on April 26th, 2012.
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2011 Screenwriting Contest Award Winners
United Film Festivals is pleased to announce the 2011 Screenwriting Contest winners. Congratulations to everyone, and thank you to all the amazing screenwriters who participated in this year's contest.
Feature Screenplays
Drama - Samson by Shawn Hoffman
Comedy - Maggie the Brave by Suzanne Kelman
Horror/Thriller - What Eternal Lies by Jeff Cozza
Short Screenplays
Drama - Seven Years of Winter by Marcus Schwenzel
Comedy - Common-Law by Adam Whitaker
Horror/Thriller - Still Life by Joy Armstrong
This years complete list of finalists can be viewed here.
2011 United Screenplay Contest Finalists |
2012 United Screenwriting Contest
Our second annual Screenwriting Contest is now open for submissions. After 9 years of running successful film festivals in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Tulsa, Chicago, New York & London we've decided to build in a forum solely for screenwriters.
Over the years we've been able to build an extensive network of filmmakers but we wanted to go one step further and cater to those who often get overlooked in the world of film production - "the screenwriter".
We believe over time we'll be able to open more doors for screenwriters as we recently have for filmmakers in the way of distribution.
All 6 winners will be receiving some great prizes and will be honored at our Awards Night of the Los Angeles United Film Festival 2012.
Script Coverage
Submitters have the option to include Script Coverage, which is designed to give screenwriters valuable insight from our readers in the following categories: Originality, Story Structure, Characterization, Dialogue, Mechanics, and Overall Score.
Coverage will be received at the end of each festival season.
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DEADLINES
Postmark Dates
Special Deadline: July, 8th, 2011
($20 short scripts) & ($45 feature scripts)
Early Deadline: September 2nd, 2011
($25 short scripts) & ($50 feature scripts)
Regular Deadline: October 28th, 2011
($30 short scripts) & ($55 feature scripts)
Late Deadline: December 23rd, 2011
($35 short scripts) & ($60 feature scripts)
Extended Deadline: February 17th, 2012
($50 short scripts) & ($75 feature scripts)
With Coverage Add:
Short Scripts - $20 & Feature Scripts - $40
Formats:
Hard Copy
PDF
Notification Date
April 6th, 2012 |
Winners will receive software and equipment prizes from Apple and other great sponsors.
Last year's prizes included:
Write Brothers Software
All United Film Festival winners will be presented with the Write Brothers' Screenplay Studio for download.
InkTip Prizes (Feature Length Screenplays)
Feature Screenplay Winners also receive the following from InkTip:
1. Winning script on InkTip's password-protected website in the Executive Index (a $120/year value)
2. Winning script logline in the InkTip Magazine, sent to 4500 industry professionals, and emailed to thousands more (a $40 value/per issue)
3. Winning titles and loglines published in the InkTip weekly Entertainment Industry Newsletter (a service not for sale and not available to the public). |
Please include the following information with your screenplay submission:
If you are submitting a PDF please email it to us at info@theunitedfest.com.
Name of Screenplay
Genre (Drama, Comedy, Horror/Thriller)
Short Script or Feature Script
Short Synopsis
Contact Name
Phone
E-mail
City,
State,
Zip Code
Screenwriter Name
Number of Pages
State / Country of Origin
Completion Date
Awards
*If paying by PayPal please enter your transaction ID
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United Screenwriting Form »
United Film Festivals
P.O. Box 360556
Los Angeles, CA 90036
*If you would rather pay with check or money order please make payable to:
Connell Creations, Inc. |
