Screenwriter's Challenge 2008

▪ Anyone may compete from anywhere in the world

▪ There are 2 rounds

▪ 1st Round (April 4 - 12, 2008) : Writers are placed randomly in heats. Each heat is assigned a genre and a subject (ex. comedy : competing lemonade stands or horror : a family reunion).

▪ Writers have 1 week to write an original short screenplay (15 pages max).

▪ Winners are chosen from the 1st Round to advance to the 2nd round and compete for thousands in cash and prizes.

▪ 2nd Round (June 6 - 7, 2008) : All of the writers receive the same genre and subject at midnight (EST time) and have just 24 hours to write an original short screenplay.

▪ A panel of judges review the final round screenplays and winners are chosen!

Registration is now closed. We will have many more writing contests, so make sure to sign up for our mailing list so we can let you know about our next challenge. Click here to view the 1st Round Assignments.

Official Rules & Participation Agreement

Every registered writer has a great chance to receive feedback:

Judges Comments / Critiques : For the first time ever in our screenwriting competitions, we will be providing judges comments and critiques for every entered 1st Round Screenplay.

Peer Review : During the 1st Round judging, we set up a Screenplay Review Forum for the participants to submit their scripts for review from fellow writers. Last year, there were over 2,400 comments made on the 100+ scripts submitted on the forum.

Celtx Project Central : Celtx will be providing a dedicated page on their Project Central website for writers that use Celtx to write their 1st Round entries.

1st Round	April 4 - 12, 2008 (begins tonight at 11:59PM EST!)
Judging for 1st Round Screenplays	April 13 - May 21, 2008
2nd Round (24 Hours)	June 7, 2008
Overall Winners Announced	June 25, 2008