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● Anyone may
compete from anywhere in the world.
● There are 2 rounds.
● 1st Round (April
16 - 24, 2010) : 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 8 days to write an original short screenplay (15 pages max)
based on their genre and subject assignment.
● Winners are chosen
from the 1st Round to advance to the 2nd round and compete for
over $20,000
in cash and prizes.
● 2nd Round (June
4 - 5, 2010) : 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 (15 pages max.).
● A panel of judges
review the final round screenplays and winners are chosen!
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Act
I, Scene I, Round I: Writers vie for shot at fame.
Read an article in the Boston Globe covering participants in
the 2009 competition. |
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Click here to check out an interview with Luke
Kalteux, winner of the Screenwriter's Challenge 2009. |
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50 Finalists were challenged to create
an original short screenplay (15 pages max.) based on a genre
(romantic comedy) and a subject assignment (retirement).
Congratulations to the winners below! To check out a
list of the 1st Round winners,
click here.
#1 'Love Number' by
Evan Beier
LOGLINE - A phone sex operator facing retirement comes to terms with
her loveless life and struggles to fulfill it. PAGES - 14
#2 'The Greeter' by
Kirk White
LOGLINE - A cantankerous widower, fighting against a manual
retirement from his job at a local discount store finds an
unexpected champion...and perhaps more...when he reunites with the
one who got away. PAGES - 13
#3 'Retiring the Mind Blower' by
Teresa Celsi
LOGLINE - The retirement of an old rollercoaster rekindles memories
for its operator. PAGES - 15
#4 'Wally and George Make Hot Shot Soup' by
Gregory Awada
LOGLINE - After twenty years living as a third wheel while pining
away for his bosses wife, a butler is spurred to make his move
because of his bosses egregious infidelities and his pending
retirement. PAGES - 15
#5 'School Daze' by
Brad MacDuff LOGLINE - Walter is the best
kindergarten teacher that Eastberry Elementary school has ever seen,
but - one year away from retirement - he may have finally met his
match. PAGES - 11
#6 'Dispatch' by
morgan von
ancken LOGLINE - Lonely truck driver Larry
Lubell falls for a women he's known for 16 years but has never
actually met -- his dispatcher. PAGES - 15
#7 'If Earl Likes Her' by
Honesta Romberger LOGLINE - Divorced, retired
and routined, he let Earl do his dirty work. But, what happens if
Earl likes her? PAGES - 10
#8 'Scream for Ice Cream' by
Dana Whitney
LOGLINE - A Flavor Engineer at an ice cream factory finds love after
being reprimanded at work for developing ice creams with offensive
names. PAGES - 15
#9 'THE MATCHMAKER' by KEN
CHADWICK LOGLINE - An elderly resident of a
retirement home brings two competing caretakers together. PAGES - 15
#10 'OLD DOGS, NEW TRICKS' by
ANDY NELSON LOGLINE - Rejoining the senior
dating world, Bea and Walter start things off on the wrong foot. Can
these old dogs learn some new tricks to find love again? PAGES - 15
Honorable Mentions
'BREWSTER SMITH' by Harry Roth
'Early Retirement' by
Jeff Bayer
'How was your day, Ray?' by Ramon
Ricard
'Ice Moves' by Evans Justin
'Out of Retirement' by
Christopher Schrader
'Owl Vs. Pussycat' by
Moran Nicholas
'Pushing The Button' by Jeff
Prezenkowski
'Retiring Milton' by
Christine
Bartsch
'SOME GIRL' by
RACHEL
MACAULAY
'Who Rewrote the Book of Love? ' by
Jenny Levison & Steve
Klausner
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