Screenwriter's Challenge 2012 | Screenwriting Competitions 2012

● Anyone may compete from anywhere in the world. ● There are 3 rounds of competition. ● 1st Round (May 4-12, 2012) : Writers are placed randomly in heats. Each heat receives a genre, subject, and character assignment. For example; Comedy (genre), a family reunion (subject), and a pathological liar (character). ● Writers have 8 days to write an original short screenplay (12 pages max) based on the assignment. ● The judges choose 125 writers from the 1st Round advance to the 2nd Round. ● 2nd Round (June 21-24, 2012) : Writers are again randomly placed in heats and assigned a new genre, subject, and character, only this time they only have 3 days to write an 8 page (maximum) short screenplay. ● The judges choose 25 writers to advance to the 3rd and Final Round. ● 3rd Round (July 20-21, 2012) : The remaining writers receive another genre, subject, and character assignment and have just 24 hours to write a 5 page short screenplay. ● A panel of judges review the final round stories and winners are chosen!
		Click here to check out an interview with Christopher Schrader, winner of the Screenwriter's Challenge 2011.
		Act I, Scene I, Round I: Writers vie for shot at fame. Read an article in the Boston Globe covering participants in the 6th annual Screenwriter's Challenge.

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Click here to check out the 1st Round Assignments!

Official Rules and Participation Agreement.

Not only does every writer receive in depth feedback from the judges for every screenplay submitted, but a special review forum is available for the participants to submit their screenplays for review from fellow writers throughout the competition. During the 2011 screenwriting competitions, there were over 3,000 comments made on the 250+ scripts submitted on the forum. Click here to visit the forums.

Early Entry Deadline	March 29, 2012
Final Entry Deadline	8PM EDT on May 4, 2012
Challenge #1	May 4-12, 2012
Challenge #2	June 21-24, 2012
Challenge #3	July 20-21, 2012