Opportunity, access and acclaim.

We’re looking to find the next generation of tv writers, get them a polished range of samples and get the repped. Our prizes are focused on professional development, and include close, personal help getting onto the first step of the ladder.

Grand Prize

For both Spec Scripts & Pilots/Movie of the Week:

• Winner of each category receives $1000.
• All winners and finalists may receive consideration by established production companies and agencies.
• Telephone consult and full script development with Just Effing’s Julie Gray.
• A free studio coverage from Just Effing.com.

Short Script Grand Prize

For any script of 20 pages or fewer:

• Winner receives $500.
• All winners and finalists may receive consideration by established production companies and agencies.
• Telephone consult and full script development with Just Effing’s Julie Gray.
• Free studio coverage from Just Effing.com.

Silver Screenwriting

It’s About Winning. SRSLY.

We’ve put together everything you need to succeed in Hollywood. From flights & accomodation, to meetings with A Listers and producers to a nice fat wad of cash – our prizes are the opportunity of a lifetime to live a real writer’s life in Los Angeles in the heart of the movie industry.

Enter your feature script by June 1st, 2010 and you’ll have a chance to win:

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GRAND PRIZE

• MacBook Air
• Round trip flight to Los Angeles
• Lunch with SHANE BLACK
• A one-on-one conversation via Skype with Chris Sparling, writer of red hot Sundance feature BURIED, starring Ryan Reynolds
• 3 nights accommodations
• A meeting with Kristen Campo, CE, Fuse Entertainment
• A day of meetings with 2 managers
• $3,000  in cash
• Pilar Alessandra’s online workbook
• A free 30 minute phone consult with Karl Iglesias
• A copy of Save the Cat Goes to the Movies PLUS the Save the Cat software package

PLUS: one-on-one script consult with Julie Gray, Founder of The Script Department!

SECOND PRIZE

• TSD Story Notes with Julie Gray
• $500 gift certificate to The Writer’s Store
• Two manager reads of your work
• Two production company reads.
• $1,000 in cash
• A copy of Save the Cat Goes to the Movies

PLUS: one-on-one script consult with Julie Gray, Founder of The Script Department!

THIRD PRIZE

• Free 3 Reader Service from the Script Department
• $250 gift certificate from the Writer’s Store
• “What comes next” phone consultation with Julie Gray
• Two manager reads of your work
• Two production company reads.
• $750 in cash
• A copy of Save the Cat Goes to the Movies

PLUS: one-on-one script consult with Julie Gray, Founder of The Script Department!

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In addition, the Top Ten Finalists will all receive an invaluable, free one year subscription to It’s On the Grid, a cash value of over $3,000!

Television is booming, with an insatiable appetite for new content. High salaries, creative control and a fast paced, exciting environment have made tv a mecca for new writers.

TV is in a new golden age, and our Golden Age of Television Writing Competition seeks the best scripts across both major formats:

There are two categories:

1. Spec scripts (for a show already in existence) of half-hour or one hour length, comedies or dramas (The Office, CSI, etc.)
2. Pilots and MOW (Movie Of The Week). Pilots for comedies or dramas may be up to one hour in length.

We’re looking to find the next generation of tv writers, get them a polished range of samples and get the repped. Our prizes are focused on professional development, and include close, personal help getting onto the first step of the ladder.

Grand Prize

! Like all our contests, we work tirelessly to improve the access, development and career prizes, so check back often for updates as we expand our prize pool and our production company focused advisory board.

For both Spec Scripts & Pilots/Movie of the Week:

• Winner of each category receives $1000.
• All winners and finalists may receive consideration by established production companies and agencies.
• Telephone consult and full script development with Just Effing’s Julie Gray.
• Career consulting and coaching, plus free coverage from The Script Department.

Runners Up

The three runners up in each category:

Advisory Board, Judges & Production Companies

Confirmed prodcos will be added in the next few weeks.

Deadlines & Entry Fees

Early Bird: August 15, 2010 ($30)
Regular Deadline: September 15, 2010 ($40)
Extended Deadline: October 15, 2010 ($45)
FINAL DEADLINE: November 15, 2010 ($55)

Annoucements

Quarter Finals – December 15^th
Semi Finals – December 28^th
Winner – January 15th

What We Are Looking For

Fresh, polished concepts, great writing and a good grasp of the medium. We will setup pitches, representation meetings and potential sales, both in the US and also for foreign markets. We are looking for the next generation of tv writers with solid script skills and saleable ideas.

Television is so broad and there are so many niches and subgenres that we don’t want to constrain anyone by selecting particular types of show we’d like to see. Let your imagination run riot, but remember, commercial viability is all part of the writing mix.

Television Writing Help & Resources

Television Scripts To Download

Television scripts, while similar to feature scripts, are formatted slightly differently. Pages are looser and faster and it pays to check out some professional examples before submitting your own.

Click here to read an episode of Lost.

Click here for a classic Simpsons program.

Click here and sample a Star Trek script.