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Program Description

The SWN Screenplay Competition has some of the most respected judges in the industry. Enter your script and receive many of our submission benefits.

OUR NETWORK OUTREACH
The top scripts in our competition get sent to some of the most prestigious production companies in the industry, including:

- Aardman (Chicken Run, Wallace & Gromit, Flushed Away, Arthur Christmas)
- Baby Cow Productions (Philomena, Northern Soul, A Cock and Bull Story )
- Big Talk Pictures (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, Grimsby, Baby Driver)
- Cloud Eight (Steve Jobs, 127 Hours, Selma, T2 Trainspotting, Trance)
- DNA (28 Weeks Later, Dredd, Ex Machina, The Beach, Trainspotting)
- DMG Entertainment (Twilight, Iron Man 3, Looper, Point Break)
- Ealing Studios (The Hitman's Bodyguard, Black Mirror, Darkest Hour, Downton Abbey)
- Heyday Films (Once Upon A Time...In Hollywood, I Am Legend, Gravity)
- Manage-ment (Garden State, The Art of War, The Virgin Suicides, Nixon)
- Number 9 (Colette, On Chesil Beach, Youth, Carol)
- Pulse Films (Gangs of London, Beastie Boys Story, XY Chelsea, PIG)
- Red Production Company (Traces, Happy Valley, Cucumber, Last Tango in Halifax)
- Ruby Films (Saving Mr. Banks, Jane Eyre, Suffragette, Tulip Fever)
- Scott Free Productions (Gladiator, Blade Runner 2049, The Martian, Alien Covenant)
- Seesaw Films (The King's Speech, Shame, Lion, Macbeth)
- Vertigo (Monsters, Bronson, The Football Factory, Pusher)

CATEGORIES

 There are three main categories you may enter your script into:
- SHORT FILM: Up to 45 pages.
- FEATURE-LENGTH: Up to 200 pages
- TV PILOT : Up to 75 pages.

We offer the choice of receiving feedback on your screenplay at an extra cost. Feedback will be provided by our qualified script consultants.

 

SCRIPT FEEDBACK
We provide an in-depth and thorough analysis of your screenplay. Passing through not one, but two pairs of eyes!

Notes submitted by the judge of your script will be passed on directly to one of our professional script consultants (who reads it again).

For more information on our script consultants:

NOTIFICATION DATES
Quarter-Finalists | 5th August
Semi-Finalists | 10th August
Finalists | 15th August
Winners | 2nd September

OUR PARTNERS
The 2021 SWN Screenplay Competition is proudly partnered with InkTip and Final Draft.
Final Draft is the industry-standard software for screenwriters, TV writers, playwrights and more  www.finaldraft.com

InkTip has a secure network of more than 4000 Industry Professionals. More than 393 films have been made from scripts and writers found through InkTip, and each year, an average of 28 movies go into production from scripts and writers found through InkTip.  www.inktip.com

Deadlines and Fees

Early
June 13, 2021
Late
June 24, 2021
Regular
July 04, 2021
Final
July 31, 2021
Category 1
Standard Fee
$41
$69
$55
$69
$36
$64
$50
$64
Category 2
Standard Fee
$34
$56
$45
$56
$29
$51
$40
$51
Category 3
Standard Fee
$23
$38
$30
$38
$18
$33
$25
$33

Program Benefits


Prizes 

1st Place

- Automatically qualify for our annual screenplay competition ($1200 Award)
- Your script listed in InkTip's script directory (4000+ producers, reps & execs)
- Production development consultation with an industry producer (worth $199)
- 1 year subscription to Final Draft Pro screenwriting software (worth $249.99)
- The SWN hanging frame award with your winning script and laurels inside
- A promotion in InkTip's magazine (15,000+ producers, reps & execs)
- 1 year membership at Screenwriter Staffing (worth $130)

2nd Place

- Automatically qualify for our annual screenplay competition ($1200 Award)
- Your script listed in InkTip's script directory (4000+ producers, reps & execs)
- 1 year subscription to Final Draft Pro screenwriting software (worth $249.99)
- A promotion in InkTip's magazine (15,000+ producers, reps & execs)
 1 year membership at Screenwriter Staffing

3rd Place

? Automatically qualify for our annual screenplay competition ($1200 Award)
? 1 year subscription to Final Draft Pro screenwriting software (worth $249.99)
? 1 month membership at Screenwriter Staffing

Announcement Dates

Quarter-Finalists

Aug. 05, 2021

Semi-Finalists

Aug. 10, 2021

Finalists

Aug. 15, 2021

Winners

Sept. 02, 2021

Rules

All submissions must be written in English.

All ages are eligible.

Material submitted must be written and owned by the person submitting. You may submit as many entries as you like.

All entries must be uploaded in PDF format.

You may resubmit your entered script once at the discretion of Screenwriters Network. This will be dependent on where the script is in our process and whether this has already been assigned to a reader/ judge.

If submitting as a team a singular prize package (only) will be made out to the initial person who submitted.

Scripts submitted to the SWN Screenplay Competition are protected and remain the owner of the person(s) that submitted.

If you have any further questions, please contact us.

Contact Information

info@screenwritersnetwork.org

210 Southampton road

portsmouth, hampshire

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