ABOUT

 Screenwriters Network wants to bridge the gap between YOU and the industry with hundreds of our esteemed connections.  

Get your script seen by some of the most respected judges in the industry. Collectively our judging panel has written award-winning films such as TOY STORY, cult classics like FIGHT CLUB, and even Netflix Originals like SECRET OBSESSION, bringing their wealth and experience of the film industry to our competition.

 

OUR JUDGES

 Edward John Drake is an Australian director and screenwriter. A former assistant of Academy Award-winning producer Michael Sugar at Anonymous Content and director Mark Romanek, Drake has collaborated with Grammy-winning artists including The Fratellis, Jack Ü, and the Stanton Warriors. Ed has projects in development with 20th Century Fox, Lionsgate, and Disney.

 

Mikki Daughtry is an American screenwriter best known for The Curse of La Llorona (2019), Five Feet Apart (2019) and All This Time. Mikki has written for Netflix, Amazon Prime and Apple TV.

 

Simon Allen is a British showrunner whose credits include Netflix original horror Choose or Die which went to number one around the world, RTS winning queer punk rock comedy The Watch for BBC America, Das Boot for Sky for Hulu and The Musketeers for BBC One.  
 

CATEGORIES

 Feature-Length script up to 200 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: https://www.screenwritersnetwork.org/script-coverage/

 


NOTIFICATION DATES


Quarterfinalists | 25th November

 

Semi-Finalists | 2nd December

 

Finalists | 9th December

 

Winners | 16th December

 

 OUR PARTNERS

The 2022 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.


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.