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2026 BlueCat Winners
We are proud to announce the 2026 Winners of the BlueCat Screenplay Competition! Our Feature Winner and Short Winner will each receive a $3,000 prize, while...
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2026 BlueCat Finalists
We are proud to announce the 2026 Finalists for features and shorts! Congratulations to our Finalists and thank you to all who submitted! The Winners will be...
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Read the 2026 Oscar Screenplays
Reading a great screenplay can reignite our passion for telling cinematic stories. It can also remind us that the magic of movies is real, and that we can be a...
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2026 BlueCat Semifinalists
Announcing the 2026 Semifinalists for features and shorts! Congratulations to our Semifinalists and thank you to all who submitted! The Finalists will be...
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2026 BlueCat Quarterfinalists
BlueCat is proud to announce the 2026 Quarterfinalists for features and shorts! Congratulations to our Quarterfinalists and a big thank you to all who...
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What Conflict Do Screenwriters Avoid?
Nobody wakes up in the morning and says I hope I get into a huge fight today. “It would be wonderful if I experienced a painful altercation with an intimate...
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Will I Change How I Write?
Almost 20 years ago, I was hired to teach screenwriting at a university. I had been writing screenplays for 10 years, and had some success, and I wrote some...
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AI Doesn’t Want To Read Your Screenplay
Note: This essay was entirely written by the human writer named Gordy Hoffman. I run and judge a screenplay competition that receives thousands of scripts each...
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Please Take My Notes On Your Screenplay Personally
James Cameron recently said Christopher’s Nolan screenplay for OPPENHEIMER was “a bit of a moral copout” and “dodged the effects” of Oppenheimer’s choice to...