One Week to 2016 Early Deadline!

Now accepting Feature length and Short screenplays

EARLY DEADLINE: JUNE 15TH

*All submissions received by June 15th will receive one page script analysis by July 1st.

SUBMIT YOUR SCREENPLAY

Every year, BlueCat provides a community for the unknown screenwriter to develop their work, giving undiscovered talent a path to professional success.

PRIZES

BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY

$15,000 Grand Prize

Four Finalists

$2500 Prize

BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY

$10,000 Grand Prize

Three Finalists

$2000 Prize

THE CORDELIA AWARD

Best Feature Screenplay from the UK

$2000 Prize

THE JOPLIN AWARD

Best Feature Screenplay from outside the USA, Canada or the UK

$2000 Prize

THE ROSHAN AWARD

Best Feature Screenplay from India

$2000 Prize

MOVIE TITLE CONTEST

Three Winners: $250 each

All screenplays entered by August 1 are eligible

Recent achievements by BlueCat Alumni include:

• 2007 BlueCat Winner Ana Lily Amipour’s debut feature, “A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night,” was produced by Elijah Wood and premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival. It will be distributed by Kino Lorber (Oldboy, Manuscripts Don’t Burn) nationwide in Fall 2014. She is currently teaming up with Megan Ellison’s Annapurna Pictures for her sophomore feature film THE BAD BATCH.

• BlueCat Finalist Aaron Guzikowski’s #1 Film “Prisoners,” (Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Melissa Leo) was released in September 2013 through Warner Brothers. Guzikowski is also the creator of “The Red Road,” (Martin Henderson, Jason Momoa, Julianne Nicholson) which is SundanceTV’s second scripted original series. He was recently hired to scribe Universal’s upcoming THE WOLFMAN.

• 2014 BlueCat Winner HF Crum has signed with manager Michelle Knudsen at MXN. Knudsen co-produced Jason Bateman’s “Bad Words” and also represents screenwriting team Yana Gorskaya & Maia Rossini, who are currently writing a film for FOX and director Paul Feig. Crum’s “3 Faces of Hunger & Thirst” won Best Feature Screenplay at the 2014 Slamdance Screenplay Competition.

• 2014 BlueCat Joplin Award Winner Savion Einstein has been named as one of six fellows to the 2014 Black List Lab and will be mentored by Jessica Bendinger (Bring it On, Stick It), Max Borenstein (Godzilla, Seventh Son), Jesse Wigutow (It Runs in the Family, The Prince) and Scott Myers (K-9, Alaska).

• 2006 BlueCat Winner Young Il Kim’s script, “Rodham,” attached director James Ponsoldt (The Spectacular Now) after having been on the 2012 Black List. Young recently won the 2013 Alfred P. Sloan Commissioning Grant from Sundance, and is currently writing a biopic on Stephen Hawking.

For full competition details, please visit the Rules & Guidelines and FAQ.