The Bigfoot Script Challenge in collaboration with Film Studies at Trinity College Dublin, awards over $10,000 and unparalleled industry access to the next generation of successful screenwriters. Submit your feature, pilot, or short screenplay, and have that work read by studio execs, producers, agents, managers, and WGA writers. Winners receive cash prizes, sought-after meetings, and exclusive fellowships to develop your material. This year’s competition will recognize award-winning scripts on November 17, 2022, at a live ceremony at Trinity College.
Entries into Bigfoot are automatically eligible for table reads, Works-In-Progress events, and Bigfoot Fall 2022 awards ceremony at Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland - all of which will deliver high-profile exposure to both producers and Hollywood execs that you’ve come to expect from the Bigfoot Script Challenge.
Entrants may submit feature-length screenplays, TV pilots (both hour and half-hour), and short-form scripts for consideration by top industry professionals, including producers, agents, managers, studio execs, and WGA writers.
We also have a special category this year for screenwriters with projects set in Ireland. If your project qualifies for this track, please check the appropriate box on the entry form.
IRELAND: If you're a writer who resides in Ireland OR your story is set in Ireland, we encourage you to enter your work in this category.
Winning submissions become eligible for cash prizes, fellowships, and exclusive sit-downs with industry professionals who can help bring your script to life.
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Bigfoot Script Challenge offers a unique combination of prizes, fellowships, cash grants, and industry access to help jump-start your career.
• Fellowships with top LA execs, international producers, and select production companies to help develop your material and get it in front of industry decision-maker
• Exclusive hour-long Zoom calls to discuss your material and your career with Bigfoot Judges
• Over $10,000 in prize money and in kind benefits for category winners, including $1,000 for Best Feature, $1,000 for Best Feature (IRISH), $500 for Best 30-Min Pilot, $500 for Best 60-Min Pilot, and $250 for Best Short.
• Winners will receive a 4-month InkTip Pro Membership. As an InkTip Pro Member, thousands of filmmakers can find and read your scripts, and you'll be able to pitch directly to production companies every week. With over 3,000 options and 400 movies made, InkTip is the place for independent film.
Judges for the 2022 contest include:
- Erik Andreasen (SVP, Dreamworks; Deepwater Horizon, Beasts of No Nation )
- Beth Barret (Seattle International Film Festival)
- Patrick Chu (SVP, Annapurna; Miss Sloane, The Founder)
- Brian Dobbins (Partner, Artists First; Black-ish, The Sea of Trees)
- Megan Herring (Director of Development, Circle of Confusion)
- Aldis Hodge (Actor/Writer/Producer; Black Adam, One Night In Miami, City on a Hill)
- Edwin Hodge (Actor/Writer/Producer; The Tomorrow War, Good Sam, Bumblebee)
- Jonathan Keasey (WGA Writer/Producer, Mind Riot Entertainment; Parallel, K-Sun, Tow)
- Jai Khanna (Oakhurst Entertainment; Black Bear, Four Good Days, One Nation Under Earl)
- Amy Lillard (Washington Filmworks)
- Justin MacGregor (Trinity College)
- Graham Roland (Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan, Dark Winds)