** Grand Prizes: Scripts Read At Top Agencies Circle of Confusion, Innovative Artists, Kaplan/Perrone **
FALL 2020 FINALISTS ANNOUNCED
Finalists
The Epic of Gilgamesh - Josh Pitchforth
Declaration of Conscience - Beth Milstein
Twenty Twenty-Four - David Colbert
Popular - Marley Schneier
Breaking Point - Jeff Peck
The Real Thing - Matthew Papadopoulos
The Big D - Michael Weinreb
Wisdom to Know the Difference - Cassandra Adele Burge
Dick 2.0 - Henry Sarwer-Foner, Noel Baker
The Tommy Sessions - James Skowyra
Splintered Soul - Bobby Sacher
Pick - Bernhard Riedhammer
The Queens of Stockton - Wade Prozeller
The Untimely Death of Herbert Sullivan - Tash Ann, Ben Barker
Underlings - Steven Robertson, David Patterson
The Paisley Witch Trial - Julia Campanelli
Black Mo - Peter Noel
The Lies We Tell Ourselves - Courtney Froemming
Calling Cards - L. Andrew Cooper
Santa Rita - Joseph Davis
The Electric Eel Club - Andrew Thelander
Double - Samantha Brennan
Violin - Elvira Ibragimova
Inheritance - Kurt T. Choate
Currently Katie - Hannah Petosa
Swing - David Toussaint
Blood Moon - Sara Hallowell
Liquid Lullaby - Denis Curto
Weird Tale - Philip Kreyche
Bringing Down the Cartel - Chris Feistl
Revolution - Timothy Porter, Diana Porter
Mission Appleseed - Trent Miller
Mr. Havisham - Travis Aitken
Afro Noir - Ryan Porter
Red Spy Queen - Leslie Lyshkov
Field Trip - Claudio Martinez-Valle
Community Theater Make-Over - Lawrence Fecho
Gesualdo - Vaughn Roste
The Merriman Agency - Mark William Hammond
Capsule - M. Rowan Meyer
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Winning scripts read by managers at Circle of Confusion, Innovative Artists, Kaplan/Perrone and more to be added. Reality Show Winners pitched to Indigo Films, Joke Productions and Brian Graden Media.
Video of our director as part of ISA's "Screenwriting Contest Round Table"
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Real reads from REAL agents. Like "some" contests, we don't put your scripts up on pitch sites hoping some one bites. The agents who read your scripts and concepts are our long time associates who trust us to bring them good content!
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All submissions receive a FREE 3-month membership to ISA CONNECT from leading screenwriting site and service ISA, International Screenwriters' Association. Codes given once winners are announced. (end of contest cycle)
Winners receive:
Script reads from Circle of Confusion manager, Kaplan/Perrone agent and agent at Innovative Artists and more to be added! Notes and/or meetings if requested.
GREAT AMERICAN SCRIPT CONTEST will be bringing not only legit chances for you to connect with industry decision makers, agents and producers in Los Angeles, but also provide opportunity to network at live events in Chicago and LA.
GASC is not only one of the best opportunities for you to get your writing seen and discovered, finalists will all be part of the physical film festivals in Chicago (March) and in LA (November). Teaming with Chicago Comedy, LA Comedy Film Festival and Chicago Independent Film +TV Festivals,
The Great American Script Contest is set to give you top access and connections to the industry. Ran by the same team behind CCFF, LACFF and CIFF, Great American Script Contest brings decades of Hollywood experience, knowledge and real chances for you to make it in the industry.
Before submitting to a ANY contest and competition be sure to check out their track record and the accuracy of their claims. Years of working with, running and being a part of film festivals as well as script competitions, has taught us that bold claims of getting meetings with "someone from HBO" or having an "exec who has worked for Netflix" are often extremely embellished claims- click bait to get you to submit. Do the research, read the fine print and "subtext". It's your money, spend it on real career advancement!
Our staff and industry readers have decades of experiences, along with a measurable track record. The connections those of us at Great American Script Contest have in film, TV and video in Los Angeles and Chicago, as well as running two major film festivals, help us bring relationships and real opportunity for our entrants.
Feature Winner: Script read by literary manager at Circle of Confusion.
Short Content Winner: Direct Contact Pitch to managers at Studio 71 and Collab.
TV Pilot Script Winner: Direct Contact Pitch to agent at Innovative.
TV Project Concept: Script read by agent at Innovative
Reality Show Concept: Direct pitches and feedback to winners from Brian Graden Media (HitRecord, Escape the Night, Gay Skit Happens) RedBullTV, Indigo Films (Wives with Knives, Insane Coaster Wars, Renovation Whisperer), Joke Productions (Scream Queens, Snapped) Our director has amassed numerous top contacts through his own TV show pitches. Watch this video with him here from Stage 32: https://youtu.be/fDoPc6RiEns