SWN Screenplay Competition

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

Anders Thomas Jensen’s is a Danish award-winning screenwriter who has received 40 awards including an Oscar and multiple Academy Awards for his Short Films. Anders has also been nominated for 44 awards, his work includes Riders of Justice starring Mads Mikkelsen, Oscar Winning short film “Election Night”, Oscar nominated short films “Wolfgang” and “Ernst & Lyset”

Alice Doyard is an Oscar and Academy Award winning French producer who has produced the also award-winning short film “Colette” and in her credits she has produced TV series for the BBC called “Our World” and written and directed the powerful film “Brave Britain with Fergal Keane”.

Kirk DeMicco is an American screenwriter and director. He sold his first spec script called "Day in November" to Arnold Kopelson in 1995. Since then, Kirk has been fortunate enough to adapt the work of many of his writing heroes such as: Roald Dahl, Jack Kirby and Elmore Leonard, and had the great opportunity to co-write two scripts with comedy legend John Cleese. He wrote and co-directed DreamWorks Animation's "The Croods," which was nominated for the 2013 Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.

Kirk’s writing and directing credits also include Vivo which is Sony Pictures Animations first ever musical adventure.

CATEGORIES

- Short Film script up to 45 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.

Notes submitted by the judge of your script will be passed on directly to one of our professional script consultants (who reads it again- this in addition to our judging process).

For more information on our script consultants: https://www.screenwritersnetwork.org/script-coverage/

NOTIFICATION DATES

Quarterfinalists | 30th October

Semi-Finalists | 6th November

Finalists | 13th November

Winner | 27th November

OUR PARTNERS

The 2022 SWN Screenplay Competition is proudly partnered with Filmmania Gifts, InkTip and Final Draft.

Final Draft is the industry-standard software for screenwriters, TV writers, playwrights, and more.

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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.