SWN Screenplay Competition

★★★ ABOUT US ★★★

At SWN our network expands to over 10,000 industry producers, creative executives, production companies and filmmakers.

The SWN Screenplay Competition is a non-profit contest founded by by a collaboration of 5 award-winning and produced screenwriters in London, UK.

★★★ JUDGES ★★★

Our top judges comprise of four veterans of the film and TV industry. Including producer of the Oscar-winning thriller, The Usual Suspects.

Kenneth Kokin

Kenneth's career broke out when he Produced and Directed second unit on the Oscar winning and Emmy nominated film, The Usual Suspects. His other producing and directing credits include films with Christopher McQuarrie, Johnny Depp, Benicio Del Torro, Juliette Lewis and Gwyneth Paltrow. Recently he worked as an executive that co-financed such films as US, Glass, Darkest Hour, and Jurassic World 2.

Fleur Costello

Fleur has written feature films, broadcast TV drama, documentary and sit com. She was a Comedy Development Producer at the BBC and also a Script Developer at the Walt Disney Company. Fleur also judges for the Writers Guild Awards.

★★★ CATEGORIES ★★★

There are three main categories you may enter your script into:

- SHORT: Up to 40 pages.

- FEATURE-LENGTH: Over 40 pages.

- TV PILOT : Up to 75 pages.

We offer the choice of giving feedback on your screenplay at an extra cost. Feedback will be from our judges and script consultants.

★★★ SCRIPT FEEDBACK ★★★

We provide an in-depth and thorough analysis of your screenplay. Passing through not one, but two pairs of eyes!

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

For more information on our script consultants:

https://www.screenwritersnetwork.co.uk/script-consultancy

★★★ NOTIFICATION DATES ★★★

Quarter-Finalists | 20th of March
Semi-Finalists | 25th of March
Finalists | 30th of March
Winners | 3rd of April

★★★ OUR PARTNERS ★★★

The February 2021 SWN Screenplay Competition is proudly partnered with 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.

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