Slatelist's GET IN THE ROOM Screenwriting Contest.
Get in the room. The SlateList Screenwriting Competition turns a great script into a seat across from the reps and producers who hire writers — the Top 10 finalists meet them one-on-one. All genres. Submissions open now.
In this business, everything happens in the room. The room is where a script stops being pages and becomes a career — where a writer finally sits across from the person who can actually do something with their work. Talent gets you noticed. Getting in the room is how you break through. The 1st Annual SlateList Screenwriting Competition was built to open that door.
Submissions are open now. Enter your best feature, pilot, or short — in any genre — for a chance at cash prizes and mentorship through CastCru. But the prize at the heart of this competition is the room itself: our Top 10 finalists each earn a one-on-one meeting with a rep or producer who is actively scouting their next writer. The hardest part of breaking in has never been the writing. It's getting read by someone who can act on it. That's exactly what this competition is for.
Every script is read on its merits by working industry professionals who know what a great one looks like on the page. Whether you write drama, comedy, thriller, horror, sci-fi, or something that refuses to fit a box, your story belongs in the stack.
The script gets you in the room. The rest is up to you.
CATEGORIES
Feature Screenplay — Full-length screenplays, 80–130 pages.
TV Pilot — Original half-hour or one-hour pilots, 22–75 pages.
Short Screenplay — Short-form scripts, up to 40 pages.
REPS and EXECS on CastCru
Jason Lubin: manager-producer and the principal at First Story Entertainment
Adam Gherlerter: Head of Development at Gramercy Park Media
Kevin Christoffersen: Development Executive with Film StartUp
Adam Fratto: veteran industry professional with decades of experience producing film, TV and new media
Stephan Dubreuil: Montréal-based manager and co-founder of the literary management and production boutique Woolf+Lapin
Alexia Melocchi: international film producer, distributor, author, and strategic consultant
Robert Deege: Producer / Script Consultant / Sales Agent
Nicholas Bogner: Literary manager who worked on Mission: Impossible, Without Limits and The Others and Spielberg’s Into The West
Samuel Kochman: President of In Theory Productions— an independent Film and Television production company based in Los Angeles
Samm Haillay: BAFTA and Independent Spirit Nominated producer
The Top 10 Finalists — In The Room
A one-on-one meeting with a rep or producer scouting new writers
One page of industry feedback on script
Official finalist laurels
Semi- and Quarterfinalists — Just Outside The Room
One page of industry feedback on script
Official finalist laurels
Mentorship sessions and finalist meetings are real opportunities to be read and considered — not an offer of representation, employment, or a guarantee of a sale. The script gets you in the room; what happens next is up to you.
