Dec 17th
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Jan 17th
Early
Feb 21st
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Mar 21st
Late
Roadmap Writers
JumpStart Writing Competition
2025
Active Since 2018
Open to pilots and features, with a guaranteed signing prize included, JumpStart will help writers get their material in front of industry execs.
Accepting Features and TV Pilots
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Late Deadline is 1 week and 6 hours from now
About
Roadmap Writers is a leader in screenwriting education and training taught by working industry executives & literary representatives. In just seven years, Roadmap has helped over 400 writers get signed to representation with agents and managers. We helped some of last year’s JumpStart finalists land representation at 3 Arts, Bohemia Group, Lit Entertainment Group and REJ Entertainment through our introductions! 2021 JumpStart winner Deborah Puette signed with a manager at Wonder Street, and landed a shopping agreement for her pilot script.
This year's judges include 42 Management & Production, Good Fear Content, Gramercy Park Entertainment, Grandview, Heroes and Villains Entertainment, Katrina Nelson, and Odenkirk Provissiero!
Since our JumpStart Competition is an excellent way to vet writers, we are already starting to market high-scoring scripts before we even start contest placement announcements! Through our outreach, writers that submitted to JumpStart are already being read by Verve, Gramercy Park, Avalon Management, Zero Gravity, and Castle Rock Entertainment.
Prices & Deadlines
Mar 21st
Late
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Standard Entry
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$90.00
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Standard Entry + Feedback Notes
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$135.00
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Benefits
GRAND PRIZE WINNERS:
There will be 2 grand prize winners, one for each category (Features and TV pilots).
- 6x private Virtual Meetings with an executive of your choice from Roadmap's list of available execs
- 1x private Month Mentorship with an executive of your choice from Roadmap's list of available execs
- Steps 1 & 2 of Roadmap's Career Writer Program (Pitch Prep Program and Marketing Intensive)
- 5x free Open Pitch Sessions
- 12 months of Roadmap's "Pitch Fitness Club"
- 1x 30-Minute Marketing & Strategy Call with Roadmap's CEO
- Featured in our JumpStart Competition Booklet, circulated to over 400 execs
1 feature and 1 TV pilot
- 3x Virtual Meetings with an executive of your choice from Roadmap's list of available execs
- 1 year of Roadmap's "Pitch Fitness Club"
- 3x Open Pitch Session credits. Choose to pitch to execs or reps
- 1x 30-minute Marketing & Strategy Call with Roadmap's CEO
- Logline and bio featured in our JumpStart Competition Booklet, circulated to over 400 execs
5 features and 5 TV pilots
- 1x Virtual Meeting with an executive of your choice from Roadmap's list of available execs
- 3 months of Roadmap's "Pitch Fitness Club"
- 1x Open Pitch Session credit. Choose to pitch to execs or reps
- 1x 15-Minute Marketing & Strategy Call with Roadmap's CEO
- Logline and bio featured in our JumpStart Competition Booklet, circulated to over 400 execs
25 features and 25 TV pilots
- 1 month of Roadmap's "Pitch Fitness Club"
- Featured on Roadmap Writers website
- Logline and bio circulated to over 400 execs we work with
50 features and 50 TV pilots
- One 60-Minute Group Strategy Webinar with an industry executive
- Featured on Roadmap Writers website
- Logline circulated to over 400 execs we work with
Writer Success
Winning Roadmap Writers’ JumpStart comp was a great experience. The prizes included joining the writer development program, which helped me grow as a writer and improved my pitching skills. Everyone in RM, and the other writers in the program were amazing and very helpful.
Adrian Prospero
2021 Winner
Winning the JumpStart competition was a game-changer for me. The amount of time, care, and attention that Joey Tuccio and his team have poured into making sure this win converted to meetings and exposure for me went well beyond my expectations. As a result of Joey's marketing on my behalf, I've signed a shopping agreement on my winning pilot with veteran producers and have also been offered representation with a top management company. Seven months after my win, I'm still making my way through all the educational opportunities they've offered me as part of the prize package. This is a company that is definitely in the writer's corner!
Deborah Puette
2021 Winner
Once I won the JumpStart competition, Joey at Roadmap marketed the heck out of me and my script. He introduced me to Austin Aronson at Wonder Street after her read me, and I signed with them shortly after that.
Deborah Puette
2021 Winner
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TV Script
· Drama
· 50 Pages
A 12-year-old graffiti artist takes down a local drug dealer to avenge his brother and becomes a trailer park kingpin.
*This is adapted from an award-winning short story.*
Indianapolis, IN
Bryce Berkowitz is a writer based in Indianapolis via Montana, West Virginia, L.A., Chicago, and southern Illinois. At 19, obsessed with subcultures—skateboarding, graffiti, and hip hop—Bryce dropped out of college to book touring hip hop acts for five years before becoming an English professor at Butler University. His elevated crime dramedies, dra...
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Top 4%
Feature
· Drama
· 92 Pages
On her journey into adulthood, a devout Muslim woman navigates the delicate balance between her family’s expectations, sexual fulfillment, and the idea of marrying for love.
Crawley, West Sussex, GB
Farook Qais, pronounced “case,” is a British-born Muslim of South Asian heritage. He writes film and TV, with each story carrying a clear message and multiple life lessons. Farook’s won Screenwriting competitions in the US and the UK. He writes to make the audience feel. His stories are driven by his life experiences and explosive emotive drama.
Announcements
Apr 25th
Quarterfinalists
May 23rd
Semifinalists
Jun 20th
Finalists
Jul 18th
Winner
Rules
https://www.roadmapwriters.com/pages/2024-jumpstart-competition-rules-guidelines-and-scoring