ScreenCraft Action & Adventure Screenplay Competition
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Benefits
JOE ROBERT COLE
Filmmaker and Writer
Joe Robert Cole is a filmmaker committed to crafting smart, rich, character-driven journeys as well as creating tent-pole, world-renowned projects. Along with Ryan Coogler, Cole co-wrote the Academy Award-nominated “Black Panther,” for which Cole received an NAACP Award. His critically-acclaimed feature directorial debut for Netflix “All Day and a Night,” starring Ashton Sanders (“Moonlight”) and Jeffrey Wright was released May 1st, 2020. Cole produced the Emmy-Winning FX series “American Crime Story: The People vs. OJ Simpson,” for which he also received an Emmy nomination for writing the episode “The Race Card.” Joe co-wrote “Black Panther 2" with Ryan Coogler, released by Marvel/Disney in 2022. He co-directed the pilot and directed the final two episodes of the 2023 series “Class of ’09" for FX starring Brian Tyree Henry and Kate Mara for which he was also an Executive Producer. Joe is writing the upcoming biopic about icon Snoop Dogg produced by Death Row Pictures for Universal. He is also writing a conspiracy thriller for Amazon Studios that he will direct this year.
NADYA PANFILOV
Manager, Writ Large
Nadya Panfilov is a literary manager at Writ Large, an LA-based entertainment management and production company that specializes in writers, directors and actors in film and television. Nadya has been Hollywood-pilled from the moment she got American cable in Uzbekistan in 2000. Since then, she has been obsessed with figuring out how to expand the inclusive and, often times, therapeutic power of storytelling. As a manager, she strives to find voices that can make any outcast from any part of the world feel seen and understood.
Judges
Daniel Perry
Literary Agent
Buchwald
Daniel is a Film & TV Literary Agent at Buchwald, representing prolific, iconic, and award-winning writers, directors, producers, and multi-hyphenates. Buchwald was launched in 1977, and is an industry leader in representation.
Paris Herbert-Taylor
Creative Executive
Paris Herbert-Taylor is a former Creative Executive at Pride of Gypsies, founded by Jason Momoa, star of beloved tentpole film and television series Aquaman, Game of Thrones, and Dune. She is currently developing various feature projects.
Matt Tegtmeier
Development Executive
Zero Gravity
Matt Tegtmeier works in development at Zero Gravity Management (OZARK, THE ACCOUNTANT), shepherding genre projects from grounded sci-fi to action comedy that tell larger than life stories from a character driven perspective- exploring the extraordinary from a very ordinary, humanistic angle. Prior to Zero Gravity, Matt was a screenwriter, having sold and optioned material to companies like Endeavor Content and Hyde Park Entertainment with his writing partner.
Prince Baggett
Producer and Executive
Confluential Films
Prince Baggett recently led the charge at Confluential Films & Black Love. In his role as Head of Film, he oversees films such as Young. Wild. Free with Sanaa Lathan, "The Perfect Find," and "Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project." Before joining Confluential, Prince held the reins at Genius Productions, overseeing Marsai Martin's first-look deal with Universal Pictures and playing a pivotal role in development on projects like "Little" “Saturdays” and "Amari and the Night Brothers."
Courtney Brock
Director of Development
Thunder Road Films
Courtney Brock is Director of Development at Thunder Road. Thunder Road Films are the producers of the JOHN WICK franchise, MONKEY MAN, KANDAHAR, WIND RIVER and SICARIO. Prior to this, she was a creative executive at Sue Kroll’s Kroll & Co. Entertainment.
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At the program's request, Coverfly will automatically remove your title page for you if you include one when submitting to this program.
Submissions are accepted via electronic submission only.
Entry fees are as listed on the site and checkout form. No coupon or discount is applicable on a previous entry.
Optional feedback from a professional reader may be requested at the time of entry. Requests for feedback can be done through Coverfly.
Entries may be any length -- the standard 1/2 hour is between 20 - 40 pages, and the standard hour long is between 40 - 70 pages, and the standard feature is between 85 - 120 pages. Any script submission longer than 120 pages will incur a $.50 per page overage fee for each page over 120 if it does not include feedback and $1 per page if the entry does include feedback.
There is no limit to the number of projects you may submit.
Entries must be received on or before the deadline dates by 11:59PM Pacific Time, and submission fee payment must be made in full at time of the submission. All entry fees are non-refundable.
All submitted material must be owned by the writer(s), however the material may be based on other works not owned by the writers.
Material must be submitted by the writer. Material written by writing teams must be submitted by one of the writers, with consent of the other(s).
If a writing team is chosen as a winner, prizes will be given to the person who submits the project. Each team is responsible for dividing or sharing any prizes awarded as they deem fair (whether there is a cash value or not).
Substitutions of either corrected pages or new drafts of the entered material will be allowed for a limited time with a $6 reentry fee through Coverfly. Please proofread your script carefully before submitting.
It is recommended that original material be registered with the WGA or The Library of Congress before submitting to any competition, however we do not require registration.
Contact info may be included on the cover page of the screenplay, however it is not required. ScreenCraft uses Coverfly to manage submissions and automatically removes cover pages before scripts are read by the judges.
ScreenCraft claims no ownership nor option on your work. All ownership and rights to the scripts submitted to this contest remains with the original rights holders.
The decision of the judges will be final and cannot be contested in any manner. There is no score on a scorecard that guarantees advancement to the next level as advancement will be based on all scores in the competition.
In the event a juror, partner organization, or prize partner is no longer able to serve in their specified capacity, ScreenCraft will make its best effort to secure a replacement. ScreenCraft is not responsible for the failed delivery of any prize package by a juror, sponsor, or partner organization.
ScreenCraft reserves the right to change deadline and announcement dates at any time.
ScreenCraft reserves the right to amend these rules at any time.
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