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ScreenCraft
ScreenCraft TV Pilot Script Competition
2024
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Active Since 2015
Winners and finalists have signed with 3Arts, Management 360, CAA, Verve, Zero Gravity, and more. Plus, ScreenCraft winners have been staffed for shows at Netflix, Amazon, Apple TV+, The CW, ABC, Paramount+ and many more.
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Our TV Competition has a history of getting writers signed, staffed, and have helped them land development deals for their own projects. It's one of our most successful competitions, period. Winners and finalists have signed with 3Arts, Management 360, CAA, Verve, Zero Gravity, and more.

GRAND JUROR

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We welcome Emmy-winning writer, creator, showrunner Damon Lindelof (WATCHMEN, THE LEFTOVERS, LOST) as our Grand Juror. Damon will participate in a live question and answer session with all semifinalists of the program.

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Ready to launch your TV writing career? Enter today.

Benefits

JURY
The top pilots are considered by our incredible industry jury.

JOHN BAUMAN
Manager, Bauman Management

After more than a decade as a TV and film literary agent at Gersh, John Bauman started his own management company to represent writers and directors. John Bauman Management is a celebrity talent agency for numerous actors, musicians, sports athletes & more. His clients include Colin Bucksey and writers, directors and producers on the projects: ALL AMERICAN: HOMECOMING, LAW & ORDER, THE BLACKLIST, THE GREAT, THE SINNER.

NELSON COLE
Manager

Nelson Cole worked for Energy Entertainment, Bellevue and 1Community LLC before becoming an independent manager. He has clients with projects with Shondaland, Llewellen, Silkmass and many more. Nelson is excited to develop with new and diverse voices of all kinds.

NATHAN VARNI
Executive Director, ABC Current Programming

Nathan Varni is Executive Director, Current Programming, ABC Entertainment Group. In this position, Mr. Varni oversees all creative and day-to-day management on ABC’s primetime series, Will Trent, The Company You Keep, Grey’s Anatomy, Station 19, Alaska Daily, The Conners and General Hospital. In past seasons, Mr. Varni served as the covering executive on Rebel, The Baker and the Beauty, How to Get Away with Murder, Grand Hotel, Once Upon A Time, Scandal, Cristela, The Middle, Kevin (Probably) Saves the World, the revival of Roseanne and also serves as the covering executive on ABC Daytime’s General Hospital, where he has oversaw 3000+ episodes of the long running series, including multiple Daytime Emmy Awards for outstanding daytime drama series.


CHRIS NOLD
Executive, Not a Real Production Company

Chris is an Executive at Not a Real Production Company. Not A Real Production Company has several projects in various stages of development, including a previously announced original rom-com at Netflix that will mark Levy’s feature directorial debut. Levy will also write and star in the untitled film, which he and Zehmer are producing alongside Sister’s Stacey Snider and Kate Fenske.

THE PRIZES

Grand Prize Winner

The overall grand prize winner will be welcomed to the ScreenCraft Writer Development Program and receive personal introductions with one or more top Hollywood literary manager(s), producers, or industry professionals. who are looking for talented emerging Film & TV screenwriters.


ScreenCraft's genre specific relationships include companies like Netflix, HBO Max, AMC, and over 150 other Hollywood managers, agents, producers, and development executives.


ScreenCraft has a proven track record for getting writers signed with managers, agents, and staffed in writing rooms.


They'll receive:

  • • Personal Introduction to top industry professionals
  • • Accepted into the ScreenCraft Development Program
  • • $1,000 cash award
  • • An exclusive invitation to a Finalist only workshop to position yourself and your writing to the industry
  • • Free 6-month membership to The Tracking Board


Category Winners (2)
Half-Hour & Hour Long

  • • $500 cash award
  • • Accepted into the ScreenCraft Development Program
  • • An exclusive invitation to a Finalist only workshop to position yourself and your writing to the industry
  • • Free 6-month membership to The Tracking Board


Finalists

  • • An exclusive invitation to a Finalist only workshop to position yourself and your writing to the industry
  • • Free 6-month membership to The Tracking Board


GUARANTEED SIGNING OPPORTUNITY

with Brian J. Goldberg, Agent with WPA


This optional add-on prize category will identify one winner to sign with Brian Goldberg, agent with WPA.


Brian Goldberg joined WPA’s Television Division during the height of pilot season in March 2014. Previously, Brian was with Paradigm Talent Agency, first in business affairs, then as an assistant, and later an agent in physical production.

Goldberg represents’ top line producers, cinematographers, production designers, costume designers, and editors, as well as the industry’s next generation of emerging talent. With his prior film experience, he also facilitates WPA’s clients’ other passions, such as directing, writing and creative producing, and film and commercial clients with crossing over into television.


This optional add-on prize category will identify one winner to sign with Brian Goldberg, agent with WPA. Only projects submitted to the ScreenCraft TV Competition AND that select this add-on are eligible for consideration in this category. Additionally, all projects that place in the Top 10 of the competition will automatically be considered.

Writer Success

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Announcements

Nov 22nd
Semifinalists
Jan 10th
Finalists
Jan 31st
Winners
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