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Shore Scripts
Shore Scripts Feature Contest
2018
Active Since 2012
Guaranteed Option Prize, Specific Genre Meetings, 1-to-1 Judges' Feedback, Mentorships, Cash Prizes + more. We've launched screenwriting careers at Sony, Blumhouse, Film4, & Hulu.
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Shore Scripts has the highest caliber of industry judges of any screenwriter contest in the world. Our winning feature scripts will be read by 37 of our Oscar, Bafta, Emmy, Golden Globe & Cannes award winning judges.

Shore Scripts is proud to have set up Louis Ackerman’s feature script with Blumhouse. The film is currently in post-production and will be released on HULU - Nov 2nd 2018. Louis was Shore’s 2015 Feature Grand Prize Winner.

Benefits

-Winning Feature scripts will be read by our 19 OSCAR & BAFTA winning Judges.

-Over $10k in Cash & Prizes is up for grabs in our Feature contest.

-2018’s best Feature scripts will be read by our roster of 75 production companies, agents and managers.

-You will be able to view your script score. This will be released once we announce our Quarter-Finalists.

-We have helped 40+ writers gain representation, option, sell, and even have their screenplays produced.

Prizes:

1st

• $4000 Cash

• Your script read by our Judges & Industry Roster

• Free 2019 Raindance Film Festival Pass

• Introduction and Meetings with Hollywood Agents and Managers

• Script development with Shore Scripts

• 1 year Free Subscription to WriterDuet Pro

• 1 year Free Subscription to IMDB Pro

• Free enrollment into Good In A Room’s ‘How To Network in Hollywood’ course

• Free InkTip script listing and InkTip Magazine listing

• Free 6-month membership to The International Screenwriters’ Association.

• Final Draft 10


2nd

• $1000 Cash

• Your script read by our Judges & Industry Roster

• Script development with Shore Scripts

• Free InkTip script listing and InkTip Magazine listing

• Free 6-month membership to The International Screenwriters’ Association.

• Final Draft 10


3rd

• $500 Cash

• Your script read by our Judges & Industry Roster

• Script development with Shore Scripts

• Free InkTip script listing and InkTip Magazine listing

• Free 6-month membership to The International Screenwriters’ Association.

• Final Draft 10


4th

• $250 Cash

• Your script read by our Judges & Industry Roster

• Free InkTip script listing and InkTip Magazine listing

• Free 6-month membership to The International Screenwriters’ Association.

• Final Draft 10


5th

• Your script read by our Judges & Industry Roster

• Free InkTip script listing and InkTip Magazine listing

• Free 6-month membership to The International Screenwriters’ Association.

• Final Draft 10


 

Writer Success

Excellent competition which actually follows through with their finalists and actively seeks out opportunities/meetings for them.
Jason Jenkins
2021 Finalist
I have such a long list of great things to say about Shore Scripts and the wonderful people that run this competition, so I don't really know where to start. But it begins and ends with my sincere appreciation to all of your team and readers. I'm just so grateful for the introduction to Patrick, and can't wait to see what happens next with my script.
Jacob Wehrman
2019 Winner
Shore Scripts is in a category all of its own. After I won, they sent out my script to industry professionals that I would've never had access to. They have incredible industry connections, but more importantly, they have industry respect. They even did a follow-up mailing, reaching out to more industry folks. They helped me get amazing representation. Now, I feel like I'm finally on the road to being a working writer. And it is ALL because of Shore Scripts.
Beth Curry
2017 Winner
Signed with Jenny Wood/Raquelle David at Elevate Entertainment
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No Ghosts Tonight
Feature  · Thriller  · 95 Pages
Desperate to get home, a young woman forces her way aboard an inflatable dinghy full of asylum seekers who must band together to evade capture and survive a deadly Channel crossing.
by Adele Smaill 13 Accolades
Adele Smaill
Adelaide, AU
Adele writes thrillers, often with migration and borders in the mix. She focuses on grounded stories, full of suspense and threat, with characters that have real dirt under their nails and secrets to keep. She is a 2024 Academy Nicholl finalist with her second feature, NO GHOSTS TONIGHT.
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Nov 6th
Semifinalists
Nov 10th
Finalists
Nov 11th
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