SWN TV Pilot Screenplay Competition
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Screenwriters Network wants to bridge the gap between YOU and the industry with hundreds of our esteemed connections.
Get your script seen by some of the most respected judges in the industry. Collectively our judging panel has written award-winning films such as Toy Story, cult classics like Fight Club, and even Netflix Originals like Secret Obsession, bringing their wealth and experience of the film industry to our competitions.
JUDGES
Kayla Alpert
Kayla Alpert is an executive producer and screenwriter. She has worked for some of the most well-known production networks in the world such as Netflix and CBS. Kayla is a producer for the binge worthy Netflix TV show, “Wednesday”, and her production credits also include the CBS Network series Code Black, Up All Night and LAX. Kayla also has writing credit for rom-com movie Confessions of a Shopaholic.
Jamie Amanda Lee
Jamie Amanda Lee is an award-winning American comedian, actress, and screenwriter. Jamie Lee has an incredible 6 award wins and 3 nominations including winning a Primetime Emmy in 2021 and 2022 for “Outstanding Comedy Series” for writing the Apple TV series Ted Lasso.
Jamie is known for writing so many popular TV series such as Killing It, Girl Code, Teachers, Crashing, I Love..., Ridiculousness, and The Wedding Coach.
Elaine Loh
Elaine Loh recently wrote on the new Gossip Girl reboot for HBO Max and is now writing on Dynasty for The CW. She is a fellow of the HBO Writers Program, as well as to have been named on the Young & Hungry List and is one of the Top 25 Screenwriters to Watch.
Benefits
For entering alone, you will receive all three of our submission benefits:
➤ Every script submitted gets registered with SWN for free. No need to register with the writers’ guilds (WGA, WGUK etc.).
➤ FREE eBook
➤ You will receive a $10 gift card from us to be redeemed on our Script Coverage services.
★★★ PRIZES ★★★
★Finalist★
➤ A lifetime SWN PRO membership giving unlimited access to script market where you can upload your winning script, script library, job board and more.
★★★★Grand Prize Winner★★★★
➤ Promotion of your script via a social media post across the Screenwriters Network platform (56k followers)
➤ Your script will be sent to our judges and select members of our contacts
➤ A lifetime SWN PRO membership giving unlimited access to script market where you can upload your winning script, script library, job board and more.
➤ Receive a 4-month InkTip Pro Membership. Thousands of filmmakers can find and read your scripts, and you'll be able to pitch directly to production companies every week.
➤ A lifetime subscription to Final Draft Pro screenwriting software (worth $249.99)
➤The SWN hanging frame award with your winning script and laurels inside
➤$50 Gift card to be redeemed on Fimmania Gifts
➤ Jed Mercurio WRITING DRAMA FOR TELEVISION online BBC maestro course
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Rules
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RULES
At the program's request, Coverfly will automatically remove your title page for you if you include one when submitting to this program.
Contest Eligibility
– All submissions must be written in English.
– All ages are eligible.
– Material submitted must be written and owned by the person submitting it.
– You may submit as many entries as you like.
– All entries must be uploaded in PDF format.
– You may resubmit your entered script once at the discretion of Screenwriters Network. This will be dependent on where the script is in our process and whether this has already been assigned to a reader/ judge.
– If submitting as a team a singular prize package (only) will be made out to the initial person who submitted.
– Scripts submitted to the SWN Screenplay Competition are protected and remain the owner of the person(s) that submitted.
FAQs
1) Submissions are welcome from any country.
2) There is no limit to the number of materials you may submit.
3) We do not issue refunds.
Terms
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