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Semifinalist Drafts Due Deadline is 7 months and 1 week from now
Nov 5th
Early Bird
Jan 5th
Regular
Mar 5th
Latecomers
Apr 3rd
Final Resubmissions Due
May 22nd
Quarterfinalist Drafts Due
Jun 30th
Semifinalist Drafts Due
Finish Line
The Finish Line Script Competition
2024-2025
Reads in Coverfly
Active Since 2015
$10K GRAND PRIZE - 6+ pages of actionable script notes - 50+ TOP MENTORS will read/meet writers - Resubmit new drafts for FREE throughout competition.
Accepting Features, TV Pilots, and Shorts
Enter Now
Semifinalist Drafts Due Deadline is 7 months and 1 week from now

About

Get your Script across the Finish Line! GRAND PRIZE OF $10,000!

One of the most writer friendly competitions around, The Finish Line Script Competition helps showcase your writing skills, connects you with industry experts and lets you submit unlimited new drafts for free, improving your chances to WIN this career changing competition. We work internationally and provide access to industry professionals throughout the world.


Finish Line is run by an ex-literary manager/producer who has 25+ years of experience in the industry developing writer's careers, seeing them through pitches, development and production, and has sold scripts to networks and studios worldwide. NEW!! 12 week INDUSTRY MENTORSHIP with Jenny Frankfurt, founder of Finish Line and ex-literary manager & producer. For more information please check out our website at www.finishlinescriptcomp.com 

Our script notes are among the best in the business. We employ professional consultants to provide 6+ pages of constructive and actionable script development notes and allow writers to complete rewrites and resubmit FOR FREE as many times as necessary . If desired, writers can keep receiving notes as would be given at a studio or network, improving scripts as the process moves ahead.

Our Industry mentors are high level decision makers with whom writers are guaranteed meetingsOur winners will have their scripts read by and will meet 50+ industry pros who may get directly engaged in the winning material and will offer constructive guidance on writing and careers.

Throughout the competition and afterwards, Finish Line remains involved with our writers and offers mentorship and advice about log lines, query letters, basic contracts and representation - for free. We have phone/Zoom calls with all our Quarter and Semi Finalists and offer advice, insight and help moving forward. 


Prices & Deadlines

Jan 5th
Regular
Mar 5th
Latecomers
Apr 3rd
Final Resubmissions Due
May 22nd
Quarterfinalist Drafts Due
Jun 30th
Semifinalist Drafts Due
Script Entry
$52.00
$52.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
Early Bird Entry & Script Notes
$127.00
$127.00
$120.00
$120.00
$120.00
Regular Entry & Script Notes
$127.00
$127.00
$120.00
$120.00
$120.00
Latecomer Entry + Script Notes
$127.00
$127.00
$120.00
$120.00
$120.00
Additional Script Notes (after 1st purchase)
$120.00
$120.00
$120.00
$120.00
$120.00
Entry + Script Notes + 45 minute Zoom call with Finish Line founder, Jenny Frankfurt, an ex-literary manager & producer
$299.00
$299.00
$299.00
$299.00
$299.00

Benefits

Along with our $10,000 prize for writers, Finish Line has a diverse list of 50+ agents, managers, producers, TV and movie executives, writers and filmmakers who read and meet our winners every year. These are guaranteed meetings with decision makers in the industry and our past winners and semi-finalists have gone on to sign and enter into business/creative relationships with many through the competition. 

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Though too many to mention here, our Mentors include executives from Warner Bros., Imagine Entertainment, Lucky Chap, CAA, NBC, Esmail Corp., MonkeyPaw, Echo Lake, Circle of Confusion, Electric Somwehere,  Rain Management, Nuyorican, Artists First, Netflix, Disney Television, IAG, Heroes and Villains, WME, Gersh, HBO and many more. Please check out the Mentor list on our website at https://finishlinescriptcomp.com/mentors 

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The Grand Prize winner will receive $10,000 as a cash prize.The Grand Prize winner will either meet in person, Zoom or speak via phone with our industry professionals ranging from literary managers, agents, development execs and producers.
The Grand Prize winner will receive free script notes from our script consultants for a year.
The Grand Prize Winner will have a filmed table read of their script using Howard Fine's acting students.
The Grand Prize Winner will receive a copy of Script Reader Pro's course Script Hackr. http://www.scriptreaderpro.com
The Grand Prize Winner will receive a new copy of the screenwriting software of their choice.
The Grand Prize winner will have free and complete access to Finish Line's knowledge, advice, support and help as they get their script out into the maze that is the entertainment industry.
And…..as a cherry on top, as we’re all living in a world that needs as much love as possible, we will make a substantial donation to the winner’s favorite charity.

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The First Runner Up will receive $2000 as a cash prize.

The First Runner Up can send their script to 10+ of the industry pros on the list.

The First Runner Up will receive a copy of Script Reader Pro's course Script Hackr. http://www.scriptreaderpro.com

The First Runner Up will receive free script notes from our script consultants for a year.

The First Runner Up will have free and complete access to Finish Line knowledge, advice, support and help as they get their script out into the maze that is the entertainment industry.

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The Second Runner Up will receive $750 as a cash prize.
The Second Runner Up can send their script to 6+ of the industry pros on our list.
The Second Runner Up will have a filmed table tread of their script using Howard Fine's acting students.
The Second Runner Up will receive a copy of Script Reader Pro's course Script Hackr. www.scriptreaderpro.com
The Second Runner Up will receive free script notes from our script consultants for a year.
The Second Runner Up will have free and complete access to Finish Line's knowledge, advice, support and help as they get their script out into the maze that is the entertainment industry.


Film & TV Industry Mentors

Norm Aladjem

Mainstay Entertainment

Zadoc Angell

Echo Lake Entertainment

Richard Arlook

The Arlook Group

Elana Barry

Circle of Confusion

Jonathan Baruch

Rain Management

John Bauman

Bauman Management

Michael Besman

Arts District Entertainment

Anne Carey

Archer Gray

Matthew Dench

Dench Arnold

E. Brian Dobbbins

Artists First

Jim Donnelly

NBC Universal

Jordan Edelstein

Escape Artists

Gloria Fan

Disney Branded Television

Harry Finkel

Feig/Finkel

Karyn Smith-Forge

This Radicle Act

David Gambino

Producer

Kian Gass

I'll Have Another

Emile Gladstone

Latchkey Productions

Jon Hersh

Housefire Management

Henry Huang

Heroes & Villains

Janet Jeffries

Lawrence Bender Productions

Richard Johns

Argo Films

Jermaine Johnson

Zero Gravity Management

Brad Kaplan

Link Entertainment

Alex Litvak

Screenwriter

Chris Leanza

Timberman/Beverly Productions

Karen Lunder

Imagine Features

David Madden

Wattpad Webtoon Studios

Sarah Matte

Esmail Corp.

Kevin McCormick

Warner Bros.

Navid McIllhargey

Wind, Sun, Sky Entertainment

Tom Moran

Scott Free

Abram Nalibotsky

The Gersh Agency

William Brown

CAA

Gayla Nethercott

The Nethercott Agency

Kate Oh

MonkeyPaw Productions

Bronte Payne

Lucky Chap Entertainment

Sean Robins

SR-48

Chris Salvaterra

HBO

Sidney Sherman

Rosa Entertainment

Owen Shiflett

Blue Monday Productions

Ben Charles Silverman

Integral Artists

Mitch Solomon

Authentic Entertainment

Scott Steindorff

Stone Village Productions

Joel Stillerman

Content Superba

Sia Vash

Screenwriter

Teri Weinberg

Yellow Brick Road Productions

Korin Williams

Khronicle Media

Natalie Haack Flores

Nuyorican Productions

David Saunders

IAG

Jane Lee

Electric Somewhere

2023-2024 Winners on Coverfly

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