The Finish Line Script Competition
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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 meetings. Our 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
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Nov 5th
Early Bird
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Jan 5th
Regular
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Mar 5th
Latecomers
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Apr 3rd
Final Resubmissions Due
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May 22nd
Quarterfinalist Drafts Due
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Jun 30th
Semifinalist Drafts Due
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Script Entry
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$48.00
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$52.00
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$52.00
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$0.00
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$0.00
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$0.00
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Early Bird Entry & Script Notes
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$127.00
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$127.00
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$127.00
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$120.00
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$120.00
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$120.00
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Regular Entry & Script Notes
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$127.00
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$127.00
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$127.00
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$120.00
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$120.00
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$120.00
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Latecomer Entry + Script Notes
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$127.00
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$127.00
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$127.00
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$120.00
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$120.00
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$120.00
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Additional Script Notes (after 1st purchase)
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$120.00
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$120.00
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$120.00
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$120.00
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$120.00
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$120.00
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Entry + Script Notes + 45 minute Zoom call with Finish Line founder, Jenny Frankfurt, an ex-literary manager & producer
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$269.00
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$299.00
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$299.00
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$299.00
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$299.00
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$299.00
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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 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 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