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Industrial Scripts
The TITAN Awards
2024
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"The most senior industry judges of ANY screenwriting contest".
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About

Of the hundreds of screenwriting contests, some have truly close ties to main industry.

Some even have high-level judges who are truly able to move the dial on a project.

But there aren’t many of them.

Leading script consultancy Industrial Scripts® established The TITAN Screenwriting Contest in early 2021 to combat this problem, and to discover and champion screenwriters, delivering their projects to people who are really able to give their projects traction.

Our Judges this year are...

Basil IWANYK
is the CEO of Thunder Road and one of the most commercially and artistically successful producers in recent movie history, with over $4bn of career box office. Having steered the JOHN WICK and CLASH OF THE TITANS franchises to vast box-office success over the past decade, Basil has also produced multiple smaller, more intimate films, to tremendous critical reception: these include SICARIO, THE TOWN, HOTEL MUMBAI, WIND RIVER, GREENLAND and A PRIVATE WAR.

Georgia BROWN
Until August 2022 Georgia Brown was the Head of Amazon Studios, Europe where she oversaw the development and production of scripted and non-scripted Prime Originals in Europe, including shows like Beat, Deutsch-Les Landes, Six Dreams and Good Omens. Georgia joined Amazon in 2017 from FremantleMedia where she was Executive Vice President of Content and Co-Productions, overseeing acquisitions for FremantleMedia International (FMI), the company’s distribution business, and working on a range of projects including Young Pope, D83, Apple Tree Yard and American Gods. Previously, Georgia was SVP of Acquisitions at Shine International, where she worked on Broadchurch, Educating Yorkshire, One Born Every Minute, 24 Hours in A&E, Masterchef and Code of a Killer. Before Shine, Georgia was a commercial manager at BBC Worldwide and worked with over 120 independent producers in the UK and internationally to manage rights acquisitions and early investment on BBC Worldwide-distributed programming including Africa, Mad Dogs, Misfits, Natural World, Primeval, Sherlock and Top Gear.

Shannon MCINTOSH
Is the Oscar-nominated producer of ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt, and has been one of Quentin Tarantino’s producers of choice for his last three films. In 2021 Shannon produced the big-budget CINDERELLA re-imagining for Amazon starring Camilla Cabello, and has a number of high-profile projects in active development. Over an almost 40-year career, Shannon has also worked as a senior executive, casting producer and writer.

In addition to our 3-strong "Titan" panel, the contest is also judged by a 10-strong Senior Advisory Panel consisting of agents, managers, executives and producers of note.

The contest runs annually, and only runs at all if genuinely heavyweight industry judges stand behind it.

Read in-depth interviews with all TITAN judges and winners about their careers, here > https://industrialscripts.com/category/articles/ 

Benefits

In total The TITAN Awards will present awards to some of the most talented new screenwriters from around the world. 

Across the contest, our winning writers will receive over $10,000 in Cash and Prizes, plus Gold, Silver, and Bronze Prizes in ten different genre and format categories.

Most importantly, our winning writers will be personally introduced to "the Titans" - three Hollywood judges of a truly rare level.

OUR PRIZE PACKAGES

In the Final Round of competition, from all of the Finalists in all ten genre categories, the Judges will select our Grand Prize Winner, who will receive:

GRAND FINAL GOLD WINNER
  • All 3 Titans read your work personally
  • 3 x private virtual lunches with each TITAN individually
  • Your script sent to our Senior Industry Judging Panel
  • Spot on “The Winners’ Journey” – attendance at 4 key film festivals
  • 12 months of IS pro career coaching via regular 7hr one-on-one sessions*
  • 12 month subscription to IMDBPro
  • 12 month subscription to RocketReach contacts database**
  • Headline mention in official IS winners industry press release
  • Script distribution to the IS industry roster
  • Lifetime access to all IS online courses
  • Unlimited 75% off IS script coverage services for 12 months
  • Everything included in the category winners’ pack
  • $2000.00 cash

GRAND FINAL SILVER WINNER
  • All 3 Titans read your work personally
  • 3 x private virtual lunches with each TITAN individually
  • Your script sent to our Senior Industry Judging Panel
  • Spot on “The Winners’ Journey” – attendance at 4 key film festivals
  • 12 months of IS pro career coaching via regular 7hr one-on-one sessions*
  • 12 month subscription to IMDBPro
  • 12 month subscription to RocketReach contacts database**
  • Headline mention in official IS winners industry press release
  • Script distribution to the IS industry roster
  • Lifetime access to all IS online courses
  • Unlimited 75% off IS script coverage services for 12 months
  • Everything included in the category winners’ pack
  • $1000.00 cash


GRAND FINAL BRONZE WINNER

  • All 3 Titans read your work personally
  • 3 x private virtual lunches with each TITAN individually
  • Your script sent to our Senior Industry Judging Panel
  • Spot on “The Winners’ Journey” – attendance at 4 key film festivals
  • 12 months of IS pro career coaching via regular 7hr one-on-one sessions*
  • 12 month subscription to IMDBPro
  • 12 month subscription to RocketReach contacts database**
  • Headline mention in official IS winners industry press release
  • Script distribution to the IS industry roster
  • Lifetime access to all IS online courses
  • Unlimited 75% off IS script coverage services for 12 months
  • Everything included in the category winners’ pack
  • $500.00 cash

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Announcements

Aug 31st
Semifinalists
Sep 16th
Category Winners
Sep 30th
Grand Prize Winners

Rules

At the program's request, Coverfly will automatically remove your title page for you if you include one when submitting to this program.

At the program's request, Coverfly will automatically remove your title page for you if you include one when submitting to this program.

  • If you're submitting in the TV Pilot + Series Bible format you'll need to combine these two documents in to one PDF to be able to upload it to our system. A simple Google search on "how to combine PDFs" brings up a host of answers and solutions, and we have used the link below successfully to combine PDFs in the past.
  • All writers of submitted material must be 16 years of age or older on the date of submission, and each writer or writing team may not have earned more than $50,000 or the foreign equivalent (jointly or individually) for work as a screenwriter and/or fictional television writer.
  • All ownership and rights to the scripts submitted to this contest remains with the original rights holders.
  • Submissions are accepted via electronic submission only, between the dates listed above and at https://industrialscripts.com/titan-screenwriting-contest/
  • Entry fees are as stated above.
  • Optional feedback from a professional script consultant may be requested at the time of entry. Requests for feedback after an entry is submitted can be accepted but you will need to pay a fresh entry fee.
  • The maximum page lengths of the type of material you can submit are listed above.
  • There is no limit to the number of projects you may submit, and you may submit one project in multiple categories for an extra fee.
  • Entries must be received on or before the deadline dates by 11:59PM Pacific Time, and submission fee payment must be made in full at time of the submission. All entry fees are non-refundable. Any script submitted after the Final Entry Deadline will be disqualified, and any project submitted after any of the deadlines will be subject to a higher entry fee as detailed above.
  • All submitted material must be original, and all rights must be wholly owned by the writer(s).
  • Material must be submitted by the writer. Material written by writing teams must be submitted by one of the writers, with consent of the other(s).
  • If a writing team is chosen as a winner, prizes will be given to the person who submits the project. Each team is responsible for dividing or sharing the prize money. Up to a maximum of two writers per winning project may participate in the non-commercial winners’ benefits (ie the winners’ hangout).
  • Substitutions of either corrected pages or new drafts of the entered material will be allowed for 72 hours with a $10 re-entry fee through Coverfly. Please proofread your script carefully before submitting. If you did not originally submit via Coverfly you will need to pay a fresh application fee and re-submit. In the event you advance to the Semi-Final Round of the contest you will be invited to submit the latest draft of your script for the final two rounds of judging, free of charge.
  • It is recommended that original material be registered with the WGA or The Library of Congress before submitting to any competition, however registration is not a formal pre-requisite for entry.
  • Adaptations of books, plays, or any other source material written by another author are not eligible under any circumstances. A script that you have adapted from your own book, play, or other source material is eligible if you have retained all film and television rights to the property.
  • Judges, sponsors, administrators, and independent contractors who work with or for Industrial Scripts or The TITAN Awards are not eligible to enter the competition, nor are their spouses or other immediate family members.
  • Decisions of the Judges are final and may not be disputed. Our Judges are instructed and agree to evaluate scripts based on our standard Judging Procedure; however, the TITAN Awards contest and its administrators may not be held responsible for any errors or omissions on the part of the Judges.
  • Writers who reside in countries other than the United States are welcome to enter the contest; however, all scripts must be submitted in English and entry fees must be paid in U.S. dollars. Entry in the competition is void where prohibited by law.
  • These Rules of Entry are also governed by Industrial Scripts Terms & Conditions, which can be viewed in full, here.

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