The winners of the 2018 Virginia Screenwriting Competition are: Caroline Hoover for The Long, Black Veil, Eric Carlson for The Audition, and Ramona Taylor for Blind Justice. This year’s festival will take place October 23-27, 2019. Three winning screenplays are then selected, and the winning writers are each recognized before a spotlight screening at the Virginia Film Festival in Charlottesville and awarded a prize of $1,000 per winner. Screenplays are first read by Virginia judges, and finalists are selected and submitted to a second panel of judges who are currently working professionally in the entertainment industry. All screenplays must be e-mailed to An accompanying application must also be filled out on the film office website. All scripts must be saved in a non-editable format such as a PDF.
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Series pilots must be approximately 45-65 pages in length.Īll scripts must be typed and submitted in a standard screenplay format, with numbered pages and a title page without any personal information. The competition also accepts scripts made for one-hour series pilots, a reflection of the high-caliber of writing found in today’s television and new media programming.
Each script submitted must take place in Virginia, or at locations that can reasonably be filmed in Virginia.įeature film scripts must be approximately 90-120 pages in length. The competition is open exclusively to Virginia residents or students currently enrolled in Virginia schools.
Distinguished past winners include Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan, who won in 1989 for his screenplay Home Fries, and Megan Holley, who won in 2003 for her screenplay Sunshine Cleaning. The competition does not require an entrance fee. The deadline for submission is May 27, 2019. The film office established the competition, now in its 31st year, to provide Virginia screenwriters with a forum for their work and an opportunity to present their scripts to professionals in the motion picture and television industry. The Virginia Film Office’s 2019 Virginia Screenwriting Competition is now open for submissions. VIRGINIA FILM OFFICE ANNOUNCES 31st ANNUAL VIRGINIA SCREENWRITING COMPETITION Virginia Screenwriting Competition Accepting Submissions
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