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2015 BLUECAT SCREENPLAY COMPETITION NOW CALLING ALL SCREENWRITERS The 2015 BlueCat Screenplay Competition is ready for your submissions! Every year, BlueCat provides a community for the unknown screenwriter to develop their work, giving undiscovered talent a path to professional success. BlueCat accepts both feature length and short screenplays, and in keeping with our longstanding tradition, every screenplay will receive one written analysis, with our best screenplays receiving over $40,000 in cash prizes. All submissions received by June 15th will receive their written analysis by July 1st. The final deadline for the competition is November 15th, 2014. We look forward to working with you! SUBMIT YOUR SCREENPLAY Recent achievements by BlueCat Alumni Aaron Guzikowski wrote 2013s Prisoners, starring Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Melissa Leo. Aaron also created the Sundance TV original series The Red Road. Check out this behind the scenes look at the show! Description: Description: Image removed by sender. Savion Einstein, the 2014 Joplin Winner, recently had a table reading of her script The Longest Birthday here at the BlueCat offices. Description: Description: Image removed by sender. PRIZES Best Feature Screenplay $15,000 Grand Prize Four Finalists $2,500 Prize Best Short Screenplay $10,000 Grand Prize Three Finalists $1,500 Prize The Cordelia Award Best Feature Screenplay from the UK $1,500 Prize The Joplin Award Best Feature Screenplay from outside the USA, Canada or the UK $1,500 Prize Movie Title Contest Three Winners: $250 each All screenplays entered by August 1 are eligible For full competition details, please refer to the FAQ and Rules and Guidelines BlueCat Screenwriting Workshops Description: Description: Image removed by sender.BlueCat Screenplay Workshops are an intensive opportunity to certifiably improve your script in a small group environment, led by award winning screenwriter and BlueCat founder Gordy Hoffman. Your script will be read in advance both by Gordy as well as the other workshop participants; everyone receives in-depth feedback on their script from a number of different perspectives. Winner of the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award at the Sundance Film Festival for LOVE LIZA, Gordy Hoffman has taught screenwriting at the USC School of Cinematic Arts in Los Angeles, as well as led workshops all over North America, Poland, Australia, New Zealand and the UK. He has served as a panelist for the IFP Script to Screen Conference in NYC, Women in Films Script DC Conference in Washington, DC, and the George Eastman House Film Festival, as well as a judge for the McKnight Screenwriting Fellowships in Minnesota. Gordy Hoffman founded the BlueCat Screenplay Competition in 1998 and remains its judge. THE FULL SCRIPT WORKSHOP Participants read all screenplays in advance of the workshop. During the workshop, Gordy provides direct and in-depth feedback on each screenplay, with everyone encouraged to contribute his or her own thoughts and concerns. Each writer will leave with a great sense of what they can do specifically to improve their screenplay, as well as a better awareness of where they might properly develop as a professional screenwriter as a whole. Writers benefit from the direct focus placed on their screenplays by the workshop, along with the analysis of the other scripts. Screenplays can be first drafts or rewrites, incomplete or partial, with first time writers and veterans all welcome. Scripts are due 10-14 days prior to the date of the workshop. Note: Screenplays submitted to the workshop are not eligible to be entered into the BlueCat Screenplay Competition. Regular Registration Option Do you want to participate, but do not have a script to submit at this time? Regular registration for the workshop allows you to attend without submitting written material, read the scripts in advance and still participate in the discussion. UPCOMING WORKSHOPS: June Online - June 19th - REGISTER Los Angeles - June 29th - REGISTER Brooklyn - July 19th - REGISTER Portland - July 31st - REGISTER August Online - August 14th - REGISTER Los Angeles - September 14th- REGISTER