What's New, BlueCat?
The Official Newsletter of the
Bluecat Screenplay Competition
October 5th, 2012
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TEN DAYS TO
REGULAR DEADLINE!
Deadline - October 15th
$65 entry fee entries must be received by midnight PST
- BlueCat provides every screenplay entered with two written analyses by professional readers.
- Over $20,000 in cash prizes awarded to our winners and finalists.
- All submissions entered into the competition by October 15th are guaranteed to have their analyses returned by November 9th.
- Final Deadline - November 15 - $70 entry fee
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Discovering & Developing Writers since 1998
 - Jake Gyllenhaal and Hugh Jackman have attached to star in BlueCat finalist Aaron Guzikowski's upcoming film, Prisoners.
- 2010 BlueCat winner, Ian Simpson, signs with Paradigm.
- The Man in the Rearview Mirror by BlueCat winners Andy Pagana and Justin Thomas sells for six figures.
Founded and judged by award-winning screenwriter Gordy Hoffman, BlueCat has developed a keen eye for exposing screenwriting talent through our diligent and committed analysis of each submission. For nearly fifteen years, BlueCat's recognition and development of undiscovered screenwriters from around the world has led to our writers signing with major agencies including UTA, CAA and WME, and selling their work to studios like Warner Bros, Paramount and Universal. |
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PRIZES
Grand Prize Winner -The winner of the BlueCat Screenplay will receive $10,000.
Finalists - Four finalists receive $2,000 each.
The Cordelia Award - The best screenplay from the UK will be awarded the Cordelia Award and will receive $1,000.
The Joplin Award - The best screenplay from outside the USA, Canada and the UK will be awarded the Joplin Award and will receive $1,000.
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Joplin Award Winner Profile: Guy McDouall, 2012
 New Zealand screenwriter Guy McDouall's career has taken off since winning the Joplin Award this past March. He recently landed his first paid writing assignment and is currently a finalists in the New Zealand Writers Guild Unproduced Feature Film Script Category for his screenplay, A Random Act of Violence.
"The support of Gordy Hoffman and his team has proved very beneficial to my fledgling career as a writer. Since winning Bluecat's Joplin Award this year, I've had on-going personal communication with Gordy. Bluecat supported and helped promote a reading of my screenplay "Random Acts Of Violence" while Gordy was in New Zealand. I also attended Gordy's Wellington workshop. One of the people auditing this workshop was a local producer who also attended the reading. As a result of her being exposed to two of my screenplays, I landed my first paid writing assignment. To say I'm excited would be an understatement. The reading has also helped generate some interest in my script. This has resulted in established filmmakers requesting to read it. At the start of this year, I was completely off the radar as a screenwriter. Now, I'm on it and getting paid to write. BlueCat has a lot to do with that!"
-Guy McDouall
SUBMIT YOUR SCREENPLAY
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Grand Prize Winner Profile: Ian Simpson, 2010
Our 2010 Grand Prize winner, Ian Simpson, was recently signed at Paradigm. He received a $10,000 check for winning BlueCat for his screenplay,
Below the Waist.
"Having chosen to sign with Paradigm in 2012, a significant milestone on the 'road' that got me to this place is my experience with BlueCat in 2010. Regardless of the fact that I won the competition that year, my work with Gordy and the dedication of the BlueCat team have proven invaluable to me ever since. The is not just a competition, it is an array of resources designed to create better screenwriters. I am certainly humbled by BlueCat in this regard, as it undoubtedly has made me a better writer.
-Ian Simpson
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