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What's New, BlueCat?
The Official Newsletter of the
Bluecat Screenplay Competition
August 23, 2013
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2014 Title Contest
Semi-Finalists

Every year, the BlueCat Screenplay Competition holds a Title Contest for all of our early submissions. All entries submitted by August 1st were eligible. We sent ballots to all current entrants to vote for the Semi-Finalists, which are listed below. Please visit our Facebook Page to vote on what titles should advance! The Top 3 Winners will receive $250 each. Congratulations to our Semi-Finalists, and thanks to everyone who submitted. Good Luck!
SEMI-FINALISTS
A Love So Loud
| by | Heather Ferrell |
A Second Last Breath
| by | Amanda Creiglow |
American Buddha
| by | Andrew Quinn |
Asshole by Choice
| by | Anil Gonnabathula |
Backstabbing Betty
| by | Kimberley Sutton |
Blind and Dangerous
| by | Leon Tidwell |
Bury 'Em Deep
| by | Stephen L. Stafford |
BUTT
| by | Josh Bassett |
Children of the Sky
| by | Jamie Duneier |
Coney Island Whitefish
| by | Bart Teracino & Dan Spellacy |
Conquistador
| by | Liam Goulding |
Dating Picasso
| by | Nicole Barrett |
Drinking In Church
| by | Kieran Angelini |
Drunken Rat Bastards
| by | Luis Cordoba |
Fat Year
| by | Marcy Jarreau and Jessica Stickles |
Fountain of Ruth
| by | Dante Savoy Love |
From Somewhere
| by | Tim Shaw |
Guns and Butter
| by | Adam Vander Schaaf |
He Was a Teenage Sex Demon!
| by | Scott Mooney |
Hush The Moon Is Sleeping
| by | John Preuss |
If The Trees Could Talk
| by | Michael Weinstein |
In Between the Shades of Truth
| by | Delilah Karenina Gámez |
Killing Dolph Lundgren
| by | Billy Good and Adam Kowal |
Lies To Get Laid By
| by | Torkjell Stromme |
Motor City Burning
| by | Sean O'Reilly |
My Purple Bicycle of Insanity
| by | Curtis Torchia |
Nobody In My Family Has Sex
| by | Carol C. Farrand |
Once, Before I Knew You
| by | David Anthony |
Pretty Ugly Things
| by | Kate Maracle |
Requiem for a Beauty Queen
| by | Wayne Coughlin |
Rolling Dark
| by | Paul J. Williams |
Southern Discomfort
| by | Matt Torina |
Strange Dick
| by | Matthew Kennedy |
Superheroine and Her Father
| by | Terezia Kontova |
Take Your Grandma to Work Day
| by | David Ngo |
The Devil's Jokebook
| by | Phil Clarke Jr. |
The Graveyard Girl
| by | Jamie Michael Perrington |
The Incredible Frog Boy Is On the Loose Again!
| by | Zach Jansen |
The Postman's Letter
| by | Ellen Johnson |
The Sunny Side of Down
| by | Luke Nuto |
The Zombie Psychic
| by | Gary Phillips |
There is a trampoline at the bottom of the well
| by | Dejan Stankovic |
Tina Fey is My Friend
| by | Melissa Kong |
Turn Your Head And Cough
| by | Barry Kelly |
Unplugging Aunt Vera
| by | Angela Page |
Walking Cities
| by | Anna Abrashina |
Winning Isn't Anything
| by | Rich Ehrenreich |
Yankee Doodle Dandy, Mon
| by | Debra Ehrhardt |
You Don't Know Dick
| by | Christine Lucas |
Zen and the Supermarket Sample Lady
| by | Scott Burton |
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2014 Call for Entries
We are now open for submissions!
Official Call for Entries
Next Deadline: Thursday, September 1, 2013 Entry Fee: ($60 Features, $40 Shorts)
All entry fees increase after September 1.
This year, BlueCat establishes one of the largest cash prizes in the world for a Short Screenplay, with a Grand prize of $10,000, along with an increase in our Feature prize to $15,000.
Students will be eligible to submit their short screenplay at a discounted rate of $29 for the duration of the competition.
Each Short Screenplay submission will receive one written analysis, while each Feature Screenplay entry will receive two.
All submissions will be eligible for a Resubmission entry if received by the October 15th deadline.
Best Feature Screenplay
$15,000 Grand Prize
Four Finalists
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
SUBMIT YOUR SCREENPLAY
Recent achievements by BlueCat Alumni include:
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Young Il Kim's script, RODHAM, a 2012 Blacklist Script, recently attached director James Ponsoldt (THE SPECTACULAR NOW). Young recently won the 2013 Alfred P. Sloan Commissioning Grant from Sundance, where he will write a biopic on Stephen Hawking.
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Aaron Guzikowski's PRISONERS, starring Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal and Melissa Leo, will be released September 2013. The Sundance Channel recently bought Aaron's TV pilot, THE DESCENDANTS, making it their second scripted show after RECTIFY.
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Ashleigh Powell sold her script, SOMACELL, to Warner Brothers, with David Goyer attached to produce.
- SOMACELL, along with RODHAM, were two 2012 Blacklist Scripts written by BlueCat Alumni.
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BlueCat Screenplay Workshops are a one-day, 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.
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2013 Workshop Calendar
Online Workshop - Sept 26th
Los Angeles - October 26th
Austin - October 30th
Los Angeles - November 23rd
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