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The Official Newsletter of the

BlueCat Screenplay Competition   


October 1st, 2014


2015 Movie Title Contest 
WINNERS 
 

We're happy to announce the 3 winners of the 2015 Movie Title Contest decided by you!

 

Love You, Miss You, Bye
by Thomas Brown

The Moustache Rides Again
by Andrew Robbins

Twains, Trains And Riverboats:
The Absolutely True Story Of How Mark Twain Saved America 
 by Patti Vasquez & Kevin Cleary

Every year, the BlueCat Screenplay Competition holds a Title Contest for all of our early submissions. All entries submitted by August 1st were eligible.

 

Congratulations to our winners who will each receive a $250 prize, and thank you to everyone who submitted!

Regular Submission Deadline:  
October 15, 2014 

Fees:  
$65 for features, $50 for shorts

Every script received by October 15th
will receive their written analysis by November 10th

All entries received after October 16th
will receive their feedback by February 1st.

 

BlueCat Screenwriting Workshops
 
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 Film's 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: 

   

New York - October 4th - REGISTER

  (only 2 spots left)

  

Online - November 6th - REGISTER 

 

Los Angeles - November 8th - REGISTER

(Full registration SOLD OUT,  

regular registration still available)

 

San Francisco - November 15th - REGISTER   

(Full registration SOLD OUT,  

regular registration still available)

 

Denver - November 24th - REGISTER 

  (only 2 spots left)

  

Denver - November 25th - REGISTER 

 

Online - December 4th - REGISTER  

 

*New*

Jacksonville - December 13th - REGISTER 

 

Los Angeles - February 21, 2015 - REGISTER 

 

Salt Lake City - March 5, 2015 - REGISTER 

 

Please let us know if 

 

you'd like the BlueCat Workshop 

 

 to come to your town!

 

See you soon.