This year we set a new record of 4494 feature and 1730 short film screenplay submissions. Ten percent of those scripts have been selected to advance in the competition.
The Top Ten Percent will be announced on February 15th, 2015 at 2 PM PST!
Stay tuned!
Competition Results Announcement Schedule
Quarter-Finalists will be announced March 1st, 2015.
Semi-Finalists will be announced March 15th, 2015.
Shorts Finalists will be announced April 4th, 2015.
Feature Finalists will be announced April 6th, 2015.
Joplin Award will be announced April 7th, 2015.
Cordelia Award will be announced April 8th, 2015.
The Shorts Screenplay Winner will be announced April 9th, 2015.
The Feature Screenplay Winner will be announced April 10th, 2015.
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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.
