Make sure to vote below! As is always the case when I put these contests together, I experience the highest of highs (“Wow, where has this writer been?? This is great stuff!”) and the lowest of lows (20 entries in a row without a single compelling opening page!). But in the end, I love it […]
Accepting entries until 10pm Pacific time! Good news! I survived the 2025 West Coast Tsunami! Which means the contest is still on!!! As a reminder, this is THE greatest online screenwriting contest ever. I pick the 10 best entries, post their titles and loglines here on the site, along with their first page. You, the […]
Submissions for The Scriptshadow Mega-Showdown Screenplay Contest are due THURSDAY! – Here’s how to submit! Genre: Comedy Premise: When there’s a death in the family and his daughter, who’s a very talented ballerina, needs money to get into the top ballet school, hardcore alcoholic Happy Gilmore pulls out the clubs again to go back on […]
Submissions for The Scriptshadow Mega-Showdown Screenplay Contest are due THURSDAY! – Here’s how to submit! Genre: Superhero Premise: As the world’s most famous family, The Fantastic Four, prepare to have their first baby, an evil giant entity known as Galactus threatens to destroy their planet. About: A lot is riding on this film’s success for […]
I’m giving out one ‘40% OFF’ SCRIPT NOTES DEAL. If you want it, e-mail me the subject line “FORTY” at carsonreeves1@gmail.com and it’s yours! AI be coming for our jobs. Will it succeed? I don’t know. I still don’t think it will ever grasp the kind of honest authentic character development that good scripts have. […]
