THE GRAND PRIZE WINNER HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED! SEE BELOW!!!
The best screenwriting competition of the year is back!
Stage 32's 5th Annual Feature Screenwriting Contest
Winner flown to Hollywood to meet with Gersh, Good Fear Content, Verve, Pathfinder Media, Pense Productions, Elevate Entertainment and more!
All finalists loglines mailed to hundreds of industry executives!
This competition that has launched screenwriting careers is back! Over a dozen of our past winners and finalists have been either signed, optioned, or are now working in the industry!
Last Year’s Grand Prize winner, Tom Batha, took meetings with executives all around Hollywood, including Robert Downey Jr.'s production company, Team Downey, literary managers at Zero Gravity, Cohen/Torgen Management and Bohemia Group Originals, and film financiers Three Point Capital!
This year we are welcoming another all-star panel of judges from Gersh, Good Fear Content, Verve, Pathfinder Media, Pense Productions, and Elevate Entertainment! Our judges have sold dozens of spec scripts and some currently represent writers they've found on Stage 32. (see more info below)
This is why, over the last 5 years, Stage 32’s screenwriting contests have gained a reputation as one of the “most worthwhile screenwriting contests to change your career.” No other contest provides their winners and finalists with the same level of direct access to industry leading professionals who can take your career to the next level!
And this is our biggest, most inclusive contest of the year. This contest has produced some of the most sought after material from our finalists and winners. Requests for our finalists scripts have increased year over year and our winners have met face to face with a who’s who of working industry executives and gatekeepers.
No matter what your genre, no matter the size of your project's budget, whether you write indie or studio, small scale or blockbuster, it doesn’t matter. Our judges simply want to find the most talented writers and the more interesting projects from around the world! And this year, it could be you!
Our grand prize winner will be flown to Hollywood to have in person, one-on-one meetings with all our judges and other executives. ALL of our finalists will have their loglines presented our network of over 500 executives we work with in a private section of Stage 32.
Unprecedented access. Better exposure. More reads. Real success!
What Types Of Scripts Can I Enter?
All genres of feature film screenplays are welcome.
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TITLE | WRITER |
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AVALANCHE | ERIC JESKE |
TITLE | WRITER |
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FREEDOM SOLDIER | ARMELLE LAJUS |
TITLE | WRITER |
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PIECES, OR A WEST HOLLYWOOD CLUB CALLED RAGE | CHRIS PHILLIPS |
TITLE | WRITER |
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ACE OF SPADES | GREGORY HENN |
AVALANCHE | ERIC JESKE |
BORDERLINE | JOE BONITO |
CALL OUT | NIR SHELTER |
DAYS OF THE PURPLE MONKEY | BRIAN |
FREEDOM SOLDIER | ARMELLE LAJUS |
MARY ASTOR'S DIARY | JENNIFER L CHEYNE |
PIECES, OR A WEST HOLLYWOOD CLUB CALLED RAGE | CHRIS PHILLIPS |
THE CARRINGTON AFFAIR | DEVON LEHR |
THE HEEL | GLEN BRACKENRIDGE |
TITLE | WRITER |
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A MAN CALLED WHITE | RANDY HINES |
A SENSIBLE LUNATIC | LYLE DEIXLER |
A THOUSAND SUNSETS | DIANE TOVAR |
ACE OF SPADES | GREGORY HENN |
AVALANCHE | ERIC JESKE |
BETTER | SALAAMA BARBOZA |
BORDERLINE | JOE BONITO |
BREAKING THE GLASS | DAVED WILKINS & J. BROOKS |
CALL OUT | NIR SHELTER |
COYOTE WARRIOR | ROBERTA ROVNER PIECZENIK |
DAYS OF THE PURPLE MONKEY | BRIAN |
DEEP EAST TEXAS | SHAUN IRELAND |
ESCAPERS | LYNN MORRIS |
FIGURE ME OUT | JAMES BARNES |
FLESHEATERS ANONYMOUS | JOSH BRADLEY |
FOR HER (PARA ELLA) | ALYSSA CARTER |
FORGET JAZZ | DAVID BECK |
FREEDOM SOLDIER | ARMELLE LAJUS |
FROM HERE | ADAM KING |
HARAM | ABDULLAH ALHENDYANI |
HOSTILE CREATURES | JON SANHUEZA |
HOUSE OF SPIDERS | WAYNE HAZLE |
HUGGERS | TANYA KLEIN |
JUNGLE | ROBIN MOULTON |
JUSTAMIS | TERE ALBANESE |
KING OF THE AIR | MIKE SHERLOCK |
LIFE IS EASY | CLARK KOKICH |
LORD HAVE HERSCHEL | MICHAEL WOHL |
LOVE AND INSURRECTION | ERNESTINA JUAREZ |
MAID IN AMERICA | MARINA ALBERT |
MAN IN A CAGE | KEVIN BACHAR |
MARTYRS | ABDULLAH ALHENDYANI |
MARY ASTOR'S DIARY | JENNIFER L CHEYNE |
MERCY | GEOFF BAKKEN |
MRS. A AND THE FLOWERS OF SPRING | BOB BRILL |
PIECES, OR A WEST HOLLYWOOD CLUB CALLED RAGE | CHRIS PHILLIPS |
RIVER DREAMS | MICHAEL RAYMOND |
SALOME MAGIC | JACKIE BATEMAN |
SCAREACTOR | KIM DONOVAN |
SEQUESTERED | ANDREW OH WILMAR |
SILENT RANKS | TARA JACKSON |
SNOWBERRY | THOM SERRANI |
STALAG DIXIE | LYNN MORRIS |
STAY IN THE GAME | TERESA VILASECA |
SURVIVING SALLY | EINAR GUNN |
THE APPLICANTS | JUSTIN BALLHEIM |
THE CARRINGTON AFFAIR | DEVON LEHR |
THE CONTESTANT | JAMES HIBBARD |
THE COUP | JOE AYELLA |
THE EXTRAORDINARY JOURNEY OF A BLACK NERD | JONATHAN HUGHES |
THE HEEL | GLEN BRACKENRIDGE |
THE LAUGHTER OF CHILDREN | MARK DISPENZA |
THE M&M BOYS | GINO DEMARCO |
THE MICHIGAN MAN | VIJAY ILANKAMBAN |
THE RABBIT GARDEN | JAMIE DAWSON |
THE ROAD TO FOLKESTONE | BARRY LEACH |
THE WILD HEART OF ALASKA | MARY ALBANESE |
TWELFTH ROUND | NIR SHELTER |
UNI'TSI: A CHEROKEE APOLOGUE | ABDULLAH ALHENDYANI |
VIVA RICHARD NIXON! | TOM KNOTT |
TITLE | WRITER |
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"WELCOME TO NEW YORK" | CATHLEEN CAMPBELL |
A LITTLE DOSE OF DEATH | GERRY YUKEVICH |
A MAN CALLED WHITE | RANDY HINES |
A SENSIBLE LUNATIC | LYLE DEIXLER |
A THOUSAND SUNSETS | DIANE TOVAR |
ACE OF SPADES | GREGORY HENN |
AVALANCHE | ERIC JESKE |
BETTER | SALAAMA BARBOZA |
BORDERLINE | JOE BONITO |
BREAKING THE GLASS | DAVED WILKINS & J. BROOKS |
CALL OUT | NIR SHELTER |
CHèRE AMIE | ROSEMARY GRIGGS |
COYOTE WARRIOR | ROBERTA ROVNER PIECZENIK |
CRYPT SISTERS | BROOKE SOLOMON |
CUYLER | MAC CUSHING |
DAYS OF THE PURPLE MONKEY | BRIAN |
DECOURSEY BRIDGE ROAD | NEIL PETER KJELDSEN |
DEEP EAST TEXAS | SHAUN IRELAND |
EILEAN MOR | MATTHEW BRYAN |
ESCAPERS | LYNN MORRIS |
FATHER'S DAY | JEFF DELANEY |
FIGURE ME OUT | JAMES BARNES |
FLESHEATERS ANONYMOUS | JOSH BRADLEY |
FOR HER (PARA ELLA) | ALYSSA CARTER |
FORGET JAZZ | DAVID BECK |
FOUR NEGRO GIRLS IN A CHURCH | PHILLIP "THE GENUINE ARTICLE" HARDY |
FREEDOM SOLDIER | ARMELLE LAJUS |
FROM HERE | ADAM KING |
GHOSTED, WITH LOVE | BOB CANNING |
GLORY AND HONOR | JOHN SELLARS |
GRIP | CRAIG CAMBRIA (AKA DANIEL JAY) |
HARAM | ABDULLAH ALHENDYANI |
HIT ME HARDER | MAX RISSMAN |
HOLY ORDERS | JAMES G MCFARLANE |
HOSTILE CREATURES | JON SANHUEZA |
HOUSE OF SPIDERS | WAYNE HAZLE |
HUGGERS | TANYA KLEIN |
INNER BEAUTY | SILVIA RUIZ |
JUNGLE | ROBIN MOULTON |
JUSTAMIS | TERE ALBANESE |
KIDNAPPING BECKY | GABE FONTENOT |
KING OF THE AIR | MIKE SHERLOCK |
LIFE IS EASY | CLARK KOKICH |
LORD HAVE HERSCHEL | MICHAEL WOHL |
LOST COYOTE | GUSTAVO FREITAS |
LOVE AND INSURRECTION | ERNESTINA JUAREZ |
LUGGAGE | NOAH RUBENSTEIN |
MAID IN AMERICA | MARINA ALBERT |
MAN IN A CAGE | KEVIN BACHAR |
MARBLE PALACE | KIRK THOMAS AH TYE |
MARTYRS | ABDULLAH ALHENDYANI |
MARY ASTOR'S DIARY | JENNIFER L CHEYNE |
MEET THE MENSCH | NICK TAYLOR |
MERCY | GEOFF BAKKEN |
MONSTERKIND | JEFF DELANEY |
MOTHER DEFECTOR | LIT KILPATRICK |
MRS. A AND THE FLOWERS OF SPRING | BOB BRILL |
MY LAND, MY NILE | MARIA ABDELRAHMAN |
PIECES, OR A WEST HOLLYWOOD CLUB CALLED RAGE | CHRIS PHILLIPS |
RAPID EYE MOVEMENT | JOSHUA BAILEY |
RING OF LIFE | MICHAEL C DAVIS |
RIVER DREAMS | MICHAEL RAYMOND |
ROAD TO ROSARITO | SOLOMON T. OSAYANDE JR. |
SALOME MAGIC | JACKIE BATEMAN |
SANTA LOST DOWN UNDER | KAZ DRYSDALE, ORLANDA SZABO |
SCAREACTOR | KIM DONOVAN |
SEQUESTERED | ANDREW OH WILMAR |
SILENT RANKS | TARA JACKSON |
SNOWBERRY | THOM SERRANI |
SOUL SURVIVORS | MARK RASHID |
SPECTRUM | SUSANA FALCON |
STALAG DIXIE | LYNN MORRIS |
STAY IN THE GAME | TERESA VILASECA |
STILL PERFECT | MICHAEL FITZER |
STONE COLD | DAVID JOGLAR |
SURVIVING SALLY | EINAR GUNN |
THE ANDERSONVILLE HORROR | MARIE D. JONES |
THE APPLICANTS | JUSTIN BALLHEIM |
THE BET | JOHN WELCH |
THE BIG WORLD OF LITTLE LU-LU BELL | SUZANNE THERESE VARNEY |
THE BROTHERS FURY | DANE MCCAULEY |
THE CARRINGTON AFFAIR | DEVON LEHR |
THE CONTESTANT | JAMES HIBBARD |
THE COUP | JOE AYELLA |
THE CROSSING | SUSAN JOYCE DUBOSQUE |
THE EXTRAORDINARY JOURNEY OF A BLACK NERD | JONATHAN HUGHES |
THE FALL | TAMRA TEIG |
THE GENESIS COLLECTION | LOGAN GION |
THE HEEL | GLEN BRACKENRIDGE |
THE IRISH EXPRESS | JOHN MCMINN |
THE LANGUAGE OF WOLVES | NAN SCHMID |
THE LAST BOHEMIAN | BRUNO BORELLO |
THE LAUGHTER OF CHILDREN | MARK DISPENZA |
THE M&M BOYS | GINO DEMARCO |
THE MICHIGAN MAN | VIJAY ILANKAMBAN |
THE PORNOVSKY BROTHERS | DAVID BERTONI |
THE RABBIT GARDEN | JAMIE DAWSON |
THE ROAD TO FOLKESTONE | BARRY LEACH |
THE TEXAS BOYS | BARBARA SINGER |
THE WILD HEART OF ALASKA | MARY ALBANESE |
THE WILL | NATHALIE DORTONNE |
TRUE FICTION | NICHOLAS FOWLER |
TWELFTH ROUND | NIR SHELTER |
UNI'TSI: A CHEROKEE APOLOGUE | ABDULLAH ALHENDYANI |
VERY LITTLE ROOM | DAN SINCLAIR |
VIVA RICHARD NIXON! | TOM KNOTT |
Grand Prize Winner
The Grand Prize Winner will be flown to Hollywood and sent on private one-on-one meetings with the contest judges from Gersh, Good Fear, Verve, Pathfinder Media, Pense Productions, and Elevate Entertainment!
In addition, Stage 32's executive team will send your screenplay title, logline, writer bio & script synopsis to over 500 development executives, producers, managers & agents who work with Stage 32. If an executive requests the script or a meeting, we will facilitate the delivery.
Second and Third Place Winners
Stage 32's executive team will send out your screenplay title, logline & writer bio to over 500 development executives, producers, managers & agents who work with Stage 32. If an executive requests the script or a meeting, we will facilitate.
You will also receive 2 free Stage 32 pitch sessions, a free Stage 32 Next Level Webinar and a free Stage 32 Next Level Class.
Top 10 Finalists
All Top 10 Finalists will have their screenplay title, logline & writer bio sent to over 500 development executives, producers, managers & agents who work with Stage 32. If an executive requests the script or a meeting, we will facilitate!
Our past contest finalists have either been signed, optioned or had their projects put into development!
Hear from last year's winner, Tom Batha on his incredible experience winning Stage 32's feature contest:
Here's an update from our 2018 winner Jonathan Jordan:
David Boxerbaum is a talent and literary agent and partner at Verve Talent & Literary Agency. David has emerged as one of the most prolific spec script sellers in the industry today, with selling almost 2 dozen scripts to studios and production companies in one year. Boxerbaum began his career working for producer Jerry Bruckheimer before moving to the William Morris Agency, and then Endeavor. He also previously six years as an Agent in the literary group at Paradigm.
Jeff Portnoy is a literary manager at Bellevue Productions. He was named as one of Variety's New Leading Managers.
Prior to joining Bellevue, Jeff worked at Creative Artists Agency, The Gotham Group, Resolution talent agency and Heretic Literary Management.
Jeff’s clients include Samuel Franco & Evan Kilgore who wrote KEEPER OF THE DIARY, which is set up at Fox Searchlight with Weimeraner Republic Pictures producing, as well as MAYDAY 109, which is set up at Thunder Road Pictures with Flynn Picture Company producing; Ben Bolea, who wrote THE MISERABLE ADEVNTURES OF BURT SQUIRE ABOARD THE HORN HIGH YO!, which is set up at LD Entertainment with Kim Zubick producing; Josh Golden, who wrote ROAD TO OZ, which is set up at New Line Cinema with Flynn Picture Company producing; Mark Townend, who wrote CONTINGENCY PROTOCOL, which is set up at Broad Green Pictures with Bellevue Productions, Storyscape Entertainment and Weed Road Pictures producing; Michael Schatz, who wrote THE WOMAN WITH RED HAIR, a Black List script which is currently being packaged by Berlanti Productions; Mark Mavrothalasitis, who wrote VERTICAL for Alcon Entertainment, as well as WOLF IN THE WILD, which is set up at Awesomeness Film; Jorge Rivera, a staff writer on the Fox series A.P.B.; Matt Saracusa, who wrote CIRCLEVILLE, which is set up at Endgame Entertainment; Matt Leslie & Stephen Smith, who wrote THE HARROWING, which is set up at Cinelou Pictures with Jeffrey Reddick (FINAL DESTINATION) producing, as well as SUMMER OF ‘84, which appeared on the Blood List; Michael Salomon, who wrote SURVEILLANCERS, a half-hour comedy pilot set up at Warner Bros. TV Studios with Intrigue Entertainment and Quadrant Pictures producing; Chris Devlin, who wrote THE WRETCHED EMILY DERRINGER, a 2015 Black List script which is being directed by Adria Petty; and Andrew Zilch, who wrote A CROOKED SOMEBODY, which was directed by Trevor White and starred Rich Sommer, Clifton Collins Jr., Ed Harris, Amy Madigan and Joanne Froggatt.
Jake Wagner is one of the most respected Literary Managers and Producers working in the business today, he served as the Executive Producer on the hit Netflix comedy SENIOR YEAR starring Rebel Wilson, the action-comedy STUBER starring Dave Bautista and Kumail Nanjiani, and the horror feature BAGHEAD starring Freya Allan (KINGDOM OF THE PLANET OF THE APES, THE WITCHER, and HBO's THE THIRD DAY).
Jake signed Stage 32 writer Christina Pamies who wrote the hit film BAGHEAD for Studio Canal which was featured in the Hollywood Reporter.
Jake has also been one of the top-selling spec script managers of the last decade. Jake was responsible for the largest spec sale of the last 10 years (and one of the biggest in history), with SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN which sold to Universal Pictures. After an illustrious and celebrated career at Benderspink and Good Fear and Film + Management, Jake owns and founded Alibi Management. Jake’s clients have made some of the most popular recent horror films including POLAROID, CRAWL, and CHILD'S PLAY.
Jake has a long history of finding material for development and loves working with Stage 32 writers.
Danny Toth is a Literary Agent at the Gersh Agency, representing writers, directors, and other content creators. Prior to joining Gersh, Danny worked at Participant Media and Legend Group Studios
Raquelle David is a Producer and Literary Manager with Lit Entertainment, a full-service Talent and Literary Management firm in Los Angeles, California. Hailing from Sydney, Australia, Raquelle has a ten year career spanning both television and feature production.
Raquelle David has worked across independent film and television as a producer as well. Her multiple film credits have garnered a number of accolades including nominations for Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival, Australian Academy Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Award and the Screen Producers Australia Award. Raquelle previously worked for Goalpost Pictures, Seven Network, Screen New South Wales in Australia and Rhombus Media in Toronto, Canada, under the tutelage of producer Niv Fichman (THE RED VIOLIN, ENEMY, BLINDNESS).
Christian Sander serves as Director of Development for Pensé Productions, maintaining industry relations with emerging talent. He produced the feature length college comedy, Dean Slater: Resident Advisor, which is currently in distribution through Cinedigm. In 2015, he created the Bracket Reel series for Red Bull Media House. Christian has produced, shot, and edited content for GrindMedia, Yahoo!Sports, and Newschoolers.com.
Prior to Pense Production, Christian worked in development for for Neal Moritz, producer of the Fast and the Furious franchise, and for prolific film and TV producer Jerry Bruckheimer. He also worked in Sony Pictures across several divisions including film production, digital marketing, publicity, and international television divisions before joining Pensé.
Christian earned his degree in Motion Picture Production from Loyola Marymount University.
Alex Creasia is an Literary Manager and Producer at Pathfinder Media. He represents writers and directors around the globe focusing on all formats of TV, Film, books, podcasts and digital. Recently his company merged with UMedia an international finance and production services company to become their US branch. Alex recently produced the indie thriller, STILL which was sold to The Orchard. His next film ONLY, a sci-fi drama, is set to premiere in the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival. Alex got his start in the Hollywood industry at Universal Pictures, CAA and Ryan Murphy Productions on such shows as GLEE and American Horror Story. He went to college in San Francisco studying Film and TV business. Alex Creasia is a veteran of the US Marine Corps where he traveled the world as a Combat Cameraman.