Think you can turn this logline from master screenwriter Simon Kinberg into a killer script?
A spy who has spent life wining and dining young women suddenly gets a major surprise when his daughter knocks on the door.
Break out your scriptwriting software and get to work, because the Industry Insider Screenwriting Contest gives you the unique opportunity to spin this idea into a solid spec screenplay that could be your ticket to Hollywood success.
The Industry Insider Screenwriting Contest is a quarterly international competition that awards over $15,000 in prizes and facilitates relationships between new writers and Industry leaders looking to help aspirants embark on writing careers.
Working from an A-list logline, entrants are challenged to create up to the first 15 pages of an original script based on the given concept. But it doesn’t stop there. The Industry Insider Screenwriting Contest goes much further than your average competition, by providing the top 10 finalists with mentors to guide them through the entire script creation process, with the goal of completing a spec screenplay to be judged by a panel of Hollywood power players.
Here's how it works:
- Entrants write up to the first 15 pages of a script based on the logline above, provided by Simon Kinberg
- The top 10 finalists receive a copy of Final Draft Screenwriting Software, Development Notes, and a letter of congratulations from Kinberg
- Each of the 10 finalists enter into a 12-week Story Specialists mentoring program, consisting of feedback for every 10 pages submitted, with the goal of completing a spec screenplay based on the given logline
- Simon Kinberg and production company Benderspink judge the completed screenplays and choose a winner
The lucky winner receives a classic Industry experience, including transportation to Los Angeles and:
Lush Accommodations at the Chateau Marmont
The chic Chateau, conveniently nestled right off the Sunset Strip, will serve as the home base for the Industry Insider Screenwriting Contest winner. Thinking of the many opportunities to network and hobnob with the Hollywood elite that frequent this hotspot is mind-boggling!
One-on-One with Simon Kinberg at The Ivy
First on the agenda? Lunch with screenwriter Simon Kinberg at Robertson Blvd.’s uber-popular bistro, known for its steady stream of celebs and location near power-agency ICM. The winner will take in some serious knowledge and know-how from Kinberg, while filling up on the Ivy’s famous nouvelle American cuisine.
Meeting with Benderspink
The Hollywood treatment continues through a conference with Benderspink, a diversified management/production company with credits including The Hangover, American Pie, and The Ring. Aspiring screenwriters dream of this kind of opportunity to meet with such an influential group, a fantasy that will come true for the lucky winner!
The Industry Insider Screenwriting Contest can give you the tools and the resources you need to complete a saleable screenplay. But besides the experience and the mentoring you could receive, placing in this competition shows that you can take another’s idea and turn it into a winning script - a trait that’s truly valued in Hollywood, and serves as a priceless addition to your screenwriting resume.
Fees, Dates and Deadlines:
- Contest Begins: October 1, 2010
- Early Submission Fee and Deadline: $40 to enter before October 31, 2010
- Standard Submission Fee and Deadline: $50 to enter between November 1- 30, 2010
- Contest Deadline: November 30, 2010
- Finalists Announced: Early January 2011
- Mentor Program Begins: Early January 2011
- Mentor Program Completes: Mid-April 2011
- Winner Announced: Late-April 2011
- Lunch with Simon Kinberg & Meetings: Late April / Early May 2011
Submission Process:
- Click the “enter contest” button below
- Complete the checkout process
- Email your submission with order number to insider-contest@writersstore.com
Looking for the regulations and answers to specific questions? Check out the Industry Insider Screenwriting Contest’s Rules and FAQs.
Ready for your shot at the big time? The deadline to enter the
Industry Insider Screenwriting Contest is November 30, 2010.Simon Kinberg
Simon Kinberg graduated from Brown University, Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude. He received an MFA from Columbia University Film School, where he won the school’s highest screenwriting award, the Zaki Gordon Fellowship. His final thesis project was the original script “Mr. & Mrs. Smith.” Directed by Doug Liman, and starring Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, it became one of the hundred most successful films of all time.
Named by Premiere Magazine as “New Power” Screenwriter of the Year in 2005, and given Movieline Magazine’s “Breakthrough Award” for screenwriting, Simon has worked with the likes of Steven Spielberg, Jonathan Mostow, Stephen Sommers, and McG. Scripts include “X-Men: The Last Stand,” which opened on Memorial Day 2006 to box office records, “Jumper” for Regency and 20th Century Fox, and the smash hit “Sherlock Holmes” directed by Guy Ritchie, starring Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law. The film set the box office record for the biggest Christmas opening in history, received a Golden Globe for Best Actor, and was nominated for two Academy Awards...
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