MoviePoet.com is dedicated to the art of screenwriting, in particular, the short screenplay. Each month, we run a free online five page screenplay contest. Our goal is threefold: help writers improve their craft, celebrate our best work, and connect writers and their scripts with filmmakers.
On the first of each month we announce a new contest. During that month, you can enter your script. During the next month, you can read, vote, and comment on all the entries. Finally, during the third month, the results are announced and all the scripts are searchable in our database.
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Chris Messineo
Contest: "Found Footage" (8 entries so far)
Your entire story must be told from the perspective of cameras that exist in the world of the story (e.g. security cameras, web cams, cell phones, etc.).
Contest: "Feature ~ Round 2 of 3: Ten Pages" (24 entries)
This is the second of three rounds in our feature length script contest.
In the first round, writers submitted their title and logline. The top 30 writers move on to the second round in April, when they submit their first ten pages. In August, the top ten writers move on to the third and final round, when they submit their finished scripts.
Contest: "Two Strangers" (34 entries)
Your script can only have two characters and they must not have met, talked, or written each other before they meet.
"Left Or Right Old Chum?" by MJ Hermanny ~ First Place
When a parachute drop goes wrong a member of the French resistance is sent to investigate.
"Two Strangers And A Train" by Dave Kunz ~ Second Place
Sometimes you have to bet your life to win at love.
"To The Outlaw of Blind Dates" by Faith Friese Nelson ~ Third Place
When two people meet in a park, their first impressions change as they get to know each other.