Kick start your screenwriting career with Big Break!

Final Deadline is just days away! 


The Big Break Final Deadline is around the corner, but there's still time to save on your Big Break entries.


Don’t miss out on the chance to share over $80,000 in cash and prizes, and kickstart your screenwriting career with meetings with executives, producers and managers.

 

Big Break winners and finalists alike have had their screenplays optioned and produced and have secured high-profile representation as well as lucrative writing deals.

 

Enter before midnight on Monday, June 9 to save!


All entries must be electronically submitted by midnight (Pacific Time) on their respective deadlines.

PRIZES & BENEFITS


2 Grand Prize Award Winners: One Feature Grand Prize and one TV Grand Prize winner will be selected from the 11 Feature Genre and TV Format award winners.

 

Each Grand Prize Award Winner:

Winners receive the prizes below plus the prizes listed under the Category Winners section. 



  • $10,000 Cash
  • Apple iPad
  • Dell XPS Laptop
  • Roundtrip airfare to Los Angeles plus 3 night hotel accommodation
  • UCLAex Masterclass
  • 1-year subscription to ScriptHop
  • Writer brand assessment and 60-Minute Career Prep Webinar with screenwriting career coach Lee Jessup
  • Copy of Save the Cat! Story Structure Software and book
  • Query Letter or One-Sheet analysis and a personalized, signed copy of The Screenwriter’s Bible by Dave Trottier
  • Final Draft Go™ App for iPhone and iPad.


Additional prizes for TV Grand Prize winner:


  • Script Consultation from Jen Grisanti Inc.
  • One-hour career coaching session with Carole Kirschner to create a personalized game plan for leveraging the contest win.


Each Feature and TV Winner Receives:


  • $1,000 Cash
  • Final Draft 13
  • The New York Film Academy - Attend multi-week online immersive program in both film & television writing
  • 5 Career coaching sessions with screenwriting coach Lee Jessup
  • 60-minute webinar with screenwriting career coach Lee Jessup on how to capitalize on your Big Break win
  • Participation in a 6-Week Teleseminar from Jen Grisanti Inc.
  • One year subscription of MasterWriter software
  • Free Big Break Contest entry for 2026
  • Script coverage from Big Break readers
  • A Copy of Save The Cat! Strikes Back by screenwriter Blake Snyder.
  • 6 month subscription to ScriptHop


Diversity Feature & TV Category Winners Receive:


  • One-on-one consultation with Erika Alexander of Color Farm Media on development and producing

Short Script Winner Receives:


  • $1,000 Cash
  • Final Draft 13
  • Feedback on a verbal pitch or pitch deck, plus a 1-hour feedback session with Seed & Spark
  • Free Big Break Contest entry for 2026
  • 6 month subscription to ScriptHop
  • One year subscription of MasterWriter software


Short Script Finalists Receive:


  • One-on-one consultation with Seed & Spark on crowdfunding, producing, and distribution
  • *Please note: prizes are subject to change

"Since having success in Big Break, my writing life has completely changed. My new reps and the Big Break team worked together to get me dozens of meetings... The foot-in-the-door that Big Break provided means I have tons of places to send my next script now. I’m no longer writing in the dark."


- Jason Kaleko, Feature Grand Prize Winner 2023

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