2008 BlueCat Screenwriting Lab
LAB WINNER 1: Adam's Apples by Karissa Lang
LAB WINNER 2: Maude by Emily Marcuson
BEST WRITTEN PITCH ($2500): A Near Beth Experience by Matt J. Coley
RUNNER UP ($500): Mogul Blues by Amit Vinay Masurkar
BEST COMEDIC SHORT ($2500): A Delightful Discovery by Gabriel Vallejo
RUNNER UP ($500): I Love Lou Reed, But Sometimes He Gets On My Nerves by C.M. Velazquez
BEST DRAMATIC SHORT ($2500): Bear by Steven Tagle
RUNNER UP ($500): Uncirclelight by Donovan Fletcher
One more Lab winner, along with the Best Features, will be announced very soon.
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Video and Written Pitch Finalists: |
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Short Screenplay Finalists: |
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Feature Screenplay Semi-Finalists: |
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Feature Screenplay Finalists: |
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Three writers will be chosen from all submissions (pitches, shorts and features) and invited to one week of screenplay development at the BlueCat Screenwriting Lab, held in Los Angeles, ALL EXPENSES PAID, including a $1000 cash award.
Working with local film professionals in LA, the BlueCat Screenwriting Lab will focus on the primary goal of producing your
screenplay through:
- Rewrite mentoring with veteran screenwriters
- Feedback from credited feature film directors
- Roundtable sessions with producers
- Workshopping with professional actors
- Brainstorming with Below-the-line Crew
- Pitching work with development executives
- Packaging and budgeting input tailored to your screenplay
- Staged readings with a live LA audience
The following awards will be given to writers not selected for the Los Angeles Lab:
Three writers will receive $1000 each to underwrite further development of their feature length screenplay.
We are offering these awards to four writers to spur development of their idea into a screenplay.
| Best Video Pitch |
$2500 |
| Runner Up |
$500 |
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| Best Written Pitch |
$2500 |
| Runner Up |
$500 |
We are offering these awards to four writers to spur production of their screenplays.
| Best Best Comedic Short Screenplay |
$2500 |
| Runner Up |
$500 |
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| Best Dramatic Short Screenplay |
$2500 |
| Runner Up |
$500 |
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