The AAA Screenplay Contest Sponsored by Creative Screenwriting Magazine
AAA Contest Links:

AAA contest home page

Enter At Our Site

Enter At Withoutabox

Script Evaluation

Downloadable Entry Form

Official Prize List


Contest Rules

Deadlines and Fees


Extensions--Please Read!

The Access Prizes

Free Stuff For Entrants

Non-Cash Prize Sponsors
(to be posted):















SPONSORED BY

WINTER- SPRING 2009 CONTEST

Prize List:

$11,000+ In Cash Prizes Alone
Plus Access, Plus Acclaim


 ACCESS

The winning script and synopses for the top ten screenplays have been requested by the following companies:

BenderSpink
David Foster Productions
The Donners Company
Endeavor Agency
Escape Artists
The Gersh Agency
Hofflund/Polone Management
ICM
New Line Cinema

Paradigm
Radar Pictures
The Radmin Co.
The Robert Evans Co.
Spring Creek Pictures
VH1
Weintraub/Kuhn Productions
Winkler Films
Zide/Perry

Plus over 300 additional agents, managers, and development executives. For an updated and complete list of companies, please click here. There is no better way to introduce your screenplay to the top echelon of the entertainment industry than by winning the AAA Contest.   


ACCLAIM

The winner of the AAA contest will be profiled in Creative Screenwriting magazine and the names of the top ten finalists will be published in CS Weekly. Finalists and their screenplays will also be publicized in press releases and ads placed in industry publications, and in Facebook.

  


ACHIEVEMENT

You have put the work into crafting an extraordinary screenplay. Now it is time to reap the rewards of your effort.

PRIZES

(Additional third-party sponsor prizes are being arranged for, and will be
announced on this site and via email as these prizes are added to the contest.)
GRAND PRIZE:  $7,500 in cash plus  prizes (in addition to Acclaim and Access):
$7,500 cash
Winning script mailed to over 300 agents, managers, and development executives who have requested it.
Free Gold Pass registration to the 2009 Screenwriting Expo ($300+ value)
Five free Golden Pitch Festival pitch tickets ($125 value, plus selection priority).
Full set of Creative Screenwriting educational DVDs ($720 value)
Free one-year subscription to Creative Screenwriting Magazine ($25 value)
Write Brother's Screenplay Suite which includes: Movie Magic, Screenwriter Storyview, and Dramatica $699.95 value)
Movieoutline Software ($200 value)
InkTip Prize Package ($250 value)
CI Pro Screenplay Analysis ($295 value)
PitchQ Membership Package ($300 value)

2ND PRIZE: $2,500 cash plus other prizes:
$2,500 cash
Script mailed to over 300 agents, managers, and development executives who have requested it.


Free regular admission to 2009 Screenwriting Expo ($149 value)
One free ticket to Golden Pitch at 2009 Expo  ($25 value, plus selection priority)
Subscription to Creative Screenwriting magazine  ($25 value)
Movieoutline Software ($200)
PitchQ Membership ($300 value)
InkTip Prize Package: ($250 value)

3RD PRIZE: $1,000 cash plus other prizes:
$1,000 cash
Script mailed to over 300 agents, managers, and development executives who have requested it.


Free regular admission to 2009 Screenwriting Expo ($149 value)
One free ticket to Golden Pitch at 2009 Expo  ($25 value, plus selection priority)
Subscription to Creative Screenwriting magazine  ($25 value)
Movieoutline Software ($200)
PitchQ Membership ($300 value)
InkTip Prize Package: ($250 value)

REST OF TOP 10 FEATURE SCREENPLAY FINALISTS
Synopsis and logline mailed to over 300 agents, managers, and development executives who have requested them.
Free regular admission to 2009 Screenwriting Expo  ($149 value)
Subscription to Creative Screenwriting magazine ($25 value).
Movieoutline Software ($200)
PitchQ Membership ($300 value)
InkTip Prize Package:($250 value)

FEATURE SCREENPLAY SEMIFINALISTS

Publicity -- your name and script name posted on our web site.
Subscription to Creative Screenwriting Magazine.

Free Educational DVD on Screenwriting From Our Expo DVD Collection.


TELEPLAY PRIZE (TWO WINNERS)

$500 cash each

Winning script submitted to three companies of winner's choice from the AAA List.

Publicity -- your name and script name posted on our web site.
Subscription to Creative Screenwriting Magazine.
Free Educational DVD on Screenwriting From Our Expo DVD Collection.


EVERYONE WHO ENTERS

Coverage Ink Prize:

E-mail info@coverageink.com and say "Sign me up for the newletter & send me the FREE CI Spec format and Style Guide" and they will send you a 80 page Style Guide, a cutting -edge format book in PDF.


Sponsor Prizes to be announced

Entrants will receive an e-mail with information on these gifts when the contest    announces semifinalists.

Career Advancement

In addition to the above prizes, winning or placing in a high-profile screenwriting contest can open significant doors for your career in Hollywood. The AAA Contest and Creative Screenwriting will do everything possible to promote our winners and finalists to the industry.

AAA Contest Sponsors Include 

These Organizations: 

(To be announced)
   


More Information

Click here for June, 2005 Winners

Click here for December, 2005 Winners

Click here for June, 2006 Winners

Click here for January, 2007 Winners

Click here for February, 2008 Winners


Online Submission

Downloadable Entry Form

FAQs | Access | Competition Rules | Prizes

AAA Screenplay Contest

c/o Creative Screenwriting

6404 Hollywood Blvd., Suite 415

Los Angeles, CA 90028

Contest Coordinator:
Pasha McKenley  --
 
aaacontest@creativescreenwriting.com

Do not send or try to submit scripts to this email address.  They will be deleted.

Two ways to enter:
The AAA Contest Entry System or Withoutabox.com:

(Withoutabox.com requires that you register if not already registered there.)
Click To Enter At
AAA Screenplay Contest
Official Entry Page

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