Congratulations to the winner and finalists of the Fifteenth Annual American Zoetrope Screenplay Contest! From more than 1600 entries received, Judge Francis Coppola and the Zoetrope staff have selected a winning script. The winner and the top nine finalists are listed below, as are the semi- and quarter-finalists.
The winner of the contest will receive the grand prize of $5,000.
The winner and top nine finalists will be considered for representation by William Morris Endeavor, CAA, The Gersh Agency, Exile Entertainment, ICM, Oasis Media, UTA, The Radmin Company, Prolific Entertainment, Energy Entertainment, and Dontanville/Frattaroli. Their scripts will be considered for film option and development by leading production companies, including: American Zoetrope, Samuel Goldwyn Films, Fox Searchlight, Sony Pictures Classics, IFC Entertainment, Paramount Classics, Verisimilitude, Lionsgate, Icon Pictures, Lleju Productions and Films, Second and 10th, Working Title, Dimension Films, Frelaine, Michael London Productions, Hope for Film, Kulture Machine, Number 9 Films, Folo Films, Pretty Pictures, Roserock Films, Benderspink, Astrakan Films, Industry Entertainment, Anonymous Content, Jim Wedaa Productions, Robert Evans Company, Fortis Films, Jean Doumanian Productions, Agape Media International, FX, and Ziskin Productions.
Thanks to all who entered. We are grateful for the opportunity to read your work.
Our next contest will open in Summer 2018; check back at this website for details in May 2018.
Grand Prize Winner
by Easmanie Michel, France-Luce Benson, and Darcy Miller
New York, NY
Finalists
by Barry Brennessel
Silver Spring, MD
by Shelly Drancik
Chicago, IL
by Sally Fowler
Brooklyn, NY
by Robin Hays
North Vancouver, Canada
by Kadyn Michaels
Los Angeles, CA
by Heidi Scott
Hyattsville, MD
by Meedo Taha
Beirut, Lebanon
by Jordan Trippeer
Los Angeles, CA
by Ali Zahiri, Amisha Patel
Santa Monica, CA
Semi-Finalists
by Ian Baaske
Chicago, IL
by Yann Blondel
Montreuil, France
by Sameer Butt
New York, NY
by Gina Cresse
Acton, CA
by Paul Grammatico
El Cerrito, CA
by Lilia Hine
Santa Barbara, CA
by Sean Lynch
Berkeley, CA
by Rick Mashburn
Winston-Salem, NC
by William Parolini
Wake Forest, NC
by John Pisano-Thomsen
Toronto, Canada
by Todd Rhys-Roosevelt
Burbank, CA
by Haroula Rose
Chicago, IL
by Anna Synenko
Runcorn, United Kingdom
Quarter-Finalists
by Stacey Asip
New York, NY
by Christopher Baca
Albuquerque, NM
by Lawrence Bogad
Berkeley, CA
by Betsy Burke
Madrid, NM
by Pia Chaudhuri
Sydney, Australia
by Zoe Cheng
Los Angeles, CA
by Michael Culver
Lopez Island, WA
by Jackson DeLoach
Compton, CA
by Joe DeLuca
Montclair, NJ
by Lynn Esta Goldman
San Francisco, CA
by Alexa Green, Jacob Garber
Pittsfield, MA
by Emme Harris
Summit, NJ
by Ernestina Juarez
Austin, TX
by Kevin Karp
London, United Kingdom
by Jason Kessler
Austin, TX
by Faith Liu
Los Angeles, CA
by David Lykes Keenan
Austin, TX
by Mona Lynch
Laguna Beach, CA
by Corina Maritescu
Los Angeles, CA
by Geoff McGee, Doug Detwiler
Euless, TX
by Denise Meyers
Mars Hill, NC
by Matthew Minson
Houston, TX
by Kym Mosley
Howard Beach, Queens, NY
by Weam Namou
Sterling Heights, MI
by Daniel Paasch, Jeremy Westrate
Trinity, FL
by Paige Penningroth
Cedar Rapids, IA
by Enrique Posner
New York, NY
by Jared Raun
Los Angeles, CA
by Will Reese, Sean London
Los Angeles, CA
by Benjamin Sandford
Melbourne, Australia
by Sheldon Shaw
New York, NY
by Danny Sheehy
Brisbane, Australia
by Maya Slouka
Brewster, NY
by Theodore Soderberg
San Francisco, CA
by Maria Soriano
Valley Village, CA
by Timothy Tau
Los Angeles, CA
by Evelyne Tollman-Werzowa
Los Angeles, CA
by Jason Urban
Tucson, AZ
by Denka Wangdi
Bellaire, TX
by Greg Wayne
Toronto, Canada
by Paul William King
Mill Bay, BC, Canada