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 June 2019; check back at this website for details and guidelines in May 2019.
Grand Prize Winner
by Kendra Arimoto
Aptos, CA
Finalists
by Carlos Marulanda, Carlos Isael Gutierrez
San Francisco, CA
by Joanna Glum
Sacramento, CA
by Garette Henson, Laurie Savage
Brooklyn , NY
by Samantha Levenshus
Santa Monica, CA
by Meryl O'Connor
Brooklyn, NY
by Obiageli Odimegwu
Los Angeles, CA
by Sam Thomas
Decatur, GA
by Britain Valenti, Patrick Wells Valenti
Los Angeles, CA
by Sarah Warren
Los Angeles, CA
Semi-Finalists
by Alfred Thomas Catalfo, Morgan Webster Dudley
Dover, NH
by Charlotte Cameron
London, UK
by Sarah Crowley
Yosemite, CA
by Suzanne Griffin
Brooklyn, NY
by Stephen Bell, J. Brett VanderMale
Los Angeles, CA
by Jayne Leadbetter
Sydney, Australia
by Devon Lehr
Los Angeles, CA
by John Mahony
Sydney, Australia
by M. V. Montgomery
McDonough, GA
by Tom O'Leary
Renton, WA
by Linda Pine
Los Angeles, CA
by Amanda Prentiss
West Hollywood, CA
by Gary Rhodes, N/A
Orlando, FL
by Melissa Silva
Brooklyn, NY
by Bradley Snedeker
Los Angeles, CA
by Evelyne Tollman-Werzowa
Los Angeles , CA
by Julian Winter
Sioux Falls, SD
Quarter-Finalists
by Jo Afton, Glenn Mitchell
Mars Hill, NC
by Richard Bailey
Monticello, IN
by Sal Baldenegro
Tucson, AZ
by Andrew Bast
Brooklyn, NY
by Alexis Blaess
Oakland, CA
by Anne Carmack
Santa Monica, CA
by Theodore Contreras
Long Beach, CA
by Ariel Ehrlich
Bainbridge Island, WA
by Suzanne Faber
Chicago, IL
by Michael Farrell , N/A
St Annes , United Kingdom
by Andrew Ferguson
Los Angeles, CA
by Jennifer Fox
Los Angeles, CA
by Marilyn Freeman
Olympia, WA
by Kyle Gillis
Sterling Heights, MI
by Jared Goodman
Brooklyn, NY
by Jared Goodman
Brooklyn , NY
by Sid Grey
Playa Vista, CA
by Wiktor Grodecki
Prague, Czech Republic
by David Heinz
Los Angeles, CA
by Austin Kase
Brooklyn, NY
by Kate Young, Kim Walker
Colorado Springs, CO
by Collin Kornfeind
Astoria, NY
by Gary Krebs
Fairfield, CT
by Elliott Ohannes
Seattle, WA
by Katherine Oostman, Carolina Garrigo
Los Angeles, CA
by Allee Pitaccio
Aptos, CA
by Katterina Powers
Scottsdale, AZ
by Alejandro Ramirez
Los Angeles, CA
by Jessica Silvetti
Los Angeles, CA
by Conor Simpson
Los Angeles, CA
by Kevin Staake
Brooklyn, NY
by Jennifer June Strawn
Los Angeles, CA
by Jason Williams
Henrico, VA
by Mike Wilson
Los Angeles, CA
by Randall Zuniga
La Mesa, CA