https://filmfreeway.com/festival/mc2screenplaytoFILM

I was only thinking the other day about my OWC scripts and how they hadn't got much attention, production-wise. It then occurred to me that I hadn't even uploaded them to the shorts section here, nor had I done anything with them at all really. Then I get this email, and I remember sending one of them off to this short script competition - free to enter, of course. I wrote it a couple of Halloweens ago, the OWC where we had to write about a portal. I wrote a no dialogue piece called Impropriety, using a 'see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil' theme.

It was well received but I didn't win a mug. So, I figured I'd give these festival comps a go, having never done so before.. and lo and behold, I've made it to the semi final. I notice Mark Renshaw is also in there. If I don't win then I hope that he does. The winning script will be produced.

Congrats! Fingers crossed for you (or Mark!)

Great news, best of luck to the both of you. Now if I may hijack this thread a moment, where do people keep finding these free competitions? Is there any site where you can search a database of competitions for "free" listings? So far, all I've found is moviebytes.com and they don't have much of anything to choose from.

I ran a search on film freeway and looked for the up coming festivals that are free.

https://filmfreeway.com/

Make an account and run a search. You don't get many options for free. But if you're prepared to part with small amounts of cash, there are others for $10, etc.

Mark

This particular comp was one I posted on our very own contest page - http://www.simplyscripts.net/cgi-bin/Blah/Blah.pl?b-film_contests/ just happened to be in contact with one of the organisers and he sent me a message...

So the Contest page on here is definitely worth keeping an eye on, but these are the other places I watch...

Filmfreeway
Withoutabox
Inktip Comps listings
Moviebytes
BBC Writer's Room
Stage 32

Anything interest I see I usually post over here too (as do a few others).

Free comps are few and far between, and free comps worth entering... well V rare... but there was a free to enter feature comp at Xmas who's prize was production (modesty prevents me from saying who came 2nd in it), Scriptshadow had a free to enter feature comp that the winner got a $5000 option etc... so there are a few out there each year.

Anthony

Cool, yeah, I figured they were rare. But I didn't know about filmfreeway and I completely forgot about withoutabox. Thanks for this, I'll be sure and check them out. And I'll be sure to pay more attention to the contest posts here.

May well have been Anthony's link that I followed. If so, thanks mate.

No probs, always a pleasure...

I remember that script Dustin. I liked it. Good Luck.