Park City Prizes
Grand Prize Winner Goes to Park City
Feature/Pilot Grand Prize Winner
$1500 Cash
Plus, Flight & Lodging
A Live Table Read of Your Script
Sundance Movie Tickets
4 Days of Festival Events
Prior to your Table Read showcase, an established director is guaranteed to personally meet with you to workshop your script with professional actors. Then, you’ll become an elite member of the ISA Development Slate where the ISA Development team will work with you for a minimum of 1 year to get you and your script in front of producers, literary representatives and other industry executives from companies like Lakeshore Entertainment, Gidden Media, ICM, and others. 54 screenplays from Slate writers have been optioned or purchased in the past few years.
Short Grand Prize Winner
As the Table Read My Screenplay Short Grand Prize Winner, you will receive a podcast recording of your script by professional actors, to be broadcast on the ISA’s Curious About Screenwriting Network. With over 3200 Industry Pros frequenting the ISA site, plenty of Directors and Producers will hear your words come to life.
You will be considered for acceptance onto the ISA Development Slate where we will share your script and podcast episode with ISA approved Industry Pros and new media outlets including AwesomenessTV and more. If you produce your short script within 18 months of winning, we’ll cover your entry fee towards three major Hollywood short film festivals.
Both Grand Prize Winners Also Receive:
CAREER COACHING with Lee Jessup. Over the past 20+ years, Lee has mentored established and emerging screenwriters in film, television and new media, while also consulting and instructing for major networks and studios.
VARIOUS MEDIA OUTLETS, including The Tracking Board and Film Inquiry, will spotlight your success story to their audiences, including agents, managers and producers.
ADDITIONAL PRIZES from the Top 10 and Semi-Finalist categories.
Top 10
Top 100 – Semifinalists
(Includes Features, TV Pilots, Shorts & Web Series)
The Craft Course Online ($99 Value)
Go beyond the basics of screenwriting, forget all of the fancy vocabulary, and let’s get your script finished! Receive immediate access to all lessons, lectures, and audio, and the material provided within this full development screenwriting course will help you build your script, one step at a time. Work at your own pace, and finish a script in less than 12 weeks!
3 Months of
ISAConnect
Gain access to advanced tools, and showcase your work to industry pros, while building the connections you need to break in. Join the thousands of writers using ISAConnect to elevate their writing, improve their connections and launch a sustaining career. Browse writing gigs, share your loglines, upload your screenplays and connect with over 3200 industry pros.
Top 25 (Shorts and Web Series)
The Craft Course Online ($99 Value)
Go beyond the basics of screenwriting, forget all of the fancy vocabulary, and let’s get your script finished! Receive immediate access to all lessons, lectures, and audio, and the material provided within this full development screenwriting course will help you build your script, one step at a time. Work at your own pace, and finish a script in less than 12 weeks!
3 Months of
ISAConnect
Gain access to advanced tools, and showcase your work to industry pros, while building the connections you need to break in. Join the thousands of writers using ISAConnect to elevate their writing, improve their connections and launch a sustaining career. Browse writing gigs, share your loglines, upload your screenplays and connect with over 3200 industry pros.
You never know who will attend Sundance!
(John Legend, Paul Giamatti, Kathryn Hahn & Jeffrey Wright in 2018)
