Congratulations to the winner and finalists of the Seventeenth 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, Anonymous Content, Cats & Dogs Productions, Double Hope Films, Forward Movement (an ARRAY Company), Fox Searchlight, Groundswell Productions, Icon Films, IFC FIlms, Jean Doumanian Productions, Lionsgate, Lleju Productions, Number 9 Films, Oasis Media Group, Pretty Pictures Productions, Robert Evans, Roserock Films, Sony Pictures Classics, Verisimilitude, and Working Title Films.
Our thanks to all who entered. We are grateful for the opportunity to read your work.
Our next contest will open on July 1, 2020; please check this website at that time for guidelines.
Grand Prize Winner
by Tricia Lee
Valley Village, CA
Finalists
by Sefi Atta
Meridian, Mississippi
by Valerie Bodurtha
Stamford, CT
by Jason Christou, Tanya Farley
Melbourne, Australia
by Christopher Corte
North Hollywood, CA
by Lori Dale
Los Angeles, CA
by Rebecca Dreyfus
Brooklyn, NY
by Edgar Martinez Schulz
North Hollywood, CA
by Nir Shelter
Rose Bay, NSW, Australia
by Peter Vicaire
Savage, MN
Semi-Finalists
by Joanne Bellew
FOREST LODGE, NSW
by Anderson Boyd
Raleigh, North Carolina
by Chris Dingwall
Los Angeles, California
by Christine Garver
LOS ANGELES, CA
by Danielle Hastie, Danielle Hastie
Kelvin Grove, Brisbane, Queensland, Austra
by Peter Koslik
Seattle, WA
by Bronwyn Lewis , Molly Lewis
Vancouver, BC
by CHRISTIAN LYBROOK
Los Angeles, CA
by Philip Charles MacKenzie
Los Angeles , Ca.
by David Mason
Colorado Springs, Colorado
by Stuart James Nicholson
London, United Kingdom
by Howard W. Robertson
Eugene, Oregon
by Tony Sciullo
Healdsburg, CA
by Mike Sumich
Chino Hills, CA
by Christopher Swann
fairmont, West Virginia
by Robert Troccolo
Los Angeles, CA
by Kimberly Tsui
New York City, New York
by Richard Willett
West Hollywood, CA
by Kevin Wu
Los Angeles, CA
Quarter-Finalists
by Daniel Abrams
Los Angeles, CA
by Vincent Accettola
New York, NY
by Semir Aslanyürek
istanbul, Turkey
by Julia Bergeron
Woodland Hills, CA
by Brianna Brown
Los Angeles, CA
by Desi Bryant
Marina del Rey, CA
by Mugs Cahill
Santa Monica, CA
by Julia Campanelli
New York, NY
by Stefan Carow
Northridge, CA
by Chris Dabrowa
London, UK
by Oz Davidson
Austin, TX
by T. Dodson
Wilmington, NC
by Andrew Erkkila
Jersey City, NJ
by Matthew Fox
Ramsbury, UK
by Verna Gastesi
Scottsville, Virginia
by Matt George
San Francisco, CA
by Mike Gerbino, Zahra Zubaidi
Brooklyn, New York
by Emme Harris
Summit, NJ
by Marty Johnson
Boston, MA
by Pearse Lehane
Edenbridge, Kent
by JAVIER LOARTE, Ferran Mendoza Soler
BROOKLYN, New York
by Terry Lynam
Vero Beach, Florida
by Laura Morton
Louisville, KY
by Tanner Murray
Detroit, Michigan
by Elliott R. Ohannes
Seattle, WA
by Courtney Pape
Los Angeles, CA
by Kal Parekh
LYNDHURST, NJ
by Alexandra Reeves Samartin, Alexandra Reeves
PASADENA, California
by Travis Stecher
North Hollywood, California
by Eric D Stumpf
Fort Myers, FL
by Thomas Thonson
Los Angeles, CA
by Claudia Thornton
Nyack, New York
by Robert Troccolo
Los Angeles, CA
by Sanyee Yuan
Hollywood, CA
by Jack Zafran
Granada Hills, California