MoviePoet.com is dedicated to the art of screenwriting, in particular, the short screenplay. Each month, we run a free online five page screenplay contest. Our goal is threefold: help writers improve their craft, celebrate our best work, and connect writers and their scripts with filmmakers.
On the first of each month we announce a new contest. During that month, you can enter your script. During the next month, you can read, vote, and comment on all the entries. Finally, during the third month, the results are announced and all the scripts are searchable in our database.
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Chris Messineo
Contest: "White Out" (33 entries so far)
Keep your pages as white as possible; action and dialogue are limited to two lines at a time.
Contest: "More of Less is More" (64 entries)
In screenwriting every page, every paragraph, every sentence, and every word counts. Tell an entire story in one page in our annual micro-short screenplay challenge.
Contest: "A Thousand Words" (38 entries)
Your story must contain a picture and that image must be integral to your plot.
"The Thick Window" by Kyle Patrick Johnson ~ First Place
A father and son cope with post-traumatic life in a bunker.
"A Man Of His Word" by Wes Worthing ~ Second Place
A soldier of the American Civil War visits the family of a fallen comrade to tell them of his death.
"ReTurners" by Paul De Vrijer ~ Third Place
A former zombie has to pass one final test of humanity at his rehabilitation clinic.