Next Screenwriting Battle starts on March 4th

A couple months ago I created a post asking for beta testers for a screenwriting competition in February. That competition is in progress, and I am setting up for the next one in March.

You will have 4 days to write up to a maximum of 8 pages.

What's unique about this competition is that all participants are also judges. In order to be eligible to win, not only do you have to submit a screenplay, but you also have to read, give feedback, and judge up to 6 short screenplays from your peers.

The March competition is 100% FREE. We do not ask for a credit card or any other shenanigans. There are US$400 in Amazon gift certificates to be won (split between four winners from four different genres). I am considering March an "Open Beta" so invite whoever you think might be interested.

There are 12 participants (most from these forums) in this month's battle. For March we are aiming for 36 participants!

Please send any questions to admin@screenwritingbattle.com or reply to this topic.

I think Screenwriting Battle is great practice for NYC Midnight's screenplay competition coming up in the middle of March! Let's all get better together.

It's funny -- I was going through my post history and looking for people that I thought might like it, based on quality of feedback, etc. And I was actually going to PM you, but didn't want to be a pest. Haha. Believe it or not, I find self-promotion extremely difficult.

Thanks again for joining :)

Well I'm glad I still found you anyway! You can also thank @TheMarkCooper for his endorsement of the contest.

I do have a question, and I was reading through the rules and whatnot. The only thing I wasn't sure of: when you "re-draw" a prompt, let's just say for example it goes from "horror, a toy store, a sword" and then I use a free re-draw and get "comedy, a tool shop, a teddy bear." If I liked the horror prompt originally, I can't go back to it, right? If I have one of those wild cards, but I'm not sure how I'd earn that in this original run. I suppose that's the risk of the re-draw? And it's possible to run out of re-draws so then you're stuck with whatever prompt you're left with, right?

-EJ

Appreciate the answer, @eaintree! This makes sense. I'll assume this is the way, but will see if/when Max chimes in.

I speed-read, or perhaps my reading comprehension wasn't really turned on today (need more coffee )