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Shore Scripts Script to Screen
A Shore Scripts program for writers who want to direct: send the opening 5 to 20 pages of a feature, pilot or short, and eight winners join a nine-week directing course on Zoom with a different industry guest each week. Writers from any country may enter in English. Every entrant gets short notes.
Early deadline Jan 19, 2027 (closes in 91 days)
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Dates
| Deadline | Date | Fee |
|---|---|---|
| Early | Jan 19, 2027 | USD 39 |
| Regular | Feb 23, 2027 | USD 49 |
| Final | Mar 30, 2027 | USD 59 |
Deadlines are as the organizer states them. Check the time zone on the official page.
At a glance
- Entry fee
- From $39Early tier; entry opens 2026-11-16
- Formats
- Feature, TV pilot, Short
- Language
- English
- Where
- Online
- Who can apply
- Writers of any age or country with an interest in directing; no directing experience is needed. Scripts must be in English, and writing teams need every member's consent. Writers who earned over USD 50,000 from screenwriting in the past 12 months are excluded, as are staff and judges; a script optioned or sold during the contest drops out.
- Prizes
- Eight winners get a place on the nine-week directing course, with a guest from the industry each week and support from Shore staff. Semifinalists are invited to an online mixer with Shore staff and guests.
What to send
- Length
- The first 5 to 20 pages of the script, not counting the title page
- File
- Title page
- Script title only
- Your name on the script
- Leave it off: entries are read blind
- Also asked for
- Standard screenplay format in 12-point Courier. No supporting material at entry; later rounds may upload the full script.
Need your pages in standard screenplay format first? The free screenplay formatter lays them out and saves a PDF.
What it gives besides money
Weekly sessions with named guests including writer-director Nora Kirkpatrick, producer Dan Jinks, cinematographer Jody Lee Lipes, director Basil Khalil and editor Chris Lebenzon; every entrant gets short notes.
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