Thank you for entering The LAUNCH Million Dollar Screenplay Competition

ANNOUNCING OUR 2020 COMPETITION!

We are pleased to announce The LAUNCH: Million Dollar Screenplay Competition will run again for the third time in 2020!  We will be able to help eight more students with the cost of their education, three more gain representatives in the industry and of course, produce another amazing screenplay as feature film.  The quality of the screenplay submitted in the first two years have been incredible and we are looking forward to what next year has in store. Submission’s will open on March 1st, 2020 and go through May 31st, 2020.

If you want to be the first to know additional details about the competition, submit your email address below and we’ll get in touch with you soon.  You can also stay tuned to our social channels and the website for additional information about The LAUNCH 2020.

Congratulations to The LAUNCH 2019 Winner:
Abdullah Alhendyani

We are extremely proud to announce Abdullah Alhendyani as the winner of The LAUNCH: Million Dollar Screenplay Competition for 2019, with his powerful screenplay HARAM. Abdullah is from and lives in Kuwait, and currently attends Cal State Northridge, completing his Masters Degree in Mass Communication and Journalism.

HARAM is about a Muslim woman who’s being pressured into an arranged marriage and defies her strict religious parents when she falls in love with a female tattoo artist.  It’s a story about tolerance, acceptance and love, a story that must be told.

From all of us at The LAUNCH, a big congratulations to Abdullah and everyone else in the Top 8!

We are very excited to reveal our Top 8 Winners!

1. Haram by Abdullah Alhendyani, CSU Northridge
2. Misery, Missouri by Lee Whitten, University of Central Oklahoma
3. Artist, Unknown by Brady Morell, AFI
4. Blackout by Daniel Ocho, St. John’s University
5. Romanza by Helen Doremus, Antioch University Los Angeles
6. The Ghost by Lindsey Gudritz, University of Texas at Austin
7. The Pirates of Fellowship, Maine by James Bentley, UCLA
8. The Show by Obiageli Odimegwu, USC

PRIZES

Grand Prize 1st Place

  • Your screenplay will be produced as a feature film with a budget of approx $1,000,000 USD
  • $50,000 Grant
  • Representation from a Hollywood Talent Agent and Literary Manager
  • Script Feedback from the Judging Panel
  • A 12-Month subscription to the SAVE THE CAT!® Story Structure Software (ARV $99.95)
  • All the SAVE THE CAT!® best sellers- Save the Cat!, Save the Cat! Strikes Back, Blakes Blogs (ARV $50.85)
  • One (1) copy of the Final Draft Software (ARV $129.99)

2nd Place

  • $15,000 Grant
  • Representation from a Hollywood Talent Agent and Literary Manager
  • Script Feedback from the Judging Panel
  • A 12-Month subscription to the SAVE THE CAT!® Story Structure Software (ARV $99.95)
  • All the SAVE THE CAT!® best sellers- Save the Cat!, Save the Cat! Strikes Back, Blakes Blogs (ARV $50.85)
  • One (1) copy of the Final Draft Software (ARV $129.99)

3rd Place

  • $10,000 Grant
  • Representation from a Hollywood Talent Agent and Literary Manager
  • Script Feedback from the Judging Panel
  • A 12-Month subscription to the SAVE THE CAT!® Story Structure Software (ARV $99.95)
  • All the SAVE THE CAT!® best sellers- Save the Cat!, Save the Cat! Strikes Back, Blakes Blogs (ARV $50.85)
  • One (1) copy of the Final Draft Software (ARV $129.99)

4th Place

  • $7,000 Grant
  • Script Feedback from the Judging Panel
  • A 12-Month subscription to the SAVE THE CAT!® Story Structure Software (ARV $99.95)
  • All the SAVE THE CAT!® best sellers- Save the Cat!, Save the Cat! Strikes Back, Blakes Blogs (ARV $50.85)
  • One (1) copy of the Final Draft Software (ARV $129.99)

5th Place

  • $6,000 Grant
  • Script Feedback from the Judging Panel
  • A 12-Month subscription to the SAVE THE CAT!® Story Structure Software (ARV $99.95)
  • All the SAVE THE CAT!® best sellers- Save the Cat!, Save the Cat! Strikes Back, Blakes Blogs (ARV $50.85)
  • One (1) copy of the Final Draft Software (ARV $129.99)

6th Place

  • $5,000 Grant
  • Script Feedback from the Judging Panel
  • A 12-Month subscription to the SAVE THE CAT!® Story Structure Software (ARV $99.95)
  • All the SAVE THE CAT!® best sellers- Save the Cat!, Save the Cat! Strikes Back, Blakes Blogs (ARV $50.85)
  • One (1) copy of the Final Draft Software (ARV $129.99)

7th Place

  • $4,000 Grant
  • Script Feedback from the Judging Panel
  • A 12-Month subscription to the SAVE THE CAT!® Story Structure Software (ARV $99.95)
  • All the SAVE THE CAT!® best sellers- Save the Cat!, Save the Cat! Strikes Back, Blakes Blogs (ARV $50.85)
  • One (1) copy of the Final Draft Software (ARV $129.99)

8th Place

  • $3,000 Grant
  • Script Feedback from the Judging Panel
  • A 12-Month subscription to the SAVE THE CAT!® Story Structure Software (ARV $99.95)
  • All the SAVE THE CAT!® best sellers- Save the Cat!, Save the Cat! Strikes Back, Blakes Blogs (ARV $50.85)
  • One (1) copy of the Final Draft Software (ARV $129.99)