What is Big Break?
Big Break is an annual, global screenwriting contest designed to launch the careers of aspiring writers with over $80,000 in cash, prizes, as well as A-list executive meetings. Winners and finalists alike have had their screenplays optioned and produced and have secured high-profile representation as well as lucrative writing deals. A panel of notableindustry professionals conducts the final judging.
New This Year!
The 2013 Final Draft, Inc. Big Break Contest is bigger and better than ever. This year we have added a TV contest, awarding prizes in four formats (Half-Hour and Hour-Long Pilots and Specs). Big Break is also awarding more prizes to outstanding scripts in 7 different feature genres. Even more winners will receive cash and prizes. Plus, the Grand-Prize Feature and Grand-Prize TV winner will be flown to Los Angeles for meetings and our famous Annual Awards event where they will be VIP along with the top screenwriters in the industry.
What happens when you win the Big Break Contest?
Everything changes when you become a Big Break winner. You are whisked away on an unforgettable experience of high-level industry meetings, one-on-one time with working scribes, and a red-carpet experience at the premier event for screenwriters, the Annual Awards Event, featuring the Screenwriters Choice Awards and the Hall of Fame Award.
Interview with Larry Brenner about his Big Break
After his win in the 2010 Big Break Screenwriting Contest, Larry Brenner’s career skyrocketed – his winning script, Bethlehem, sold in a six-figure deal with Universal. To add to his success, last month Brenner sold a pitch to Walt Disney Pictures. Joe Mefford of Final Draft, Inc. sat down with Larry Brenner to discuss how the Big BreakScreenwriting Contest changed his life.