PAGE International Screenwriting Awards

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The PAGE International Screenwriting Awards is an annual writing competition founded in 2003 with the stated mission to discover and promote up-and-coming screenwriters from around the world. The contest is judged by Hollywood producers, development executives and representatives who are looking for new projects and new clients. Each year in October, they give out 31 awards and more than $50,000 in cash and prizes to the scripts they think are the most creative, well-written, and marketable. Entries are categorized by genre, with winners in each of the 10 sub-competitions vying for a Grand Prize. [1] [2] [3]

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After winning the PAGE Awards competition, many screenwriters have signed with agents and managers, obtained TV writing assignments, signed option agreements on their scripts and/or had their films produced, including Bill Dubuque, Steven Canals and Brooke Roberts. [4] [5] [6]

Some of the PAGE winners who have gone on to build careers in the film and television industry:

Grand Prize Winners

In addition, Gold, Silver and Bronze Prizes are presented in the following genre categories:

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