SHOWTIME'S TONY COX SCREENPLAY COMPETITION
We are currently accepting submissions for the 2012 Tony Cox Screenplay Competition.
SUBMIT YOUR SCREENPLAY - APPLICATIONS AND DEADLINES
Showtime’s Tony Cox Screenplay Competition recognizes an emerging screenplay as the best from the pool of submissions each year. The competition gives writers the opportunity to have their scripts read by a prestigious jury, receive top industry recognition, participate in a Festival focused specifically on screenwriting, including a Mentor’s Brunch with the Festival's Screenwriters Tributee, and win—in addition to a $5,000 cash prize—an incredible, all-inclusive month's stay on stunning Nantucket at the Screenwriter's Colony.
2011 Screenplay Competition Winner
- The Murphys, by Kaitlin McLaughlin
2011 Screenplay Competition Finalists
- Ask Me, by Jonathan Eig
- The Murphys, by Kaitlin McLaughlin
- Good People, by Sarah Adina Smith
2011 Screenplay Competition Semi-Finalists
- Grilled Cheese Virgin, by Steven Arvanites
- Bystander, by Robert Cohen
- Ask Me, by Jonathan Eig
- Youth In Oregon, by Andrew Eisen
- Gossamer Folds, by Bridget Flanery-Fownes
- Art Thieves, by Graham Mason
- The Murphys, by Kaitlin McLaughlin
- Allison Offline, by Gordon Rayfield
- Good People, by Sarah Adina Smith
- Seven Thousand Islands, by Gary White
Winner Receives:
- $5,000 cash prize from the Nantucket Film Festival
- All-inclusive month's stay on Nantucket at the Screenwriter's Colony
- VIP week-long Festival Pass to all events
- A Showtime sponsored reception during the Festival in the winner's honor
- Participation in Mentor’s Brunch with Screenwriters Tributee
- Custom leather bound copy of the winner's script, courtesy of Showtime
- Print and media coverage
- Access to special NFF rate on consultation with renowned script doctor
Three Finalists Receive:
- VIP week-long Festival Pass to all events, including air travel and accommodation
- Participation in Mentor’s Brunch with Screenwriters Tributee
- Print and media coverage
- Access to special NFF rate on consultation with renowned script doctor
- Name inclusion on Festival catalogue and website as a competition semifinalist;
Past Winning Screenplays:
- 2010 Winner: Etopia, Tommy Butler
- 2009 Winner: Future Weather, Jenny Deller
- 2008 Winner: Anna Down East, Fred M. Strype
- 2007 Winner: Peck, Marc Arneson
- 2006 Winner: Cold Souls, Sophie Barthes
- 2005 Winner: Mink, Will Luers
- 2004 Winner: The Last Seder, Jennifer Maisel
- 2003 Winner: Buried Above Ground, Chase Palmer
- 2002 Winner: Down to the Bone, Debra Granik
Past Screenplay Competition Jurors Include:
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Campbell Scott, Lili Taylor, Tom McCarthy, Diana Ossana, Bobby and Peter Farrelly, Stanley Tucci, Rosie Perez, Kit Carson, Greg Mottola, Nancy Tenenbaum, Nancy Savoca, Lee Daniels, Anthony Swofford, Dana Harris, Rajendra Roy, and Donna Giglotti.
