SHOWTIME’S TONY COX SCREENPLAY COMPETITION
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 over $7,000 in total cash prizes.
2013 Feature Film Screenplay Competition Winner:
To be announced May 2013.
2013 Feature Film Television Pilot (Hour Long) Competition Winner:
To be announced May 2013.
2013 Feature Film Television Pilot (Half Hour Long) Competition Winner:
To be announced May 2013.
2013 Short Film Screenplay Competition Winner:
To be announced May 2013.
2013 Feature Film Screenplay Competition Finalists:
Cake by Patrick Tobin
Runner by Felton Frueh
Things by Jaime Corbacho
2013 Feature Film Screenplay Competition Semi-Finalists:
Clouds of Sorrow by Jack Davidson
House Arrest by Andrew Eisen
The Important Man by Colleen Schukei and Heather Petersen
Masterpiece by Fred Nutter
Reccurence by Rob Feld
Tartarus by Sam Rogers
The Times of Daniel by Jack Rubens
Winner of Showtime’s Tony Cox Feature Film Screenplay Competition receives:
- $5,000 cash prize from the Nantucket Film Festival;
- All expenses paid, month long stay at the exclusive Screenwriter’s Colony on Nantucket in October;
- VIP weeklong Nantucket Film Festival Pass to all events;
- Round trip from New York to Nantucket to attend Film Festival;
- Accommodations in Nantucket during the Film Festival;
- A Showtimesponsored reception during the Film Festival in the winner’s honor;
- Participation in Mentor’s Brunch with Screenwriters Tribute recipient during the Film Festival;
- Custom leather bound copy of the winner’s script, courtesy of Showtime;
- Name inclusion on Festival catalogue and website as Competition winner;
- Print and media coverage.
Top Three Finalists of Showtime’s Tony Cox Feature Film Screenplay Competition receive:
- VIP weeklong Nantucket Film Festival Pass to all events;
- Attend Showtime sponsored reception during the Film Festival;
- Participation in Mentor’s Brunch with Screenwriters Tribute recipient during the Film Festival;
- Name inclusion on Festival catalogue and website as Competition winner;
- Print and media coverage.
Winner of Showtime’s Tony Cox Television Pilot (Hour Long) Competition receives:
- $1,000 cash prize from the Nantucket Film Festival;
- VIP weeklong Nantucket Film Festival Pass to all events;
- Attend Showtime sponsored reception during the Film Festival;
- Participation in Mentor’s Brunch with Screenwriters Tribute recipient during the Film Festival;
- Name inclusion on Festival catalogue and website as Competition winner;
- Print and media coverage.
Winner of Showtime’s Tony Cox Television Pilot (Half Hour Long) Competition receives:
- $1,000 cash prize from the Nantucket Film Festival;
- VIP weeklong Nantucket Film Festival Pass to all events;
- Attend Showtime sponsored reception during the Film Festival;
- Participation in Mentor’s Brunch with Screenwriters Tribute recipient during the Film Festival;
- Name inclusion on Festival catalogue and website as Competition winner;
- Print and media coverage.
Winner of Showtime’s Tony Cox Short Film Screenplay Competition receives:
- $500 cash prize from the Nantucket Film Festival;
- VIP weeklong Nantucket Film Festival Pass to all events;
- Attend Showtime sponsored reception during the Film Festival;
- Participation in Mentor’s Brunch with Screenwriters Tribute recipient during the Film Festival;
- Name inclusion on Festival catalogue and website as Competition winner;
- Print and media coverage.
Past Winning Feature Film Screenplays:
- 2012 Winner: Jean of the Joneses, Stella Meghie
- 2011 Winner: The Murphys, Kaitlin McLaughlin
- 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, Ty Burr, and Donna Giglotti.
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