Preparing & Polishing Writers for their Career. Get Read. Get Notes. Get Noticed. Break in.
The New Standard in Writing Competitions
The Launch Pad Competitions have led to more signings, success stories, and careers than any other screenwriting competition. We advocate for all of our Top 100 finalists, working with them to share their writing with the exact right industry members.
Pilot Competition
Featuring a jury of 25 industry professionals from top companies. The Launch Pad Pilot competition has led to dozens of writers staffed on hit shows for Netflix, CBS, NBC and more.
Now open
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Prose Competition
The Launch Pad Prose Competition has led to twelve published books and projects set up with Apple TV, Laura Dern, Ridley Scott, Fox and more.
Opening again next season
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Feature Competition
Be a part of the Launch Pad’s tradition of writer success, including projects sold to Netflix, Paramount, and more. Plus, special Mentorship Prize with an Oscar-winning screenwriter and the writer of THE TOMORROW WAR!
Opening again next season
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Exclusive Launch Pad Development Partnership with Ramo Law
Ramo Law, a leading legal service provider in the entertainment industry with a specialized focus in representing financiers, producers, and deals with dozens of major projects at top film festivals and markets such as Sundance, and Launch Pad are partnering up to help screenwriters develop and package projects to get made or sold!
Any screenplay that has placed in the Top 100 of any Launch Pad competition will be considered. Writers selected for this special development opportunity will be supported throughout the entire journey with feedback, developmental notes, an overview of strategy, preparing for pitches, and the shopping of the project to Ramo Law’s buyer contacts once they feel the material is ready.
Helping Hundreds of Screenwriters
No competition will do more to help all of their finalists take the next steps in their careers, and no competition has had as much success in helping writers break into the industry. Check out some of these recent accomplishments!
Robert Park
Top 50, Launch Pad Feature Competition
Signed with a literary manager at Lee Stobby Entertainment
Meghan Godwin
Top 10 and Guaranteed Publishing Winner, Launch Pad Prose Competition
Her novel Eudaimonia will be published by Inkshares November 2022
Ivy Johnson
Winner, Launch Pad Pilot Competition
Signed with a manager & developing original pilot with MGM Television
Josh Chesler
Top 100, Launch Pad Pilot Competition
Signed with manager David Chien at Art/Work Entertainment
Find Out What Industry Readers Actually Think About Your Script
Get a peek behind the curtain of Hollywood with our studio-style script coverage and notes that provide constructive, straightforward, and professional feedback for experienced writers from readers who work for the studios, production companies, and agencies that make today’s content.
Development Notes
Perfect your script with focused feedback.
from $125
Honest feedback for experienced writers.
Not for beginners, or early drafts.
Includes
• Grid with scores
• 3+ pages of notes
• Suggested logline
Studio Coverage
Discern market quality from top studio readers.
from $125
Insights into how studios will view your script.
For polished, final drafts.
Includes
• Grid with scores
• 1-2 pages of notes
• Suggested logline
• 1-2 page synopsis
• Character breakdown
• Marketing comparison list
• Follow-up question for reader
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Learn Strategies for Success
Check out our writing blog, which has dozens of interviews, profiles and articles to give insight into the business of screenwriting and advice on breaking into the industry.
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Looking for a manager?
Take a look at our Launch Pad Management Guide, highlighting twenty of the top management companies in Hollywood.
Check it out here!
