ScriptShark.com searches for the next great, undiscovered film blueprint. Like all great architecture, screenplays require vision, mechanical understanding, and skillful execution. With a definitive grid-scoring system and writer participation, this contest discovers some of the best new writers around.

Company History
The Blueprint Screenwriting Competition is a division of ScriptShark.com, the most trusted script coverage and story development service in the entertainment industry. ScriptShark is a part of Baseline StudioSystems, a division of Hollywood Media Corp. Baseline is the largest, on-line community of Film and Television professionals anywhere. With over twenty years of experience, as well as thousands of subscribers in film, television, and print, Baseline StudioSystem's customized applications are the premiere technology resource for the Industry Professional. Corporate clients include studios, agencies, and hundreds of production companies.

Contest History
The Blueprint Screenwriting competition kicked off its inaugural year in 2004, in a partnership between ScriptShark.com and Maverick Films. In an effort to discover new, undiscovered commercial writers, the first year pairing brought in upwards of 1000 entries. Maverick optioned Blueprint’s winning script, “The Briefcase” written by Michael Bain. Over $18,000 in cash and prizes was distributed to the top 10 finalists.

How Scripts Are Judged
The Blueprint Screenwriting competition works in multiple rounds. Taking into consideration over 30 key scoring elements, each judge must look at the strengths and weaknesses of a script in terms of character, structure, marketability, production value, and basic writing mechanics.

Site Specs:
Web Site: http://www.scriptshark.com/blueprint/default.asp
Location: Los Angeles, CA