THE 2009 COWRITE SCREENWRITING CONTEST HAS CONCLUDED

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Cowrite is a truly innovative international screenwriting competition. In association with management/production company Benderspink (The Hangover, A History of Violence) we are developing a community-created movie script. Every other week the best 10-15 page script entry selected by the Cowrite judges will be added to the developing story until the screenplay is completed and ready to be sold! Learn more about the Cowrite screenwriting contest

THE FULL FIRST DRAFT OF THE COWRITE SCREENPLAY WRITTEN BY THE 10 WINNING SCREENWRITERS IS NOW POSTED ON THE STORY PAGE

THE WINNING SCRIPT NOTES ARE NOW POSTED IN THE PRO'S TAKE

Congrats to writing partners Tim Dragga and Jacob Michael for being selected as the grand prize winners of the first Cowrite screenwriting contest. They are now working on the rewrite of the Cowrite screenplay. Tim and Jacob won over $10,000 in cash and prizes via Cowrite.

Once their rewrite is finished we will try to sell the Cowrite community-sourced screenplay. All winners will share in any script sale!

MOVIE PREMISE: Determined to be a high-level Jason Bourne type operative, an awkward teenager enlists the help of a mysterious, supposed ex-CIA agent in his hometown and finds himself entangled in a dangerous plot that is way over his head.

READ THE FULL FIRST DRAFT OF THE COWRITE SCREENPLAY

November 22, 2009: Update
Just wanted to give everyone a quick update on the rewrite of the Cowrite screenplay. Tim, Jacob and I are continuing to fine tune story based on the elements from first draft of the script. The ... continued

August 28, 2009: Think Like An Agent's Asst. read
August 15, 2009: Update read
August 3, 2009: Grand Prize Winners read
June 28, 2009: Final Cowrite Winner read
June 25, 2009: Rewriting read

Sydney Starkes
June 28, 2009: Week 11 Winner
Sydney first delved into writing as a kid growing up in rural Newfoundland. Though he stuck with it for several years, it eventually took a place on the back burner when he moved to Northern British Columbia as a teen and took up playing guitar in a band. Now living in Vancouver, still playing in ... continued

May 28, 2009: Marilyn Horowitz read
May 12, 2009: Eric Friedman read
May 3, 2009: David Trottier Q and A read
April 30, 2009: David Trottier read
April 15, 2009: Lorena David read
March 24, 2009: ScriptXpert read
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