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Packed House Pictures Screenwriting Competition

The Packed House Pictures Screenwriting Competition is an online feature screenplay contest run by Austin company Packed House Pictures, founded by Jason Kiesel and James 'Mat' Raney. Instead of a cash prize, the company aims to produce the winning script as a low-budget feature. Finalists are presented to fans with a mock poster, logline, synopsis and script sample, and fans vote by buying advance screening tickets that also fund the production, crowdfunding style. Its first round, the 2025 Feature Screenwriting Contest, has posted results. Entries are closed, and no new round has been announced.

Screenplay contest · Austin · Active

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Packed House Pictures Inc. (founders Jason Kiesel and James 'Mat' Raney)
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Categories
Feature screenplays (low-budget, character- and concept-driven)
Prizes
Winning script developed into a feature film; finalists put to a fan vote in which fans pre-buy screening tickets to fund production.

Notable

Site posts '2025 Feature Screenwriting Contest Results'; company says it is 'made in Austin, Texas' ↗︎
First year; one project selected and one award presented; Austin (East Riverside Drive) contact address ↗︎
Sources
  1. Packed House Pictures Packed House Pictures
  2. Screenwriter Contests Packed House Pictures
  3. 2025 Feature Screenwriting Contest Results Packed House Pictures
  4. Packed House Pictures Screenwriting Competition FilmFreeway

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