Plaza Classic Film Festival Screenwriting Competition and Pitch Fest

The Plaza Classic Film Festival in El Paso has run a screenwriting competition alongside its classic-film program, open to writers anywhere, with a pitch fest held during the festival. The most recent documented round, billed as the third annual in 2024, awarded a $500 first prize, Final Draft software, a development consultation with writer-director Lucky McKee and a public table read of the winning script; second place received $250. The pitch fest winner took $100. The competition page still shows those results, and no newer call for entries was posted when this was checked, so it is listed here as dormant.

Screenplay contest · El Paso · Dormant since 2024