Josefina Valenzuela Cerda: Director, editor and producer in Los Angeles, California.

Tucker Teague
A question about screenplay contests and actual screenplay sales

I have a general question about screenwriting contests and increasing chances of the screenplay getting optioned or sold. In other words, does a contest winning (or placing) screenplay actually have a better chance of getting legitimate traction in the market over non-contest-winning screenplays? Do...

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Leonidas Stanescu

I have my fair share of contests participation, especially as an actor, and I would answer it's a hard no. In fact, for me, as an actor first, it was counterproductive. In the moment I started to rece...

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Leonidas Stanescu

@mike I've read about the NF "miracle" as well. I'm keeping my list of competitions very tight now. NF, Page and probably Austin and Stage 32 for my female driven trilogy.

Ewan Dunbar

One thing that competition placings do is demonstrate that your screenplay has been read by others and they have liked it/seen merit in it. This is especially helpful if it is a competition that is known to have industry professionals in the judging process.

Richard "RB" Botto

Hi Josefina. I'm RB, Founder and CEO of Stage 32. As a screenwriter, producer, actor and filmmaker, I know first-hand the challenges all creatives face finding work, landing representation, launching projects, securing funding and simply making the connections that will make a difference in their careers. That's why I created Stage 32. Since our launch in September of 2011, the community has grown to 1,000,000+ members representing every country on the planet making Stage 32 the social network uniquely populated with the most creative people on Earth.

This is a network for you, built by you. L...

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Amanda Toney

Hello Josefina -

Welcome to the community! I'm Amanda Toney, the Managing Director at Stage 32. Since 2013 I've been proud to oversee Stage 32's Next Level Education, which provides you the most up-to-date tools necessary to become a better creative.

Over the years Stage 32 has worked with over 500 industry executives and professionals to teach online webinars, classes and intensive labs exclusively for you - our Stage 32 community. We bring you instructors who have worked directly on some of your favorite films, TV shows or theater productions to teach you in-the-trenches information that you...

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