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Screenplay Contest Senior Judges

Join Our Community of Working Professionals
Your screenplay contest judges are working members of the Writers Guild of America, the Directors Guild of America, the Screen Actors Guild, and the Producers Guild of America who are in daily contact with agents, managers, studio development executives, and producers. These working professionals are eager to help good writers become paid​ writers.
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Michael Sloan
Creator of hit TV series The Equalizer, Kung Fu: The Legend Continues, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Master. Best-selling novelist, active film and television writer-producer with 200+ credits at IMDB.​

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John Wilder
 Renowned writer-producer-director, 400 credits with multiple WGA Awards, Emmy & Golden Globe nominee for Centennial, Streets of San Francisco, Yellow Rose, Return to Lonesome Dove, author of Nobody Dies in Hollywood.

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Philip John Taylor
WGA-nominated writer with over 100 produced credits in TV and film, (Mork & Mindy, Soldier of Fortune, Highlander). Royal Shakespeare Co. veteran, Professor of Screenwriting at Arizona State University.

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Lee Chambers
Produced writer-director, international film festival juror, winner Best Director and Best Producer Awards (NYC Indie Film Awards, London Independent Film Awards). 

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Mark Stouffer, DGA
Prolific writer-director-producer, winner of multiple Emmys, Directors Guild of America Award, creator of 
Wild America, producer of multiple feature films and TV specials, author of Money for Your Movie Guaranteed.

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Adam Wiviott
 A veteran of Creative Artists Agency, now an active literary manager at Larkspur Management, with a background and professional connections that mean those writers he represents get noticed. Actively looking for the best new writers.
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Suzanne Herrera-McCullough
Film & TV SAG actress, WGA writer, published author, host of 
Where Hollywood Hides  iTunes podcast, developing film and book projects  serving the Latino audience and promoting the interests of women filmmakers.

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Duncan Regehr
Star of Zorro, My Wicked, Wicked Ways, Star Trek, etc.,  American Vision Award winner, published poet and novelist (duncanregehr.com) with fine art works in the Smithsonian Institute and in the Masters Archives at the Getty Museum. 

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Pamela Kay
Winner of the Nicholl Screenwriting Fellowship, renowned YouTube personality and host of the Word Dancer YouTube Channel, featuring award-winning screenwriting courses ​serving more than 10,000 students.

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Shaun Tomson
Former World Surfing Champion, renowned  leadership keynote speaker, author and feature documentary writer-producer, creator of 
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The Code: the Power of "I Will"

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Robert L. McCullough
WGA Award-winning show-runner, produc
er of multiple pilots, series, and new media projects with 300+ produced credits, guiding writers to superstar status, SBIFF Screening Juror, author of 
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Stop Screwing Around and Write a Screenplay that SELLS

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Connie O'Donahue
 Sundance Story Lab Fellow, Austin Film Festival Winner, New York Television Festival, Kairos Prize, Big Bear Int'l Film Festival, Film in Arizona, PBS writer-producer-director.

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  • Home
    • Feature Screenplay Contest
    • TV Script Contest
    • Short Screenplay Contest
    • Diverse Writers Outreach
  • Feature Screenplay Contest
  • TV Script Contest
  • THE SCREENWRITING WEBINAR SERIES
    • Feb 22: How to WIN Your Next Screenplay Contest
    • March 22: Choosing Career Path-Writing for Movies & TV
    • April 19th - Managers & Agents
    • May 17: "All Your Questions Answered"
  • Diverse Writers Outreach
    • Diverse Writers Contest Results
  • Short Film Screenplay
  • What Writers Say
  • Contest Results & More...
    • Feedback Analysis Samples
    • Screenplay Contest Rules
    • TERMS & CONDITIONS
    • Privacy Policy
  • Contest Judges
  • FAQ
  • WRITERS SHOWCASE
    • JOHN PRATHER
    • TENNESSEE MARTIN INTERVIEW
    • VU MAI
    • Donald McKinney
    • ATTILA KOROSI INTERVIEW
    • AINHOA FERNANDEZ-MARTINEZ INTERVIEW
    • DAN PERO
    • NANCI GAGLIO
    • TERRY PODNAR SCREENWRITER
    • KIMBERLY CHAMPION
  • Contact Us