The Amazing Logline Contest

Let Your Logline Open The Doors of Hollywood

It is no secret that your script's logline is your calling card to getting your script read. If your logline doesn't enticed, people will take that as the story in your script is dull and uninteresting. Is it fair? Well, if you want to see a movie and the movie description doesn't entice you, is it fair if you pass on seeing the movie? Of course, not!

You see, Hollywood producers, agents and managers are always looking for great stories. The difference is they do not have the time to weed through entire scripts trying to find what may interest them. The logline is short and presents the story of the script in 25 words. So, it makes perfect sense for a busy Hollywood insider to read loglines to see what pops out from the pack.

If you struggle with writing loglines, you may want to reference our Logline Help page. This page will break it down on how anyone can write an effective logline.

Click Here to enter our Monthly Logline Contest.

The Logline

It is no secret that your script's logline is your calling card to getting your script read. If your logline doesn't entice, people will believe your script is dull and uninteresting. Is that fair?

Well, if a movie's plot doesn't entice you, is it fair if you pass on seeing the movie? Of course, it's fair! Producers, Agents and Managers are always looking for great stories.

They do not have the time to weed through entire scripts trying to find what may interest them. The logline presents the story of the script in a sentence or two. So, it makes perfect sense for a busy Hollywood professional to read loglines to see what interests him or her.

A Good Logline

What is a good logline? That is a very good question that all screenwriters should ask.

A good logline tells the story of your script in a precise and provoking way. The reader should know who the protagonist is, who the antagonist is, and of course, what the protagonist must do.

Okay, here is an example of a very bad logline:
"A robot tries to find his mother."

Now, the above logline is extremely bad, because it is vague, and definitely lacking a story. Basically, all it gives is a premise of a story. We have absolutely no idea what the meats of the story is truly about.

Now, here is a good logline, using the same idea from the bad logline:
"After getting lost in a time warp, a child robot must travel through time, in order to be reconnected back to his grieving mother."

We now understand exactly what the robot must do. We also discovers that the robot is a child robot. Not only that, but we can see the difficulty that the child robot will face -- he's lost in a time warp, and now he is up against the challenge of traveling through time.

Did you see the antagonist in the good logline? Yes, the "time warp" is the antagonist.

I hope you understand that a good logline must include three important elements:

1) The protagonist
2)The main plot
3) The antagonist

These three elements must be formed in a coherent sentence, and the sentence must not be vague. It needs to make the reader excited to know more about the story. The main purpose is to get people eager to read the script.

You can have more than one sentence, but always try to keep it as one sentence.

So, go ahead and perfect your logline.

Contest Entry

Enter Our Logline Contest
*Entry Deadline - 11/15/16
*Winner posted - 12/01/16

The WINNING LOGLINE will get $500, as well as read by top Hollywood companies...

Click on the PayPal - Add To Cart button below to pay the $20 fee, and email us here with your logline, script title and the genre.

You may enter up to 5 loglines at one time. Choose the option from the drop down menu below. If you wish to enter more than 5, you'll have to complete a separate transaction. You can also submit different variations of the same logline. You're only limited by your creativity.

WINNERS
$500 Cash Prize
We will select the best overall logline and submit it to the following Hollywood companies for read requests:

Mandalay Pictures
Morgancreek Productions
Focus Features
Participant Productions
William Morris/Endeavor
Creative Artists Agency
ICM
Paradigm Agency
Firm Entertainment
Innovative Artists
Management 360
Energy Entertainment
Circle of Confusion
Shoreline Entertainment
Cinergi Productions
Electric-Entertainment
Fox Searchlight Pictures
Ocean Pictures
New Regency
Lightstorm Entertainment

The winning screenwriter will receive Read Requests via email if any of the above companies are interested in reading your script based on your logline. So, if your logline is ready, enter it today! (Production/Management companies are subject to change.)

Let your logline open the doors of Hollywood.