Bluecat Screenplay Contest

Congratulations. Any achievement is better than no achievement at all.

I first wanted to enter the Nicholl this year, but my script wasn't ready, so I postponed that for next year. I imagine that a positive feedback from a contest must give your motivation a big boost.

Anyway, I keep my fingers crossed for you when the other contest results come in.

Congratulations!
I don't know much about contests but this one is one I intend to submit to in the future.
I sense a certain negativity in your post though, maybe not the right word but it's a feeling I got.
I think we should never downplay our accomplishments. I do it a lot and it's as much of a mental hurdle and a distraction as the opposite attitude some people have, of thinking they made it big as soon as they take a small step forward.
So pat yourself in the back and have a beer. Who knows maybe when the finalists are announced you'll need a barrel.

Yeah, I'm a Quarterfinalist. And Congrats!

You should definitely be proud of your accomplishments. I would be happy if I were you. And it's always good to have something to list in that paragraph on your query letters where experience and accomplishments are supposed to go. And you beat out plenty of other people. You deserve to treat yourself for sure.

If you want to be totally realistic, since that's what you are actually asking, it's not one of the very big contests. And they have one hell of a lot of quarterfinalists. I've also never understood the popularity of this contest as it seems to be run by people without a lot of credits (the guy's biggest credit is being Phillip Seymour Hoffman's brother and the girl was an intern once).

Really, we all should get together and start a contest and make bank. At least NMS, CreativeExec, Kullervo and I, if not others of you who don't flaunt your experience so much <g>, have as much experience as some people running these things (by that I mean any experience at all). My first boss, who was completely useless, started a film festival in order to have somewhere to show his terrible movie that couldn't get into other festivals. And he actually made money. There are always people who will submit scripts and films and pay you for it. It's amazing. I need to be more entrepreneurial...

Back to the topic at hand: Being a quarterfinalist in this contest is not going to send agents to your door. Honestly, being the winner of this contest probably won't send agents to your door. But if you can win, 10k is nothing to laugh about. And any contest placement is better than not having contest placement (although, it's always useful to re-read kullervo's website on contests). So be happy, you deserve it and if you want to, be realistic. But only if you want to.

You did good, sir. BlueCat gives excellent coverage, and it's run by a writer who's made a decent name for himself (Gordy Hoffman, author of the Love, Liza screenplay). I shoulda re-entered my entry for round 2 when it opened up. Oh well, better luck next time.

Great Job!