Project Greenlight was the most noble of experiments. Imagine... young people with no experience in the entertainment industry, untrained as screenwriters, submitting a screenplay that many bragged they had slapped together in a matter of days....and submitting their masterpiece with the great prize for one lucky winner being that their screenplay would be produced and that same lucky winner would also be expected to direct that film.

An amazing and daring concept. Oh, there were also screenplays submitted by writers who had spent years learning and developing their craftsmanship, who paid attention to contest rules that stated the screenplay must be in "standard industry format" and who spent endless hours on the Project Greenlight Message Boards encouraging and teaching the youngin's.

But who would judge what rated as a "good screenplay?" The contestants. It's just my best guess, but going by what I saw on the Project Greenlight Message Boards, I would say a good 90% of the contest participants were in that group of contestants I mention in the first paragraph. Not only were they 90% of the contestants, they were 90% of the judges. And the judging went exactly as you would expect it to go given those conditions. Several of these young judges would give those scripts they thought "rocked" a "Pass" in the belief that meant the script was winner material. "Recommend" of "Pass." And they picked "Pass."

The great thing to come out of this grand experiment was the sense of real community that formed between the serious writers present. And that community, or family, is my motivation for this website.

If you would like to know more about Project Greenlight, please click on the graphic. It will take you to their main website. If you would like to know about more contests for writers and filmmakers, keep scrolling.