Stagecoach Foundation’s Road Show is heading to Spaceport America in Southern New Mexico where we will make one New Mexican's out-of-this-world script into a big-screen worthy short film! 

The home of suborbital flights creates a truly once-in-a-lifetime setting for a story, and we cannot wait to see your words blast off the page!

The winning Short Film Script will be filmed by students in our Road Show production training in April, 2023, and later screened in Las Cruces as well as at George R.R. Martin’s Jean Cocteau Cinema in Santa Fe.

Below are the rules and requirements for entering. Please, READ CAREFULLY, scripts/registrants who do not adhere to the guidelines set forth below will not be entered.

How to Participate

· Choose 3-4 of the photos below for locations and write a short film script, between 5-7 pages that includes 4-5 characters, with those locations as inspiration. You can mention “Location _ (A, B, C, D and the photos number)” to describe the location that inspired a scene. Example: Location A1 - EXT, Location C5 - INT, etc.

· Once your script is ready, email us with the subject “Spaceport Screenwriting Competition” at: info@stagecoachfdn.org to begin the registration process and receive submission instructions. Do not include your screenplay until you’ve registered and it is requested.

Screenplay submission deadline is:
11:59 PM on Friday, March 24th, 2023

Rules for Participation

· Must be a resident of New Mexico

· No real guns, knives, real weapons or gratuitous violence

· No nudity or explicit sex

· Religious ideas can be engaged as long as the intent is neither to proselytize nor to disparage.

· Abuse (physical, emotional, or sexual) can be implied, suggested, and talked about — as long as this is done sensitively and with a clear educational intent — but not depicted on screen.

· Mental health struggles can similarly be referenced if done in a sensitive and educational way but not actually depicted (i.e. do not depict characters engaging in self-harm).

*See Copyright information on license agreement which will be provided during registration*

Locations - Gateway to Space & Spaceport America

Location A

Location B

Location C

Location D

Best of luck, Screenwriters, we can’t wait to step into your worlds!