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\n\tStage 32<\/a> is teaming up with Evoke Entertainment<\/a> to scout the next great romantic-comedy writer with a new screenwriting<\/a> contest.<\/p>\n \n\tWith the partnership, Stage 32\u2019s global entertainment community platform and Evoke\u2019s production arm are solidifying their partnership with the Rom-Com Screenwriting Contest, a first-of-its-kind talent incubator which fast-track emerging writers from discovery to professional development and production.<\/p>\n \n\tSubmissions are open in February, with Evoke participating in judging for the final round, reviewing semi-finalist\u2019s loglines and reading all 10 finalists\u2019 scripts. Semi-finalists will be announced June 19, with finalists on July 3 and the winner on July 24, chosen based on creativity and commercial viability. <\/p>\n \n\tEvoke will fast-track the winner\u2019s script into development, packaging for buyers across studios, streamers and networks, while Stage 32 will provide comprehensive script development support.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cThis partnership with Evoke creates a real on-ramp for writers to go from undiscovered to produced and is directly aligned with our mission to make the entertainment industry more accessible and meritocratic,\u201d said Geoffroy Faugerolas, head of development at Stage 32.<\/p>\n \n\tEvoke CEO Stan Spry, who co-founded the literary management and production company previously known as Cartel Entertainment, said, \u201cWe\u2019ve been producing rom-coms for over a decade, and in that time, demand for feel-good content has only grown. Viewers throughout the world love what this genre has to offer, and we are excited to partner with Stage 32 to find fresh voices and elevate screenwriters who are as passionate about this space as we are.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tWith 1.5 million members worldwide, Stage 32 has facilitated thousands of emerging talents through representation signings, options and production deals. With nine romantic-comedies and multiples series made in the past year, Evoke has produced titles for Hallmark, Lifetime, Netflix, Tubi, Great American Family and more.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source deadline.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Stage 32 is teaming up with Evoke Entertainment to scout the next great romantic-comedy writer with a new screenwriting contest. With the partnership, Stage 32\u2019s global entertainment community platform and Evoke\u2019s production arm are solidifying their partnership with the Rom-Com Screenwriting Contest, a first-of-its-kind talent incubator which fast-track emerging writers from discovery to professional development […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2292082,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[362163,403999,444113,444114],"class_list":["post-2292081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-evoke-entertainment","tag-romantic-comedy","tag-screenwriting","tag-stage-32"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Stage-32-Evoke-Team-On-Rom-Com-Writing-Contest.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2292081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2292081"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2292081\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2292083,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2292081\/revisions\/2292083"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2292082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2292081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2292081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2292081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}