Palm Springs International Screenplay Awards & Pitch Deck-Sizzle Reel-Trailer Contest
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Santa Barbara, CA 93108
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Objective
- Your script or video file is uploaded into our firewall-protected data portal.
- Your script is read and evaluated against professional marketplace standards.
- Your Sizzle Reel, Movie Trailer, or Pitchdeck is screened multiple times and judged on its marketability.
- Scores are assigned; written analysis (far more than "coverage") is then composed, edited, and validated by members of the Senior Judging Panel.
- There are no unpaid interns or amateur readers involved in our process at any time. Show More
Deadline/Entry Fees
30th of every month.Entry fee: $39-$149
WinningScripts Pro $10 Off Coupon
Notification: 15th of following month (quarterly).
Eligibility
All writers and filmmakersRules
Please see website.Awards
Best Sizzle Reel, Movie Trailer, or Pitch Deck
- Live Screening & Marketing Analysis with WGA-DGA-SAG Judges
- Free Admission to Money for Your Movie: Guaranteed Video Course
- Marquee placement in the Palm Springs Online Screening Room
Feature Screenplay
(all genres)
- Live Story Conference with award-wining Senior Level WGA Judges
- 3 months free Marquee Placement in the Palm Springs online Screening Room
- Engraved Winner's Trophy
- Written Studio-grade analysis
- 4-month InkTip Pro Membership
- Free Listing at SellingYourScreenplay.com
- Free listing at MovieBytes.com
TV Script
(pilot or episode)
- 3 months free Marquee Placement in the Palm Springs online Screening Room• Written Studio-grade analysis
- Engraved Winner's Trophy
- Free Listing at SellingYourScreenplay.com
- Free listing at MovieBytes.com
Short Film Script
- Engraved Winner's Trophy
- Written Studio-grade analysis
- Free MovieBytes.com listing
Palm Springs

Contact
1187 Coast Village Rd
#512
Santa Barbara, CA 93108
8055355684 (voice)
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Email:
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Contact: Suzanne Herrera-McCullough, CEOd
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Palm Springs International Screenplay Awards & Pitch Deck-Sizzle Reel-Trailer Contest

Contact
1187 Coast Village Rd
#512
Santa Barbara, CA 93108
8055355684 (voice)
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Email:
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Contact: Suzanne Herrera-McCullough, CEOd
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Contest News
Palm Springs International Names Diversity Contest Winners
Alicia's Lu's "I ❤️ Wuhan" has been named the Best Screenplay Winner of the Palm Springs International Screenplay Awards Diversity Contest. The Best TV Script Contest Winner has also been announced.
Contest judges analyzed scripts submitted by writers from England, Ireland, Scotland, Canada, Ukraine, Australia, Spain, Portugal, India, Germany, Finland, West Indies, South Africa, as well as nearly every state in the U.S.
Best Screenplay
Alicia Lu
"I ❤️ Wuhan"
When a young Chinese-American girl falls in love with Wuhan amid the COVID outbreak, she unearths a buried secret that upends her mother’s life, forcing them to confront old wounds, new betrayals, and the battleground that is middle school.
Best TV Script
Dion Aralihalli
"You Remind Me Of--"
Luis Ramirez has a problem: everyone insists he looks exactly like movie star Evan Cole. Harmless flattery escalates into surreal identity distortion, and a growing sense that his own face is no longer his.
Updated: 01/26/2026
Palm Springs International Screenplay Awards & Pitch Deck-Sizzle Reel-Trailer Contest

Contact
1187 Coast Village Rd
#512
Santa Barbara, CA 93108
8055355684 (voice)
Web:
Click here
Email:
Click here
Contact: Suzanne Herrera-McCullough, CEOd
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