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Contests found: 28

NOTE: This list is limited to contests with at least 10 report card submissions.
Rating Contest Deadline
4.22 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Atlanta Film Festival Screenplay Competition
 2025-11-07 11/07/2025
3.96428571429 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Creative Screenwriting Unique Voices Screenplay Competition
 2025-11-13 11/13/2025
3.5 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars
Screenplay Search Screenwriting Competition
 Monthly.
4.54285714286 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
The Santa Barbara International Screenplay Awards
 Monthly.
4.56896551724 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
Cinequest Screenwriting Competition
 2025-11-15 11/15/2025
4.39583333333 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
Wiki: The World's FASTEST Screenplay Contest
 Monthly.
4.63636363636 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
Canadian Short Screenplay Competition
 2026-04-12 04/12/2026
4.25 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
Golden Script Competition
 2026-03-27 03/27/2026
3.46153846154 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars
San Francisco International Screenwriting Competition & Film Awards
 2026-06-18 06/18/2026
4.08441558442 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Creative World Awards
 2026-01-21 01/21/2026
3.22727272727 3 stars3 stars3 stars
Wildsound 1st Scene Screenplay Contest
 Monthly.
4.375 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
Richmond International Film Festival (Screenplays & Films)
 2026-03-10 03/10/2026
4.1 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Scriptapalooza Fellowship
 2026-07-01 07/01/2026
4.07692307692 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Emerging Screenwriters Screenplay Competition
 2025-10-30 10/30/2025
5 5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars
Scriptapalooza Features & Shorts Competition
 2026-04-06 04/06/2026
4.46478873239 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
StoryPros International Screenplay Contest
 2025-10-31 10/31/2025
2.96078431373 3 stars3 stars3 stars
WriteMovies' Writing Contest 80
 2025-11-09 11/09/2025
4.27586206897 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
Scriptapalooza TV Writing Competition
 2025-11-03 11/03/2025
3 3 stars3 stars3 stars
Faith in Film: International Film Festival and Screenwriting Competition
 2026-04-09 04/09/2026
4.05555555556 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Finish Line Script Competition
 2026-01-08 01/08/2026
2.9 3 stars3 stars3 stars
Wildsound Reading Series
 Monthly.
2.87179487179 3 stars3 stars3 stars
Wildsound TV SPEC and TV PILOT Screenplay Contest
 Ongoing - submit anytime.
4.51016260163 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
BlueCat Screenplay Competition
 2025-11-11 11/11/2025
2.375 2.5 stars2.5 stars2.5 stars
New York Metropolitan Screenwriting Competition & Film Awards
 2026-05-14 05/14/2026
3.81349206349 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Script Pipeline Screenwriting and TV Writing Competition
 2026-05-31 05/31/2026
2.21052631579 2 stars2 stars
hollywoodscript.com monthly contest
 Last Day of any calender month
4.12962962963 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Kairos Prize for Spiritually Uplifting Screenplays
 2025-10-20 10/20/2025
2.83333333333 3 stars3 stars3 stars
Breaking Walls Thriller Screenplay Contest
 2025-11-01 11/01/2025

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