MovieBytes® Screenwriting Contest List

NHMC Television Writers Program

Final Deadline: 04/16/2021

For nearly twenty years, the NHMC Series Scriptwriters Program has helped launch the careers of more than 200 Latinx writers. Ten diverse Latinx writers nationwide are selected for a five-week intense writers lab. At the end of the program, these writers will have a half an hour original series pilot, which they will pitch to industry leaders, beginning with our partners at ABC & NBC.

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UCLA Extension Screenplay Competition

Final Deadline: 04/19/2021

The UCLA Extension Feature Film, Television Spec, and Television Pilot Writing Competitions give students the opportunity to receive recognition for screenplays developed in the Writers' Program courses. From the initial scripts submitted to the competition, three finalists will receive in-depth mentoring prior to a final round of industry judging, cash prizes, and guaranteed reads by an agent, manager, producer or creative executive.

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UCLA Extension
Overall:		(4.0/5.0)
Professionalism:		(4.0/5.0)
Feedback:		(3.0/5.0)
Signficance:		(4.0/5.0)
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Florida Script Challenge

Final Deadline: 04/19/2021

Lets hear it for the screenwriters people! The backbone, yet often overlooked, of the film industry. Screenwriters are a group of people who would love to have their work recognized but seldom do. Founded in 2020, The Florida Script Challenge is aiming to change that. We ourselves are screenwriters and have been for five years now. We know the struggle for screenwriters and the inability to find someone to read your work.

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Florida Script Challenge
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Stage 32 Fantasy & Sci-Fi Screenwriting Contest

Final Deadline: 04/21/2021

Past Winners/Finalists working with Good Fear + Film Management, Baker Entertainment Group, Wonder Woman producer Stephen Jones, talent agent Shawn Burns, producer Mitchell Peck and more! Thanks to the plethora of streaming options and a renewed interest in the genres, fantasy and sci-fi films have never been hotter. More and more production companies, managers, and agents are looking for writers working with fantasy and sci-fi ideas.

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Stage 32 Fantasy/Sci-Fi
Overall:		(4.0/5.0)
Professionalism:		(5.0/5.0)
Feedback:		(5.0/5.0)
Signficance:		(4.0/5.0)
Report Cards:	3
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True Story Screenplay Competition

Final Deadline: 04/22/2021

Submissions Open: December 3, 2020. The True Story Screenplay Competition recognizes and showcases feature screenplays and television scripts based on, or inspired by, true stories.

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True Story
Overall:		(2.1/5.0)
Professionalism:		(3.5/5.0)
Feedback:		(2.7/5.0)
Signficance:		(1.6/5.0)
Report Cards:	6
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Big Apple Film Festival Screenplay Competition

Final Deadline: 04/23/2021

Big Apple Film Festival and Screenplay Competition (Spring Edition) takes place in the heart of NYC. BAFF presents selected films as a live in person event, as well as additional selections presented virtually. BAFF, named one of MovieMaker Magazine's top "25 Film Festivals Worth The Entry Fee,” top "25 Coolest Film Festivals,”, CBS New York's "Best Film Festivals in New York.

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Big Apple
Overall:		(2.4/5.0)
Professionalism:		(3.6/5.0)
Feedback:		(3.2/5.0)
Signficance:		(1.9/5.0)
Report Cards:	11
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Breaking Walls Thriller Screenplay Contest

Final Deadline: 04/24/2021

Breaking Walls is a contest for thriller screenplays with contacts at established Hollywood literary representation and production companies who have agreed to consider the full winning script and the top finalists' loglines. Well-written thrillers are always an excellent way for writers to show Hollywood pros a combination of commerciality, unique voice, and a clear understanding of effective feature film narrative.

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Breaking Walls
Overall:		(2.8/5.0)
Professionalism:		(3.0/5.0)
Feedback:		(3.0/5.0)
Signficance:		(2.2/5.0)
Report Cards:	10
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CineStory Foundation Feature Retreat and Fellowship

Final Deadline: 04/25/2021

CineStory is a national non-profit dedicated to nurturing emerging screenwriters through mentorship programs. Winners of our competition have gone on to pen films such as IRON MAN, CAKE, THE CHILDREN OF MEN, BALLAST, KING OF CALIFORNIA and 11:14. One of the main goals of the CineStory Feature Retreat is to select up-and-coming screenwriters for our four-day intensive program held in the Fall.

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Cinestory Feature
Overall:		(4.6/5.0)
Professionalism:		(4.2/5.0)
Feedback:		(4.4/5.0)
Signficance:		(4.5/5.0)
Report Cards:	30
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Scriptapalooza TV Writing Competition

Final Deadline: 04/26/2021

Our intention is to help open doors for the aspiring television writer. There are four categories you can submit to, which include 1 hour existing spec scripts, 1/2 hour existing sitcom spec scripts, original pilots, and reality programs. This competition is designed with the TV writer and crossover screenwriter in mind. The participants we have chosen to read the winning scripts are individuals from established production companies.

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Scriptapalooza TV
Overall:		(4.3/5.0)
Professionalism:		(4.1/5.0)
Feedback:		(3.9/5.0)
Signficance:		(3.6/5.0)
Report Cards:	51
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ISA Comedy Genre Busting Screenplay Competition

Final Deadline: 04/27/2021

Do you have a great comedy script that's ready for the industry? We're seeking standard comedies and genre busting comedies in the feature and tv pilot categories. Submit your script to be considered for either the standard comedy or genre busting comedy Grand Prize placements. What is a genre busting comedy? Is there a comedy series that you didn't realize is also in the fantasy genre, such as The Good Place? And what do you do with movies that are perfect representations of comedy and science fiction, like Ghostbusters? These are genre busting comedies, works that defy traditional genre definitions.

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ISA Comedy
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ISA Drama Genre Busting Screenplay Competition

Final Deadline: 04/27/2021

Do you have a great drama script that's ready for the industry? We're seeking standard dramas and genre busting dramas in the feature and tv pilot categories. Submit your script to be considered for either the standard drama or genre busting drama Grand Prize placements. What is a genre busting drama? What happens when you blend drama perfectly with thriller and comedy? You get a film like Parasite.

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ISA Drama
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StoryPros Awards Contest

Final Deadline: 04/30/2021

To find the best GENRE scripts. Genre scripts are bought and produced more than 10 to 1 over the serious drama, tentpole or quirky scripts that usually win screenplay contests. This contest pits genre scripts only against scripts within their genre, and seeks to identify and promote to the industry the very best in each genre -- in other words, the scripts with the very best chances in the marketplace.

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StoryPros Awards
Overall:		(4.4/5.0)
Professionalism:		(4.6/5.0)
Feedback:		(4.3/5.0)
Signficance:		(3.7/5.0)
Report Cards:	70
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ScreenCraft Comedy Screenwriting Competition

Final Deadline: 04/30/2021

Whether you have a romantic comedy or an action-comedy blockbuster, we want to read your script. Big or small, our jury is looking for smart scripts with strong command of the craft, lots of heart and unique comedic voices. All entries are eligible for optional feedback from a studio-trained professional reader.

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ScreenCraft Comedy
Overall:		(3.9/5.0)
Professionalism:		(3.5/5.0)
Feedback:		(3.4/5.0)
Signficance:		(3.7/5.0)
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CBS Writers Mentoring Program

Final Deadline: 05/01/2021

In its sixteen years, over 100 emerging diverse writers have graduated from the ViacomCBS Writers Mentoring Program. Over 75 careers have been launched. The goal of the program is to positively impact the presence of diverse writers throughout the industry.

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CBS Writers Mentoring
Overall:		(4.4/5.0)
Professionalism:		(4.6/5.0)
Feedback:		(4.3/5.0)
Signficance:		(5.0/5.0)
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Art of Brooklyn Film Festival

Final Deadline: 05/02/2021

The Art of Brooklyn Film Festival is a unique event that brings Brooklyn’s celebrated film and media makers together with their peers across the country and around the world. The award-winning AoBFF is a filmmaker-focused event, platform and showcase for exciting emerging creators and established voices. We partner with film distributors and media organizations, host world-class talkbacks, create innovative programming for networking and skill building, and screen in state-of-the-art theaters for enthusiastic audiences across Brooklyn.

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Art of Brooklyn
Overall:		(4.0/5.0)
Professionalism:		(5.0/5.0)
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Shore Scripts - Short Film Fund

Final Deadline: 05/02/2021

DISCOVERING THE BEST NEW SCREENWRITING TALENT FROM AROUND THE WORLD. The Shore Scripts Short Film Fund offers you an opportunity to have your short film script financed and produced. Our Industry Award-Winning Judges including former Fund Winners will decide this year’s Grand Prize Winners. The 2021 Spring Season of our Short Film Fund will award production financing for two short films: Grand Prize - A Production Cash Grant of $15K.

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Shore Film Fund
Overall:		(4.8/5.0)
Professionalism:		(4.3/5.0)
Feedback:		(4.3/5.0)
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Coverage Ink's Get Repped Now

Final Deadline: 05/02/2021

Our Manager Panel. Your Script. From March 15th to May 2nd 2021, all scripts submitted to www.coverageink.com or www.getreppednow.com for screenplay analysis ("coverage") which score a 'consider' (or better) for script are elevated to our manager panel with our recommendations (appx. the top 3%.) We work with the top literary managers in town, and they are looking for the best writers and freshest voices around.

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Dallas International Film Festival

Final Deadline: 05/02/2021

The Broaden Your Horizons screenwriting competition is designed to inspire writers to keep writing. One great story simply isn't enough to advance in this industry. That is why we make the multiple submissions process easier and more affordable. Our winners also enjoy a cultural escape to work on their next big hit. DIFF's Screenplay Competition is currently accepting submissions for feature films, short films, and TV pilots.

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Dallas International Film Fest
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Houston International Sports Film Festival Screenplay Championship

Final Deadline: 05/02/2021

Sports stories inspire audiences with hope for success in a world full of endless challenges. As the world could always use more hope, the Sports Script Championship, presented by Houston International Sports Film Fest and Event Horizon Films, works to drive more attention to sports stories in Hollywood by recognizing the unsung writers of these inspiring scripts.

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Houston International Sports
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Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting

Final Deadline: 05/03/2021

Each year, the Academy Nicholl screenwriting competition awards up to five $35,000 fellowships to amateur screenwriters. To enter, submit a feature length screenplay and entry fee via the online application when the competition is open for submissions. Fellowship winners are invited to participate in awards week ceremonies and seminars, receive individualized Academy member mentorship and are expected to complete at least one original feature film screenplay during their Fellowship year.

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Nicholl Fellowships
Overall:		(5.0/5.0)
Professionalism:		(4.5/5.0)
Feedback:		(3.4/5.0)
Signficance:		(5.0/5.0)
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Launch Pad Pilot Competition

Final Deadline: 05/07/2021

The Launch Pad Competitions have led to more signings, success stories and careers than any other screenwriting competition. With nearly a decade of experience in promoting up-and-coming writers, The Launch Pad Competition has firmly established itself as the premier hub for Hollywood to discover fresh voices and new ideas. We advocate for all of our Top 100 finalists, working with them to share their work with the right industry members to advance their career Our prestigious juries of industry members include managers, agents, producers and executives at companies across Hollywood.

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Launch Pad Pilot
Overall:		(4.8/5.0)
Professionalism:		(4.0/5.0)
Feedback:		(3.8/5.0)
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Report Cards:	3
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WriteMovies Sci-Fi and Fantasy Award 2021

Final Deadline: 05/09/2021

Celebrating great writing across all genres… The third edition of the WriteMovies Sci-Fi and Fantasy Award is open for submissions! Take us to brave new worlds full of the strange and fantastical, with ideas that will blow our minds and stretch the limits of our imaginations. All submissions for the WriteMovies Sci-Fi and Fantasy Award 2021 also automatically get free entry to our Spring 2021 Screenwriting Contest, with the opportunity to win the Grand Prize of $3500 and many other bonuses! Don't delay.

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WriteMovies Sci-Fi/Fantasy
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Stage 32 TV Drama Writing Contest

Final Deadline: 05/12/2021

Television Drama is crushing right now. Television Drama has expanded the possibilities for character exploration and led to storytelling that is beyond what any feature film could achieve. That is why series like THE QUEEN’S GAMBIT and BRIDGERTON on Netflix, EUPHORIA on HBO, YELLOWSTONE on Paramount, DEXTER on Showtime, ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK, and upcoming series like GENERATION on HBOMax are blowing away critics.

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Stage 32 TV Drama
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Creative World Awards

Final Deadline: 05/14/2021

The 14th Annual Creative World Awards (CWA) is an international screenwriting contest that is well known for having the writer's interest at heart when it comes to development and industry promotion. Production: CWA brings an exciting production opportunity to the Grand Prize Winner. This year’s winner will have the options of a short version of their script being produced by The MIX, and the film will then get a guaranteed premiere at the Richmond International Film Festival.

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Creative World
Overall:		(4.1/5.0)
Professionalism:		(4.2/5.0)
Feedback:		(4.2/5.0)
Signficance:		(3.5/5.0)
Report Cards:	112
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Script Pipeline Screenwriting and TV Writing Competition

Final Deadline: 05/15/2021

To help launch the careers of undiscovered screenwriters and give unprecedented access to studio-level executives.

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Script Pipeline Screenplay/TV
Overall:		(3.8/5.0)
Professionalism:		(3.4/5.0)
Feedback:		(3.3/5.0)
Signficance:		(3.6/5.0)
Report Cards:	44
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Humanitas New Voices

Final Deadline: 05/17/2021

In 2010, Executive Director Cathleen Young created NEW VOICES with the vision of discovering, developing and launching a new generation of talented writers under the mentorship of Hollywood showrunners and studio partners. MENTORS INCLUDE: Alan Ball, Jenny Bicks, Janine Sherman Barrois, Matt Carlson, Carter Covington, Liz Craft, Sarah Fain, Tom Fontana, Gary Glasberg, Gary David Goldberg, Marc Guggenheim, Hart Hanson, Chris Harris, Felicia Henderson, David Hudgins, Jason Katims, Jay Kogen, Bill Lawrence, Ali LeRoi, Melanie Marnich, Nancy Pimental, Rashad Raisani, David Shore, Robin Swicord, Pam Veasey, Ben Watkins, and David Zuckerman.

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Humanitas New Voices
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Diversity Film & Script Showcase

Final Deadline: 05/19/2021

Submissions Open: January 3, 2021. The Diversity Film & Script Showcase recognizes and showcases screenplays featuring an Under Represented Lead Character OR Filmmaker (Writer or Co-Writer, or Director, or Producer).

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Diversity Film & Script
Overall:		(4.0/5.0)
Professionalism:		(5.0/5.0)
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Faith in Film: International Film Festival and Screenwriting Competition

Final Deadline: 05/20/2021

Mission: Faith in Film is dedicated to forging a film festival and screenwriting competition that will launch the careers of filmmakers focused on adding the element of faith to their films. Our aim is to inspire, showcase, and support filmmakers of all faith’s to make great faith based films that leave others touched, moved and inspired. Our prayer is that our festival will open doors for filmmakers with a higher purpose.

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Faith in Film
Overall:		(2.7/5.0)
Professionalism:		(3.9/5.0)
Feedback:		(3.8/5.0)
Signficance:		(2.4/5.0)
Report Cards:	12
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Austin Film Festival Script Competition

Final Deadline: 05/21/2021

The Ultimate Runway Now in our 28th year, the Austin Film Festival has been catapulting writers into life-changing careers for over two decades. Whether your dream is to sign a contract, land an agent, learn from an industry icon, or take home the coveted Bronze Typewriter Award, it’s simple: you can’t win if you don’t enter.

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Austin Fest Film
Overall:		(4.6/5.0)
Professionalism:		(4.0/5.0)
Feedback:		(3.6/5.0)
Signficance:		(4.6/5.0)
Report Cards:	86
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The Indie Gathering International Film Festival

Final Deadline: 05/21/2021

To recognize excellence in screenwriting of shorts and features in a wide variety of genres.

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Indie Gathering
Overall:		(4.3/5.0)
Professionalism:		(4.5/5.0)
Feedback:		(3.8/5.0)
Signficance:		(3.3/5.0)
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Austin Film Festival Playwriting Competition

Final Deadline: 05/21/2021

As Austin Film Festival continues to grow and expand, our vision also widens with the addition of new avenues for storytellers. In 2017 we introduced the inaugural Playwriting Competition. It is open to full-length stage plays and gives playwrights a chance to explore our film and television conference. It will also allow film professionals to discover storytellers who have mastered the art and craft of stage drama.

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Austin Fest Stage
Overall:		(4.4/5.0)
Professionalism:		(3.7/5.0)
Feedback:		(4.3/5.0)
Signficance:		(5.0/5.0)
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Future Film Writers Season 2 (Youth Short)

Final Deadline: 05/21/2021

Future Film Writers like to read stories from you, the Writer. We know some excellent writers have an interesting story to tell the world and would like to see their story come to life on the Big Screen or on social media streaming. We are looking for the top stories to be in our contest. The Writer wins a cash prize and the possibility to have their story place in our sponsors' hands.

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Future Film Writers (Youth)
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HollyShorts Screenplay Contest

Final Deadline: 05/22/2021

HollyShorts Film Festival (HSFF) is an annual Academy Qualifying short film festival showcasing the best and brightest short films and short screenplays from around the globe. The festival showcases the top short films produced 40 minutes or less and is looking for the best short screenplays 30 pages or less.

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HollyShorts
Overall:		(4.6/5.0)
Professionalism:		(4.2/5.0)
Feedback:		(3.8/5.0)
Signficance:		(4.4/5.0)
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WriteMovies Spring 2021 Screenwriting Contest

Final Deadline: 05/23/2021

Spring is upon us, and the start of a new season means a new contest from WriteMovies. The Spring 2021 Screenwriting Contest is now open! Spring is always a time of rejuvenation and renewal. With positive news about vaccine rollouts and a potential end to lockdowns around the world, this year’s spring feels even more like a time for getting things going.

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WriteMovies
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Feedback:		(4.0/5.0)
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