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Contests found: 198

Rating Contest Deadline
0 n/a
Culver City Film Festival
2024-12-06 12/06/2024
0 n/a
San Francisco IndieFest Screenplay Competition
2024-12-31 12/31/2024
5 5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars
Sedona International Film Festival
2024-12-31 12/31/2024
4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Hollywood Diversity Film Festival Screenplay Competition
2025-01-05 01/05/2025
4.62195121951 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
Table Read My Screenplay Competition
2025-01-30 01/30/2025
4.4358974359 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
Richmond International Film Festival (Screenplays & Films)
2025-03-10 03/10/2025
5 5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars
Film Invasion Los Angeles
2025-03-15 03/15/2025
0 n/a
Short Com Comedy and Genre Feature Screenplay Competition
2025-03-15 03/15/2025
3 3 stars3 stars3 stars
Raindance Script Competition
2025-03-17 03/17/2025
4.63636363636 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
Horror Hotel International Film Festival
2025-04-01 04/01/2025
4.42857142857 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
Script Competition New Media Film Festival Los Angeles
2025-04-06 04/06/2025
2.91304347826 3 stars3 stars3 stars
Faith in Film: International Film Festival and Screenwriting Competition
2025-04-11 04/11/2025
4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Los Angeles Crime and Horror Film Festival
2025-04-12 04/12/2025
1 1 star
Holly Weird Film Festival Screenplay Contest
2025-04-15 04/15/2025
4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Art of Brooklyn Screenplay Contest
2025-05-01 05/01/2025
4.6171875 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
Austin Film Festival Script Competition
2025-05-27 05/27/2025
4.41666666667 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
Austin Film Festival Playwriting Competition
2025-05-27 05/27/2025
4.0625 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Your Script Produced! 4th Edition
2025-05-30 05/30/2025
4.22727272727 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
HollyShorts Screenplay Contest
2025-06-02 06/02/2025
4.33333333333 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
The Indie Gathering International Film Festival
2025-06-06 06/06/2025
3.44 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars
San Francisco International Screenwriting Competition & Film Awards
2025-08-13 08/13/2025
2.11111111111 2 stars2 stars
Nantucket Film Festival Screenplay Competition
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3.17857142857 3 stars3 stars3 stars
Worldfest - Houston Int'l Film Festival
01/31/2023 (expired)
3.73148148148 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars
Slamdance Screenplay Competition
07/26/2024 (expired)
0 n/a
Ohio Independent Screenplay Awards
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3.20382165605 3 stars3 stars3 stars
The 18th Annual FilmMakers International Screenwriting Awards
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2.46153846154 2.5 stars2.5 stars2.5 stars
Moondance International Film Festival
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2.88 3 stars3 stars3 stars
FLICKERS: Rhode Island International Film Festival Screenplay Competition
07/15/2024 (expired)
3.02941176471 3 stars3 stars3 stars
The 15th Annual American Gem Short Script & Literary Festival
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3.42105263158 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars
Screamfest Horror Film Festival and Screenplay Competition
06/15/2024 (expired)
1 1 star
Great Lakes Independent Film Festival Scriptwriting Competition
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1 1 star
NHFX Screenwriting Competition
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4.34210526316 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
Screenplay Festival
08/15/2024 (expired)
2 2 stars2 stars
LA Shorts Screenplay Competition
05/26/2023 (expired)
4.56896551724 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
Cinequest Screenwriting Competition
11/15/2024 (expired)
3.11111111111 3 stars3 stars3 stars
Rome Independent Film Festival
08/31/2024 (expired)
3.5 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars
Phoenix Film Festival Short Screenplay Search
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2.27272727273 2.5 stars2.5 stars2.5 stars
NYC Midnight Screenwriter's Challenge
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2.18181818182 2 stars2 stars
Waterfront Screenplay Competition
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2.44444444444 2.5 stars2.5 stars2.5 stars
Eerie Horror Screenplay Competition
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2.11111111111 2 stars2 stars
Woods Hole Film Festival - Work-In-Progress Screenwriting Awards
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3.84 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Big Apple Film Festival Screenplay Competition
10/04/2024 (expired)
2.33333333333 2.5 stars2.5 stars2.5 stars
International Horror and Sci Fi Short Screenplay Competition
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3.18181818182 3 stars3 stars3 stars
Contest of Contest Winners
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2.46153846154 2.5 stars2.5 stars2.5 stars
Vail Film Festival Screenwriting Competition
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4.125 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Atlanta Film Festival Screenplay Competition
11/04/2024 (expired)
1 1 star
Garden State Film Festival Screenplay Competition
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2 2 stars2 stars
ReelHeART International Film Festival ScreenPlay Competition
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4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
GIAA Festival of Short Movies and Screenplays
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2.77777777778 3 stars3 stars3 stars
Omaha Film Festival
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2.4 2.5 stars2.5 stars2.5 stars
A Night of Horror International Film Festival Screenplay Competition
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2.18181818182 2 stars2 stars
London Independent Film Festival
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0 n/a
Great American Screenplay Competition (AceFest)
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2.83333333333 3 stars3 stars3 stars
Beverly Hills Film Festival
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3 3 stars3 stars3 stars
Zed Fest Schlock Horror Short Sreenplay Contest
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0 n/a
Ventura Film Festival
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3.33333333333 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars
Sidewrite Screenplay Competition
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0 n/a
Carmarthen Bay Film Festival
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0 n/a
Sunscreen Film Festival Screenplay Competition
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3 3 stars3 stars3 stars
Los Angeles Reel Film Festival
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3 3 stars3 stars3 stars
NYLA International Film Festival
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3.11111111111 3 stars3 stars3 stars
Los Angeles Film & Script Festival
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2.5 2.5 stars2.5 stars2.5 stars
Roswell International Film Festival and Digital Shootout
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4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
72 Script Fest
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3 3 stars3 stars3 stars
Willamette Writers FiLMLaBtv
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1.33333333333 1.5 stars1.5 stars
Los Angeles Cinema Film Festival of Hollywood
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4.20588235294 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Nashville Film Festival Screenwriting Competition
05/19/2024 (expired)
0 n/a
Los angeles International Underground Film Festival
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0 n/a
Hill Country Film Festival
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0 n/a
Snake Alley Festival of Film
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3.22222222222 3 stars3 stars3 stars
L.A. Neo Noir Novel, Film, & Script Festival
10/31/2024 (expired)
4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
New Hope Film Festival Script Competition
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0 n/a
Write of Passage
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2.66666666667 2.5 stars2.5 stars2.5 stars
Northeast Film Festival
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0 n/a
Sunset Film Festival Los Angeles
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2 2 stars2 stars
Zed Fest Horror/Sci-Fi/Action/Suspense Screenplay Competition
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3.42857142857 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars
Catalina Film Festival Script Contest
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0 n/a
Urban Mediamakers Film Festival
09/02/2024 (expired)
4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
168 Write of Passage
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3.75 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Austin Revolution Film Festival
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2.57142857143 2.5 stars2.5 stars2.5 stars
NOVA Film Fest
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0 n/a
Screenplay Incubation : 5th Dada Saheb Phalke Film Festival
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2.90909090909 3 stars3 stars3 stars
Other Worlds Austin SciFi Screenwriting Contest
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2.875 3 stars3 stars3 stars
Sacramento International Film Festival
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0 n/a
Hang onto Your Shorts Film Festival
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0 n/a
Norwich Film Festival
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4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Colortape International Film Festival
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2.84615384615 3 stars3 stars3 stars
International Independent Film Awards
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4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Awareness Film Festival
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4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Buffalo Dreams Fantastic Film Festival
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0 n/a
Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival
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4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Los Angeles Cinema Festival of Hollywood
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0 n/a
Los Angeles Film and Script Festival
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4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Manchester Film Festival
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4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Pasadena International Film Festival
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4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Miami International Science Fiction Film Festival
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0 n/a
San Pedro International Film Festival
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0 n/a
Carolina Film and Video Festival
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4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Mockfest Film Festival of Hollywood
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0 n/a
New York International Independent Film Festival
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4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Universe Multicultural Film Festival
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3.5 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars
Depth of Field International Film Festival
03/20/2023 (expired)
3 3 stars3 stars3 stars
Vegas Indie Film Fest
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0 n/a
NexTV Writing and Pitch Competition
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0 n/a
New York Los Angeles International Film Festival
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0 n/a
Life Fest Film Festival
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4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Beaufort International Film Festival
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3.5 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars
Visionfest: The Other Festival
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4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Winnipeg Real to Reel Film Festival
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0 n/a
Denver Film Festival
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3 3 stars3 stars3 stars
South Carolina Underground Film Festival
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4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
GenreBlast Film Festival
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0 n/a
Catharsis International Film Festival
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0 n/a
Short Stop International Film Festival
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3.09090909091 3 stars3 stars3 stars
Utah Film Awards
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0 n/a
New Renaissance Film Fest (London, UK)
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0 n/a
iHolly
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4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Crimson Screen Horror Film Fest
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0 n/a
TV One Screenplay Competition
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0 n/a
Sanford Film Festival
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0 n/a
North Country (Snowtown) Screenplay Competition
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2.5 2.5 stars2.5 stars2.5 stars
Paris Art and Movie Awards
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0 n/a
Haunted Horror Film Festival
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0 n/a
GEMFest International Screenplay Competiton
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3 3 stars3 stars3 stars
Cinema World Fest Awards
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4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Lake Charles Film Festival
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3.75 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Austin Comedy Short Film Festival
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4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Toronto International Nollywood Film Festival
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3.33333333333 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars
Near Nazareth Festival
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2 2 stars2 stars
Sherman Oaks Film Festival
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1.4 1.5 stars1.5 stars
The Wayward Festival
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4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Ojai Film Festival
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2 2 stars2 stars
L.A. Femme International Film Festival
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4.25 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
Athena List
09/30/2024 (expired)
0 n/a
I See You Awards
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3 3 stars3 stars3 stars
Chautauqua International Film Festival
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0 n/a
Satisfied Eye International Film Festival
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4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Script Summit
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0 n/a
Hudson New York Shorts
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0 n/a
New York City Horror Film Festival Screenplay Competition
09/01/2024 (expired)
2 2 stars2 stars
Sun Valley Film Festival/High Scribe Screenplay Competition
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3.5 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars
BEYOND: The Cary Film Festival
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4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
New Orleans Film Festival Screenplay Competition
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4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Workers Unite Film Festival
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3.33333333333 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars
Underground Indie Film Festival
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3 3 stars3 stars3 stars
Boomtown Film and Music Festival
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0 n/a
Diabolical Horror Film Festival
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3 3 stars3 stars3 stars
WRPN Women's International Film Festival
03/31/2023 (expired)
3.71428571429 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars
L.A. Live Film Fest
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1 1 star
Genre Celebration Festival
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3 3 stars3 stars3 stars
DaVinci International Film Festival
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4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Content: Film Festival and Media Summit
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3.6 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars
Hollywood Blood Horror Festival
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3 3 stars3 stars3 stars
Orlando International Film Festival
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0 n/a
Chandler International Film Festival
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0 n/a
Mammoth Lakes Film Festival
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0 n/a
Summer in the South Film Festival
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2 2 stars2 stars
Hollywood Comedy Shorts Film Fesitval
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3.33333333333 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars
Lit Laughs International Comedy Film Festival
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0 n/a
Dallas International Film Festival
06/18/2023 (expired)
0 n/a
Houston International Sports Film Festival Screenplay Championship
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4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Nice International Film Festival
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0 n/a
IndieBoom Script Contest
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4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Royal Society of Television & Motion Picture Awards
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2.6 2.5 stars2.5 stars2.5 stars
SunVale Script Contest
09/30/2024 (expired)
2.66666666667 2.5 stars2.5 stars2.5 stars
Lit Scares International Horror Film Festival
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3 3 stars3 stars3 stars
God Country Family Christian Film Festival
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0 n/a
Chicago Comedy Film Festival
06/24/2023 (expired)
0 n/a
Galway Film Fleadh Pitching Competition
06/05/2023 (expired)
0 n/a
Short Com TV Sitcom Writing Competition
07/12/2024 (expired)
0 n/a
4th Dimension Independent Film Festival
11/30/2023 (expired)
0 n/a
Astrophobia Sci-Fi and Horror Film Festival
07/21/2024 (expired)
0 n/a
Austin Action Fest
05/27/2024 (expired)
0 n/a
Hysteria Fest
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4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
L.A. Sci-Fi & Horror Festival
07/27/2024 (expired)
0 n/a
Los Angeles International Sci-Fi Film Festival
06/30/2024 (expired)
0 n/a
Boobs and Blood International Film Festival
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5 5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars
B!tchFest Film Festival & Screenplay Contest
07/15/2024 (expired)
0 n/a
Cult Movies International Film Festival
06/29/2024 (expired)
0 n/a
Faith, Hope, and Love Film Festival and Screenwriting Competition
11/21/2024 (expired)
0 n/a
AoBFF Comedy Short Script Contest
10/31/2024 (expired)
2.9 3 stars3 stars3 stars
Wildsound Reading Series
Monthly.
4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Evolution International Film Festival
Rolling Deadline
3.22727272727 3 stars3 stars3 stars
Wildsound 1st Scene Screenplay Contest
Monthly.
3.8 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Los Angeles Independent Film Festival Awards
Monthly.
3.75 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Hollywood International Moving Pictures Film Festival
Monthly.
3 3 stars3 stars3 stars
12 Months Film Festival
Monthly.
4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Independent Horror Movie Awards
Monthly.
4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Feel The Reel International Film Festival
Monthly.
3.8 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Mindfield Film Festival
Monthly.
4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Monkey Bread Tree Film Awards
Monthly.
2.54545454545 2.5 stars2.5 stars2.5 stars
Los Angeles Film Awards (LAFA)
Monthly.
2.66666666667 2.5 stars2.5 stars2.5 stars
Global Film Festival Awards
Monthly.
0 n/a
Changing Face International Film Festival
Monthly.
0 n/a
Strange Days Horror Fest
Monthly.
0 n/a
Palm Springs International Screenplay Awards & Pitch Deck-Sizzle Reel-Trailer Contest
Monthly.
0 n/a
Romance and Relationship Festival
Monthly deadlines.
0 n/a
San Diego Movie Awards
Monthly.

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