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Updated: 03/28/2025

Mistaken by Nicole Evans has been named the 1st Place Winner of the 2025 Optimus Feedback Screenplay Competition.

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Hollywood Genre Comedy Screenplay Contest
Final: 03/29/2025
WSPro Discount: $5.00

Emerging Screenwriters Drama Screenplay Competition
Final: 03/30/2025
WSPro Discount: No

trackingb.com Original TV Pilot Contest
Really Late: 03/31/2025
WSPro Discount: No

ScreenCraft Family Screenplay Competition
Final: 03/31/2025
WSPro Discount: No

Inroads Screenwriting Fellowship
Extended/Final: 03/31/2025
WSPro Discount: 25%

ScreenCraft True Story & Public Domain Screenwriting Competition
Final: 03/31/2025
WSPro Discount: No

Horror Hotel International Film Festival
Final: 04/01/2025
WSPro Discount: $5.00

Script Competition New Media Film Festival Los Angeles
Final: 04/06/2025
WSPro Discount: 20%

Scriptapalooza Features & Shorts Competition
LAST MINUTE DEADLINE: 04/07/2025
WSPro Discount: No

Adapted Story Showcase
Final : 04/07/2025
WSPro Discount: No

The Writers Lab US
Final: 04/08/2025
WSPro Discount: No

Faith in Film: International Film Festival and Screenwriting Competition
Final: 04/11/2025
WSPro Discount: 20%

Los Angeles Crime and Horror Film Festival
Final: 04/12/2025
WSPro Discount: $5.00

Canadian Short Screenplay Competition
I-Missed-The-Deadline: 04/13/2025
WSPro Discount: $15.00

2025 PAGE International Screenwriting Awards
Last Minute: 04/15/2025
WSPro Discount: No

Humanitas New Voices
Final: 04/15/2025
WSPro Discount: No

100 Screenplays
Final: 04/15/2025
WSPro Discount: $5.00

Holly Weird Film Festival Screenplay Contest
Final Late: 04/15/2025
WSPro Discount: No

Save the Cat! Screenplay Challenge
Extended: 04/20/2025
WSPro Discount: 15%

True Story Showcase
Final: 04/21/2025
WSPro Discount: No

Roadmap Writers Top Tier Competition
Late: 04/25/2025
WSPro Discount: No

Hollywood Genre Sci-Fi Screenplay Contest
Final: 04/26/2025
WSPro Discount: $5.00

Scriptapalooza TV Writing Competition
Final: 04/28/2025
WSPro Discount: No

Filmmatic Drama Screenplay Awards
Final: 04/30/2025
WSPro Discount: No

StoryPros Awards Contest
Late: 04/30/2025
WSPro Discount: $10.00

Art of Brooklyn Screenplay Contest
Extended Deadline: 05/01/2025
WSPro Discount: $5.00

Shore Scripts Short Film Fund
Final: 05/02/2025
WSPro Discount: $5.00

Shore Scripts Script Development Fund
Final: 05/02/2025
WSPro Discount: $5.00

Breaking Walls Thriller Screenplay Contest
Extended: 05/03/2025
WSPro Discount: $5.00

WriteMovies Spring 2025 Screenwriting Contest
Standard: 05/11/2025
WSPro Discount: No

BlueCat TV Writing Competition
Late: 05/13/2025
WSPro Discount: $10.00

Script Pipeline Screenwriting and TV Writing Competition
Late: 05/15/2025
WSPro Discount: No

Shore Scripts TV Pilot Mentorship Program
Final: 05/16/2025
WSPro Discount: $5.00

Nashville Film Festival Screenwriting Competition
Extended: 05/18/2025
WSPro Discount: No

Filmmatic Short Screenplay Awards
Final: 05/20/2025
WSPro Discount: 25%

Emerging Screenwriters Action & Adventure Screenplay Competition
Final: 05/22/2025
WSPro Discount: No

Emerging Screenwriters Horror Screenplay Competition New!
Final: 05/22/2025
WSPro Discount: No

Emerging Screenwriters Thriller Screenplay Competition New!
Final: 05/22/2025
WSPro Discount: No

Hollywood Genre Action Screenplay Contest
Final: 05/24/2025
WSPro Discount: $5.00

Austin Film Festival Script Competition
Late: 05/27/2025
WSPro Discount: No

Austin Film Festival Playwriting Competition
Late: 05/27/2025
WSPro Discount: No

Creative Screenwriting TV Pilot Competition
Final: 05/29/2025
WSPro Discount: No

Creative Screenwriting Feature Competition
Final: 05/29/2025
WSPro Discount: No

CineStory Foundation Feature Retreat and Fellowship
Late: 05/30/2025
WSPro Discount: No

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