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Wildsound Reading Series
Final Deadline: Monthly.
WILDsound Monthly Screenplay Festival offers screenwriters at all levels the fantastic opportunity of hearing their scripts read out loud using Top Professional Actors and seen by 10000s of people online, including producers and agents. At least 5 winning readings done every single month. Click the website info and watch the winning videos.User Feedback: 24 Comments (Post a Comment of your own)
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Wildsound TV SPEC and TV PILOT Screenplay Contest
Final Deadline: Ongoing - submit anytime.
Submit a TV SPEC SCREENPLAY or ORIGINAL TV PILOT (monthly deadlines) and get the chance to see your script read out loud at our Screenplay Festival using professional actors. Shown online on the YouTube channel that garners 1000s of views. CLICK the website link for examples of past winners. A great way to get your words out there and obtain the Agent you're looking for or just get your script seen by more people.User Feedback: 8 Comments (Post a Comment of your own)
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Screenplay Search Screenwriting Competition
Final Deadline: Monthly.
We are a group of story analysts based in Los Angeles. We're looking for talented screenwriters and will show winning scripts to producers, agents, and managers in LA and New York.User Feedback: 14 Comments (Post a Comment of your own)
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Internet Movie Logline Creator Monthly Logline Contest
Final Deadline: Monthly.
To help writers hone their loglines by competing with and judging their peers.User Feedback: 3 Comments (Post a Comment of your own)
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Talentville Script of the Month
Final Deadline: Last day of each month
A monthly competition for members of Talentville.com who have uploaded full length, drama or sitcom screenplays at the site. Script are reviewed and rated via a peer review system among the members, with the top three rated scripts becoming a finalist at the end of each month. All finalists receive professional coverage by Scriptapalooza, with the order of finish being judged solely by them.User Feedback: 10 Comments (Post a Comment of your own)
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Wildsound 1st Scene Screenplay Contest
Final Deadline: Monthly.
FULL FEEDBACK on the first moments of your screenplay from our committee of Professional Screenwriters, Production Heads and Script Consultants. Are you just starting off your screenplay and want immediate feedback on your first scenes/first moments of your script?User Feedback: 8 Comments (Post a Comment of your own)
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Amazing Logline Contest
Final Deadline: Monthly.
To assist talented screenwriters in getting their great loglines in front of Hollywood professionals, in order to get their scripts read by decision makers.User Feedback: 1 Comment (Post a comment of your own)
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Just4Shorts Short Screenplay Competition
Final Deadline: Monthly.
The short film traces its roots to the very beginning of movie history, long before the concept of a feature films existed. Almost a century later, short films continue to strive as a new filmmaker's calling card in Hollywood. Short films serve as a quick, efficient medium to demonstrate a filmmaker's talent. And it all begins with a great script.User Feedback: 3 Comments (Post a Comment of your own)
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Hollywood International Moving Pictures Film Festival
Final Deadline: Monthly.
Hollywood International Moving Pictures Film Festival Celebrates Short Films, Features, Television and New Media worldwide. Our mission is to support filmmakers, recognize their hard work, and Award them so they are more inspired to keep telling amazing stories.User Feedback: 2 Comments (Post a Comment of your own)
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12 Months Film Festival
Final Deadline: Monthly.
The 12 Months Film Festival (#12MFF) is an international online film event that attracts, displays and awards movie enthusiasts, and professionals from 6 continents, in the largest monthly qualification challenge for the Grand Prize. The 11 months editions will award and send 3 winners each in the #12MFF for the Grand Prize that takes place the end of April.User Feedback: 1 Comment (Post a comment of your own)
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StoryPlanner.com Monthly Story Plan Competition
Final Deadline: Monthly.
To use a specified Story Plan screenplay template to define story structure in a compelling way.User Feedback: Be the first to comment
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Mindfield Film Festival
Final Deadline: Monthly.
Mindfield showcases features, shorts and music videos by filmmakers from around the world, celebrating and supporting independent, new and alternative filmmakers not just during our annual Film Festival but throughout the year with our monthly competitions. Winners of our monthly online competition will automatically be in the official selection of our annual festival.User Feedback: Be the first to comment
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Monkey Bread Tree Film Awards
Final Deadline: Monthly.
The Monkey Bread Tree Film Awards is an awards body dedicated to independent film. With competitions every two months and a changing judge panel of film critics, actors and filmmakers working within the industry, The Monkey Bread Tree Film Awards is dedicated to awarding films based on their originality and creativity, whilst considering their budget restrictions.User Feedback: Be the first to comment
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Golden Gateway Contest
Final Deadline: Monthly.
Break into the Chinese market! New company looking for scripts to market to Chinese film companies. No religious themes. No pornography. No excessive violence. No political themes. No teenage pregnancy. English only. Company will pay a small fee for long-term, non-exclusive rights to represent the script to the Chinese market. Sales will be negotiated separately if and when they occur.User Feedback: 1 Comment (Post a comment of your own)
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Los Angeles Film Awards (LAFA)
Final Deadline: Monthly.
Los Angeles Film Awards is an IMDb qualifying monthly film competition for filmmakers worldwide. Our mission is to promote films, and be another step up in the filmmakers' careers. Each month, our Jury will award the best films through private screenings, and make a special interview with the winner of the Best Picture award.User Feedback: Be the first to comment
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Global Film Festival Awards
Final Deadline: Monthly.
We are a monthly and annual IMDb qualifying competition based in Los Angeles. We want the best worldwide film stories to promote filmmakers’ works for distributors. The GFFA is an open door for independent filmmakers. It's a special jury formed by Hollywood producers, European and international distributors to promote films and new media.User Feedback: Be the first to comment
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SOMEDAY... Screenwriting Competition
Final Deadline: Monthly.
The SOMEDAY… Screenwriting Competition is an exciting, international, multi-genre screenwriting contest with the goal to identify the best new voices in screenwriting for film and television! From the start of our working relationship, we at Someday Productions always dreamed of having our "someday" and that is what has propelled us forward as screenwriters, filmmakers, playwrights, and authors.User Feedback: Be the first to comment
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Story Data $1K Monthly Story Challenge
Final Deadline: Monthly.
Story Data announces a screenwriting contest awarding $1K in prizes each month, for the next 12 months. From March 2019 through March 2020, writers are eligible to win prizes valued up to $1,000 (USD), sponsored in part by Final Draft, the number-one selling screenwriting application in the world. Aspiring screenwriters whose scripts are hosted on Story Data’s cloud-based platform will automatically be eligible.User Feedback: Be the first to comment
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Miami Screenplay Awards
Final Deadline: Monthly.
WELCOME TO THE MIAMI SCREENPLAY AWARDS! We are an international screenwriting contest committed to discovering, cultivating, and endorsing talented new screenwriters from around the world. Our mission is to champion the best unknown screenwriters and help them reach their maximum potential on their way to a thriving career in the film industry.User Feedback: 2 Comments (Post a Comment of your own)
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Bridge Fest
Final Deadline: Monthly.
In its 17th edition Bridge Fest has moved online. We have monthly competitions in short and feature screenplay category for all genres, virtual pitch category and Annual winners will be listed on IMDB. Bridge Fest is the premium IMBD approved festival since 2006 with screenplay competition and FilmFreeway Gold festival https://filmfreeway.com/BridgeFest.User Feedback: Be the first to comment
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Wiki: The World's FASTEST Screenplay Contest
Final Deadline: Monthly.
Is your script ready to show to agents...producers...studios? Find out fast! A new contest every 30 days! You don't need to have a finished script... Just 10 pages...or a Treatment! When you enter... Your pages will be read by established Hollywood professionals, including: Studio readers • Agents • Producers WGA writers • DGA directors • SAG performers Entries at the Executive Analysis Level receive 5-10 page studio-level professional analysis covering the ten major elements of a professional screenplay: Concept • Dialogue • Structure Character • Tone • Pacing Conflict • Structure • Hook Market Potential Your written Executive Level Studio Analysis is GUARANTEED to improve your script.User Feedback: 4 Comments (Post a Comment of your own)
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The Santa Barbara International Screenplay Awards
Final Deadline: Monthly.
Paradise for writers ... and where every connection leads to Hollywood. Winners enjoy 60-90 minutes of live online Line Notes & Consultation with WGA award-winning Sr. Judge. Your script is personally read by judges with a track record of helping writers break into the business and become super-star talents. You'll then join a 60-90 minute live Zoom conference to go through your script line-by-line, as the judge makes written notes directly on your script and offers suggestions for improvement.User Feedback: 4 Comments (Post a Comment of your own)
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SU's Monthly FREE Logline Contest
Final Deadline: Monthly.
A free contest to help screenwriters develop better loglines, win some cool prizes, and have a little fun.User Feedback: 1 Comment (Post a comment of your own)
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Changing Face International Film Festival
Final Deadline: Monthly.
We are excited to invite you to take part! We are looking for thought-provoking, challenging, and engaging films, web series, and screenplays that are part of the changing face of film. Short film, trailer, and screenplay rounds run monthly from January - October. Feature film rounds are bi-annual. Deadlines are in May and October. Winners of these rounds make up the nominations for our Annual Festival in November.User Feedback: Be the first to comment
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World Film Carnival – Singapore
Final Deadline: Monthly.
World Film Carnival (WFC) is a global platform covering worldwide live screening events, effectively connecting all big cities and diverse rich cultural hubs of the world. WFC organizes annual award ceremonies, provides distribution opportunities, and builds an ever-growing active network of independent filmmakers worldwide.User Feedback: Be the first to comment
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