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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
 2026-12-04 12/04/2026
4.36666666667 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
Inroads Screenwriting Fellowship
 2027-01-31 01/31/2027
4.69230769231 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
Canadian Short Screenplay Competition
 2027-03-03 03/03/2027
3.96428571429 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Creative Screenwriting Unique Voices Screenplay Competition
 2026-11-12 11/12/2026
4.57894736842 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
The Santa Barbara International Screenplay Awards
 Monthly.
3.5 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars
Screenplay Search Screenwriting Competition
 Monthly.
4.5 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
Save the Cat! Screenplay Challenge
 2027-04-05 04/05/2027
4.56896551724 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
Cinequest Screenwriting Competition
 2026-11-13 11/13/2026
4.35294117647 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
Wiki: The World's FASTEST Screenplay Contest
 Monthly.
4.26666666667 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
Golden Script Competition
 2027-03-26 03/26/2027
3.46666666667 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars
San Francisco International Screenwriting Competition & Film Awards
 2027-04-15 04/15/2027
4.09493670886 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Creative World Awards
 2026-12-11 12/11/2026
4.27777777778 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
Filmmatic Horror Screenplay Awards
 2026-12-20 12/20/2026
4.16981132075 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
ISA Fast Track Fellowship
 2027-02-04 02/04/2027
3.22727272727 3 stars3 stars3 stars
Wildsound 1st Scene Screenplay Contest
 Monthly.
4.40476190476 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
Richmond International Film Festival (Screenplays & Films)
 2027-04-10 04/10/2027
3.68421052632 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars
Capital Fund Screenplay Competiton
 2027-06-17 06/17/2027
4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Scriptapalooza Fellowship
 2027-07-01 07/01/2027
5 5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars
Scriptapalooza Features & Shorts Competition
 2027-04-05 04/05/2027
3.1 3 stars3 stars3 stars
Faith in Film: International Film Festival and Screenwriting Competition
 2027-04-15 04/15/2027
2.9014084507 3 stars3 stars3 stars
Wildsound Reading Series
 Monthly.
2.9 3 stars3 stars3 stars
Wildsound TV SPEC and TV PILOT Screenplay Contest
 Ongoing - submit anytime.
4.51518218623 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
BlueCat Screenplay Competition
 2026-11-10 11/10/2026
3.83955223881 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Script Pipeline Screenwriting and TV Writing Competition
 2027-05-31 05/31/2027
2.4 2.5 stars2.5 stars2.5 stars
New York Metropolitan Screenwriting Competition & Film Awards
 2027-04-08 04/08/2027
2.58823529412 2.5 stars2.5 stars2.5 stars
Miami Screenplay Awards
 Monthly.
2.21052631579 2 stars2 stars
hollywoodscript.com monthly contest
 Last Day of any calender month
3.14285714286 3 stars3 stars3 stars
Breaking Walls Thriller Screenplay Contest
 2026-12-26 12/26/2026

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