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Contests found: 32

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
4.57894736842 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
The Santa Barbara International Screenplay Awards
 Monthly.
4.625 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
CineStory Foundation Feature Retreat and Fellowship
 2026-06-14 06/14/2026
3.5 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars
Screenplay Search Screenwriting Competition
 Monthly.
4.66666666667 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
13Horror.com Film & Screenplay Contest
2026-06-14 06/14/2026
4.40816326531 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
3.46153846154 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars
San Francisco International Screenwriting Competition & Film Awards
 2026-06-18 06/18/2026
4.09615384615 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Creative World Awards
 2026-12-11 12/11/2026
3.22727272727 3 stars3 stars3 stars
Wildsound 1st Scene Screenplay Contest
 Monthly.
4.09375 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Big Apple Film Festival Screenplay Competition
 2026-10-08 10/08/2026
4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Scriptapalooza Fellowship
 2026-07-01 07/01/2026
4.13953488372 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Table Read My Screenplay AFM LA 26
 2026-08-06 08/06/2026
4.29661016949 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
Scriptapalooza TV Writing Competition
 2026-10-19 10/19/2026
3.03571428571 3 stars3 stars3 stars
Faith in Film: International Film Festival and Screenwriting Competition
 2027-04-15 04/15/2027
4.30434782609 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
The Indie Gathering International Film Festival
 2026-06-11 06/11/2026
4.16666666667 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Filmmatic Comedy Screenplay Awards
 2026-06-30 06/30/2026
2.9 3 stars3 stars3 stars
Wildsound Reading Series
 Monthly.
2.87179487179 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
3.92222222222 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Shore Scripts Feature Screenplay Contest
 2026-08-28 08/28/2026
4.0625 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Your Script Produced! 360
 2026-09-14 09/14/2026
4.9801980198 5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars
Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting
 2026-07-06 07/06/2026
2.33333333333 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
3.42105263158 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars
Screamfest Horror Film Festival and Screenplay Competition
 2026-06-15 06/15/2026
2.94736842105 3 stars3 stars3 stars
Breaking Walls Thriller Screenplay Contest
 2026-06-27 06/27/2026
3.73148148148 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars
Slamdance Screenplay Competition
 2026-08-03 08/03/2026
3 3 stars3 stars3 stars
FLICKERS: Rhode Island International Film Festival Screenplay Competition
 2026-07-15 07/15/2026
3.75 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Contest
 2026-06-29 06/29/2026
3.52551020408 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars
American Zoetrope Screenplay Contest
 2026-09-09 09/09/2026

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