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Golden Script Competition
Final Deadline: 03/29/2022
The Golden Script Competition is a yearly competition founded in Glasgow, UK, of short, TV pilot and feature screenplays from all around the world. You will be submitting to the 2022 edition and the winning scripts of this edition will be read by some of the best production companies and literary agencies (including some that have one several OSCARS and BAFTAS), giving you the chance to have your script produced or represented.User Feedback: 9 Comments (Post a Comment of your own)
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Creative Screenwriting Unique Voices Screenplay Competition
Final Deadline: 08/18/2021
We have teamed up with several creative partners looking for Features and TV Pilots with unique voices and original stories. Our goal with this contest is to discover great writers then connect their authentic stories to those creative partners, and we are looking for the best writing in all of these genres: Action/Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family/Holiday, Mystery/Crime, Historical/Biopic, Horror/Thriller, Sci-Fi/ Fantasy, Western and Young Adult (YA).User Feedback: Be the first to comment
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WeScreenplay Television Pilot Competition
Final Deadline: 09/15/2021
MISSION: TV is where it’s at. Seriously. There were over 400 scripted series last year. That’s a lot of pages of TV that need to be written. And that’s why we want to find the best undiscovered TV writers out there. FEEDBACK: WeScreenplay believes that every entrant of a contest should benefit from entering – whether the writer wins or not.User Feedback: 1 Comment (Post a comment of your own)
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CineStory Foundation Feature Retreat and Fellowship
Final Deadline: 04/25/2021
CineStory is a national non-profit dedicated to nurturing emerging screenwriters through mentorship programs. Winners of our competition have gone on to pen films such as IRON MAN, CAKE, THE CHILDREN OF MEN, BALLAST, KING OF CALIFORNIA and 11:14. One of the main goals of the CineStory Feature Retreat is to select up-and-coming screenwriters for our four-day intensive program held in the Fall.User Feedback: 36 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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2021 PAGE International Screenwriting Awards
Final Deadline: 05/03/2021
The PAGE Awards competition was established in the fall of 2003 by an alliance of Hollywood producers, agents, and development execs. Our goal: to discover the most exciting new scripts by up-and-coming writers from across the country and around the world. And due to the success of our winning writers, the PAGE Awards competition has rapidly become one of the most important sources for new screenwriting talent within the Hollywood community and worldwide.User Feedback: 72 Comments (Post a Comment of your own)
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StoryPros Awards Contest
Final Deadline: 04/30/2021
To find the best GENRE scripts. Genre scripts are bought and produced more than 10 to 1 over the serious drama, tentpole or quirky scripts that usually win screenplay contests. This contest pits genre scripts only against scripts within their genre, and seeks to identify and promote to the industry the very best in each genre -- in other words, the scripts with the very best chances in the marketplace.User Feedback: 35 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: 7 Comments (Post a Comment of your own)
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Creative World Awards
Final Deadline: 05/14/2021
The 14th Annual Creative World Awards (CWA) is an international screenwriting contest that is well known for having the writer's interest at heart when it comes to development and industry promotion. Production: CWA brings an exciting production opportunity to the Grand Prize Winner. This year’s winner will have the options of a short version of their script being produced by The MIX, and the film will then get a guaranteed premiere at the Richmond International Film Festival.User Feedback: 61 Comments (Post a Comment of your own)
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Cynosure Screenwriting Awards
Final Deadline: 08/21/2021
The Cynosure Screenwriting Awards seek to expand the scope of mainstream cinema by recognizing and rewarding screenplays in two distinct categories: screenplays which feature compelling female protagonists; and screenplays that showcase diversity (ethnicity, race, gender, sexuality, disability, etc.).User Feedback: 14 Comments (Post a Comment of your own)
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Screenplay Festival
Final Deadline: 07/31/2021
Awards Ceremony at a Film Festival! Screenplay Festival winners get that rarest of experiences for a writer; applause from an audience. Our winners get to come out from behind the keyboard and be celebrated! Now Accepting Television Scripts! The writers spoke, and we listened. We have now added four categories to our contest for television scripts.User Feedback: 38 Comments (Post a Comment of your own)
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ScreenCraft Horror Screenwriting Competition
Final Deadline: 10/31/2021
Our Hollywood judges love good horror movies – and they’re looking for the next fresh voices in horror screenwriting.User Feedback: 6 Comments (Post a Comment of your own)
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WriteMovies Spring 2021 Screenwriting Contest
Final Deadline: 05/23/2021
Spring is upon us, and the start of a new season means a new contest from WriteMovies. The Spring 2021 Screenwriting Contest is now open! Spring is always a time of rejuvenation and renewal. With positive news about vaccine rollouts and a potential end to lockdowns around the world, this year’s spring feels even more like a time for getting things going.User Feedback: 75 Comments (Post a Comment of your own)
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Scriptapalooza TV Writing Competition
Final Deadline: 04/26/2021
Our intention is to help open doors for the aspiring television writer. There are four categories you can submit to, which include 1 hour existing spec scripts, 1/2 hour existing sitcom spec scripts, original pilots, and reality programs. This competition is designed with the TV writer and crossover screenwriter in mind. The participants we have chosen to read the winning scripts are individuals from established production companies.User Feedback: 15 Comments (Post a Comment of your own)
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Finish Line Script Competition
Final Deadline: 06/29/2021
It’s a fact that rewriting your screenplay or television pilot is an absolutely essential part of the successful process of perfecting story, character, structure, tone and theme. It’s from that reality that The Finish Line Script Competition was created. The Finish Line redefines the screenwriting competition, embracing the rewrite as an essential component in any successful screenplay, and incentivizing every entrant to dig deeper, find their best draft, and win.User Feedback: 6 Comments (Post a Comment of your own)
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Nashville Film Festival Screenwriting Competition
Final Deadline: 06/13/2021
Founded in 1969 as the Sinking Creek Film Celebration, Nashville Film Festival (NashFilm) is one of the longest-running film festivals in the country and one of the most acclaimed festivals in the South. Hosted in Music City, NashFilm attracts enthusiastic film lovers from all across the country and has been praised by film-goers and filmmakers alike for its unique combination of big city festival atmosphere and laid back Southern hospitality.User Feedback: 9 Comments (Post a Comment of your own)
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The Indie Gathering International Film Festival
Final Deadline: 05/21/2021
To recognize excellence in screenwriting of shorts and features in a wide variety of genres.User Feedback: 4 Comments (Post a Comment of your own)
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Faith in Film: International Film Festival and Screenwriting Competition
Final Deadline: 05/20/2021
Mission: Faith in Film is dedicated to forging a film festival and screenwriting competition that will launch the careers of filmmakers focused on adding the element of faith to their films. Our aim is to inspire, showcase, and support filmmakers of all faith’s to make great faith based films that leave others touched, moved and inspired. Our prayer is that our festival will open doors for filmmakers with a higher purpose.User Feedback: 9 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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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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ScreenCraft Sci-Fi & Fantasy Screenwriting Competition
Final Deadline: 05/31/2021
Whether you’re writing a contained science fiction drama or an epic fantasy saga, we want to read your TV, feature film or short scripts. The jury is out of this world — with judges who love sci-fi and fantasy — from top companies including MGM TELEVISION, CIRCLE OF CONFUSION, APA and 21 LAPS! Don’t miss the industry’s #1 sci-fi & fantasy screenwriting competition.User Feedback: 7 Comments (Post a Comment of your own)
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Austin Film Festival Script Competition
Final Deadline: 05/21/2021
The Ultimate Runway Now in our 28th year, the Austin Film Festival has been catapulting writers into life-changing careers for over two decades. Whether your dream is to sign a contract, land an agent, learn from an industry icon, or take home the coveted Bronze Typewriter Award, it’s simple: you can’t win if you don’t enter.User Feedback: 38 Comments (Post a Comment of your own)
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Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting
Final Deadline: 05/03/2021
Each year, the Academy Nicholl screenwriting competition awards up to five $35,000 fellowships to amateur screenwriters. To enter, submit a feature length screenplay and entry fee via the online application when the competition is open for submissions. Fellowship winners are invited to participate in awards week ceremonies and seminars, receive individualized Academy member mentorship and are expected to complete at least one original feature film screenplay during their Fellowship year.User Feedback: 30 Comments (Post a Comment of your own)
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ScreenCraft Comedy Screenwriting Competition
Final Deadline: 04/30/2021
Whether you have a romantic comedy or an action-comedy blockbuster, we want to read your script. Big or small, our jury is looking for smart scripts with strong command of the craft, lots of heart and unique comedic voices. All entries are eligible for optional feedback from a studio-trained professional reader.User Feedback: 1 Comment (Post a comment of your own)
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Shore Scripts Feature Screenplay Contest
Final Deadline: 08/31/2021
DISCOVERING THE BEST NEW SCREENWRITING TALENT FROM AROUND THE WORLD How do we do that? We’ve helped 70+ Writers gain representation, sell, and have their screenplays produced. 13 Oscar & BAFTA Winning Judges will read the final round of submissions. 140+ Production Companies, Agents & Managers are signed up to read each year’s best scripts.User Feedback: 14 Comments (Post a Comment of your own)
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Script Pipeline Screenwriting and TV Writing Competition
Final Deadline: 05/15/2021
To help launch the careers of undiscovered screenwriters and give unprecedented access to studio-level executives.User Feedback: 64 Comments (Post a Comment of your own)
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hollywoodscript.com monthly contest
Final Deadline: Last Day of any calender month
We pick the best and most marketable (in our opinion of course) CLIENT SCRIPT and announce it with shameless prominence on the MAIN page of our web site. Our winner will also be invited to POST their log line, link and even a scene or two (if you so choose) from your winning work to which we’ll add our GLOWING REVIEW and convert the whole thing into professional “COVERAGE” (FOR FREE) which can be used for submission purposes as well as being POSTED on our site.User Feedback: 26 Comments (Post a Comment of your own)
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Big Apple Film Festival Screenplay Competition
Final Deadline: 04/23/2021
Big Apple Film Festival and Screenplay Competition (Spring Edition) takes place in the heart of NYC. BAFF presents selected films as a live in person event, as well as additional selections presented virtually. BAFF, named one of MovieMaker Magazine's top "25 Film Festivals Worth The Entry Fee,” top "25 Coolest Film Festivals,”, CBS New York's "Best Film Festivals in New York.User Feedback: 6 Comments (Post a Comment of your own)
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Screamfest Horror Film Festival and Screenplay Competition
Final Deadline: 06/15/2021
Screamfest was formed in order to give filmmakers and writers in the horror/sci-fi genres a venue to have their work showcased to people in the industry. We are very proud that the majority of the films showcased now have distribution. Writers have garnered representation due to the festival.User Feedback: 11 Comments (Post a Comment of your own)
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Breaking Walls Thriller Screenplay Contest
Final Deadline: 04/24/2021
Breaking Walls is a contest for thriller screenplays with contacts at established Hollywood literary representation and production companies who have agreed to consider the full winning script and the top finalists' loglines. Well-written thrillers are always an excellent way for writers to show Hollywood pros a combination of commerciality, unique voice, and a clear understanding of effective feature film narrative.User Feedback: 5 Comments (Post a Comment of your own)
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Slamdance Screenplay Competition
Final Deadline: 07/27/2021
The Slamdance Screenplay Competition is dedicated to discovering and nurturing emerging screenwriters. Since 1995, the competition has established a strong track record for introducing writers to members of the entertainment industry who have gone on to produce, option and represent submitted work. Like the Film Festival, the Screenplay Competition is a place for new, bold, and raw voices.User Feedback: 45 Comments (Post a Comment of your own)
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FLICKERS: Rhode Island International Film Festival Screenplay Competition
Final Deadline: 07/15/2021
To discover and honor the new voices of independent film. Screenplays will be judged on creativity, innovation, vision, originality and the use of language. The key element is that of communication and how it complements and is transformed by the language of film.User Feedback: 7 Comments (Post a Comment of your own)
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