Creative Screenwriting Unique Voices Screenplay Competition

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Final Deadline: 12/14/2023

We have teamed up with several creative partners looking for Features and TV Pilots with unique voices and original stories. Our goal is to build a slate of talented writers with clear voices to pitch to those contacts. We are seeking unique perspectives in the following genres: Action/Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family/Holiday/Young Adult, Mystery/Crime, Historical/Biopic, Horror/Thriller, Sci-Fi/ Fantasy and Western Some of our current industry mandates include but are not limited to: Female Thrillers, Contained Elevated Horror, Grounded Sci-Fi, Kaufman-esque Mind-Benders, Young Adult, Drama, Comedy and original Holiday Stories.

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The Santa Barbara International Screenplay Awards

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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.

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Save the Cat! Screenplay Challenge

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Final Deadline: 04/14/2024

All entrants receive 50 points of analysis—at no extra cost—and a written review from readers trained in the Save the Cat! Methodology. All scripts receive a full read. Feedback is grounded in structure—not subjective opinion. Our approach is simple: a screenplay competition that uses the same language the writer, the reader, and the decision makers use when analyzing your work.

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Screenplay Search Screenwriting Competition

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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.

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13Horror.com Film & Screenplay Contest

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Final Deadline: 01/07/2024

13Horror.com is back with THE go-to contest for horror screenwriters and film-makers! The categories for the contest are: Feature-length screenplays Short screenplays Feature-length movies Short movies Winning entrants will receive some truly awesome prizes, including: Cash Publishing deals Movie distribution offer Film-making classes Contacts with horror movie industry insiders Horror merchandise And much more Each screenplay and movie entrant receives a comprehensive feedback form from one of our Hollywood judges, explaining how their screenplay or film did against the judging criteria.

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2024 PAGE International Screenwriting Awards

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Final Deadline: 04/15/2024

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 become one of the most important sources for new screenwriting talent within the Hollywood community and worldwide.

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Wiki: The World's FASTEST Screenplay Contest

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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.

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San Francisco International Screenwriting Competition & Film Awards

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Final Deadline: 09/19/2024

We are San Francisco. We love film and we care so deeply about developing the next generation of filmmakers from the U.S. and abroad that we founded what we hope will be one of the most prestigious screenwriting competitions in the world for serious writers and serious subject matter. San Francisco Int'l Screenwriting Competition & Film Awards is an online film festival and screenwriting competition.

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Golden Script Competition

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Final Deadline: 03/28/2024

The Golden Script Competition is a yearly international competition for short, feature and TV pilot screenplays from all around the world. You will be submitting to the 2024 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.

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Richmond International Film Festival (Screenplays & Films)

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Final Deadline: 02/15/2024

The 12th annual Richmond International Film Festival (RIFF) is a competitive festival that accepts feature and short screenplays, teleplays, and screens more than 120 international cutting edge film premiers making it one of the Mid-Atlantic's largest international competitive festivals. RIFF provides six days of industry panels, Q&As, industry mixers, live music performances, the FLOW Creative & Pitch Conference, and entertainment mixers that bring the spirit of Hollywood to beautiful Richmond, Virginia at the Bowtie Criterion/Movieland and the historic Byrd Theatre.

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Creative World Awards

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Final Deadline: 01/31/2024

The 15th 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.

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Wildsound 1st Scene Screenplay Contest

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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?

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100 Screenplays

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Final Deadline: 04/15/2024

"100 Screenplays" is a unique contest brought to you by "Screenplay Festival," one of the longest running and highest rated screenplay competitions on MovieBytes. We accept one hundred scripts into each contest, and quickly get the results to you. "!00 Screenplays" is a fast, targeted screenplay contest where every writer who enters goes in knowing exactly how many scripts will be in the competition, and every writer knows that there will be results less than a month after the contest closes.

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Scriptapalooza Features & Shorts Competition

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Final Deadline: 04/08/2024

Scriptapalooza was founded in 1998 with the goal of helping as many writers as possible through the competition. We have over 90 production companies, agents and managers reading all the entered scripts. (A complete list of participants is on Scriptapalooza's website.) We actively push the Semifinalists, Finalists, Runners-Up and Winners for a full year with the intention of creating opportunities for the writers.

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Scriptapalooza TV Writing Competition

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Final Deadline: 05/06/2024

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.

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Scriptapalooza Fellowship

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Final Deadline: 04/08/2024

The fellowship program was developed to honor dedicated writers and to help further their creative process and skills. Writing in itself is a journey and we would like to facilitate the process by giving the fellows the opportunity to be surrounded by like-minded professionals and individuals. Application Requirements: Completed application and fee.

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WeScreenplay Feature Competition

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Final Deadline: 02/15/2024

MISSION: To provide industry exposure and support to feature screenwriters who are looking to have their stories told. FEEDBACK: We believe that writers need feedback to improve, which is why every single entry receives FREE FEEDBACK JUDGING: Our judges are all industry-experienced gatekeepers.

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The Indie Gathering International Film Festival

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Final Deadline: 06/02/2024

To recognize excellence in screenwriting of shorts and features in a wide variety of genres.

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Wildsound TV SPEC and TV PILOT Screenplay Contest

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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.

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Wildsound Reading Series

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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.

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Faith in Film: International Film Festival and Screenwriting Competition

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Final Deadline: 04/05/2024

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.

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The Script Lab's Free Contest

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Final Deadline: 02/29/2024

The Script Lab and Coverfly are offering this FREE screenplay competition to help open talent-discovery to anyone and everyone, regardless of financial ability. This contest is open to feature, TV and short screenplays. Scripts must be in English and formatted with industry-standard screenwriting software. First impressions are important: For this free competition, all scripts will receive an initial first impression read, consisting of just the first few pages of each script.

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Austin Film Festival Script Competition

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Final Deadline: 05/24/2024

The Ultimate Runway For thirty years, Austin Film Festival has been catapulting writers into life-changing careers. With one of the most noteworthy competitions among Hollywood tastemakers, AFF consistently yanks newcomers from the isolation of their desks and ushers them into the bustling world of film and television. 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.

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New York Metropolitan Screenwriting Competition & Film Awards

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Final Deadline: 08/14/2024

We love New York and we love film! We especially love films shot, set, about, or written and produced and starring New Yorkers! And by New Yorker, we mean New Yorkers from the State, the City, and around the world. Even New Yorkers who haven’t made it here yet. We love you all. (And no, you don’t have to be from here to submit your scripts). You just have to have a great New York story to tell.

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Big Apple Film Festival Screenplay Competition

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Final Deadline: 03/31/2024

Big Apple Film Festival Screenplay Competition seeks to discover and support the most original and innovative screenplays from emerging and established screenwriters from around the world.

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Script Pipeline Screenwriting and TV Writing Competition

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Final Deadline: 05/31/2024

The 2023 Script Pipeline Screenwriting and TV Writing Competitions head into their 21st and 16th seasons, continuing the search for up-and-coming talent and connecting them with top producers, agencies, and managers. As one of the longest-running and most successful screenplay contests, we focus specifically on finding writers representation, supporting diverse voices, championing ambitious storytelling, and pushing original projects into production.

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hollywoodscript.com monthly contest

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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.

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Breaking Walls Thriller Screenplay Contest

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Final Deadline: 12/30/2023

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.

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