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A list of contests that accept or specialize in short screenplays, or any scripts that are less than feature-length.

Contests found: 174

Rating Contest Deadline
0 n/a
Shore Scripts Script Development Fund
 2024-04-19 04/19/2024
2.27272727273 2.5 stars2.5 stars2.5 stars
True Story Showcase
 2024-04-22 04/22/2024
4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
ScreenCraft Comedy Screenwriting Competition
 2024-04-30 04/30/2024
4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Art of Brooklyn Film Festival
 2024-05-01 05/01/2024
4.5 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
Shore Scripts Short Film Fund
 2024-05-02 05/02/2024
4.05555555556 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Finish Line Script Competition
 2024-05-15 05/15/2024
4.12903225806 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Nashville Film Festival Screenwriting Competition
 2024-05-19 05/19/2024
2.66666666667 2.5 stars2.5 stars2.5 stars
Diversity Showcase
 2024-05-19 05/19/2024
5 5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars
2024 PAGE International Screenwriting Awards
 2024-05-20 05/20/2024
4.60714285714 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
Austin Film Festival Script Competition
 2024-05-24 05/24/2024
4.54347826087 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
ScreenCraft Sci-Fi & Fantasy Screenwriting Competition
 2024-05-31 05/31/2024
4.6 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
Filmmatic Drama Screenplay Awards
 2024-05-31 05/31/2024
4.33333333333 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
The Indie Gathering International Film Festival
 2024-06-02 06/02/2024
4.5 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
HollyShorts Screenplay Contest
 2024-06-03 06/03/2024
3.63636363636 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars
Capital Fund Screenplay Competiton
 2024-06-17 06/17/2024
4.38461538462 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
Filmmatic Short Screenplay Awards
 2024-06-20 06/20/2024
2.66666666667 2.5 stars2.5 stars2.5 stars
Adapted Story Showcase
 2024-06-23 06/23/2024
4.86363636364 5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars
ScreenCraft Action & Adventure Screenwriting Competition
 2024-06-30 06/30/2024
3 3 stars3 stars3 stars
The TITAN Awards
 2024-06-30 06/30/2024
4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Hollywood Diversity Film Festival Screenplay Competition
 2024-07-06 07/06/2024
3.86111111111 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
WeScreenplay Shorts Competition
 2024-07-15 07/15/2024
5 5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars
B!tchFest Film Festival & Screenplay Contest
 2024-07-15 07/15/2024
3.5 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars
Scriptation Showcase Features & Shorts Category
 2024-07-21 07/21/2024
3.73148148148 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars
Slamdance Screenplay Competition
 2024-07-26 07/26/2024
0 n/a
New York City Horror Film Festival Screenplay Competition
 2024-09-01 09/01/2024
3.44 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars
San Francisco International Screenwriting Competition & Film Awards
 2024-09-19 09/19/2024
4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Los Angeles Crime and Horror Film Festival
 2024-10-19 10/19/2024
4.5 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
Outstanding Screenplays Shorts Competition
 2024-10-31 10/31/2024
4.23529411765 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Golden Script Competition
 2025-03-28 03/28/2025
2.1 2 stars2 stars
Nantucket Film Festival Screenplay Competition
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4.50203252033 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
BlueCat Screenplay Competition
 12/10/2023 (expired)
1.75757575758 2 stars2 stars
Fade In Awards
 Contact contest for deadline info.
5 5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars
Scriptapalooza Features & Shorts Competition
 04/08/2024 (expired)
2.41666666667 2.5 stars2.5 stars2.5 stars
Moondance International Film Festival
 Contact contest for deadline info.
2.98 3 stars3 stars3 stars
WriteMovies 2023 Screenwriting Contest
 11/26/2023 (expired)
3.03125 3 stars3 stars3 stars
The 15th Annual American Gem Short Script & Literary Festival
Contact contest for deadline info.
2 2 stars2 stars
LA Shorts Screenplay Competition
 05/26/2023 (expired)
4.56896551724 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
Cinequest Screenwriting Competition
 10/30/2023 (expired)
3.11111111111 3 stars3 stars3 stars
Rome Independent Film Festival
 07/31/2023 (expired)
2.27272727273 2.5 stars2.5 stars2.5 stars
NYC Midnight Screenwriter's Challenge
 Contact contest for deadline info.
2.44444444444 2.5 stars2.5 stars2.5 stars
Eerie Horror Screenplay Competition
 Contact contest for deadline info.
3.84 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Big Apple Film Festival Screenplay Competition
 03/31/2024 (expired)
4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Rod Serling Short Script Competition
 Contact contest for deadline info.
2.46153846154 2.5 stars2.5 stars2.5 stars
Vail Film Festival Screenwriting Competition
 08/19/2022 (expired)
4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
GIAA Festival of Short Movies and Screenplays
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4.09150326797 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Creative World Awards
 01/31/2024 (expired)
2.77777777778 3 stars3 stars3 stars
Omaha Film Festival
 Contact contest for deadline info.
2.18181818182 2 stars2 stars
London Independent Film Festival
 Contact contest for deadline info.
3 3 stars3 stars3 stars
Zed Fest Schlock Horror Short Sreenplay Contest
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4.08421052632 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Fresh Voices Screenplay Competition
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0 n/a
Ventura Film Festival
 Contact contest for deadline info.
3.33333333333 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars
Sidewrite Screenplay Competition
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0 n/a
Carmarthen Bay Film Festival
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1 1 star
George Lindsey UNA Film Festival
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2.5 2.5 stars2.5 stars2.5 stars
Roswell International Film Festival and Digital Shootout
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4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
72 Script Fest
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3 3 stars3 stars3 stars
Willamette Writers FiLMLaBtv
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1.33333333333 1.5 stars1.5 stars
Los Angeles Cinema Film Festival of Hollywood
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4.4358974359 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
Richmond International Film Festival (Screenplays & Films)
 02/15/2024 (expired)
4.55555555556 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
Horror Hotel International Film Festival
 04/01/2024 (expired)
0 n/a
Hoboken International Film Festival
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4.55 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
ScreenCraft Horror Screenwriting Competition
10/31/2023 (expired)
4.42857142857 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
New Media Film Festival Script Competition
 04/06/2024 (expired)
4.57692307692 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
ScreenCraft Family Screenplay Competition
 12/31/2023 (expired)
0 n/a
Hill Country Film Festival
 Contact contest for deadline info.
0 n/a
Snake Alley Festival of Film
Contact contest for deadline info.
1.8 2 stars2 stars
West Field Screenwriting Awards
 Contact contest for deadline info.
3.22222222222 3 stars3 stars3 stars
L.A. Neo Noir Novel, Film, & Script Festival
 10/31/2023 (expired)
4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
New Hope Film Festival Script Competition
 Contact contest for deadline info.
3.42857142857 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars
SENE Screenplay Competition
 08/04/2023 (expired)
0 n/a
APM Short Screenplay Competition
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0 n/a
Sunset Film Festival Los Angeles
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4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Williamsburg International Film & Music Competition
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0 n/a
Urban Mediamakers Film Festival
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0 n/a
168 Write of Passage
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3.90909090909 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Austin Revolution Film Festival
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0 n/a
Pennsylvania Short Screenplay Competition
 Contact contest for deadline info.
3.58333333333 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars
The 5th Annual 1st TV Script Writing Competition: Presented by Filmmakers.com
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3.5 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars
Film Crash Screenplay Competition
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0 n/a
Scriptamation
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0 n/a
Screenplay Incubation : 5th Dada Saheb Phalke Film Festival
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2.90909090909 3 stars3 stars3 stars
Other Worlds Austin SciFi Screenwriting Contest
 08/20/2022 (expired)
0 n/a
Hang onto Your Shorts Film Festival
 Contact contest for deadline info.
5 5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars
CineStory TV/Digital Retreat & Fellowship
 12/10/2023 (expired)
3.5 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars
Depth of Field International Film Festival
 03/20/2023 (expired)
4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
GenreBlast Film Festival
 Contact contest for deadline info.
4.66666666667 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
13Horror.com Film & Screenplay Contest
01/07/2024 (expired)
4.1 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Filmmatic Comedy Screenplay Awards
 07/31/2023 (expired)
0 n/a
New Renaissance Film Fest (London, UK)
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0 n/a
Karmic Shorts
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0 n/a
Veer West Screenplay Festival
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0 n/a
GEFO Short Screenplay Competition
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0 n/a
Sanford Film Festival
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0 n/a
North Country (Snowtown) Screenplay Competition
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0 n/a
Stage 32 Short Film Script Contest
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3.75 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Austin Comedy Short Film Festival
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2 2 stars2 stars
Military Story Showcase
 01/22/2024 (expired)
0 n/a
The Crime List
 03/19/2024 (expired)
0 n/a
Apeiron Films Screenplay Competition
 04/25/2023 (expired)
2.15384615385 2 stars2 stars
Toronto Metropolitan Int'l Screenwriting Competition
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2.91304347826 3 stars3 stars3 stars
Faith in Film: International Film Festival and Screenwriting Competition
 04/05/2024 (expired)
0 n/a
Skyline Indie Film Fest
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3.5 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars
ScreenCraft $30,000 Film Fund
 12/31/2023 (expired)
0 n/a
San Francisco IndieFest Screenplay Competition
 12/16/2023 (expired)
4.375 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
ScreenCraft Drama Screenwriting Competition
 08/31/2023 (expired)
1.33333333333 1.5 stars1.5 stars
Sherman Oaks Film Festival
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2.5652173913 2.5 stars2.5 stars2.5 stars
Barnstorm Fest
 11/30/2023 (expired)
0 n/a
theOFFICE 2023 Writing Fellowship
 06/30/2023 (expired)
1.4 1.5 stars1.5 stars
The Wayward Festival
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0 n/a
Grave Intentions Horror Anthology & Screenplay Contest
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3.66666666667 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars
BOLT
05/31/2023 (expired)
4.39285714286 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
Inroads Screenwriting Fellowship
 03/31/2024 (expired)
0 n/a
I See You Awards
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0 n/a
Satisfied Eye International Film Festival
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0 n/a
Scription Screenplay Competition
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4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Script Summit
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0 n/a
Hudson New York Shorts
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3.5 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars
BEYOND: The Cary Film Festival
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2.75 3 stars3 stars3 stars
ScreenCraft True Story & Public Domain Screenwriting Competition
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4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
New Orleans Film Festival Screenplay Competition
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0 n/a
Boomtown Film and Music Festival
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4.5 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
Filmmatic Pitch Now Screenplay Competition
 11/30/2023 (expired)
3 3 stars3 stars3 stars
WRPN Women's International Film Festival
 03/31/2023 (expired)
0 n/a
WriteMovies Romance and Comedy Award 2022
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3.92857142857 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Your Script Produced! Studios : Season 3
 08/31/2022 (expired)
0 n/a
New York New Stories
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4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
New York International Screenplay Awards
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0 n/a
Genre Celebration Festival
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4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Filmmatic TV Pilot Awards
 09/20/2023 (expired)
1 1 star
Holly Weird Film Festival Screenplay Contest
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4.60526315789 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
The Script Lab's Free Contest
 02/29/2024 (expired)
4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Seattle International Screenwriting Honors
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4.5 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
The Killer Shorts Horror Short Screenplay Competition
 12/15/2023 (expired)
0 n/a
Get It Made
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0 n/a
Scriptation Showcase Teleplay Category
 03/10/2024 (expired)
4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Circa Historical Screenplay Competition
 09/15/2023 (expired)
3 3 stars3 stars3 stars
Orlando International Film Festival
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3.33333333333 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars
Page Turner Screenplays - First 15
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4.55 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
ScreenCraft Animation Screenwriting Competition
 07/31/2023 (expired)
1 1 star
Future Film Writers Season 2 (Adult Short)
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0 n/a
Future Film Writers Season 2 (Youth Short)
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4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
WriteMovies Sci-Fi and Fantasy Award 2022
 05/29/2022 (expired)
0 n/a
Screenplay Awards: Elements of Story
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0 n/a
Dumbo Screenwriting Competition
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4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
WriteMovies Horror Award
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0 n/a
Summer in the South Film Festival
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0 n/a
Future Film Writers Youth (Title Challenge 3)
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0 n/a
Stone Knight Writers
09/21/2023 (expired)
2 2 stars2 stars
Screenwriting Staffing's Query Letter Contest (Season 2)
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3.66666666667 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars
Page Turner Awards
 05/31/2022 (expired)
0 n/a
Dallas International Film Festival
 06/18/2023 (expired)
0 n/a
Houston International Sports Film Festival Screenplay Championship
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5 5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars
Sedona International Film Festival
 12/31/2023 (expired)
4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Nice International Film Festival
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0 n/a
IndieBoom Script Contest
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2.6 2.5 stars2.5 stars2.5 stars
SunVale Script Contest
 06/19/2023 (expired)
3.5 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars
Reno-Tahoe Screenplay Contest
09/20/2022 (expired)
0 n/a
SimplyScripts Halloween One Week Challenge
 10/20/2023 (expired)
0 n/a
Mad Wife Productions Fellowship Program
 06/14/2023 (expired)
0 n/a
Unsolicited Scripts Short Film Grant
 12/15/2022 (expired)
4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
WRPN.tv Screenplay Competition
 02/28/2023 (expired)
0 n/a
Family Friendly Peer Review Screenwriting Festival - Season THREE
 09/27/2023 (expired)
4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
American Story Showcase
 12/19/2023 (expired)
4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Filmmatic Sci-Fi/Fantasy Awards
 10/31/2023 (expired)
2.9 3 stars3 stars3 stars
Wildsound Reading Series
 Monthly.
3.22727272727 3 stars3 stars3 stars
Wildsound 1st Scene Screenplay Contest
 Monthly.
2.375 2.5 stars2.5 stars2.5 stars
Just4Shorts Short Screenplay Competition
 Monthly.
4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Independent Horror Movie Awards
 Monthly.
4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Feel The Reel International Film Festival
 Monthly.
2.66666666667 2.5 stars2.5 stars2.5 stars
Global Film Festival Awards
 Monthly.
2.53333333333 2.5 stars2.5 stars2.5 stars
Miami Screenplay Awards
 Monthly.
4.4 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
Wiki: The World's FASTEST Screenplay Contest
 Monthly.
4.5 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
The Santa Barbara International Screenplay Awards
 Monthly.
0 n/a
Palm Springs International Screenplay Awards & Pitch Deck-Sizzle Reel-Trailer Contest
 Monthly.

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