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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: 161

Rating Contest Deadline
4.16666666667 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Shore Scripts Short Film Fund
 2025-10-31 10/31/2025
2.83333333333 3 stars3 stars3 stars
Breaking Walls Thriller Screenplay Contest
 2025-11-01 11/01/2025
2.96078431373 3 stars3 stars3 stars
WriteMovies' Writing Contest 80
 2025-11-09 11/09/2025
4.51016260163 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
BlueCat Screenplay Competition
 2025-11-11 11/11/2025
4.56896551724 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
Cinequest Screenwriting Competition
 2025-11-15 11/15/2025
2.66666666667 2.5 stars2.5 stars2.5 stars
Christian Faith, Hope, and Love Film Festival and Screenwriting Competition
 2025-11-20 11/20/2025
0 n/a
Hollywood Genre Action Screenplay Contest
 2025-11-22 11/22/2025
0 n/a
Hollywood Genre Comedy Screenplay Contest
 2025-11-29 11/29/2025
5 5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars
CineStory TV/Digital Retreat & Fellowship
 2025-11-30 11/30/2025
4.5 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
Filmmatic Pitch Now Screenplay Competition
 2025-11-30 11/30/2025
4.33333333333 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
Outstanding Screenplays Shorts Competition
 2025-12-15 12/15/2025
0 n/a
Hollywood Genre Horror Screenplay Contest
 2025-12-20 12/20/2025
5 5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars
B!tchFest Film Festival & Screenplay Contest
 2025-12-26 12/26/2025
0 n/a
Hollywood Genre Sci-Fi Screenplay Contest
 2025-12-27 12/27/2025
5 5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars
San Francisco IndieFest Screenplay Competition
 2025-12-31 12/31/2025
4.5 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
The Killer Shorts Horror Short Screenplay Competition
 2025-12-31 12/31/2025
5 5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars
Sedona International Film Festival
 2025-12-31 12/31/2025
4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Hollywood Diversity Film Festival Screenplay Competition
 2026-01-03 01/03/2026
4.05555555556 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Finish Line Script Competition
 2026-01-08 01/08/2026
4.08441558442 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Creative World Awards
 2026-01-21 01/21/2026
0 n/a
LA Script Showdown
 2026-01-22 01/22/2026
4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
American Story Showcase
 2026-01-25 01/25/2026
4.375 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
Richmond International Film Festival (Screenplays & Films)
 2026-03-10 03/10/2026
0 n/a
Scriptation Showcase Teleplay Category
 2026-03-15 03/15/2026
2 2 stars2 stars
Military Story Showcase
 2026-03-22 03/22/2026
4.25 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
Golden Script Competition
 2026-03-27 03/27/2026
4.63636363636 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
Horror Hotel International Film Festival
 2026-04-01 04/01/2026
5 5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars
Scriptapalooza Features & Shorts Competition
 2026-04-06 04/06/2026
4.42857142857 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
Script Competition New Media Film Festival Los Angeles
2026-04-06 04/06/2026
3 3 stars3 stars3 stars
Faith in Film: International Film Festival and Screenwriting Competition
 2026-04-09 04/09/2026
4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Los Angeles Crime and Horror Film Festival
 2026-04-11 04/11/2026
4.63636363636 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
Canadian Short Screenplay Competition
 2026-04-12 04/12/2026
0 n/a
The Crime List
 2026-04-19 04/19/2026
2.27272727273 2.5 stars2.5 stars2.5 stars
True Story Showcase
 2026-05-17 05/17/2026
2.42857142857 2.5 stars2.5 stars2.5 stars
Adapted Story Showcase
 2026-06-14 06/14/2026
3.46153846154 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars
San Francisco International Screenwriting Competition & Film Awards
 2026-06-18 06/18/2026
3.66666666667 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars
Scriptation Showcase Features & Shorts Category
 2026-07-19 07/19/2026
3.11111111111 3 stars3 stars3 stars
Rome Independent Film Festival
 2026-07-31 07/31/2026
2.45454545455 2.5 stars2.5 stars2.5 stars
Nantucket Film Festival Screenplay Competition
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3.73148148148 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars
Slamdance Screenplay Competition
 08/01/2025 (expired)
1.75757575758 2 stars2 stars
Fade In Awards
 Contact contest for deadline info.
4.63636363636 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
Austin Film Festival Script Competition
 05/27/2025 (expired)
3.71825396825 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars
Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Contest
 06/30/2025 (expired)
2.46153846154 2.5 stars2.5 stars2.5 stars
Moondance International Film Festival
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3.02941176471 3 stars3 stars3 stars
The 15th Annual American Gem Short Script & Literary Festival
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2 2 stars2 stars
LA Shorts Screenplay Competition
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5 5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars
2025 PAGE International Screenwriting Awards
 05/15/2025 (expired)
2.27272727273 2.5 stars2.5 stars2.5 stars
NYC Midnight Screenwriter's Challenge
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2.44444444444 2.5 stars2.5 stars2.5 stars
Eerie Horror Screenplay Competition
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4.33333333333 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
The Indie Gathering International Film Festival
 06/06/2025 (expired)
3.96428571429 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Big Apple Film Festival Screenplay Competition
 10/10/2025 (expired)
4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Rod Serling Short Script Competition
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2.46153846154 2.5 stars2.5 stars2.5 stars
Vail Film Festival Screenwriting Competition
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4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
GIAA Festival of Short Movies and Screenplays
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3 3 stars3 stars3 stars
Omaha Film Festival
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2.18181818182 2 stars2 stars
London Independent Film Festival
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3 3 stars3 stars3 stars
Zed Fest Schlock Horror Short Sreenplay Contest
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0 n/a
Ventura Film Festival
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3.6 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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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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4.25 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
Nashville Film Festival Screenwriting Competition
 05/18/2025 (expired)
0 n/a
Hill Country Film Festival
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0 n/a
Snake Alley Festival of Film
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1.8 2 stars2 stars
West Field Screenwriting Awards
 Contact contest for deadline info.
4.22727272727 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
HollyShorts Screenplay Contest
 06/02/2025 (expired)
3.22222222222 3 stars3 stars3 stars
L.A. Neo Noir Novel, Film, & Script Festival
 10/31/2024 (expired)
4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
New Hope Film Festival Script Competition
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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
 09/02/2024 (expired)
4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
168 Write of Passage
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3.6 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars
Austin Revolution Film Festival
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0 n/a
Pennsylvania Short Screenplay Competition
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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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2.90909090909 3 stars3 stars3 stars
Other Worlds Austin SciFi Screenwriting Contest
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0 n/a
Hang onto Your Shorts Film Festival
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3.5 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars
Depth of Field International Film Festival
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4.57894736842 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
Creative Screenwriting Shoot Your Short Competition
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4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
GenreBlast Film Festival
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4.66666666667 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
13Horror.com Film & Screenplay Contest
09/21/2025 (expired)
4.16666666667 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Filmmatic Comedy Screenplay Awards
 07/31/2025 (expired)
0 n/a
New Renaissance Film Fest (London, UK)
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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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3.73333333333 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars
Capital Fund Screenplay Competiton
 06/17/2025 (expired)
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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4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Art of Brooklyn Screenplay Contest
 05/01/2025 (expired)
0 n/a
Apeiron Films Screenplay Competition
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2 2 stars2 stars
Sherman Oaks Film Festival
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2.6 2.5 stars2.5 stars2.5 stars
Barnstorm Fest
 11/30/2023 (expired)
0 n/a
theOFFICE 2024 Writing Fellowship
 09/23/2024 (expired)
0 n/a
Grave Intentions Horror Anthology & Screenplay Contest
 Contact contest for deadline info.
3.85714285714 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
BOLT
Contact contest for deadline info.
4.36666666667 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
Inroads Screenwriting Fellowship
 03/31/2025 (expired)
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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0 n/a
New York City Horror Film Festival Screenplay Competition
 09/01/2025 (expired)
3.5 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars
BEYOND: The Cary Film Festival
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4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
New Orleans Film Festival Screenplay Competition
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3 3 stars3 stars3 stars
Boomtown Film and Music Festival
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3 3 stars3 stars3 stars
WRPN Women's International Film Festival
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4.0625 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Your Script Produced! 4th Edition
 06/13/2025 (expired)
0 n/a
New York New Stories
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3.92857142857 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
New York International Screenplay Awards
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1 1 star
Genre Celebration Festival
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4.11111111111 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Filmmatic TV Pilot Awards
 08/20/2025 (expired)
1 1 star
Holly Weird Film Festival Screenplay Contest
 04/15/2025 (expired)
0 n/a
Get It Made
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4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Circa Historical Screenplay Competition
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3 3 stars3 stars3 stars
Orlando International Film Festival
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3.4 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars
Page Turner Screenplays - First 15
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4.53846153846 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
Filmmatic Drama Screenplay Awards
 04/30/2025 (expired)
4.41176470588 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
Filmmatic Short Screenplay Awards
 05/20/2025 (expired)
0 n/a
Screenplay Awards: Elements of Story
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0 n/a
Dumbo Screenwriting Competition
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0 n/a
Summer in the South Film Festival
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2 2 stars2 stars
Screenwriting Staffing's Query Letter Contest (Season 2)
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3.1 3 stars3 stars3 stars
Page Turner Awards
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2.6 2.5 stars2.5 stars2.5 stars
The TITAN Awards
 06/30/2024 (expired)
2 2 stars2 stars
Dallas International Film Festival
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0 n/a
Houston International Sports Film Festival Screenplay Championship
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4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Nice International Film Festival
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0 n/a
IndieBoom HORROR SHORTS Script Contest
 08/10/2025 (expired)
2.6 2.5 stars2.5 stars2.5 stars
SunVale Script Contest
 09/30/2024 (expired)
3.6 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars
Reno-Tahoe Screenplay Contest
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0 n/a
SimplyScripts Halloween One Week Challenge
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0 n/a
Unsolicited Scripts Short Film Fund
 06/15/2024 (expired)
4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
WRPN.tv Screenplay Competition
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0 n/a
Shore Scripts Script Development Fund
 05/02/2025 (expired)
0 n/a
Family Friendly Peer Review Screenwriting Festival - Season THREE
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4.66666666667 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
Filmmatic Sci-Fi/Fantasy Awards
 09/30/2025 (expired)
0 n/a
AoBFF Comedy Short Script Contest
 10/31/2024 (expired)
4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Culver City Film Festival
 12/06/2024 (expired)
0 n/a
Roadmap Writers Shorts Competition
 02/22/2025 (expired)
0 n/a
The Great American Script Contest
06/19/2025 (expired)
0 n/a
Franzi Shorts
 09/03/2025 (expired)
0 n/a
100 Voices of Florida
 07/31/2025 (expired)
4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Kinolime Shorts Competition
 09/18/2025 (expired)
0 n/a
Scriptwriters Network's Short Story Film Program
 09/30/2025 (expired)
2.9 3 stars3 stars3 stars
Wildsound Reading Series
 Monthly.
3.22727272727 3 stars3 stars3 stars
Wildsound 1st Scene Screenplay Contest
 Monthly.
2.11111111111 2 stars2 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.
2.5 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.
4.39583333333 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
Wiki: The World's FASTEST Screenplay Contest
 Monthly.
4.54285714286 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
The Santa Barbara International Screenplay Awards
 Monthly.
4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Palm Springs International Screenplay Awards & Pitch Deck-Sizzle Reel-Trailer Contest
 Monthly.

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