Table Read My Screenplay Names Austin Competition Winners

Updated: 09/17/2021

Nantucket by Mugs Cahill has been named the Grand Prize Winner of the 2021 Table Read My Screenplay Competition. Suicide at Noon by Merrit Schmidt was named the Shorts/Webseries Grand Prize Winner.

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HollyShorts Names Finalist Selections

The 8th annual HollyShorts Screenplay Contest has announced their Finalist Selections for 2021. Top 3 screenplays will be announced/awarded at the HollyShorts Awards Ceremony and the winning scripts receive production deals courtesy of The Seattle Film Summit and 88th Street Productions. [Updated: 09/17/2021]

CineStory Names Fellowship Winners

CineStory has named Laila Ujayli and Zaina Ujayli as their 2021 joint Feature Fellowship winners. Their Fellowship-winning script, FOUR FLOORS IN RAQQA, based on a true story, is about a headstrong woman who braves bombs and execution in ISIS-occupied Raqqa to protect her neighborhood and the home she built with her siblings. [Updated: 09/16/2021]

Write LA Names Contest Semifinalists

Write LA has announced their top 15 semifinalists and honorable mentions. [Updated: 09/15/2021]

Page Names 2021 Finalists

The Page International Screenwriting Awards has announced their 2021 finalists in each of their ten Genre Categories. [Updated: 09/15/2021]

Wiki Contest Names August Winners

Abilene by David Keith Holloway has been named the Best Screenplay Winner for the August 2021 Wiki Screenplay Contest. Vanity by Susan Cain was named Best TV Pilot, and A New Conversation by Rob Sheely was named Best Short Script. [Updated: 09/11/2021]

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