Table Read My Screenplay Hollywood Competition
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A Career-Launching Experience at AFM and Beyond
This isn't your typical table read.
Take your screenplay from the page to the global stage with Table Read My Screenplay. This years Grand Prize Winner will experience two unmatched career opportunities: a professionally directed live staged reading with seasoned actors and a chance to pitch their project at the 2025 American Film Market® (AFM)—one of the film industry’s most powerful and prestigious gatherings. Present your pitch live on stage to a room full of producers, agents, and executives, and receive candid, professional feedback designed to elevate your project.
The Grand Prize Winner will receive flight and accommodations in Hollywood and consideration for the ISA Development Slate. Show More
Deadline/Entry Fees
Deadline | Date Days till: |
Entry Fee |
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Mega Early | May 29, 2025 | $39 |
Early | June 19, 2025 | $59 |
Regular | July 10, 2025 10 |
$69 |
Final | August 7, 2025 38 |
$89 |
Notification: Quarter-Finalists: September 4, 2025; Semi-Finalists: September 11, 2025; Finalists - Top 10: September 25, 2025; Grand Prize Winner: October 02, 2025
Eligibility
Open to anyone (See rules for exceptions.)Rules
Please see the website.Awards
Grand Prize Winner
- 1 Platinum Badge for the 2025 American Film Market (Valued at $1,295) November 11 - 15th at the Fairmont Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles, CA.
- Opportunity to pitch live on stage during the AFM Pitch Conference A distinguished panel will provide candid, constructive feedback on strengths and areas for improvement.
- Table Read Performance - Experience a live staged reading of your script with a professional director and actors.
- Trip to Hollywood
- Flight and accommodations will be provided.
- Meeting with ISA Development Executive Writers chosen for the ISA Development Slate are championed to top agents, managers, and producing contacts. Learn More
- Two 1-Hour Consultation Sessions with Suzanne Gundersen of ScreenwriteNOW
- Interview with Film Inquiry
- 1-Year Subscription to Scriptation.
- Custom Poster
- 12-Month ISAConnect Membership
- Access to the most comprehensive platform for screenwriters.
Table Read

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Los Angeles, CA
Web:
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Email:
Info@TableReadMyScreenplay.com
Contact: Dana Barney, Administrator
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(3.8/5.0) |
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Table Read My Screenplay Competition

Contact
Los Angeles, CA
Web:
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Email:
Info@TableReadMyScreenplay.com
Contact: Dana Barney, Administrator
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(4.1/5.0) |
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(4.0/5.0) |
Signficance: |
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(3.8/5.0) |
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Table Read My Screenplay Names Austin Competition Winners
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.
Grand Prize Winner
Nantucket by Mugs Cahill
Grand Prize Shorts/Webseries Winner
Suicide at Noon by Merrit Schmidt
Genre Winners:
Action/ Adventure
Gristle by Heidi Hornbacher
Comedy
The Carpet of Kunduz by Nicole Landau
Drama
Cinemagic by Jason Fraley
Historical/bio
American Way by Jake Thomas
Horror/Sci-fi
Tonathiu by Alexis Kirke
Mystery Thriller
Nantucket by Mugs Cahill
Honorable Mentions
They Also Serve by John McCarney (Drama)
24 Beverley House by Elaine Sterling (Thriller)
Top Ten Finalists by Genre:
ACTION/ADVENTURE
Black Star by John Dover
Blood and Dreams - "Complicit" by Suzanne Griffin
Boat People by David Kane
Five Queens by Craig Berger
Gristle by Heidi Hornbacher
James and Peter by Brian Jude
Spoiler by Michael Sajewski
The Grey Eminence by Dru Bhattacharya
A White and Savage Land by Alex Rivers
Wishing Well by Gary Bickal
COMEDY
Asians Can't Play Jazz by Carlos Gutierrez and Michael Goldenberg
Be Like the Flower by Stephanie Kyung Sun Walters
Cheaters by Caitlin Gallo and Brittany Harris
F-YOU! I'm a Teacher by Michael Lipoma
Holiday HOA by Kate Longoria
I'm Your Bio Mom by Elena Zaretsky
Into the Mystic by Patricia Meyer
Lady Killer by Ali MacLean
Mourning Glory by Katie Frorer
The Carpet from Kunduz by Nicole Landau
DRAMA
Cinemagic by Jason Fraley
Counselor by Joshua Tate
Flinch by Steve Savitz
Legacy by Rebekah Reaves
No Man's Land by Rachel McClard
Santa's Suicide by Bob Reynolds and Larry Hendricks
Strays by Robert Wooldridge
The Man Doctrine by Christopher Prince
They Also Serve... by John McCarney
When the World was Green by John Adams
HISTORICAL/BIO
American Way by Jake Thomas
Declaration of Conscience by Beth Milstein
Dust by William Zide
Garment by Shannon Amborn
I Enjoy Being a Girl! by Brandon Krajewski
Savage by Katy Dore
Saving Mark Twain by Staton Rabin
Secret Ellington by Trai Cartwright and Arthur O. Thomas
The Last Indian War by Michael Graf
The Red White & Brutes! by Alex M Langenfeld
HORROR/SCI FI
Blackfriar by Chris Bolton
Ephemeral by Justin Olson
Hard Out by Lee Ross
Junkyard Demon by Sheldon Gleisser
Lumi by Jon Brecto
Mental by Warren Clarke
The Jump by John Killoran
The Nut Farm by Warren Clarke
Tonathiu by Alexis Kirke
Unicorn Down by Jodi Davis
MYSTERY/CRIME/THRILLER
24 Beverley House by Elaine Stirling
Blood Brothers by Cynthia Riddle and Peter Hunziker
By the Book by Andrea Lawson
Coyote by Fredrick Leach
Fits the Crime by Steve Blame
Made of Dishonor by Megan Bacharach
Nantucket by Mugs Cahill
Nebraska Shuffle by Elisa Bell
Nightfall by Lynn McPherson
The Image Makers by Marina Shron
SHORT/WEBSERIES TOP 10
A is for Ammo by Jordan Vazcones
Bienvenidos a Los Angeles by Lisa Cole
Bomb Girl Ballet by Jennifer Giacalone
Everything's Fine by Christina Hulen
Fishmonger by Neil Ferron
Heavy Hitter by Liesel Galletly
Hide Your Crazy by Austin Kase
Shakespeare's Heroines at the Gynecologist by Chriselle Almeida
Suicide at Noon by Merrit Schmidt
The People of Long, Long Ago v. Caterpillar by Shaun Radecki
Updated: 09/17/2021
Table Read My Screenplay Competition

Contact
Los Angeles, CA
Web:
Click here
Email:
Info@TableReadMyScreenplay.com
Contact: Dana Barney, Administrator
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Overall: |
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(4.1/5.0) |
Professionalism: |
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(4.2/5.0) |
Feedback: |
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(4.0/5.0) |
Signficance: |
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(3.8/5.0) |
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