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HollyShorts Names Screenplay Finalists

The 4th annual HollyShorts Screenplay Contest has announced its list of finalists. The top 3 screenplays will be announced/awarded at the HollyShorts Awards Ceremony August 19th and the winning script will receive a $10,000 production deal courtesy of Evil Slave.

Finish Line Names Contest Quarterfinalists

The Finish Line Script Competition has announced their TV Pilot and Screenplay Quarterfinalists from among more than 1,100 submissions.

CWA Names 2017 Semifinalists

The Creative World Awards has announced their 2017 semifinalists.

ScreenCraft Names Comedy Winner

The Triple Engagement by Robert Troccolo has been named the Grand Prize Winner of the 2017 ScreenCraft Comedy Screenplay Contest. The script is described as a fun and entertaining romantic comedy that marries concept and character.

BlueCat Names Quarterfinalists

BlueCat has named their 2017 Contest Quarterfinalists for Features, Pilots, and Shorts.

PAGE Names 2017 Semifinalists

The PAGE International Screenwriting Awards has announced their Semifinalists for 2017 -- the top 25 scripts in each of the contest’s ten genre categories.

CWA Names 2017 Quarterfinalists

The Creative World Awards has announced their 2017 quarterfinalists.

HollyShorts Names Screenplay Selections

HollyShorts has announced their 2017 Screenplay Selections.

Scriptapalooza Announces Semifinalists

Scriptapalooza has named their 2017 Screenplay Contest Semifinalists.

Writers Lab Names 2017 Participants

The Writers Lab, funded by Meryl Streep and Oprah Winfrey, has announced the screenwriters selected to participate in the 2017 Lab. The program is the only lab in the world devoted to providing script development for women writers over the age of 40. It is produced by New York Women in Film & Television (NYWIFT) and IRIS, in collaboration with The Writers Guild of America, East.

TrackingB Names TV Contest Winners & Finalists

Botany Bay by Eleanor Burgess has been named the winner of the TrackingB TV Contest.

Scriptapalooza Names Quarterfinalists

Scriptapalooza has announced their 2017 quarterfinalists. Semifinalists will be announced August 6th.

CWA Names 2017 Preliminary Finalists

The Creative World Awards has announced their 2017 Preliminary Finalists.

WILDsound Names July, 2017 Contest Winners

WILDSound has named their 17 contest-winning screenplays for July, 2017.

CineStory Names 2017 Feature Semifinalists

CineStory has announced their 2017 Feature Retreat and Fellowship semifinalists.

Acclaim Names 2017 TV and Film Contest Winners

Cara Hanson's romantic comedy Fourth Down and Love took top honors in the Acclaim feature screenplay category, while Josh Bressler's Playing By Ear, a pilot centered around a jazz genius, won the pilot/MOW contest. Matt Kenny's TV spec for Archer, Registered Sexy Offender won the TV spec contest.

Acclaim Names 2017 TV and Film Contest Winners

Cara Hanson's romantic comedy Fourth Down and Love took top honors in the Acclaim feature screenplay category, while Josh Bressler's Playing By Ear, a pilot centered around a jazz genius, won the pilot/MOW contest. Matt Kenny's TV spec for Archer, Registered Sexy Offender won the TV spec contest.

ScreenCraft Fellow/LaunchPad Winner Sells Original Pilot to Endgame Entertainment

ScreenCraft Fellow TA Snyder, one of the winners of the inaugural ScreenCraft Screenwriting Fellowship, has sold his original pilot DEAD MEN to Endgame Entertainment.

ScreenCraft Names Jamaica Residency Attendees

Screencraft has the named the four writers who will receive free tuition to attend the inaugural ScreenCraft Screenwriters Residency Program in Treasure Beach, Jamaica, presented by the Calabash Literary Festival and the Jamaica Film & Television Association (JAFTA).

PAGE Names 2017 Quarterfinalists

The PAGE International Screenwriting Awards has announced their Quarterfinalists for 2017, representing the top 10% of all entries in this year's contest.

WILDsound Names June, 2017 Screenplay Winners

ScreenCraft Names Sci-Fi Contest Winner

Pandorium by Graham Parke has been selected as the winner of the 2017 ScreenCraft Sci-Fi Screenplay Competition. The script - an original, high-concept time travel odyssey - features a compelling father/daughter relationship at its core, and centers on a young scientist who discovers a way to track time travelers.

Shore Scripts Winner Optioned by Stephen Woolley

Shore Scripts has announced that their 2016 contest winner The Accessor, by MrsandMrThomas (Nell & Dave Garfath-Cox) has been optioned by Oscar nominated producer, Stephen Woolley (Their Finest).

Scriptapalooza Fellowship Retreat Video

2017 Scriptapalooza Fellowship recipient Jonathan Ammon's has posted a video from his Costa Rica Writers Retreat.

ScreenCraft Names Comedy Quarterfinalists

ScreenCraft has named their Comedy Screenplay Contest quarterfinalists from among more than 1,100 submissions. Semifinalists will be announced July 7th.

WeScreenplay Names Short Film Fund Winner

Borders of the Imagination, by Benjamin Friedman, has been named the winner of the inaugural season of WeScreenplay's Short Film Fund.

Script Pipeline Names 2017 Quarterfinalists

Quarterfinalists have been announced for the 2017 Script Pipeline Screenwriting Competition. Semifinalists will be announced June 26th.

StoryPros Awards Names Contest Winners

Bella And The Bear by Nicholas Clifford has been named the Grand Prize Winner of the 10th Annual StoryPros Awards Screenwriting Competition.

Roadmap Writers Names Iconic Character Finalists

Last month, Roadmap Writers launched an industry-wide search for the next Iconic Character. Over a dozen organizations spread the word to their communities and now 30 finalists have been selected from almost 1,000 submissions

CineStory Names Quarterfinalists

Quarterfinalists have been announced for the 2017 CineStory Features Retreat.

StoryPros Awards Names Contest Finalists

Finalists have been announced for the 10th Annual StoryPros Awards Screenplay Contest. Winners will be announced on Thursday, June 15th.

Shore Scripts Names Short Film Fund Winner

Ben Gutteridge has been named the Shore Scripts 2017 Short Film Fund winner for his screenplay, The Naked Man. Ben will be awarded $9000 to produce his winning screenplay.

WildSound Names May, 2017 Contest Winners

ScreenCraft Names Sci-Fi Semifinalists

ScreenCraft has named the Semifinalists of their third annual Sci-Fi Screenplay Contest, representing the top ten percent of nearly 1,000 submissions received. This year's jury includes executives from 20th Century Fox, Sony Pictures and Lionsgate.

StoryPros Awards Names Semifinalists

Semifinalists have been announced for the 10th StoryPros Awards Screenplay Contest

StoryPros Awards Names Quarterfinalists

Quarterfinalists have been announced for the 10th StoryPros Awards Screenplay Contest

Shore Scripts Names Short Film Fund Finalists

Shore Scripts has announced ten finalists for their 2017 Short Film Fund Screenwriting Competition. The overall winner will be announced June 6th.

Diverse Voices Names Semifinalists

The Diverse Voices Screenwriting Competition has announced 175 semifinalists from among an entry pool of more than 900 submissions.

ScreenCraft Names Fellowship Winners

ScreenCraft has announced the recipients of the 4th annual ScreenCraft Screenwriting Fellowship. The program is designed to advance the careers of talented screenwriters through ongoing consultation and introductions to key entertainment executives and talent representatives.

Nashville Fest Names Screenplay Contest Winners

Lisa Gold's The Secret of Shangri-La has been named the Grand Prize Winning Feature Screenplay Winner of the 2017 Nashville Film Film Festival Screenwriting Competition. Raj Trivedi's Del Rio, Texas was named the Short Screenplay Winner.

WILDSound Names April, 2017 Contest Winners

Cinequest Names 2017 Winners and Finalists

Rubbish by John Dilley & Seth Corr has been named the Feature Screenplay Winner of the 2017 Cinequest Screenwriting Competition.

IFP Announces Projects for
Screen Forward Episodic Labs

The Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP) has announced the projects selected for the third annual Screen Forward Labs, IFP's yearlong fellowship for content creators with story-driven, serialized projects.

Nashville Fest Names Screenplay Contest Finalists

The Nashville Film Festival has named the 54 Finalists selected for their 4th annual Screenwriting Competition. Finalists were selected from over 1,300 submissions from all over the world.

WeScreenplay Names Short Film Fund Semifinalists

WeScreenplay has announced their 38 Short Film Fund Semifinalists.

ScreenCraft Names Fellowship Semifinalists

ScreenCraft has announced the semifinalists for this year's ScreenCraft Screenwriting Fellowship, representing approximately the top 10% of more than 2,000 submissions.

1st TV Script Writing Competition Names Finalists

Filmmakers.com has named the finalists of their second annual 1st TV Script Writing Competition. The Competition attracted a total of 715 entries worldwide.

Cannes Screenplay Contest Names Winners & Finalists

Some Elsewhere written by Tessa E. Duke has been named the Grand Prize Winner of the 2016 Cannes Screenplay Contest.

Fresh Voices Names Contest and Spotlight Award Winners

Glitches by Kelly Beck-Byrnes has been named the Grand Prize Winner of the 2016-17 Fresh Voices Screenwriting Competition. Genre and Spotlight Award winners have also been announced.

Scriptapalooza Names Fellowship Winners

Jonathan Ammon has been named the 2017 Scriptapalooza Fellowship winner for his script, Around the Solar System in 80 Days.

Tracking Board Names Launch Pad Winners

Charlie Neubauer's The Shell has been named the Overall Winner of the 2016 Launch Pad Feature Competition. The script is a sci-fi thriller described as MINORITY REPORT meets TRANSCENDENCE.

Scriptapalooza Fellowship Names Recommended Writers

The 2017 Scriptapalooza Fellowship has announced their 12 RECOMMENDED recipients. Out of these 12 writers, 5 will get a mentor for 3 months and 1 will go to Costa Rica for a Writer's Retreat. Winners will be announced on April 10th.

ScreenCraft Names Fellowship Finalists

ScreenCraft has announced their Fellowship Finalists from over 2,000 submissions.

Fresh Voices Names Finalists

The Fresh Voices Screenwriting Competition has announced their 2016/2017 finalists. Winners will be announced April 3rd.

WeScreenplay Names Short Screenplay Contest Quarterfinalists

WeScreenplay has announced their Short Screenplay contest quarterfinalists.

Scriptapalooza Posts Video Interviews with TV Contest Winners

Scriptapalooza has posted video interviews with recent contest winners David Schlow & Dan Sheehan, Shandton D. Williams II, and Robert Wheaton.

Interview with Table Read My Screenplay Winner Mark Grisar

Screenwriter Mark Grisar scored a big 2016 contest win when his script Cleaning House was selected as the winner of the London edition of the Table Read My Screenplay Contest. The script has been optioned for production and is scheduled to shoot this spring with Nick Quested attached to direct.

WeScreenplay Names Contest Winners

Kenlon Clark & William Rubio have been named the Grand Prize Winners of the WeScreenplay Screenwriting Contest for their script, Forged. Novelist Orson Scott Card (Ender's Game) was named the second place winner of the blindly-judged competition for his screenplay MESA 1966, along with Paul Gross for his script about Beethoven, Diminuendo. This year's WeScreenplay Competition attracted almost 1,000 submissions.

WildSound Names February Contest Winners

American Gem Names Semifinalists

American Gem and Write Brothers have announced the semifinalists of the 12th Annual American Gem Short Script and Literary Festival. American Gem Literary Festival attracted a total of 1,341 entries worldwide: 1,139 short scripts, 197 short stories and 5 Documentaries.

Filmmakers Names Screenplay Semifinalists

FilmMakers has announced the semifinalists of the 15th. Annual Filmmakers International Screenwriting Awards Competition. This Year's Contest attracted a total of 1587 scripts worldwide.

Filmmakers Names 1st TV Script Writing Semifinalists

Filmmakers has named the semifinalists of the second annual 1st TV Script Writing Competition.

Fresh Voices Names 2016-17 Semifinalists

Semifinalists have been announced for the 2016-17 Fresh Voices Screenwriting Competition.

CineStory Names 2017 TV/Digital Fellowship Winner

Chase Pletts has been named the Winner of the 2017 CineStory TV/Digital Fellowship for his Orignal Drama, The Loving Wrath of Eldon Quint.

Other Worlds Austin Announces 2016 Screenplay Contest Winners

As part of its ongoing mission to encourage work in Science Fiction, Other Worlds Austin held its second annual SciFi Screenplay Contest to reward creativity in its earliest stages and encourage writers to keep working in the genre.

Poe Films Names Poe Contest Winners

Bob Giordano of Springfield, TN, has been named the winner of The Poe Contest for his thriller "The Odds," about an abused but strong-willed woman who competes in a gruesome contest against unseen virtual competitors in a winner-take-all test of survival.

Final Draft Names 2016 Big Break Contest Winners

The Grand Prize winners of the 2016 Final Draft Big Break Contest were revealed at the 12th Annual Final Draft Awards on February 23rd, 2017.

Interview with ScreenCraft Horror/Thriller Winners Colin Dalvit & Andrew Lahmann

Colin Dalvit & Andrew Lahmann won the 2016 ScreenCraft Action & Thriller Screenplay Contest with their script The Timbermen, an action-horror hybrid about a desperate father and son who join a group of rough lumberjacks on a dangerous mission in the Washington Territory in 1878, and must then fight to survive ferocious monsters deep in the mountains of the Pacific Northwest.

Scriptapalooza Names TV Contest Winners

Scriptapalooza has named its latest Pilot, 1-Hour, Sitcom and Reality TV Contest winners.

Acclaim TV Names Fall/Winter 2016 Contest Winners

Acclaim TV has named their Fall/Winter 2016 Pilot/MOW and Spec Category Contest Winners.

Acclaim Film Names Fall/Winter 2016 Contest Winners

FLAWED by Alma Murray Dunham has been named the winner of the Fall/Winter 2016 Acclaim Film Screenwriting Competition.

TrackingB Feature Winner Michael Thai

Mike Thai studied filmmaking at USC, focusing primarily on production, but has now turned to screenwriting, as well. His sci-fi detective thriller 10G was the recent winner of the TrackingB Screenplay Contest.

Launch Pad Contest Names Top 75 Features

Tracking-Board.com has announced the top 75 features of the 2016 Launch Pad Screenwriting Competition.

WILDSound Names January 2017 Contest Winners

Watch the 20 WILDSound winning screenplays for January 2017 performed by professional actors.

Meryl Streep Funded Writers Lab Now Open for Submissions

The Writers Lab for women over 40, funded by Meryl Streep for its third year, is now open for submissions.

WeScreenplay Names Feature Script Semifinalists

WeScreenplay has named 70 semifinalists from among almost 1,000 submissions to their 2016 Feature Screnplay competition.

Scriptapalooza 2018 Fellowship Set for Los Angeles

The third annual Scriptapalooza Fellowship location has been revealed.

"After two amazing years in Costa Rica we are bringing the Fellowship to Los Angeles," said Mark Andrushko, President of Scriptapalooza. "The 2018 recipient will have an inspiring experience that is geared toward taking his/her writing to the next level."

Interview with Diverse Voices Feature Screenplay Winner Lillian Wang

Lillian Wang was recently named the Feature Screenplay Winner of the 2016 Diverse Voices Screenplay Competition for her script P.O. Box 1142, a story inspired by true, historical events about a Jewish interrogator stationed in a U.S. Nazi POW camp who learns that she must extract information from the high-ranking Nazi responsible for the death of her parents.

TrackingB Announces Feature Script Contest Results

Michael Thai has been named the overall winner of the 2016 TrackingB Feature Script competition for his script 10G.

Fresh Voices Names Quarterfinalists

The Fresh Voices Screenwriting Competition has announced their quarterfinalists for 2016/2017. (PDF format)

CineStory Names 2017 TV/Digital Semifinalists & Quarterfinalists

Semifinalists and Quarterfinalists have been named for the 2017 CineStory TV and Digital Writing Competition.

2016 ScreenCraft Action & Thriller Screenplay Contest Winners Announced

The Timbermen by Colin Dalvit & Andrew Lahmann (with story contributions by Ben Eisner) has been selected as the Grand Prize Winner of the 2016 ScreenCraft Action & Thriller Screenplay Contest.

Route One Entertainment and Roadmap Writers Announce Contest Winner

Dorothy Pecoraro-Bertram has been named the winner of the Route One Entertainment/Roadmap Writers' 1st Annual Screenwriting Contest for her drama Sabiya, which has now been optioned by Route One Entertainment.

Diverse Voices Names Fall, 2016 Contest Winners

The Last Bookstore, by Brook Purdy and Colette Freedman, has been named the Grand Prize Winner of the Fall, 2016 Diverse Voices Screenwriting Competition. Lillian Wang's P.O. BOX 1142 was the Feature Screenplay Winner, while Phoenix by Natasha M. Hall won the TV Category. The Short Screenplay category winner was In One Split Second by Chloe Owens.

Scriptapalooza Screenplay Competition Producer Requests

WILDSound Names December Festival Selections

The last month of 2016 was a landmark month for the festival. Not only did they showcase 4 film festival dates in Los Angeles and Toronto, they also performed the most screenplay winning readings ever in one month. While most festivals and the industry itself shuts down in December, WILDsound had its most productive month in its history.

1st TV Script Writing Competition Names Quarterfinalists

Filmmakers has named quarterfinalists of 1st TV Script Writing Competition. The competition attracted a total of 715 entries worldwide.

Filmmakers Names Quarterfinalists

FilmMakers has announced the quarterfinals of the 15th Annual Filmmakers International Screenwriting Awards Competition. This Year's Contest attracted a total of 1587 scripts worldwide.

American Gem Names Quarterfinalists

American Gem and Write Brothers have announced the quarterfinalists of the 12th Annual American Gem Short Script and Literary Festival. American Gem Literary Festival attracted a total of 1,341 entries worldwide, 1,139 short scripts, 197 short stories and 5 Documentaries.

Which Screenplay Contests Should You Enter in 2017?

Screenwriting contests are not a one-size-fits-all affair. While there are obvious benefits to winning a huge and prestigious competition like the Nicholl Fellowships, smaller contests can be just as valuable if they hook you up with a judge who wants to option your screenplay, or a manager who wants to represent your work.

StoryPros International Names Contest Winners

Black Marble by Chance Muehleck has been named the Grand Prize Winner of the 2016 StoryPros International Screenwriting Competition.

Fan Fiction Names 2016 Contest Winners

Fan Fiction Screenplay has announced its 2016 winning screenplays. All winning scripts were performed by professional actors and and can be viewed online.

Roadmap Writers Names Contest Finalists

Roadmap Writers and Route One Entertainment's have announced the finalists of their 1st Annual Feature and TV Writing Contest. The 20 finalists will have private interviews with Route One Entertainment for further consideration for the Grand Prize.

StoryPros International Names Finalists

Finalists have been announced for the 2016 StoryPros International Screenwriting Competition.

StoryPros International Names Semifinalists

Semifinalists have been announced for the 10th Annual StoryPros International Screenplay Contest.

WILDSound Names November Contest Winners

Bohemia Group Originals Options Two Scriptapalooza Winners

Bohemia Group Originals, a management company, recently optioned two Scriptapalooza winners, the 2016 winning script, a historical drama, Battle, by Aaron Brophy as well runner-up, The Clock Maker, a fun action packed script by Dan Schmidt.

Shore Scripts Names Contest Winners

Shore Scripts has named their 2016 Feature, TV Pilot & Short script category winners.

Interview with ScreenCraft Horror Contest Winner Craig Peters

Craig Peters studied theatre at Stanford and UC Riverside, then moved to Los Angeles and slowly made the transition from acting to writing. His horror screenplay The 49th Day was selected for the prestigious "BloodList", an annual list highlighting the top 13 most well-liked, unproduced horror scripts of the year. The 49th Day was also named the 2016 winner of the ScreenCraft Horror Screenwriting Competition.

StoryPros International Names Quarterfinalists

Quarterfinalists have been announced for the 10th Annual StoryPros International Screenplay Contest. Semifinalists SEMIFINALISTS will be announced Friday, December 2nd.