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Final Deadline: 09/05/2012 (expired)
>The goal of the Los Angeles Cinema Festival of Hollywood is to recognize and award talented independent filmmakers and Writers, therefore helping them to increase their distribution and project funding opportunities.
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Final Deadline: 09/15/2012 (expired)
Love. The Social Uprising, Resistance and Grassroots Encouragement (SURGE!) Film Festival starts our mission statement with a personal statement of love for everyone all over the world. SURGE was founded over half a decade ago with no funds and no grants based on the foundation of love, equality, access and creating a better world. We made certain that general admission to all films and script reading exhibitions remained free of charge to ensure access to all and we know it is only by love and the will of the people that we not only continue to exist.
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Final Deadline: 09/15/2012 (expired)
This program is sponsored by Drs. Bill & Camille Cosby. It's purpose is to Increase the pool of talented, qualified African-American writers in the entertainment industry.
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Final Deadline: 09/30/2012 (expired)
The Pulsar Sci-Fi Screenplay Contest is an international screenplay contest dedicated exclusively to Sci-Fi. Our promises to each entrant: Your screenplay will be read by someone who loves Sci-Fi. With other contests, Sci-Fi scripts are often viewed in a lesser light than traditional material such as drama. At Pulsar, we love Sci-Fi!
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Final Deadline: 09/30/2012 (expired)
Reel Authors is the FIRST contest to GUARANTEE that each script will only be allocated to a reader who enjoys that particular genre. Reel Authors has been set up by film industry professionals to encourage NEW writing talent and to BANISH genre subjectivity in screenplay and teleplay contests. We our the first contest to offer a 'script to reader genre match' guarantee.
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Final Deadline: 09/30/2012 (expired)
The 1st Annual LA NEO-NOIR EROTIC FILM FEST (LANNEFF) is searching for the world's darkest, sexiest, crime shorts from today's screenwriters and filmmakers. LANNEFF is the ONLY film festival in the world that features a walking tour of historic film noir landmarks with live film noir events, a film screening of the best films from emerging talent, an awards show judged by potential producers of artists selected, and a reception at the place many consider to be the birthplace of film noir, The Chop Suey Cafe.
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Final Deadline: 09/30/2012 (expired)
Our Objective is to provide new writers with feedback, exposure and cool prizes they can show their friends. Our mission at the-GreenLight.com is to provide new writers with helpful insight and tools to make their writing better.
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Final Deadline: 10/04/2012 (expired)
The San Francisco Film Society/Kenneth Rainin Foundation Filmmaking Grants support feature narrative films that through plot, character, theme or setting explore human and civil rights, anti-discrimination, gender and sexual identity and other social issues of our time. This is NOT a documentary grant. The grants, which run 2009–13, are awarded in the spring and fall of each year.
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Final Deadline: 10/12/2012 (expired)
To promote talented people and to give them the opportunity to receive feedback from production professionals as well as meet European decision-makers of the advertising industry in order to start or to develop a career in advertising. To allow mutual discovery between scriptwriters and producers, every project will be read by members of the Production Cristal Academy.
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Final Deadline: 10/28/2012 (expired)
We don't offer any of the usual screenplay contest smoke and mirrors. No coverage from someone being paid $10 per script (please ask Mom). No cash (please ask Grandma) or writing clinics from gurus who have never sold a screenplay (Dad?). What our winners do receive is: INDUSTRY ACCESS AND INDUSTRY READS.
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Final Deadline: 11/09/2012 (expired)
We strive to discover & develop talented writers while offering superior transparency regarding our competition. FEATURES: Recognizing a lack of distinct voices in the screenplays being produced, GSISC has devoted our competition to finding brilliant feature scripts and developing them with our winners to ensure they are production ready.
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Final Deadline: 11/10/2012 (expired)
To promote and support new talent and continue our pledge of creating opportunities for new writers by providing financial rewards, software to assist in future projects, and promotion of the writer and project to agents, studios and production companies. Our winners are routinely requested by top entertainment industry people and many winners have either gained representation and/or had their screenplays optioned.
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Final Deadline: 11/15/2012 (expired)
Our goal is to help you develop as a storyteller! So why not have a 'story' consultation session for your next screenplay with the MASTER of STORY? The new season of the Emerging Screenwriters Screenplay Competition is proud to announce that Robert McKee has agreed to help you DEVELOP YOUR next story! This is a rare opportunity to sit down with the world's most authoritative story mentor and change the way you tell stories! ENTER TODAY.
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Final Deadline: 11/25/2012 (expired)
To discover innovative, marketable, high-concept projects for studio-level development, including feature screenplays, TV material, and media content.
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Final Deadline: 11/30/2012 (expired)
Can't wait until the official Moondance 2013 call-for-entries in December? Starting October 1, through November 30, 2012, Moondance is offering you the opportunity to get your submission in right now for this special short competition! Here’s the deal: Submit your screenplays, short stories, TV pilots, films, music & etc. (see all competition categories) for the lowest entry fee of the year, only $25, during October & November 2012, postmark deadline November 30, for the "FAST-FORWARD" contest.
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Final Deadline: 12/01/2012 (expired)
The competition focuses on showcasing the work of emerging screenwriters who have not had their work produced or optioned. The competition is especially committed to encouraging writers from rural areas.
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Final Deadline: 12/01/2012 (expired)
The Garden State Film Festival was founded in 2008 to promote the art of filmmaking on all levels by showcasing a wide variety of film, video and animated works, as well as to provide educational programs in the creative arts to the public by industry leaders. Our goal is to present films of the highest quality in both production value and content.
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Final Deadline: 12/14/2012 (expired)
To provide feedback and exposure to screenplay writers who have written screenplays that take place inside and outside of Arizona.
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Final Deadline: 12/15/2012 (expired)
Contest will help writers open the Hollywood Door.
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Final Deadline: 12/15/2012 (expired)
The objective of the Script Showcase Screenwriting Competition is to give writers a chance to set their work apart from the pack, giving them tremendous industry access along with prizes and giveaways!
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Final Deadline: 12/15/2012 (expired)
Provide an opportunity for novice and experienced writers who are seeking to have their project read for consideration.
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Final Deadline: 12/22/2012 (expired)
To give the best student screenwriters a rare opportunity at studio-level industry exposure and foster new talent in the early stages of their careers.
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Final Deadline: 12/31/2012 (expired)
Unlike most scriptwriting competitions that require full-length screenplays for movies, scripts for television, or manuscripts for novels – the "TV ME!" Contest requires only a five to fifteen (5-15) page “pitch” of a fresh, new, creative and unique idea for television content. Individuals and writing teams compete for awards and prizes in three different categories.
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Final Deadline: 12/31/2012 (expired)
The goal of the Red Eye Writing is to discover and build relationships with talented screenwriters.
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Final Deadline: 12/31/2012 (expired)
To discover original, high-concept TV show ideas and develop the winning material with the writer for circulation network execs and television producers.
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Final Deadline: 12/31/2012 (expired)
To discover original, high-concept feature film ideas and develop the winning material with the writer for studio circulation.
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Final Deadline: 12/31/2012 (expired)
The TSA is a professionally oriented organization, striving to develop more avenues to help our members and community prepare for the real world of the entertainment business.
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Final Deadline: 01/10/2013 (expired)
There are dozens of screenwriting competitions, but which screenplay from among the winners of all of these quality competitions is the best of the best? The Contest of Contest Winners hopes to answer that question and shine the spotlight on many accomplished, award-winning screenplays in what amounts to a definitive last shuffle of an elite pack.
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Final Deadline: 01/14/2013 (expired)
The number one stop for comedy scripts and comedy short films! L.A. Comedy Shorts Film Festival and Screenplay Competition is dedicated to getting you noticed. Getting you introduced to people who will hire you. Oh yeah, and we REALLY want you to have a good time! ABOUT THE FESTIVAL In our first four years, we were voted one of the ''Top Ten Film Festivals in the U.
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Final Deadline: 01/15/2013 (expired)
The screenplay award is organized and promoted by the RIFF. The intent is to offer new filmmakers a concrete opportunity to grow professionally by developing their films, and making them accessible to the public.
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Final Deadline: 01/15/2013 (expired)
KAYfilms Productions is seeking a short comedic screenplay (under 30 pages) for production. The value of the screenplay should lie in witty dialogue and character development. In other words: Minimal foul language No nudity No major special effects Flexible locations (outdoor preferred) No expensive props The winning writer will receive 20% of any proceeds from the film.
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Final Deadline: 01/16/2013 (expired)
Before any film is cast, financed, produced or distributed, there must be a high quality screenplay. The Los Angeles Screenplay Competition is run by people who produce feature films. We are specifically looking for screenplays to produce and talented screenwriters to contract to write screenplays for production.
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Final Deadline: 01/31/2013 (expired)
Our goal is threefold: help writers improve their craft, celebrate our best work, and connect writers and their scripts with filmmakers.
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Final Deadline: 01/31/2013 (expired)
Contest founded in 1988 to provide an opportunity to compete with talent from around the world. The 42nd Annual WorldFest offers Cash Awards, Special Screenplay Master Classes, significant mentoring and project development opportunities during the ten-day festival. More than 550 international filmmakers and writers attend each year. All Remi Nominees receive VIP Gold All Access Passes to the Festival and the Master Classes (A $800 value).
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Final Deadline: 02/08/2013 (expired)
IFFF builds a peaceful global family through the discovery and sharing of quality stories by emerging artists and productions companies.
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Final Deadline: 02/10/2013 (expired)
Batten down the hatches - the STORM is upon us! Welcome, friends, to the sixth annual Writers on the Storm Screenplay Competition. It's been a pleasure to bring this contest to you all for the past few years. And last time out, we got our runner-up Jeremy Shipp (Sleight of Hand) and honorable mention Paul Moxham (Vertically Challenged) signed -- to UNITED TALENT AGENCY and MURAVIOV COMPANY respectively.
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Final Deadline: 02/15/2013 (expired)
The Armenian Dramatic Arts Alliance is pleased to announce the Lillian & Varnum Paul Screenwriting Contest. A $10,000 prize will be awarded in 2013 for a new screenplay based on Armenian themes. The award will be presented publicly at a special event. The award will be administered by the Armenian Dramatic Arts Alliance which has established a panel of noted theatre and film professionals to select the winning script.
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Final Deadline: 02/15/2013 (expired)
CineStory is a national non-profit dedicated to nurturing emerging screenwriters through mentorship programs. Winners of our competition have gone on to pen films such as IRON MAN, THE CHILDREN OF MEN, BALLAST, KING OF CALIFORNIA and 11:14. One of the main goals of the CineStory Screenwriting Awards is to select up-and-coming screenwriters for our mentorship programs.
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Final Deadline: 02/15/2013 (expired)
The United Film Festival Screenwriting Contest, now in its third year, is an opportunity for the United Film Festival to continue to grow our expansive United network and provide a forum for those who often get overlooked in the world of film production - "the screenwriter." The United Film Festival screens cutting-edge independent films and highly acclaimed classic movies with the audience in mind in six unique cities -Los Angeles, New York, London, San Francisco, Chicago, and Tulsa.
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Final Deadline: 02/25/2013 (expired)
History and the NYTVF awarding development deals for original unscripted, reality and doc TV programming. Submit your casting tape and series concept for the opportunity to receive funding, win $10k and participate in pilot production with History Channel. The History Unscripted Development Pipeline History, home of factual entertainment hits including Pawn Stars and American Pickers, is collaborating with the NYTVF on a new initiative to give independent artists and production companies a chance to develop fresh unscripted programming for cable's number two network.
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Final Deadline: 02/28/2013 (expired)
Nickelodeon’s Writing Program offers aspiring television writers, with diverse backgrounds and experiences, the opportunity to hone their skills while writing for our live action and animated shows. Participants will have hands-on interaction with executives writing spec scripts and pitching story ideas. ThePprogram, developed to broaden Nickelodeon's outreach efforts, provides a salaried position for up to one year.
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Final Deadline: 03/01/2013 (expired)
Kansas City Women in Film and Television (KCWIFT) is pleased to announce the second annual KCWIFT & Kansas City FilmFest Short Screenplay Contest. With regard to our mission of empowering, promoting, and mentoring women in the entertainment, media, and communications industries, KCWIFT has partnered with KC FilmFest, presented by the Kansas City Filmmakers Jubilee, to host an annual short screenwriting competition exclusively for female filmmakers/screenwriters.
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Final Deadline: 03/01/2013 (expired)
To inspire and encourage the creative spirit in writers.
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Final Deadline: 03/01/2013 (expired)
The 2013 Big Sur Screenwriting Workshop is most unique and rewarding screenwriting workshop in the known universe! The workshop, which will be held April 12-14, 2013 at the Lodge in Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park (25 miles south of Carmel, CA), will focus on works-in-progress. You must submit and be accepted before registering! The workshop offers participants: * A world-class faculty that includes Emmy Award-winners, Oscar nominees, the Chair of Film and Television Production at the USC School of Cinematic Arts, academia’s most accomplished professors and the industry’s most innovative producers.
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Final Deadline: 03/01/2013 (expired)
To help and encourage developing screenwriters in the craft of writing well.
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Final Deadline: 03/03/2013 (expired)
To shine a spotlight on new, fresh voices writing for television.
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Final Deadline: 03/15/2013 (expired)
Writers and Independent Producers: Think you could create NBC's next big, splashy drama TV hit? Earn $25k with NBC and the NYTVF. NBC is partnering with the New York Television Festival to discover aspiring writers, storytellers and television creators. They are looking for passionate ideas for hour-long drama pilots, with bold characters and specific and fresh points of view.
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Final Deadline: 03/15/2013 (expired)
A haunted event for the living an dead.
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Final Deadline: 03/15/2013 (expired)
Willamette Writers is soliciting entries for the 2013 FilmLab's "Script-to-Screen" short film scriptwriting competition. We seek writers with the ability to tell a compelling story quickly and cinematically, while adhering to a theme and a practical eye towards real-life movie production. Unique to scriptwriting contests, the Script-to-Screen Competition grand prize is this: we will produce a short film based on the winning script! The winning writer will have the opportunity to meet and collaborate with our production team, attend the filming- in short, to experience the collaborative process of filmmaking! The resulting film will premiere at the 2013 Willamette Writers Conference on Friday, August 2nd.
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Final Deadline: 03/15/2013 (expired)
The UCLA Extension Feature Film and Television Writing Competitions give students the opportunity to receive recognition for screenplays developed in the Writers' Program courses. From the initial scripts submitted to the competition, three finalists will receive in-depth mentoring prior to a final round of industry judging, cash prizes, and guaranteed reads by an agent, manager, producer or creative executive.
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