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Contests found: 163

Rating Contest Deadline
4.30434782609 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
The Indie Gathering International Film Festival
 2026-06-11 06/11/2026
4.66666666667 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
Creative Screenwriting TV Pilot Competition
 2026-06-11 06/11/2026
2.42857142857 2.5 stars2.5 stars2.5 stars
Adapted Story Showcase
 2026-06-14 06/14/2026
4.66666666667 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
13Horror.com Film & Screenplay Contest
2026-06-14 06/14/2026
0 n/a
Pitch to Page
 2026-06-26 06/26/2026
2.94736842105 3 stars3 stars3 stars
Breaking Walls Thriller Screenplay Contest
 2026-06-27 06/27/2026
0 n/a
Hollywood Genre Sci-Fi Screenplay Contest
 2026-06-27 06/27/2026
3.75 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Contest
 2026-06-29 06/29/2026
3.5 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars
Shore Scripts TV Pilot Mentorship Program
 2026-06-29 06/29/2026
4.16666666667 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Filmmatic Comedy Screenplay Awards
 2026-06-30 06/30/2026
4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Scriptapalooza Fellowship
 2026-07-01 07/01/2026
3 3 stars3 stars3 stars
Optimus Feedback Screenplay & TV Competition
 2026-07-01 07/01/2026
0 n/a
Story Farm Fellowship
 2026-07-02 07/02/2026
4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Hollywood Genre Action Screenplay Contest
 2026-07-04 07/04/2026
3.66666666667 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars
Scriptation Showcase Features & Shorts Category
 2026-07-19 07/19/2026
4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Outstanding Screenplays TV Pilot Competition
 2026-07-20 07/20/2026
3.11111111111 3 stars3 stars3 stars
Rome Independent Film Festival
 2026-07-31 07/31/2026
3 3 stars3 stars3 stars
Austin Comedy Film Festival
 2026-07-31 07/31/2026
2.33333333333 2.5 stars2.5 stars2.5 stars
Coverage Ink's Get Repped Now
 2026-08-02 08/02/2026
3.73148148148 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars
Slamdance Screenplay Competition
 2026-08-03 08/03/2026
4.13953488372 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Table Read My Screenplay AFM LA 26
 2026-08-06 08/06/2026
4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Seattle International Screenwriting Honors
 2026-08-06 08/06/2026
4.11111111111 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Filmmatic TV Pilot Awards
 2026-08-20 08/20/2026
0 n/a
Your Script Produced! Drama
 2026-08-28 08/28/2026
0 n/a
Your Script Produced! Horror
 2026-08-28 08/28/2026
0 n/a
Your Script Produced! Comedy
 2026-08-28 08/28/2026
0 n/a
Your Script Produced! Sci-Fi
 2026-08-28 08/28/2026
0 n/a
Your Script Produced! Action
 2026-08-28 08/28/2026
0 n/a
Your Script Produced! Faith Based
 2026-09-13 09/13/2026
4.0625 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Your Script Produced! 360
 2026-09-14 09/14/2026
0 n/a
Scriptwriters Network's Television Outreach Program (TOP)
 2026-09-15 09/15/2026
0 n/a
100 Voices Grants
 2026-09-20 09/20/2026
4.5 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
Filmmatic Sci-Fi/Fantasy Awards
 2026-09-30 09/30/2026
4.29661016949 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
Scriptapalooza TV Writing Competition
 2026-10-19 10/19/2026
4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Los Angeles Crime and Horror Film Festival
 2026-10-24 10/24/2026
3.86111111111 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Script Pipeline First Look Project
 2026-10-30 10/30/2026
5 5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars
B!tchFest Film Festival & Screenplay Contest
 2026-11-17 11/17/2026
4.09615384615 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Creative World Awards
 2026-12-11 12/11/2026
0 n/a
The Great American Script Contest
2026-12-11 12/11/2026
3.2 3 stars3 stars3 stars
Christian Faith, Hope, and Love Film Festival and Screenwriting Competition
 2026-12-17 12/17/2026
5 5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars
Sedona International Film Festival
 2026-12-31 12/31/2026
0 n/a
Chicago Script to Screen
 2027-01-07 01/07/2027
4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
American Story Showcase
 2027-01-24 01/24/2027
2.875 3 stars3 stars3 stars
First 10 Pages Showcase
 2027-02-21 02/21/2027
2 2 stars2 stars
Military Story Showcase
 2027-03-21 03/21/2027
4.26666666667 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
Golden Script Competition
 2027-03-26 03/26/2027
4.5 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
Script Competition New Media Film Festival Los Angeles
2027-04-06 04/06/2027
2.33333333333 2.5 stars2.5 stars2.5 stars
New York Metropolitan Screenwriting Competition & Film Awards
 2027-04-08 04/08/2027
3.03571428571 3 stars3 stars3 stars
Faith in Film: International Film Festival and Screenwriting Competition
 2027-04-15 04/15/2027
0 n/a
Creative Screenwriting Animation Screenplay Competition
 06/04/2026 (expired)
4.22727272727 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
HollyShorts Screenplay Contest
 06/01/2026 (expired)
4.61029411765 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
Austin Film Festival Script Competition
 05/27/2026 (expired)
4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Inciting Incident Writing Contest
 05/26/2026 (expired)
2.53846153846 2.5 stars2.5 stars2.5 stars
True Story Showcase
 05/17/2026 (expired)
4.6 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
Emerging Screenwriters Family & Holiday Screenplay Competition
 05/14/2026 (expired)
4.36363636364 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
Emerging Screenwriters Action & Adventure Screenplay Competition
 05/14/2026 (expired)
0 n/a
Emerging Screenwriters Horror Screenplay Competition
 05/14/2026 (expired)
4.25 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
Nashville Film Festival Screenwriting Competition
 05/10/2026 (expired)
5 5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars
2026 PAGE International Screenwriting Awards
 05/08/2026 (expired)
3.8 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
BlueCat TV Writing Competition
 05/07/2026 (expired)
4.85714285714 5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars
Paramount Writers Mentoring Program
 05/01/2026 (expired)
4.37704918033 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
StoryPros Awards Contest
 04/30/2026 (expired)
4.41176470588 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
Filmmatic Short Screenplay Awards
 04/20/2026 (expired)
4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
The Crime List
 04/19/2026 (expired)
4.5 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
Save the Cat! Screenplay Challenge
 04/13/2026 (expired)
3.75 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Humanitas New Voices
 04/06/2026 (expired)
4.63636363636 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
Horror Hotel International Film Festival
 04/01/2026 (expired)
2.75 3 stars3 stars3 stars
trackingb.com Original TV Pilot Contest
 03/31/2026 (expired)
4.41176470588 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
Filmmatic Drama Screenplay Awards
 03/31/2026 (expired)
4.78571428571 5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars
Stowe Narrative Labs
 03/17/2026 (expired)
0 n/a
Scriptation Showcase Teleplay Category
 03/15/2026 (expired)
5 5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars
Write LA Screenplay & Pilot Competition
 03/04/2026 (expired)
4.36666666667 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
Inroads Screenwriting Fellowship
 02/28/2026 (expired)
4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Emerging Screenwriters Comedy Competition
 02/26/2026 (expired)
3.71428571429 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars
Emerging Screenwriters Drama Screenplay Competition
 02/26/2026 (expired)
5 5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars
Emerging Screenwriters Thriller Screenplay Competition
 02/26/2026 (expired)
4.13725490196 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
ISA Fast Track Fellowship
 02/05/2026 (expired)
0 n/a
The AuSPEC AWARDS Kids Animated Series Spec Script Competition
 01/31/2026 (expired)
4.05555555556 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Finish Line Script Competition
 01/08/2026 (expired)
0 n/a
SeriesFest
 01/07/2026 (expired)
5 5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars
Anarchists United Foundation Programs
 01/05/2026 (expired)
5 5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars
CineStory TV/Digital Retreat & Fellowship
 11/30/2025 (expired)
4.5 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
Filmmatic Pitch Now Screenplay Competition
 11/30/2025 (expired)
5 5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars
Set in Philadelphia Screenwriting Competition
 11/20/2025 (expired)
4.56896551724 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
Cinequest Screenwriting Competition
 11/15/2025 (expired)
3.96428571429 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Creative Screenwriting Unique Voices Screenplay Competition
 11/13/2025 (expired)
2.96078431373 3 stars3 stars3 stars
WriteMovies' Writing Contest 80
 11/09/2025 (expired)
3.6 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars
Stage 32 + Mammoth Pictures Search for New Blood Screenwriting Contest
 11/03/2025 (expired)
4.43243243243 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
StoryPros International Screenplay Contest
 10/31/2025 (expired)
4.10447761194 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Emerging Screenwriters Screenplay Competition
 10/30/2025 (expired)
0 n/a
IndieBoom HORROR SHORTS Script Contest
 08/10/2025 (expired)
4.75 5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars
WarnerMedia Access Writing Program
 07/30/2025 (expired)
3.73333333333 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars
Capital Fund Screenplay Competiton
 06/17/2025 (expired)
4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Art of Brooklyn Screenplay Contest
 05/01/2025 (expired)
2.33333333333 2.5 stars2.5 stars2.5 stars
Holly Weird Film Festival Screenplay Contest
 04/15/2025 (expired)
2 2 stars2 stars
NHMC Series Scriptwriters Program
 03/17/2025 (expired)
4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Culver City Film Festival
 12/06/2024 (expired)
3.1 3 stars3 stars3 stars
L.A. Neo Noir Novel, Film, & Script Festival
 10/31/2024 (expired)
0 n/a
AoBFF Comedy Short Script Contest
 10/31/2024 (expired)
0 n/a
theOFFICE 2024 Writing Fellowship
 09/23/2024 (expired)
4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Urban Mediamakers Film Festival
 09/02/2024 (expired)
4.9 5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars
Nickelodeon Writing Program
 08/01/2024 (expired)
0 n/a
Short Com TV Sitcom Writing Competition
 07/12/2024 (expired)
2.5 2.5 stars2.5 stars2.5 stars
The TITAN Awards
 06/30/2024 (expired)
0 n/a
Emerging Screenwriters Animation Screenplay Competition
 Contact contest for deadline info.
0 n/a
Premium Screenplay
 Contact contest for deadline info.
2.7037037037 2.5 stars2.5 stars2.5 stars
Barnstorm Fest
 Contact contest for deadline info.
0 n/a
Family Friendly Peer Review Screenwriting Festival - Season THREE
 Contact contest for deadline info.
4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Circa Historical Screenplay Competition
 Contact contest for deadline info.
2 2 stars2 stars
Dallas International Film Festival
 Contact contest for deadline info.
3 3 stars3 stars3 stars
WRPN Women's International Film Festival
 Contact contest for deadline info.
3.5 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars
Depth of Field International Film Festival
 Contact contest for deadline info.
4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
WRPN.tv Screenplay Competition
 Contact contest for deadline info.
2.90909090909 3 stars3 stars3 stars
Other Worlds Austin SciFi Screenwriting Contest
 Contact contest for deadline info.
3.33333333333 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars
Page Turner Screenplays - Faith Based Features & TV Pilots
 Contact contest for deadline info.
3.61538461538 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars
Page Turner Screenplays - Feature & TV Drama
 Contact contest for deadline info.
2.91666666667 3 stars3 stars3 stars
Page Turner Awards
 Contact contest for deadline info.
4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Nice International Film Festival
 Contact contest for deadline info.
3.4 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars
Page Turner Screenplays - First 15
 Contact contest for deadline info.
0 n/a
Stage 32 True Story/Biopic Screenwriting Contest
 Contact contest for deadline info.
2.75 3 stars3 stars3 stars
Stage 32 Comedy Writing Contest
 Contact contest for deadline info.
2 2 stars2 stars
Sherman Oaks Film Festival
 Contact contest for deadline info.
4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Williamsburg International Film & Music Competition
 Contact contest for deadline info.
0 n/a
Stage 32 TV Comedy Screenwriting Contest
 Contact contest for deadline info.
3 3 stars3 stars3 stars
Stage 32 TV Drama Writing Contest
 Contact contest for deadline info.
0 n/a
Houston International Sports Film Festival Screenplay Championship
 Contact contest for deadline info.
1.75 2 stars2 stars
Stage 32 Annual TV Writing Contest
 Contact contest for deadline info.
2 2 stars2 stars
Screenwriting Staffing's Query Letter Contest (Season 2)
 Contact contest for deadline info.
3.53846153846 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars
Page Turner Screenplays - Feature & TV GENRE
 Contact contest for deadline info.
4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
GenreBlast Film Festival
 Contact contest for deadline info.
3.92857142857 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
New York International Screenplay Awards
 Contact contest for deadline info.
2.57142857143 2.5 stars2.5 stars2.5 stars
Moondance International Film Festival
 Contact contest for deadline info.
0 n/a
New York New Stories
 Contact contest for deadline info.
3.20125786164 3 stars3 stars3 stars
The 18th Annual FilmMakers International Screenwriting Awards
 Contact contest for deadline info.
3.58333333333 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars
The 5th Annual 1st TV Script Writing Competition: Presented by Filmmakers.com
 Contact contest for deadline info.
3.02941176471 3 stars3 stars3 stars
The 15th Annual American Gem Short Script & Literary Festival
Contact contest for deadline info.
3.2 3 stars3 stars3 stars
Script Summit
 Contact contest for deadline info.
2.45454545455 2.5 stars2.5 stars2.5 stars
Nantucket Film Festival Screenplay Competition
 Contact contest for deadline info.
3 3 stars3 stars3 stars
Willamette Writers FiLMLaBtv
 Contact contest for deadline info.
4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Rod Serling Short Script Competition
 Contact contest for deadline info.
2 2 stars2 stars
L.A. Femme International Film Festival
 Contact contest for deadline info.
0 n/a
Sunset Film Festival Los Angeles
 Contact contest for deadline info.
0 n/a
North Country (Snowtown) Screenplay Competition
 Contact contest for deadline info.
0 n/a
GEFO Short Screenplay Competition
Contact contest for deadline info.
3.62962962963 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars
Austin Revolution Film Festival
 Contact contest for deadline info.
3.5 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars
Film Crash Screenplay Competition
 Contact contest for deadline info.
4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
New Hope Film Festival Script Competition
 Contact contest for deadline info.
0 n/a
APM Short Screenplay Competition
 Contact contest for deadline info.
4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
168 Write of Passage
 Contact contest for deadline info.
0 n/a
Carmarthen Bay Film Festival
 Contact contest for deadline info.
0 n/a
Sunscreen Film Festival Screenplay Competition
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2 2 stars2 stars
Ventura Film Festival
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0 n/a
Roadmap Writers Kids Television Competition
 Contact contest for deadline info.
1.71428571429 1.5 stars1.5 stars
CAPE (Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment) New Writers Awards
 Contact contest for deadline info.
2.9 3 stars3 stars3 stars
Wildsound Reading Series
 Monthly.
2.87179487179 3 stars3 stars3 stars
Wildsound TV SPEC and TV PILOT Screenplay Contest
 Ongoing - submit anytime.
2.4 2.5 stars2.5 stars2.5 stars
Talentville Script of the Month
 Last day of each month
3.22727272727 3 stars3 stars3 stars
Wildsound 1st Scene Screenplay Contest
 Monthly.
2.11111111111 2 stars2 stars
Just4Shorts Short Screenplay Competition
 Monthly.
2.58823529412 2.5 stars2.5 stars2.5 stars
Miami Screenplay Awards
 Monthly.
4.40816326531 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
Wiki: The World's FASTEST Screenplay Contest
 Monthly.
4.57894736842 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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