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Galway Film Fleadh Pitching Competition

Final Deadline: 06/05/2023

Among the returning in-person events at this year’s Galway Film Fleadh will be it’s long running Pitching Competition, in which ten finalists pitch their film project to industry stakeholders and a live audience. The Pitching Competition at the Film Fleadh has provided many screenwriters with an opportunity to get their first toe-hold in the industry.

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Galway Film Fleadh Pitch

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Dallas International Film Festival

Final Deadline: 06/18/2023

Dallas International Film Festival, Event Horizon Films, and Torfoot Studios have come together for the DIFF 2023 Screenplay Competition. Among the prizes, award-winning filmmaker Johnathan Brownlee at Torfoot Studios will produce and direct the winning short script for film festival screenings. Previous winning short scripts screened at Dallas Noir Fest, Dallas International Film Festival and ATX Short Film Showcase, and many others.

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Dallas International Film Fest

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SunVale Script Contest

Final Deadline: 06/19/2023

Sunvale Screenplay Contest was developed to connect undiscovered screenwriters with filmmakers and offer them an opportunity to see their work on the screen! We are going to our third season and accept features, TV pilots and short screenplays in 5 different categories (Action/Adventure, Horror/thriller, Drama, Comedy, Female screenwriters).

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SunVale Script Contest

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Screamfest Horror Film Festival and Screenplay Competition

Final Deadline: 06/22/2023

Screamfest was formed in order to give filmmakers and writers in the horror/sci-fi genres a venue to have their work showcased to people in the industry. We are very proud that the majority of the films showcased now have distribution. Writers have garnered representation due to the festival.

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Screamfest

Overall: 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars (3.4/5.0)
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Chicago Comedy Film Festival

Final Deadline: 06/24/2023

Chicago Comedy Film Festival's mission is to support comedy as a vital and influential art form. We are a 501c3 nonprofit and exist to educate and support a diverse network of comedy filmmakers from across the globe. The festival showcases films that range from low budget to studio quality. We champion strong voices in comedic storytelling.

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Chicago Comedy

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Table Read My Screenplay Competition - Hollywood 2023

Final Deadline: 06/29/2023

An Unparalleled Table Read Experience See your script brought to life in a rehearsed, professionally directed table read with experienced actors in front of a live audience in Hollywood, CA. This isn't a standard table read. As an integral part of the creative process, you'll meet with the director, assist in casting actors, participate in the rehearsal and more, culminating in the live performance.

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Table Read

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Short Com TV Sitcom Writing Competition

Final Deadline: 07/07/2023

The comedy platform Short Com are pleased to announce the return of their popular TV Sitcom Writing Competition for the fourth consecutive year in a row. The competition aims to find the best new and emerging comedy writing talent. Judging the quality of writing first ahead of whether a script has a really marketable idea. Founder Chris Aitken states ‘Over the course of the past three editions, we’ve beensuper impressed by the number of quality writers out there.

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Short Com TV Sitcom

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Raindance Script Competition

Final Deadline: 07/10/2023

Now in its 31st year, Raindance Film Festival is Europe’s leading independent Film Festival showcasing feature films, shorts and docs, virtual reality, web series and music videos from around the world and specialising in independent films and directorial debuts. The festival has a strong legacy of showing alternative, edgy films. Since 1993 Raindance Film Festival has uncovered the hottest new filmmakers to hit the cinematic scene.

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Raindance Script Competition

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FLICKERS: Rhode Island International Film Festival Screenplay Competition

Final Deadline: 07/15/2023

To discover and honor the new voices of independent film. Screenplays will be judged on creativity, innovation, vision, originality and the use of language. The key element is that of communication and how it complements and is transformed by the language of film.

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RIIFF/Rhode Island

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Hollywood Diversity Film Festival Screenplay Competition

Final Deadline: 07/15/2023

The values of Southern California reflect the diversity of gender, gender identity, and the many different cultures that reside within our region. And independent film has been the driver of change in the Hollywood mainstream, at times influencing and re-shaping the norms of studio and network content. With screenplay award presentations and screenings in Hollywood, our event celebrates independent films that embrace diversity of gender and cultural perspectives, and accepts our differences to promote understanding and empathy.

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Hollywood Diversity

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Slamdance Screenplay Competition

Final Deadline: 07/24/2023

The Slamdance Screenplay Competition is dedicated to discovering and nurturing emerging screenwriters. Since 1997, the competition has established a strong track record for introducing writers to members of the entertainment industry who have gone on to produce, option, and represent submitted work. Like the Film Festival, the Screenplay Competition is a place for new, bold, and raw voices.

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Slamdance

Overall: 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars (3.7/5.0)
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Rome Independent Film Festival

Final Deadline: 07/31/2023

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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Rome Independent

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Screenplay Festival

Final Deadline: 08/15/2023

Awards Ceremony at a Film Festival! Screenplay Festival winners get that rarest of experiences for a writer; applause from an audience. Our winners get to come out from behind the keyboard and be celebrated! Now Accepting Television Scripts! The writers spoke, and we listened. We have now added four categories to our contest for television scripts.

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Screenplay Festival

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New York City Horror Film Festival Screenplay Competition

Final Deadline: 09/01/2023

New York City's longest running horror film festival. Established by MooDude Films CEO / Producer / Director / Michael J. Hein in 2001. The NYCHFF is a four-day event that takes place each November in New York City. The NYCHFF has grown to be a world recognized event, with industry, filmmakers, and press attention from around the globe. The Hein Family is committed to keeping the festival alive in memory of the truly missed and loved founder Michael J Hein.

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New York City Horror

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Los Angeles Crime and Horror Film Festival

Final Deadline: 10/21/2023

The Los Angeles Crime and Horror Film Festival is an IMDb qualifying event that aims to increase exposure for high quality crime and horror screenplays, including the many subgenres of crime fiction, mystery, psychological horror, and more. Winners are invited to attend the film screenings and the awards presentation in Hollywood.

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L.A. Crime and Horror

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L.A. Neo Noir Novel, Film, & Script Festival

Final Deadline: 10/31/2023

FESTIVAL UPDATE: We are only accepting 10 VIP entries in the writing and film categories. So if you would like VIP privileges (three days 72 hours screening of films regardless of award placement, while everyone else has one screening, a video interview highlighted on our website, extensive consultation for your neo-noir project, and more) you need to secure your spot as soon as possible.

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L.A. Neo Noir

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Faith in Film: International Film Festival and Screenwriting Competition

Final Deadline: 04/05/2024

Mission: Faith in Film is dedicated to forging a film festival and screenwriting competition that will launch the careers of filmmakers focused on adding the element of faith to their films. Our aim is to inspire, showcase, and support filmmakers of all faith’s to make great faith based films that leave others touched, moved and inspired. Our prayer is that our festival will open doors for filmmakers with a higher purpose.

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Faith in Film

Overall: 3 stars3 stars3 stars (2.9/5.0)
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Signficance: 2.5 stars2.5 stars2.5 stars (2.6/5.0)
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New Media Film Festival Script Competition

Final Deadline: 04/06/2024

Honoring Stories Worth Telling. All Scripts. Short or long form, animation, comedy, sitcom, drama, books, web series, reality, live, TV anything scripted, this is for you. There is not a limit on page numbers. Top 3 winners in this category win Industry memberships valued at $1000.00 each & are still considered for Grand Prize Award ($45,000.

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New Media Scripts

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Nantucket Film Festival Screenplay Competition

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The Nantucket Film Festival - unique in its dedication to supporting and promoting the art of screenwriting - launched the Showtime Tony Cox Screenplay Competition in 1996. The Festival's screenwriting focus was inspired by Nantucket's rich history as a writer's retreat and is one of the main reasons for the event's distinction as an important cultural institution.

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Nantucket

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Worldfest - Houston Int'l Film Festival

Final Deadline: 01/31/2023 (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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Worldfest - Houston

Overall: 3 stars3 stars3 stars (3.2/5.0)
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Ohio Independent Screenplay Awards

Final Deadline: Contact contest for deadline info.

Personal coverage and feedback from programmers and readers on your screenplay will be available to every screenplay entrant. Cash prizes are awarded in each of three categories: Best Screenplay, Best Voice of Color Screenplay (written by or about people of color), and Best Northcoast Screenplay (set in or about northern Ohio).

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Ohio Independent

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Austin Film Festival Script Competition

Final Deadline: 05/31/2023 (expired)

The Ultimate Runway Now in our 30th year, the Austin Film Festival has been catapulting writers into life-changing careers for over two decades. Whether your dream is to sign a contract, land an agent, learn from an industry icon, or take home the coveted Bronze Typewriter Award, it’s simple: you can’t win if you don’t enter.

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Austin Fest Film

Overall: 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars (4.6/5.0)
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The 18th Annual FilmMakers International Screenwriting Awards

Final Deadline: Contact contest for deadline info.

To make Hollywood more accessible than ever before to more aspiring global screenwriters, Filmmakers is forming strategic alliances with the powers that be in Film and TV Script Writing; who are in search of top Screenplays & Writers... Filmmakers Championing Emerging Artists. FilmMakers International Screenwriting Awards has been in existence since 2000 (formerly known as The Radmin Company / FilmMakers.

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FilmMakers/Feature

Overall: 3 stars3 stars3 stars (3.2/5.0)
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Moondance International Film Festival

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The objective of the Moondance International Film Festival is to inspire, motivate, promote and encourage the best writers & independent filmmakers, from every country in the world, and to inspire a greater understanding about the vital role of the arts in enhancing creativity, community spirit, and the preservation of our cultural heritage.

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Moondance

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The 15th Annual American Gem Short Script & Literary Festival

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To promote and support new talent by creating real and original opportunities. To make Hollywood more accessible than ever before to more aspiring screenwriters, American Gem Short Script Writing Contest: presented by Filmmakers Magazine and Write Brothers, is forming strategic alliances with the powers that be in Film, TV and Literary Publishing.

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American Gem Short

Overall: 3 stars3 stars3 stars (3.0/5.0)
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Twin Rivers Media Festival

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This festival is designed to promote Independent Media and Writing. Awards for Film, Video, Audio, Scriptwriting, Outdoor Journalism and Videos made on a Macintosh Computer. Categories include, Animation, Feature, Drama, Narrative, Experimental, Commercial, Documentary, and Outdoor Subjects.

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Twin Rivers

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Great Lakes Independent Film Festival Scriptwriting Competition

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The Great Lakes Scriptwriting Competition is now accepting entries of short and feature length screenplays, stage plays, and teleplays. The annual scriptwriting competition is a way for new and veteran scriptwriters to possibly get the break they need. Each year numerous agencies contact us about our winning scripts.

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Great Lakes Fest

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NHFX Screenwriting Competition

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This contest is restricted to new writers residing in New England and the Canadian Maritimes. It's objective is to identify local talent, and expose it to a broader market.

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NHFX

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SHRIEKFEST Horror/SciFi Film & Screenplay Competition

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CALL FOR ENTRIES! Shriekfest, the Los Angeles Horror/SciFi Film Festival continues its tradition as Los Angeles' Premier horror film event, presenting an exciting program of films each fall with beautiful Los Angeles as its backdrop. Now, in its 20th year, Shriekfest takes place at the legendary Raleigh Studios, which is the largest independent studio operator in the country.

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Shriekfest

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LA Shorts Screenplay Competition

Final Deadline: 05/26/2023 (expired)

LA Shorts International Film Festival ranks among the most prestigious and largest international short film festivals in the world. The festival is accredited by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences OSCAR®, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts BAFTA and the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television (ACCT) presenters of the Canadian Screen Awards and The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of Spain (Goya Awards).

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LA Shorts

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Cinequest Screenwriting Competition

Final Deadline: 11/30/2022 (expired)

Cinequest voted Best Film Festival by USA Today Readers. Cinequest voted Best Film Festival by USA Today Readers. The Cinequest Screenplay Competition empowers global screenwriters through discovery, recognition, and opportunity. Cinequest loves writers, and we welcome you to submit your screenplay or teleplay to our renowned competition.

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Cinequest

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Phoenix Film Festival Short Screenplay Search

Final Deadline: 12/13/2021 (expired)

We want to see the best short screenplays from around the globe.

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Phoenix Short Screenplay

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NYC Midnight Screenwriter's Challenge

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The mission of the Screenwriter's Challenge is to discover and support a new wave of talented storytellers from around the world. The Challenge is organized by NYC Midnight Movie Making Madness, LLC. NYC Midnight aims to provide the prizes and exposure necessary for writers to take their next big step towards writing professionally.

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NYC Midnight

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Waterfront Screenplay Competition

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To bring awareness of the craft of screenwriting to the Midwest.

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Waterfront

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Female Eye Film Festival Scriptwriter Development Program

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The Female Eye Film Festival was established in Toronto in 2001. The 1st annual FeFF Script Development Program (open to men) took place in 2003. This two tier program is comprised of the Good To Go and Script Reading Series. Scripts get optioned for development annually and the FeFF offers awards for best screenplays in the following categories: Best Feature, Best Fresh Voice, Best Low Budget Feature, Crowd Pleaser and Best Teleplay.

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Female Eye

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Eerie Horror Screenplay Competition

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The Eerie Horror Screenplay Competition offers beginning, aspiring and veteran screenwriters in the horror genre a chance to have their work recognized by people in the industry and beyond and to provide recognition and exposure for screenwriters in the horror, science fiction and suspense genres. The finalists and top 3 winning screenplays will be announced on all Eerie Horror Film Festival websites and winner's information will be forwarded to industry professionals for consideration.

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Eerie Horror

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The Indie Gathering International Film Festival

Final Deadline: 06/01/2023 (expired)

To recognize excellence in screenwriting of shorts and features in a wide variety of genres.

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Indie Gathering

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Woods Hole Film Festival - Work-In-Progress Screenwriting Awards

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To showcase independent screenplays and laud those who work independently to create the blueprints for our independent films; to seek out screenplays which appeal to the filmmakers and audiences that frequent the Woods Hole Film Festival: to present a reading of a winning screenplay to the WHFF audience and allow the screenwriter to hear their words made real and receive feedback from an audience, actors, and filmmakers.

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Big Apple Film Festival Screenplay Competition

Final Deadline: 03/31/2023 (expired)

Big Apple Film Festival Screenplay Competition seeks to discover and support the most original and innovative screenplays from emerging and established screenwriters from around the world.

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Big Apple

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International Horror and Sci Fi Short Screenplay Competition

Final Deadline: 12/13/2021 (expired)

To discover the best un-produced short screenplays by talented writers and present their work to LEADING INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS.

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International Horror

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Contest of Contest Winners

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The Contest Of Contest Winners joined the 2016 Sunscreen Film Festival (Florida/Los Angeles) to bring increased visibility and networking opportunities to winners! And this year 2017 the festivals and the contest will be putting writers with filmmakers in new ways!! There are hundreds 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 (CCW) answers that question and shines the spotlight on many accomplished, award-winning screenplays in what amounts to a definitive last review of the elite.

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The Broad Humor Film Festival

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This festival is the first of its kind to put the spotlight on film comedies by women. Its goals are to raise the profile of female-generated humor, to give recognition and support to the women making it, and to be a locus of networking and community building.

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Vail Film Festival Screenwriting Competition

Final Deadline: 08/19/2022 (expired)

The Vail Screenplay Competition is a vehicle for aspiring screenwriters to have their scripts recommended to established film producers, managers, and agents who are actively working at the top level of the film industry. The Vail Screenplay Competition is a signature program of the Colorado Film Institute, producer of the annual Vail Film Festival, now entering its 19th year.

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Action On Film International Film and Festival and Screenwriting Competition

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The Action on Film 15th Annual Film Festival celebrates and honors WRITERS of all genres and formats like no other festival does. $2000 in CASH PRIZES for TOP Winners. Now in our 15th year, our Film Festival has garnered a solid reputation as being one of the premier Writing competitions. The AOF MegaFest has created a solid community of Filmmakers and Writers from around the globe.

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Action On Film

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Atlanta Film Festival Screenplay Competition

Final Deadline: 11/13/2022 (expired)

We are looking for innovative and compelling storytelling, for characters that surprise and challenge you, for words that pop off the page, and for narratives that twist and turn like a country back road. This year we’re accepting both feature scripts and pilot scripts; you’re more than welcome to submit in both categories.

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Terror Film Festival Screenplay Competition

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To showcase screenwriters and their work to the industry, and provide awards and cash to help support and compliment their careers.

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Terror Fest

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Garden State Film Festival Screenplay Competition

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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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ReelHeART International Film Festival ScreenPlay Competition

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When ReelHeART International Film Festival arrived On the scene in 2004, we promised to bring you films from hard-working, passionate talented indie filmmakers from around the world. In 2006, when we introduced the Feature Screenplay Competition, we promised to bring you the same in the form of unproduced screenplays. Every year something exciting happens to out Top 3 Finalists.

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GIAA Festival of Short Movies and Screenplays

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The screenplay contest is part of the annual film festival run by the Guild of Italian American Actors (GIAA - see www.giaa.us). The goal is to provide recognition to writers of top-quality short screenplays, as will as short movies.

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GIAA Festival

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Pocono Mountains Film Festival

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The Pocono Mountains Film Festival is a non-profit organization established to provide some of the best independent filmmakers in the world the opportunity to showcase their work. Filmmakers are afforded the opportunity to network with the best professionals in the industry.

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