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Screenplay Contest List: Short

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A list of contests that accept or specialize in short screenplays, or any scripts that are less than feature-length.

Contests found: 172

Rating Contest Deadline
4.51113360324 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
BlueCat Screenplay Competition
2024-12-10 12/10/2024
0 n/a
Hollywood Genre Sci-Fi Screenplay Contest
2024-12-21 12/21/2024
4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
American Story Showcase
2024-12-23 12/23/2024
3.5 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars
ScreenCraft $30,000 Film Fund
2024-12-31 12/31/2024
0 n/a
San Francisco IndieFest Screenplay Competition
2024-12-31 12/31/2024
4.5 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
The Killer Shorts Horror Short Screenplay Competition
2024-12-31 12/31/2024
5 5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars
Sedona International Film Festival
2024-12-31 12/31/2024
4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Hollywood Diversity Film Festival Screenplay Competition
2025-01-05 01/05/2025
0 n/a
Hollywood Genre Comedy Screenplay Contest
2025-01-11 01/11/2025
2.66666666667 2.5 stars2.5 stars2.5 stars
Diverse Story Showcase
2025-01-20 01/20/2025
2 2 stars2 stars
Military Story Showcase
2025-01-27 01/27/2025
4.07843137255 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Creative World Awards
2025-02-24 02/24/2025
4.05555555556 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Finish Line Script Competition
2025-03-05 03/05/2025
4.4358974359 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
Richmond International Film Festival (Screenplays & Films)
2025-03-10 03/10/2025
0 n/a
The Crime List
2025-03-24 03/24/2025
4.23684210526 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Golden Script Competition
2025-03-28 03/28/2025
4.63636363636 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
Horror Hotel International Film Festival
2025-04-01 04/01/2025
4.42857142857 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
Script Competition New Media Film Festival Los Angeles
2025-04-06 04/06/2025
5 5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars
Scriptapalooza Features & Shorts Competition
2025-04-07 04/07/2025
2.66666666667 2.5 stars2.5 stars2.5 stars
Adapted Story Showcase
2025-04-07 04/07/2025
2.91304347826 3 stars3 stars3 stars
Faith in Film: International Film Festival and Screenwriting Competition
2025-04-11 04/11/2025
4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Los Angeles Crime and Horror Film Festival
2025-04-12 04/12/2025
5 5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars
2025 PAGE International Screenwriting Awards
2025-04-15 04/15/2025
1 1 star
Holly Weird Film Festival Screenplay Contest
2025-04-15 04/15/2025
2.27272727273 2.5 stars2.5 stars2.5 stars
True Story Showcase
2025-04-21 04/21/2025
4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Art of Brooklyn Screenplay Contest
2025-05-01 05/01/2025
4.6171875 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
Austin Film Festival Script Competition
2025-05-27 05/27/2025
4.0625 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Your Script Produced! 4th Edition
2025-05-30 05/30/2025
4.22727272727 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
HollyShorts Screenplay Contest
2025-06-02 06/02/2025
4.33333333333 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
The Indie Gathering International Film Festival
2025-06-06 06/06/2025
3.69230769231 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars
Capital Fund Screenplay Competiton
2025-06-17 06/17/2025
3.44 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars
San Francisco International Screenwriting Competition & Film Awards
2025-08-13 08/13/2025
2.11111111111 2 stars2 stars
Nantucket Film Festival Screenplay Competition
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3.73148148148 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars
Slamdance Screenplay Competition
07/26/2024 (expired)
1.75757575758 2 stars2 stars
Fade In Awards
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2.46153846154 2.5 stars2.5 stars2.5 stars
Moondance International Film Festival
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2.96078431373 3 stars3 stars3 stars
WriteMovies 2024 Screenwriting Contest
11/10/2024 (expired)
3.02941176471 3 stars3 stars3 stars
The 15th Annual American Gem Short Script & Literary Festival
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2 2 stars2 stars
LA Shorts Screenplay Competition
05/26/2023 (expired)
4.56896551724 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
Cinequest Screenwriting Competition
11/15/2024 (expired)
3.11111111111 3 stars3 stars3 stars
Rome Independent Film Festival
08/31/2024 (expired)
2.27272727273 2.5 stars2.5 stars2.5 stars
NYC Midnight Screenwriter's Challenge
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2.44444444444 2.5 stars2.5 stars2.5 stars
Eerie Horror Screenplay Competition
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3.84 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Big Apple Film Festival Screenplay Competition
10/04/2024 (expired)
4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Rod Serling Short Script Competition
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2.46153846154 2.5 stars2.5 stars2.5 stars
Vail Film Festival Screenwriting Competition
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4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
GIAA Festival of Short Movies and Screenplays
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2.77777777778 3 stars3 stars3 stars
Omaha Film Festival
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2.18181818182 2 stars2 stars
London Independent Film Festival
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3 3 stars3 stars3 stars
Zed Fest Schlock Horror Short Sreenplay Contest
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0 n/a
Ventura Film Festival
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3.33333333333 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars
Sidewrite Screenplay Competition
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0 n/a
Carmarthen Bay Film Festival
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2.5 2.5 stars2.5 stars2.5 stars
Roswell International Film Festival and Digital Shootout
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4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
72 Script Fest
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3 3 stars3 stars3 stars
Willamette Writers FiLMLaBtv
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1.33333333333 1.5 stars1.5 stars
Los Angeles Cinema Film Festival of Hollywood
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4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
ScreenCraft Comedy Screenwriting Competition
04/30/2024 (expired)
4.86363636364 5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars
ScreenCraft Action & Adventure Screenwriting Competition
06/30/2024 (expired)
4.20588235294 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Nashville Film Festival Screenwriting Competition
05/19/2024 (expired)
0 n/a
Hill Country Film Festival
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0 n/a
Snake Alley Festival of Film
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1.8 2 stars2 stars
West Field Screenwriting Awards
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3.22222222222 3 stars3 stars3 stars
L.A. Neo Noir Novel, Film, & Script Festival
10/31/2024 (expired)
4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
New Hope Film Festival Script Competition
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3.42857142857 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars
SENE Screenplay Competition
08/04/2023 (expired)
0 n/a
APM Short Screenplay Competition
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0 n/a
Sunset Film Festival Los Angeles
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4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Williamsburg International Film & Music Competition
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0 n/a
Urban Mediamakers Film Festival
09/02/2024 (expired)
4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
168 Write of Passage
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3.75 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Austin Revolution Film Festival
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0 n/a
Pennsylvania Short Screenplay Competition
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3.58333333333 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars
The 5th Annual 1st TV Script Writing Competition: Presented by Filmmakers.com
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3.5 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars
Film Crash Screenplay Competition
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4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
ScreenCraft Short Film Screenplay Contest
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0 n/a
Scriptamation
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0 n/a
Screenplay Incubation : 5th Dada Saheb Phalke Film Festival
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2.90909090909 3 stars3 stars3 stars
Other Worlds Austin SciFi Screenwriting Contest
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0 n/a
Hang onto Your Shorts Film Festival
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5 5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars
CineStory TV/Digital Retreat & Fellowship
11/11/2024 (expired)
4.54347826087 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
ScreenCraft Sci-Fi & Fantasy Screenwriting Competition
05/31/2024 (expired)
3.5 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars
Depth of Field International Film Festival
03/20/2023 (expired)
4.57894736842 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
Creative Screenwriting Shoot Your Short Competition
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4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
GenreBlast Film Festival
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4.66666666667 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
13Horror.com Film & Screenplay Contest
11/10/2024 (expired)
4.18181818182 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Filmmatic Comedy Screenplay Awards
07/31/2024 (expired)
0 n/a
New Renaissance Film Fest (London, UK)
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0 n/a
Karmic Shorts
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0 n/a
Veer West Screenplay Festival
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0 n/a
GEFO Short Screenplay Competition
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0 n/a
Sanford Film Festival
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0 n/a
North Country (Snowtown) Screenplay Competition
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0 n/a
Stage 32 Short Film Script Contest
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3.75 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Austin Comedy Short Film Festival
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0 n/a
Apeiron Films Screenplay Competition
04/25/2023 (expired)
3.95 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
WeScreenplay Shorts Competition
07/15/2024 (expired)
4.16666666667 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Shore Scripts Short Film Fund
10/31/2024 (expired)
2 2 stars2 stars
Sherman Oaks Film Festival
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2.58333333333 2.5 stars2.5 stars2.5 stars
Barnstorm Fest
11/30/2023 (expired)
0 n/a
theOFFICE 2024 Writing Fellowship
09/23/2024 (expired)
1.4 1.5 stars1.5 stars
The Wayward Festival
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0 n/a
Grave Intentions Horror Anthology & Screenplay Contest
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3.66666666667 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars
BOLT
05/31/2023 (expired)
4.36666666667 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
Inroads Screenwriting Fellowship
03/31/2024 (expired)
0 n/a
I See You Awards
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0 n/a
Satisfied Eye International Film Festival
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0 n/a
Scription Screenplay Competition
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4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Script Summit
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0 n/a
Hudson New York Shorts
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0 n/a
New York City Horror Film Festival Screenplay Competition
09/01/2024 (expired)
3.5 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars
BEYOND: The Cary Film Festival
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2.75 3 stars3 stars3 stars
ScreenCraft True Story & Public Domain Screenwriting Competition
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4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
New Orleans Film Festival Screenplay Competition
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3 3 stars3 stars3 stars
Boomtown Film and Music Festival
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4.5 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
Filmmatic Pitch Now Screenplay Competition
11/30/2024 (expired)
3 3 stars3 stars3 stars
WRPN Women's International Film Festival
03/31/2023 (expired)
3.5 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars
Scriptation Showcase Features & Shorts Category
07/21/2024 (expired)
0 n/a
WriteMovies Romance and Comedy Award 2022
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0 n/a
New York New Stories
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4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
New York International Screenplay Awards
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1 1 star
Genre Celebration Festival
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4.11111111111 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Filmmatic TV Pilot Awards
09/20/2024 (expired)
4.60526315789 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
The Script Lab's Free Contest
02/29/2024 (expired)
0 n/a
Get It Made
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0 n/a
Scriptation Showcase Teleplay Category
03/10/2024 (expired)
4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Circa Historical Screenplay Competition
09/15/2023 (expired)
3 3 stars3 stars3 stars
Orlando International Film Festival
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3.33333333333 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars
Page Turner Screenplays - First 15
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4.55 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
ScreenCraft Animation and Family Screenwriting Competition
07/31/2024 (expired)
1 1 star
Future Film Writers Season 2 (Adult Short)
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0 n/a
Future Film Writers Season 2 (Youth Short)
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4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
WriteMovies Sci-Fi and Fantasy Award 2022
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4.6 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
Filmmatic Drama Screenplay Awards
05/31/2024 (expired)
4.46666666667 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
Filmmatic Short Screenplay Awards
06/20/2024 (expired)
0 n/a
Screenplay Awards: Elements of Story
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0 n/a
Dumbo Screenwriting Competition
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4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
WriteMovies Horror Award
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0 n/a
Summer in the South Film Festival
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0 n/a
Future Film Writers Youth (Title Challenge 3)
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2 2 stars2 stars
Screenwriting Staffing's Query Letter Contest (Season 2)
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3.33333333333 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars
Page Turner Awards
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2.77777777778 3 stars3 stars3 stars
The TITAN Awards
06/30/2024 (expired)
0 n/a
Dallas International Film Festival
06/18/2023 (expired)
0 n/a
Houston International Sports Film Festival Screenplay Championship
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4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Nice International Film Festival
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0 n/a
IndieBoom Script Contest
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2.6 2.5 stars2.5 stars2.5 stars
SunVale Script Contest
09/30/2024 (expired)
3.5 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars
Reno-Tahoe Screenplay Contest
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0 n/a
SimplyScripts Halloween One Week Challenge
10/20/2023 (expired)
0 n/a
Mad Wife Productions Fellowship Program
06/14/2023 (expired)
0 n/a
Unsolicited Scripts Short Film Fund
06/15/2024 (expired)
4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
WRPN.tv Screenplay Competition
02/28/2023 (expired)
0 n/a
Shore Scripts Script Development Fund
04/19/2024 (expired)
0 n/a
Family Friendly Peer Review Screenwriting Festival - Season THREE
09/27/2023 (expired)
4.33333333333 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
Outstanding Screenplays Shorts Competition
10/31/2024 (expired)
4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Filmmatic Sci-Fi/Fantasy Awards
10/31/2024 (expired)
0 n/a
Hollywood Genre Action Screenplay Contest
12/07/2024 (expired)
5 5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars
B!tchFest Film Festival & Screenplay Contest
07/15/2024 (expired)
0 n/a
Faith, Hope, and Love Film Festival and Screenwriting Competition
11/21/2024 (expired)
0 n/a
AoBFF Comedy Short Script Contest
10/31/2024 (expired)
0 n/a
Culver City Film Festival
12/06/2024 (expired)
2.9 3 stars3 stars3 stars
Wildsound Reading Series
Monthly.
3.22727272727 3 stars3 stars3 stars
Wildsound 1st Scene Screenplay Contest
Monthly.
2.11111111111 2 stars2 stars
Just4Shorts Short Screenplay Competition
Monthly.
4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Independent Horror Movie Awards
Monthly.
4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Feel The Reel International Film Festival
Monthly.
2.66666666667 2.5 stars2.5 stars2.5 stars
Global Film Festival Awards
Monthly.
2.53333333333 2.5 stars2.5 stars2.5 stars
Miami Screenplay Awards
Monthly.
4.32558139535 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
Wiki: The World's FASTEST Screenplay Contest
Monthly.
4.51515151515 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
The Santa Barbara International Screenplay Awards
Monthly.
0 n/a
Palm Springs International Screenplay Awards & Pitch Deck-Sizzle Reel-Trailer Contest
Monthly.

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