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AFF Announces Semifinalists & Second Rounders

The Austin Film Festival (AFF) has announced their 2019 Script Competition Semifinalists (top 2%) and Second Rounders (top 20%), chosen from a record field of 11,907 scripts entered in the Screenplay, Digital Series, Playwriting, and Fiction Podcast Competitions. Finalists will be revealed by mid-October and the winners will be announced during this year’s Conference at the Awards Luncheon on Saturday, October 26 at the new LINE Austin Hotel, overlooking Town Lake downtown.

Page Announces Contest Finalists

The Judges of the 2019 PAGE International Screenwriting Awards have announced the top 10 Finalists in each of the contest's ten genre categories.

Finish Line Names Quarterfinalists

Quarterfinalists have been announced for the 2019 Finish Line Screenwriting Competition in both the Feature and Television Pilot categories.

CineStory Names Fellowship Winner

Kerry Kolbe has been named the Winner of the 2019 CineStory Fellowship Competition on the basis of her script Swallow, about a 17-year-old girl who is desperate to study particle physics at Cambridge, like her hero Stephen Hawking. Unfortunately, she's trapped playing parent to her dysfunctional family of twitchers (a/k/a bird watchers), who drag her on a wild chase of her late mother's "spirit animal," a rare albino swallow.

Scriptapalooza Announces 2019 Screenplay Contest Winners

Tuck Tucker's Boy Most Wanted has been named the winner of the 2019 Scriptapalooza Screenplay Competition. Nick Robert's Jumping Into Hemingway's Pool was the 2nd place winner, and the 3rd place winner was The Girl Who Collected Sound by Steven Benedict.

Academy Announces 2019 Nicholl Fellowship Finalists

The 2019 Nicholl Fellowships finalists are (listed alphabetically by author): Aaron Chung, "Princess Vietnam", Gary Patent, "Cosmonaut", Jack Zafran, "Justice, Justice", Joel Sinensky, "The Lie Factory", Karen McDermott, "Lullabies of La Jaula", Lynn Esta Goldman, "On the Wing", Matthew Fantaci, "Scandalous!", Paul Ashton, "Slater Berricks is a Dead Man", Renee Pillai, "Boy with Kite", Sean Malcolm, "Mother", Toy Styles, "Concrete Beach", and Walker McKnight, "Street Rat Allie Punches Her Ticket."

HollyShort Names Contest Winners

6,000 submissions, 400 official selections, and 10 days later, the HollyShorts Film Festival has announced their top 36 prizes for their landmark 15th year. On Saturday at Harmony Gold in Hollywood, three of the festival’s films officially became qualified to be in the running for an Academy AwardⓇ in 2020. This year marked the biggest prize packages for filmmakers as well, including prizes from Impossible Dream, Studio 21, Film Augusta, Seattle Film Summit, Buffalo 8, Stampede Ventures, Kodak, Panavision, PaperChase Films, ISA and more.

CWA Announces Contest Winners

Taylor Hopkins' Stagecoach Mary has been named the winner of the Creative World Awards Screenwriting Competition. Based on a true story, the script is about a hard-drinking, cigar smoking black woman in Montana in 1885, who uses her six shooter and tough as nails attitude to defend a convent of nuns from the perils of the Wild West.

Scriptapalooza Names Short Screenplay Contest Winners

Michael Fearths' Made You Better When I Died has been named the winner of the 2019 Scriptapalooza Short Screenplay Competition.

CineStory Names Finalists

Finalists have been annonced for the 2019 CineStory Feature Fellowship.

TrackingB Names TV Contest Winners

Matt Raner has been named the overall winner of the TrackingB TV Pilot Competition. The script, titled Hechicera is about a former FBI agent who lives a lonely life in a small Arizona town, until three cartel killers come hunting for an innocent immigrant girl hiding an unbelievable secret.

Live Read/LA Names August Winners

Winners and finalists have been announced for the August, 2019 Live Read/LA Screenwriting Competition. The reading will be held on Monday, August 26th, 2019, with Industry Insider Hannah Ozer, a Literary Manager with Kaplan/Perrone.

Scriptaplooza Names Screenplay Finalists

Scriptapalooza has announced the top 30 finalists for their 2019 Screenplay Competition.

Scriptapalooza Announces TV Contest Winners

ScriptaploozaTV has announced their category winners, finalists, semifinalists, and quarterfinalists from among 767 submissions.

Scriptapalooza Names Semifinalists

Semifinalists have been announced for the 2019 Scriptapalooza Screenwriting Competition.

Scriptapalooza Names Quarterfinalists

Quarterfinalists have been announced for the 2019 Scriptapalooza Screenwriting Competition.

Writers Lab Names Participants

Twelve writers have been selected to participate in the 2019 Writers Lab retreat to be held October 2-6, 2019 at the Guest House Retreat Center in Chester, CT.

Scriptapalooza Names Fellowship Finalists

Scriptapalooza has the named six finalists from among 521 submissions to 2019 Scriptapalooza Fellowship Competition.

PAGE Announces 2019 Quarterfinalists

The PAGE International Screenwriting Awards has announced their 2019 Quarterfinalists, representing the top 10% of all entries in this year's contest.

CineStory Names 2019 Fellowship Semifinalists

CineStroy has announced 26 semifinalists for their 2019 Feature Fellowship Competition. Semifinalists will be invited to attend this year's feature retreat, which takes place on October 19th – October 22nd. Attendees receive three 90-minute one-on-one sessions with CineStory mentors. Attendees also participate in mentor-run informal rooms on topics ranging from "Pitching Like a Pro" to "The State of Filmmaking in the Digital Age."

Write/LA Names Two More Industry Insiders

In the lead up to Write/LA's Final Deadline on July 15, the competition has announced two more Industry Insiders who have agreed to each read a finalist script and provide written feedback to the writer.

Table Read My Screenplay Names Hollywood Winners

The Table Read My Screenplay Contest has announced Bonnie Gross, Jasmine Leyva and Anthony Fernandez as the Grand Prize Winners of their "Hollywood" competition.

Write/LA 2019 Winners to be Reviewed by Script Pipeline

Write/LA has announced that their 2019 screenwriting competition winners will be reviewed by Script Pipeline as part of their push to help top writers from all the most respected screenwriting competitions gain more industry access.

HollyShorts Film Fest Names Screenplay Selections

Official Selections have been announced for the 6th Annual HollyShort Film Festival, part of the 15th annual HollyShorts Film Festival (August 8-17th, 2019).

Launch Pad Names Feature Contest Winners

Jeffrey Field has been named the 2018 Launch Pad Feature Contest Winner for his thriller, Don't Go There, about a violent man who has just murdered four people, who seeks refuge in what appears to be an empty home, only to discover that the elderly woman living within may be far more dangerous than anything waiting for him outside.

Shore Scripts Names 2019 Short Film Fund Winners

A Young Man's Game by James Gould-Bourn has been named the Grand Prize Winner of the 2019 Shore Scripts Short Film Fund, and the project has been awarded $10,000 in cash. Miss Fortunate, by Molly O'Shea been named the $4,000 Second Place Winner.

StoryPros Names Awards Semifinalists

Semifinalists have just been announced for the 12th Annual StoryPros Awards Screenplay Contest.

Filmmatic Names Inroads Fellowship Winner

Filmmatic has named Justin Moran Season 2 Inroads Screenwriting Fellow for his Sci-fi TV pilot, Rust. The script features a crew of hard-luck space miners that happen upon an old shipwreck, launching them into a world of bounty hunters, terrorists, and a mammoth mining conglomerate set on keeping old mistakes buried.

Shore Scripts Names Short Film Fund Finalists

Shore Films has announced the 15 Finalsts for their 2019 Short Film Fund. Winner will be announced June 6th.

StoryPros Awards Names Quarterfinalists

Quarterfinalists have been announced of the 12th Annual StoryPros Awards Screenplay Contest.

Launch Pad Feature Competition Names Top 10 Finalists

The Launch Pad competition, in exclusive partnership with Good Fear Film + Management and Romark Entertainment, has announced the top 10 finalists for the 2018/2019 Launch Pad feature competition.

Scriptapalooza TV Debuts New Website

Emerging Screenwriters Names Shoot Your Sizzle Winners

Steve Feld's Take My Wife, Please has been named the winner of the Emerging Screenwriter's Shoot Your Sizzle Screenwriting Competition.

BlueCat Names Contest Winners

Fox Hollow by Ariel Sobel has been named the Winner of the BlueCat Screenplay Contest for 2019. Benjamin Christopher won the Hour-long Pilot Category for his script Tenth Street, while Katie Blair was the Half-Hour Winner for her script, Clay.

Austin Fest to Honor David Benioff and D.B. Weiss

Austin Film Festival & Writers Conference (AFF), the premier film festival that champions the writers’ contribution to film, television, and new media, has announced David Benioff and D.B. Weiss as the recipients of the "Outstanding Television Writer" Award at the 26th Annual Austin Film Festival, this October 24-31, 2019.

BlueCat Names 2019 Finalists

BlueCat has named their top 5 Feature and TV Pilot finalists.

Shoot Your Sizzle Names Top 100

Emerging Screenwriters has announced the Top 100 scripts of their 2019 Shoot Your Sizzle Screenwriting Competition.

Skye Emerson's Challenger Wins Fresh Voices Grand Prize Award

Women reigned victorious at the 2018-19 Fresh Voices Screenplay Competition this week with an all-star group of talented female writers dominating both the Drama and Family Film Categories. Leading them all, it was Skye Emerson's historical drama, CHALLENGER, that wowed the jury and took home the Grand Prize Award.

ScreenCraft Names Fellowship Quarterfinalists

ScreenCraft has announced the quarterfinalists from among roughly 2,500 submissions to their 2019 ScreenCraft Fellowship Competition.

BlueCat Names Semifinalists

BlueCat has announced their 2019 Feature, TV, and Short Script semifinalists.

Fresh Voices Announces Finalists and Spotlight Award Nominees

Fresh Voices Screenplay Competition has named their 2018-19 Contest Finalists and Spotlight Award Nominees.

Scriptapalooza Producing Shorts & Features

A newly launched division of the Scriptapalooza Screenwriting Competition is now producing films utilizing the organization's relationships to attach funds and talent.

BlueCat Names 2019 Quarterfinalists

The BlueCat Screenwriting Competition has announced quarterfinalists for their 2019 Feature, Short, and TV pilot contests.

Austin Film Festival and Rooster Teeth Announce New Fellowship Award

Austin Film Festival and Rooster Teeth are partnering to launch the Inaugural "Rooster Teeth Fellowship Award" to be presented at the 26th Annual Austin Film Festival. This new award will be available in conjunction with AFF's existing Script Competitions and is open to all scripted submissions that embody the Rooster Teeth genre.

Scriptation Announces Showcase Script Competition for Emerging Screenwriters

Scriptation, the company behind the popular script app used on film and television productions worldwide, opened the call for submissions for its new screenwriting competition, the Scriptation Showcase. Fifteen winners' scripts will be featured for a full year in Scriptation, giving them unprecedented exposure to Hollywood professionals.

Fresh Voices Names Semifinalists

Semifinalists have been announced for the 2018-19 Fresh Voices Screenwriting Competition.

TVWriter.com Names People Pilot Winners

THE BOOK OF JOEY by Steven Block has been named the TVWriter.com People's Pilot Comedy category winner, while THE FUCKING NEW GUYS by Meredith Bagby took top honors in the Drama/Action category.

Interview with 2018 CineStory Second Place Winner Avishai Weinberger

CineStory Co-Executive Director Carlo Martinelli catches up with the 2018 CineStory Fellowship second place winner, Avishai Weinberger.

People's Pilot Announces Finalists

The People's Pilot television writing contest, from TVWriter.com, has announced the finalists of their 27th competition.

Producers Request Scriptapalooza TV Winners

Twelve producers have requested to read Scriptapalooza TV's recently announced contest winners.

CineStory Names TV Fellowship Winner

Robert Axelrod has been named the 2019 CineStory TV Fellow for his winning episodic spec comedy script BETTER THINGS - "Goy Vey", which impressed the judges by capturing the tone of the show while also showcasing the writer's own voice.

Greg Silverman's Stampede Partners With HollyShorts Film Festival

Greg Silverman’s new media company Stampede is partnering with the HollyShorts Film Festival, the Los Angeles-based short film festival, on a first-look feature film and TV series development program. (From the Hollywood Reporter.)

CineStory Names TV Category Winners

CineStory has announced their 2019 Spec Drama, Spec Comedy, Original Drama and Original Comedy category winners. The first place winner of each division is now in the running for this year's TV Fellowship, which includes a $1,000 cash prize, free tuition and housing for this year's TV retreat, and a 12-month mentorship with 2 Hollywood professionals hand-picked to help the Fellow advance the Fellow's craft and career.

Scriptapalooza TV Names Contest Winners

Scriptapalooza TV has announced their latest Pilot, Sitcom, One-Hour Drama and Reality Category winners.

TVWriter.com Names People's Pilot Semifinalists

TVWriter.com has announced the semifinalists for the 27th People's Pilot competition. Finalists will be announced in two weeks.

Launch Million Dollar Screenplay Competition Now Open for Submissions

The LAUNCH Million Dollar Screenplay Competition has announced it will accept global submissions for its second million-dollar screenplay competition from Friday, February 1st through Tuesday, April 30th, 2019. Once again, The LAUNCH will be looking for original screenplays with captivating stories, unique voices and honest emotion in any genre. The international competition is open to students over the age of 18 who are enrolled in an accredited two-year, four-year college/university or graduate program.

Austin Fest and Humanitas Announce New Partnership to Discover Original Voices

The Austin Film Festival (AFF) and HUMANITAS have joined forces to launch the inaugural "HUMANITAS Originals Award". This joint initiative is a new addition to AFF’s Script Competitions and is open to both feature screenplays and teleplay pilots that reflect the kinds of stories HUMANITAS has honored for over four decades.

Scriptapalooza Short Script Finalist Screens at Hollywood Independent Film Festival

A Boy A Man and A Kite by Adam Matalon & Stephen Endelman, 2017 Scriptapalooza Shorts finalist, has been produced and will screen on 2/15/2019 at Regal Cinema LA Live.

Nicholl Fellowships Now Open for Submissions

The Motion Picture Academy's Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting is now accepting submissions. Early deadline in March 7, 2019, with a $45 entry fee.

TrackingB Names Contest Winners

Gorby and Ronnie Do Reykjavík, by Patrick Connely, has been named the overall winner of the TrackingB Screenwriting Competition.

Fresh Voices Names Quarterfinalists

Fresh Voices has announced the quarterfinalists of the 2018-2019 Fresh Voices Screenwriting Competition. Semifinalists will be announced March 7th, 2019.

CineStory Names TV Finalists

Finalists have been announced in the original and spec categories of the CineStory TV Writing Competition.

Kairos Names $15,000 Prize Winners

Grace by Night, by Nathan Leon, has been named the winner of the $15,000 Kairos Prize for Beginning Screenwriters. Mingo Road by Paul Cooper was the "pro" category winner among established filmmakers. The Kairos Prizes are presented annually by Movieguide, and award $15,000 to each winner whose work "greatly increases man's love or understanding of God."

HBO Accepts Fellowship Applications Feb. 6-13

The HBO Access Writing Fellowship provides mentorship for up to 8 diverse, emerging storytellers. Following a one-week intensive of master classes, participants are immersed in 8 months of mentoring by HBO creative executives, as each participant develops a script suitable for HBO or Cinemax.

Filmmatic Names Pitch Now Contest Winners

Courtney Suttle's A Jungle Dark has been named the Overall Winner of the 2019 Pitch Now Screenplay Competition.

Kairos Names Semifinalists

Dr. Ted Baehr, founder of Movieguide®: The Family Guide to Movies and Entertainment, has announced the eight semi-finalists for the Fourteenth Annual Kairos Prize® for Spiritually Uplifting Screenplays by First-Time and Beginning Screenwriters and four semi-finalists for the Kairos Pro Prize® for Inspiring Screenplays by Established Filmmakers.

CineStory Names TV Semifinalists

CineStory has named their 2018 Comedy and Drama Semifinalists.

Table Read My Screenplay Names Grand Prize Winners

Cannabiz by Shane Elizabeth Roche has been named the Grand Prize Winner of the Table Read My Screenplay (Park City) Screenwriting Competition in the Feature/TV Pilot Category. Anaesthesia by John Harden was named the Grand Prize Winner in the Short/Web Series Pilot Category.

CineStory Names TV Spec Semifinalists, Original Script Quarterfinalists

Semifinalists have been announced in the Episodic Comedy and Drama Divisions of CineStory/TV Digital Fellowship. CineStory has also announced quarterfinalists in the Original Drama and Comedy divisions.

Write/LA Names Grand Prize Winners

Jonathan Dillon's Artificial has been named the Grand Prize Winner of the 2018 Write/LA Screenwriting Competition. The script is about an amnesia-ridden survivor of a pandemic virus who wakes up in a high-tech house being nursed by a mysterious woman. When her secrets begin to unravel, he must do everything he can to get out alive. Other Grand Prize winners include Jeff Patneaude's one-hour pilot Rogues, about a brilliant criminal's quest for vengeance, and Jenna Wycoff's half-hour pilot Vamp, about a recently windowed Latina mom faced with a rare blood cancer, who doubles down on her parental devotion by making a soul-sucking underground arrangement to extend her life, despite some eternal consequences.

StoryPros International Names Contest Winners

Southern Blood, by Lonas Taylor, has been named the Grand Prize Winner of the 12th Annual StoryPros International Screenplay Contest.

New York Horror Fest Names Short Script Finalists

The New York Horror Film Festival has named their 2018 Short Screenplay Finalists.

Writers Lab Releases Participant Loglines

The Writers Lab, supported by Meryl Streep and Nicole Kidman, has released the loglines of this year's twelve participant scripts.

Write/LA Names Contest Finalists

Write/LA has announced their 2018 Screenplay Contest finalists. The grand prize announcement will be made on December 15.

StoryPros Names Contest Finalists

StoryPros has announced the Finalists of the 12th Annual StoryPros International Screenplay Contest.

ScreenCraft Names Pilot Launch Semifinalists

Semifinalists have been announced for the 2018 ScreenCraft Pilot Launch competition. This year's jury is comprised of creative executives, coordinators and development heads at HBO, AMC andAmazon Studios, as well as a manager at3 Arts Entertainment and a story consultant for NBC's Writers on the Verge.

StoryPros Names International Screenplay Contest Semifinalists

Semifinalists have been announced for the 12th Annual StoryPros International Screenplay Contest.

Shore Scripts Names 2018 Contest Winners

Jordan Presser's Hungry Man has been named the winning feature of the 2018 Shore Scripts Screenwriting Competition, while Galápagos by Lukas Hassel was the winning TV Pilot. Stephanie Bollag & Lily Lyor Askenazi won the Short Script competition with their screenplay, Esther In Wonderland.

New York Horror Fest Names Features Script Finalists

Finalists have been announced for the 2018 New York Horror Film Festival Screenwriting Competition.

Roadmap Writers Names JumpStart Winners

Max Rissman's Grandpa has been named the Feature Script Winner of the 2018 JumpStart Writing Competition, while Alan Baxter's Lost Eden Canyon has been named the Pilot Winner.

Scriptapalooza Names 2019 Fellowship Mentors

Scriptapalooza has announced the six individuals who will serve as mentors to the winners of the 2019 Scriptapalooza Fellowship.

ScreenCraft Names Action/Thriller Quarterfinalists

Quarterfinalists have been announced from among more than 700 submissions to the 2018 ScreenCraft Action & Thriller Screenplay Competition. This year’s jury is comprised of producers and executives at Appelles Entertainment, Bad Robot, Columbia Pictures, the Donners’ Company, a manager at Elevate Entertainment, and the screenwriter of Die Hard and Lara Croft: Tomb Raider.

StoryPros International Names Quarterfinalists

The StoryPros International Screenwriting Competition has announced their 12th Annual Contest Quarterfinalists.

Scriptapalooza Announces Producer Requests

Scriptapalooza has announced the list of producers who have requested to read the Scriptapalooza 2018 contest winners.

ScreenCraft Names Drama Contest Semifinalists

Semifinalists have been selected from among more than 1,000 submissions to the 2018 ScreenCraft Drama Screenplay Competition.

ScreenCraft Names Stage Play Quarterfinalists

Quarterfinalists have been selected from among nearly 700 submissions to the inaugural ScreenCraft Stage Play Competition.

ScreenCraft Names Short Screenplay Contest Winner & Finalists

The Rubicon by Aminah Hughes has been selected as the winner of the 2018 ScreenCraft Short Screenplay contest.

Write/LA Names Semifinalists

Semifinalists been announced for the 2018 Write/LA Screenwriting Competition.

AFF Names Screenplay Contest Winners

The Austin Film Festival (AFF) has announced their 2018 Screenplay Contest Winners in all categories.

Interview with ScreenCraft Fellowship Winner Davia Carter

Davia Carter was named a 2018 ScreenCraft Fellowship Winner on the basis of her TV pilot Double Time Dames, a one-hour drama set in the jazz age that tells the story of a brilliant female trumpeter who sheds her life of abusive men and attempts to start an all-female band as an Italian mob tries to stake their claim in her town.

Shore Scripts Names Finalists

Shore Scripts has announced their contest finalists. Winners will be named November 30th.

Poe Contest Names Halloween Contest Winner

The Poe Contest has to announced the winner of its one-day Halloween script contest. "Demon Inside Me," by Brandon Rutherford, captured the $100 cash prize and an automatic advancement to the Poe Contest semifinals.

ScreenCraft Names Pilot Launch Quarterfinalists

Quarterfinalists have been announced for the 2018 ScreenCraft Pilot Launch TV Writing Competition, selected from about 2,500 submissions.

Finish Line Script Competition Names Grand Prize Winner

Folklore by Sebastian Magiera has been named the Grand Prize Winner of the 2018 Finish Line Script Competition. Set in 18th century colonial America, the script is about a Spanish priest and a cursed enchantress who band together to prevent malevolent supernatural forces from destroying the lives of helpless villagers.

Short Scripts Names Semifinalists

Shore Scripts has announced the semifinalists in their Feature, TV Pilot and Short Categories. Winners will be announced November 10th.

Interview with ScreenCraft Fellowship Winner Georgina Love

Georgina Love was named a 2018 ScreenCraft Fellowship Winner for her sci-fi feature Pig, which follows an experimental scientist as he raises a sentient pig as a mirror image of his terminally ill son. When the pig learns his "father's" plans have a sinister bent, he fights to resist the inevitable.

Roadmap Writers Names JumpStart Finalists

Roadmap Writers has announced the Top 10 Pilot and Feature Finalists for their 2018 JumpStart Writing Competition.

Scriptapalooza TV Producer Requests

Scriptapalooza has released a list of the producers that have requested to read their recent TV contest winners.

Write/LA Names Contest Quarterfinalists

Quarterfinalists have been announced for the 2018 Write/LA Screenwriting Competition. Semifinalists will be announced November 15.

Scriptapalooza Interviews TV Contest Winners

Scriptapalooza has posted video interviews with their 2018 television contest winners.