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Santa Barbara International Names Summer Contest Winners

Updated: 10/21/2025

Lisa Hickey has been named the Best Screenplay Winner of the 2025 Santa Barbara International Screenplay Summer Competition. The Best TV Script and Best Short Script Winners have also been announced.

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Los Angeles Crime and Horror Film Festival
Final: 10/25/2025
WSPro Discount: $5.00

Script Pipeline First Look Project
Final: 10/30/2025
WSPro Discount: No

Emerging Screenwriters Screenplay Competition
Final: 10/30/2025
WSPro Discount: No

Outstanding Screenplays Feature Competition
Final: 10/30/2025
WSPro Discount: No

Red Flight Pictures Screenplay Awards
Final: 10/30/2025
WSPro Discount: No

Shore Scripts Short Film Fund
Final: 10/31/2025
WSPro Discount: $5.00

StoryPros International Screenplay Contest
Late: 10/31/2025
WSPro Discount: $10.00

Breaking Walls Thriller Screenplay Contest
Extended: 11/01/2025
WSPro Discount: $5.00

Scriptapalooza TV Writing Competition
Final: 11/03/2025
WSPro Discount: No

Stage 32 + Mammoth Pictures Search for New Blood Screenwriting Contest
Extended: 11/03/2025
WSPro Discount: No

Atlanta Film Festival Screenplay Competition
Extended: 11/07/2025
WSPro Discount: No

WriteMovies' Writing Contest 80
Late: 11/09/2025
WSPro Discount: No

BlueCat Screenplay Competition
Late: 11/11/2025
WSPro Discount: $10.00

Creative Screenwriting Unique Voices Screenplay Competition
Final: 11/13/2025
WSPro Discount: No

Cinequest Screenwriting Competition
Final: 11/15/2025
WSPro Discount: No

Christian Faith, Hope, and Love Film Festival and Screenwriting Competition
Final: 11/20/2025
WSPro Discount: $15.00

Hollywood Genre Action Screenplay Contest
Final: 11/22/2025
WSPro Discount: $5.00

Stowe Narrative Labs
Late: 11/24/2025
WSPro Discount: No

Near Nazareth Festival
Final: 11/27/2025
WSPro Discount: 10%

Hollywood Genre Comedy Screenplay Contest
Final: 11/29/2025
WSPro Discount: $5.00

CineStory TV/Digital Retreat & Fellowship
Final: 11/30/2025
WSPro Discount: No

Filmmatic Pitch Now Screenplay Competition
Final: 11/30/2025
WSPro Discount: No

Bloodstained Indie Film Festival New!
Final Buried: 12/09/2025
WSPro Discount: No

Outstanding Screenplays Shorts Competition
Final: 12/15/2025
WSPro Discount: No

The Old Lady Project
Final: 12/15/2025
WSPro Discount: No

Filmmatic Horror Screenplay Awards
Extended: 12/20/2025
WSPro Discount: 25%

Hollywood Genre Horror Screenplay Contest New!
Final: 12/20/2025
WSPro Discount: $5.00

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