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Contests found: 30

NOTE: This list is limited to contests with at least 10 report card submissions.
Rating Contest Deadline
4.10869565217 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Atlanta Film Festival Screenplay Competition
 2025-11-07 11/07/2025
3.5 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars
Screenplay Search Screenwriting Competition
 Monthly.
4.66666666667 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
13Horror.com Film & Screenplay Contest
2025-09-21 09/21/2025
4.54285714286 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
The Santa Barbara International Screenplay Awards
 Monthly.
4.56896551724 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
Cinequest Screenwriting Competition
 2025-11-15 11/15/2025
4.3829787234 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
Wiki: The World's FASTEST Screenplay Contest
 Monthly.
4.63636363636 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
Canadian Short Screenplay Competition
 2026-04-12 04/12/2026
3.46153846154 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars
San Francisco International Screenwriting Competition & Film Awards
 2025-08-13 08/13/2025
4.19512195122 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Golden Script Competition
 2026-03-27 03/27/2026
4.08441558442 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Creative World Awards
 2026-01-21 01/21/2026
3.63888888889 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars
trackingb.com Screenplay Contest
 2025-10-06 10/06/2025
3.22727272727 3 stars3 stars3 stars
Wildsound 1st Scene Screenplay Contest
 Monthly.
4.08333333333 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
ISA Fast Track Fall 2025 Fellowship
 2025-07-31 07/31/2025
4.5 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
Scriptapalooza Fellowship
 2025-07-01 07/01/2025
4.04761904762 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Emerging Screenwriters Screenplay Competition
 2025-10-30 10/30/2025
4.11904761905 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Table Read My Screenplay Hollywood Competition
 2025-08-07 08/07/2025
4.27586206897 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
Scriptapalooza TV Writing Competition
 2025-11-03 11/03/2025
4.18181818182 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Filmmatic Comedy Screenplay Awards
 2025-07-31 07/31/2025
2.9 3 stars3 stars3 stars
Wildsound Reading Series
 Monthly.
3.88461538462 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Big Apple Film Festival Screenplay Competition
 2025-10-10 10/10/2025
2.87179487179 3 stars3 stars3 stars
Wildsound TV SPEC and TV PILOT Screenplay Contest
 Ongoing - submit anytime.
4.03488372093 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Shore Scripts Feature Screenplay Contest
 2025-08-28 08/28/2025
2.91304347826 3 stars3 stars3 stars
Faith in Film: International Film Festival and Screenwriting Competition
 2026-04-09 04/09/2026
4.51016260163 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
BlueCat Screenplay Competition
 2025-11-11 11/11/2025
2.375 2.5 stars2.5 stars2.5 stars
New York Metropolitan Screenwriting Competition & Film Awards
 2025-07-10 07/10/2025
2.21052631579 2 stars2 stars
hollywoodscript.com monthly contest
 Last Day of any calender month
2.83333333333 3 stars3 stars3 stars
Breaking Walls Thriller Screenplay Contest
 2025-08-23 08/23/2025
3.73148148148 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars
Slamdance Screenplay Competition
 2025-08-01 08/01/2025
2.83333333333 3 stars3 stars3 stars
FLICKERS: Rhode Island International Film Festival Screenplay Competition
 2025-07-15 07/15/2025
3.52551020408 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars
American Zoetrope Screenplay Contest
 2025-09-03 09/03/2025

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