Open Directory - Arts: Writers Resources: Contests: Screenwriting
See also: This category in other languages: - Screenwriting contest that offers feedback to all participants. - Original, television scripts, and film scripts are sought. - Elicits scripts which are suitable for either theatrical or television production and which tell a positive story about specific fundamental values. - The winning screenplay will be produced, with the screenwriter sharing in the gross profits. - Annual competition to uncover the best unproduced screenplays and in collaboration with the writer help develop and potentially produce them. - Spotlights screenplays with a budget summary of less than a million dollars. - An annual search for the best screenplay in the world. - The winning script will be produced by Kaos Films to be exhibited in UK cinemas and entered into film festivals around the world. - An annual screenplay competition and film festival that takes place in Erie, Pennsylvania. - Cash prizes and industry exposure from the publishers of Fade In Magazine. - Database of current screenwriting contests. - Short script (30 pages or less) competition that grants production to the grand prize winner. Entry fees vary on length and time of submission ($9-$44). - Features screenplay development, film production, script consultation and screenplay contests. - Three finalists will receive one-on-one consultations with jury members at the awards event in Monterey County. - 1st place cash prize of $1,000 plus an all-access pass to the Nashville Independent Film Festival. - Annual screenwriters competition in which 75% of the script's locations must be shootable in Nevada. - An international competition, sponsored by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, seeks original screenplays from writers who have not earned more than $5,000 for film or TV scripts. Up to five $25,000 fellowships are awarded each year. - A screenplay contest dedicated to the positive portrayal of gays and lesbians in film. $1000 first prize. - A screenplay contest promoting the full-length character driven screenplay. First prize is $1000 and a one-year option for production. - Categories are original screenplays, half-hour and one hour television spec scripts, and half-hour and one hour television pilot scripts. - Recognizes and promotes screenplays that significantly feature lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgendered characters and/or themes. - Annual contest founded by Hollywood producers and executives to discover the top new screenplays by up-and-coming writers. - Annual horror film and screenplay competition. Finalists and winning horror screenplay finalists to be read by literary agents. 0ctober 17th - 20th. - Feature-length screenplay contest with industry exposure and $1000 grand prizes in five categories. - An annual screenwriting contest, to find and promote talented new screenwriters, awards prizes in kind but not in cash. Entry fees are payable. - Cash prizes, script notes and consideration from a legitimate management company, production company or agency. - Monthly screenplay competition. Provides contest details, fee and prize information, deadlines and online application. - Offers annual screenplay competition with a $10,000 cash prize, a semi- annual television writing competition and professional script analysis. - Annual screenplay competition open to writers of screenplays set primarily in the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area. $10,000 grand prize. - Television competition for TV episode and movie scripts and original pilot teleplays. $8000 in prizes. - Competition dedicated to recognizing the writer's contribution to the motion picture industry. - Annual competition. The top ten screenplays are considered for option by American Zoetrope and for representation by top agencies.
