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Topia!: Arts: Writers Resources: Contests: Screenwriting (82)
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BlueCat Screenplay Competition - An annual search for the best screenplay in the world. $5,000 grand prize. Deadline March 1st. Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting - 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. Screenwriting Showcase Awards - Winners receive prizes including cash, screenwriting software, discounts on products, free script registration, or professional script analysis. Scriptapalooza TV - Semi-annual competition that accepts pilots and spec scripts for sitcoms and one hour episodics. National Screenwriting Competition - Cash awards and movie production options are offered to winners. Slamdance Screenplay Competition - Indie-oriented competition aims to promote and support talented new writers. Ohio Independent Screenplay Awards - Dedicated to freedom of expression through the art of independent media. Organization of Black Screenwriters - Categories are original screenplays, half-hour and one hour television spec scripts, and half-hour and one hour television pilot scripts. Split-Screenplay Contest - All contestants must register as a member of the Screenwriters Community. One-In-Ten Screenplay Competition - Open to all writers. At least one of the primary characters in the screenplay must be a positively portrayed gay or lesbian character. Acclaim TV - Original, television scripts, and film scripts are sought. Hollywood Symposium - Features screenplay development, film production, script consultation and screenplay contests. British Short Screenplay Competition - The winning script will be produced by Kaos Films to be exhibited in UK cinemas and entered into film festivals around the world. Screenwriters Forum Screenplay Contest - All contest winners are announced to their entire database of agents and producers. Script World 2002 Screenwriting Competition - Seeks original scripts, in both full-length, and short film categories. The winner receives $5,000 in cash and prizes, including mentorship, and a possible option by Zeta Entertainment. Maui Writers Conference - Screenwriting competition held in conjunction with the American Film Institute. Hollywood Screenplay and Book Awards - Submissions of original, unproduced, non-optioned screenplays, and book manuscripts, are invited monthly. Texas Filmwriters Institute - Offers an annual contest for original screenplays, allowing talented writers an entrance into the entertainment industry. Big Australian International Screenwriting Competition - $30,000 in cash and prizes. Open to screenwriters worldwide. 2001 winners announced. American Cinema Foundation - Elicits scripts which are suitable for either theatrical or television production and which tell a positive story about specific fundamental values. American Dreamer - Encourages new, groundbreaking writers and filmmakers to pursue careers in the fine art of scriptwriting. filmcontest.com Screenplay Competition - The winner will receive $3000 cash and a trip to New York or Los Angeles to meet with a film production executive. All She Wrote Screenplay Contest - Open to all non-professional screenwriters. Entered screenplays must not have been previously optioned, sold or produced. Fade In: Screenwriting Awards - Cash prizes and industry exposure from the publishers of Fade In Magazine. igottascript.com - The winner will have their script submitted on the spec market. Carl Sautter Memorial Scriptwriting Competition for Film and Television - Open only to members of The Scriptwriters Network. Writers are allowed to join the organization when the entry is submitted. Awesome Television Scriptwriting Contest - Offers cash prizes for spec scripts of existing television shows. Script Magazine Open Door Contest - Cash prizes, script notes and consideration from a legitimate management company, production company or agency. Monterey County Film Commission - Three finalists will receive one-on-one consultations with jury members at the awards event in Monterey County. eShay.com Competition - For all screenwriters who have at least one copyrighted feature length screenplay. Prizes include software and script consultation. 2001 competition winners announced. Euroscript Film Story Competition - Seeks a maximum 2,000 word treatment that tells all the story. Open to European Union screenwriters only. Two competitions are held each year. WriteSafe Writing and Art Contest - Quarterly competition for all material registered with WriteSafe for public view. People's Pilot - Television writing competition for series ideas and pilots. Hollywood "Final-Cut" Screenplay Competition - Open to new screenwriters, who have not sold a script for more than $1,000. Authors must be 18 years or older. Writers from any country are eligible to enter, but scripts must be written in English, in standard format. Winner Take All - Screenplays will go through three stages of scoring before a winner is chosen. Nashville Screenwriting Competition - 1st place cash prize of $1,000 plus an all-access pass to the Nashville Independent Film Festival. Autumn Moon Productions - The 'Don't Get Mad; Get Produced!' screenwriting awards offer possible literary representation. Writer´s Film Project - Originated by the Chesterfield Film Company and co-sponsored by Paramount Pictures. Bare Bones - Spotlights screenplays with a budget summary of less than a million dollars. Screamfest - Annual horror film and screenplay competition. Finalists and winning horror screenplay finalists to be read by literary agents. 0ctober 17th - 20th. CineStory Screenwriting Awards - Annual awards for feature-length and short scripts. American Gem Short Script Contest - The winning screenplay will be produced, with the screenwriter sharing in the gross profits. Radmin Company Screenwriting Contest - Held in conjunction with FilmMakers Magazine, the top 50 scripts will be considered for representation by the Radmin Company. ABC New Talent Development - ABC Entertainment and Walt Disney Studios sponsor an annual Writing Fellowship Program, searching for culturally and ethnically diverse new writers. WriteMovies.com Writing Competition - Offers a $2,000 cash prize (plus representation, and possible option money), plus submission of the top three entries to studios, production companies, and agencies in Hollywood. TalentScout TV Writing Contest - Winners are submitted to the networks and production companies to help find them work. People's Picture Show - A television competition for TV movie scripts and original screenplays. Outfest - Recognizes and promotes screenplays that significantly feature lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgendered characters and/or themes. Hollywood's Next Success - Finalists and/or winners may be offered management representation. International Screenplay Competition - More than $10,000 in prizes. Presented by the American Screenwriters Association and Writer's Digest. Hollywood 27 - Independent film production company offering $25,000 in prize money. Chesterfield Writer's Film Project - Writing competition open to all writers of fiction, plays, screenplays. Five winners will each receive a $20,000 fellowship, and spend 10 months completing 2 screenplays with the guidance of industry mentors. Sponsored by Paramount Pictures. Applause Screenwriting Competition - Prizes: 1st: $1000, 2nd: $500, 3rd: $250. Scripts must be original works and not previously optioned, purchased, or produced. Hurdle Screenwriting Competition - Annual contest for independent screenwriters offers cash awards. Screenwriter Showcase - An annual screenwriting contest, to find and promote talented new screenwriters, awards prizes in kind but not in cash. Entry fees are payable. Scriptapalooza screenwriting competition with Screenplay.com - Annual Screenwriting Competition offers a $10,000 cash prize, plus promotion for the best thirteen scripts submitted. National Screenplay Contest. Winning script produced as a movie - A monthly contest for movie scripts offers the winner of the Grand Finals a $1,000 Treasury Bond and the certainty that the script will be produced as a movie. European Pitch Point - Script competition aimed to promote European writers. General information, deadlines, call for proposals, quotations from industry professionals, and contact details. The Austin Film Festival Heart of Film Screenplay Competition - Competition dedicated to recognizing the writer's contribution to the motion picture industry. WinFemme - Monthly and annual film & screenplay festival in Los Angeles. Winners receive staged readings and screenings in Hollywood on a monthly basis with top industry executives who discuss the artist's work. Scriptunities - A free monthly guide to competitions, script calls and other script opportunities in the UK and Europe. Subscribe to a monthly mail out or examine the web edition. Empire Screenplay Contest - Contest guidelines, entry forms, results, guidance on how to advance, story dynamics. FOE - Contest for screenplays, cash prize, production of the winning feature script. Cinescapes Genre Screenwriting Competition - Competition to assist science fiction, fantasy, horror, and action-adventure screenwriters in becoming discovered by the film industry. Lighthouse Scripts - Annual teleplay and screenplay competition open to all writers worldwide. Scriptwriters Network - Program gives the opportunity for un-agented scripts to be read by producers/ production companies. Endorsed by the WGA and offered to its members. Feedback given to all entrants. The Orca Awards for Screenwriting Excellence - Celebrating excellence in screenwriting from amateur and professional writers. Heat Productions - $5,000 bonus and round trip tickets each to 3 screenwriters chosen for this experience down in South Africa. Five and Dime Screenplay Contest - Over $10,000 in cash and prizes is offered by the only U.S. contest accepting submissions in Japanese, French, Spanish, and Italian, as well as English. 2003 Script PIMP Writing Competition - Offers $10,000 in cash, plus $14,000 in other prizes. 85 Companies have requested the winners for their consideration. Final deadline: May 1,2003. Hollywood Gateway Screenwriting Contest - An annual contest provides a $5,000 cash prize in addition to a number of other benefits including transportation and accommodation in Hollywood, meetings with top agents and producers, plus submissions to over 70 agencies and production companies. Final deadline: September 30. Short Film Script Contest - Seeks a short film script based on any book or story in the Bible. $2,500 to be won, plus possible use in a feature film. Nevada Film Office - Annual screenwriters competition. 75 percent of the script's locations must be shootable in Nevada. Steele Entertainment Group Screenplay Contest - Annual contest offers $1,500 in prize money. Deadline: May 23, 2003. Entry fee: $50. True Independent Screenplay Competition - Offers a $1500 First Prize for superior craftmanship in screenwriting. Feedback is provided on all entries for an extra $20 fee. Deadline: May 15. Entry fees: $15 for short films; $30 for features. Devilhawk Screenplay Competition - The winning screenplay will be produced by Devilhawk Productions on a budget determined by the number of entries received. Entry fee: $50. Deadline: September 15, 2003. American Screenwriting Competition - Promises $50,000 in cash and prizes. Minimum entry fee: $40. Deadline: September 15. Film Pub Screenplay Contest - A collaborative contest in which submissions are judged by other entrants. Deadline: August 1. American Zoetrope Screenplay Contest - Offers a $5,000 grand prize. The top ten screenplays are considered for option by American Zoetrope and for representation by top agencies. Judged by Francis Ford Coppola. Reading fee: $40. Deadline: September 1. Become A Hollywood Screenwriter - The winner will be flown to LA for two days of meetings with agents, producers and studio executives. Sponsored by Niad Management and the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel. Entry fee: $50 for submissions received by December 31. SoCal International Film Festival and Screenwriting Competition - Seeks screenplays for both shorts and features. Entry fees: $40 (features), $30 (shorts). Prize money totals $10,500. Deadline: May 1, 2004.
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