ABC New Talent Development
ABC Entertainment and Walt Disney Studios sponsor an annual Writing Fellowship Program, searching for culturally and ethnically diverse new writers. |
Acclaim TV
Original, television scripts, and film scripts are sought. |
All She Wrote Screenplay Contest
Open to all non-professional screenwriters. Entered screenplays must not have been previously optioned, sold or produced. |
American Accolades Screenwriting Competition
Competition aims to find and usher emerging talent into the Hollywood mainstream marketplace. |
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 Dream Factory
Grand prize of $3,500. Winning scripts are pitched to Hollywood executives for possible production. |
American Dreamer
Encourages new, groundbreaking writers and filmmakers to pursue careers in the fine art of scriptwriting. |
American Gem Short Script Contest
The winning screenplay will be produced, with the screenwriter sharing in the gross profits. |
Applause Screenwriting Competition
Prizes: 1st: $1000, 2nd: $500, 3rd: $250. Scripts must be original works and not previously optioned, purchased, or produced. |
Arizona Film Commission
Grand prize is a complete foot-in-the-door package including a trip to L.A., $1000 cash, and meetings with industry execs. |
Awesome Television Scriptwriting Contest
Offers cash prizes for spec scripts of existing television shows. |
Bare Bones
Spotlights screenplays with a budget summary of less than a million dollars. |
BDR 2000
Evaluates narrative scripts in four categories: big budget, low budget, dramatic plays, and short films/TV sitcoms. |
Big Australian International Screenwriting Competition
$30,000 in cash and prizes. Open to screenwriters worldwide. 2001 winners announced. |
BlueCat Screenplay Competition
An annual search for the best screenplay in the world. $5,000 grand prize. The winner and all finalists are honored in an annoucement in the Hollywood Reporter. |
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. |
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. |
CineStory Screenwriting Awards
Annual awards for feature-length and short scripts. |
Cyclone Entertainment Group Screenwriters Contest
This contest now combines the Screenwriters Project with the Low-Budget Feature Project and includes elements from both contests. |
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. |
Fade In: Screenwriting Awards
Cash prizes and industry exposure from the publishers of Fade In Magazine. |
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. |
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. |
Hollywood 27
Independent film production company offering $25,000 in prize money. |
Hollywood Screenplay and Book Awards
Submissions of original, unproduced, non-optioned screenplays, and book manuscripts, are invited monthly. |
Hollywood Symposium
Features screenplay development, film production, script consultation and screenplay contests. |
Hurdle Screenwriting Competition
Annual contest for independent screenwriters offers cash awards. |
igottascript.com
The winner will have their script submitted on the spec market. |
InstantCareer.com
Fearless Leader Productions provides competition winners with an immediate opportunity to present themselves to major production houses. |
Maui Writers Conference
Screenwriting competition held in conjunction with the American Film Institute. |
Monterey County Film Commission
Three finalists will receive one-on-one consultations with jury members at the awards event in Monterey County. |
Nashville Screenwriting Competition
1st place cash prize of $1,000 plus an all-access pass to the Nashville Independent Film Festival. |
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. |
National Screenwriting Competition
Cash awards and movie production options are offered to winners. |
New Century Writer Awards
Annual contest, sponsored by not-for-profit writing awards and educational organization, seeks original screenplays, stage plays, short stories, novels/novellas, and poetry, in all genres. Substantial cash prizes are provided in all categories. |
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. |
Ohio Independent Screenplay Awards
Dedicated to freedom of expression through the art of independent media. |
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. |
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. |
Outfest
Recognizes and promotes screenplays that significantly feature lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgendered characters and/or themes. |
Pilot Quest
Focuses exclusively on original concepts for broadcast TV and cable. |
Practical Paradox Bi-Annual Screenplay Competition
Dedicated to the advancement of new, innovative writers through hard work, promotion, and networking. |
Radmin Company Screenwriting Contest
Held in conjunction with FilmMakers Magazine, the top 50 scripts will be considered for representation by the Radmin Company. |
Red Inkworks
Looking for low budget, character driven screenplays for possible production. |
Screamfest
Annual horror film and screenplay competition. Finalists and winning horror screenplay finalists to be read by literary agents. 0ctober 17th - 20th. |
Screenplay as Literature Competition
Seeks to promote the screenplay as a literary art form. Winning entries are published as a book. |
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. |
Screenwriters Forum Screenplay Contest
All contest winners are announced to their entire database of agents and producers. |
Screenwriting Showcase Awards
Winners receive prizes including cash, screenwriting software, discounts on products, free script registration, or professional script analysis. |
Script Magazine Open Door Contest
Cash prizes, script notes and consideration from a legitimate management company, production company or agency. |
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. |
Scriptapalooza screenwriting competition with Screenplay.com
Annual Screenwriting Competition offers a $10,000 cash prize, plus promotion for the best thirteen scripts submitted. |
Scriptapalooza TV
Semi-annual competition that accepts pilots and spec scripts for sitcoms and one hour episodics. |
Scriptrep.com
Win $1,000 and a pitch meeting with a working Hollywood professional. |
Scriptville
Provides each entrant story notes from a professional Hollywood script analyst. Standard entry fee for the annual contest is $99. The winner receives $500 in cash, plus $1,000 worth of professional guidance on another screenplay. |
Slamdance Screenplay Competition
Indie-oriented competition aims to promote and support talented new writers. |
Split-Screenplay Contest
All contestants must register as a member of the Screenwriters Community. |
TalentScout TV Writing Contest
Winners are submitted to the networks and production companies to help find them work. |
Texas Filmwriters Institute
Offers an annual contest for original screenplays, allowing talented writers an entrance into the entertainment industry. |
Winner Take All
Screenplays will go through three stages of scoring before a winner is chosen. |
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. |
Writer´s Film Project
Originated by the Chesterfield Film Company and co-sponsored by Paramount Pictures. |
WriteSafe Writing and Art Contest
Quarterly competition for all material registered with WriteSafe for public view. |
