Your comedy script
could be next.

Yes. Entering never transfers any rights, and you keep ownership of your work before, during and after the contest.

Not in this contest. The Feature Comedy contest accepts feature film scripts only.

Absolutely. Simultaneous submissions are completely fine, enter wherever you like.

Co-written scripts are welcome. Enter under one account and credit every writer on the work.

Quarterfinalists on February 12, Semifinalists on February 26, Finalists on March 12, and the Winner on March 26, 2027.

Optional professional coverage, never required to be judged. The immediate option returns 3 to 5 pages of notes within 5 days of submitting and lets you resubmit one revised draft up to 10 days after the Final Deadline. The discounted option is 1 to 2 pages of notes, delivered after the Quarterfinalist Announcement.

Choose mentorship at checkout and your logline goes to our mentors: Producer Brandon Tamburri (Joke Zero; PLAN B, ON A STRING), Literary Manager Val McLeroy (Epigram Entertainment) and Manager Mitchell Bendersky (Expectation Management). They read every logline submitted and choose one writer to mentor through virtual development meetings. It is separate from the contest prizes, and every Top 10 script is considered automatically.

Entry fees are non-refundable, which is standard across screenwriting contests.

Void where prohibited by law.

This Stage 32 Contest is an international contest. Must be 18 years or older to submit.

Entrant agrees to Stage32.com terms and conditions.

This Stage 32 Contest is not a game of chance. All material is read and reviewed by industry professionals.

All quarterfinalists, semi-finalists, finalists and winners are subjectively determined by our judges.

There is no limit to the number of screenplays an Entrant can enter. The same screenplay cannot be submitted multiple times under different names. If so, you will be disqualified.

Entrant must not be an immediate family member or friend of any of the judges or their respective companies.

Entrant acknowledges that because of the judges' and mentors' position in the entertainment industry they receive numerous submissions of ideas, formats, stories, suggestions and the like and that many such submissions heretofore or hereafter received by them are similar to or identical to those developed by them or their employees or, if an agent, are otherwise available to them.

Entrant acknowledges that they will not be entitled to any compensation because of the use by judges or mentors of any such similar material.

Entrant acknowledges that no fiduciary or confidential relationship now exists between Entrant and judges or mentors, and Entrant further acknowledges that no such relationships are established between Entrant and judges or mentors by reason of this contest entry.

Entrants must submit screenplays and payment online.

Entrants must upload their submission within 72 hours of entry purchase.

Entry fees will not be returned or adjusted.

No waivers are available for this contest.

Screenplays should be written in English and in standard industry format.

The rights to the Entrant’s screenplay should not have been previously optioned or sold.

The Entrant retains the rights to his or her screenplay at all times.

Entrant’s screenplay must not have been produced.

The screenplay can be submitted with or without a title page and/or contact information.

After a screenplay is entered, no new drafts or corrected pages can be made by the Entrant unless it is confirmed in our records that the Entrant has paid for the "Resubmission" option.

Screenplay must be submitted as a PDF document.

Screenplay must be the original work of the Entrant and may not be based whole or in part on any fictional or non-fictional material, published or unpublished, produced or unproduced for which the Entrant does not have rights. Neither Stage 32 nor its judges investigates or attests to the authenticity of an applicant’s statement of authorship or rights secured. By entering the competition, you are acknowledging that you have secured all necessary rights.