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Winner set up for development & packaging with the producers behind CREEPSHOW, KILL BILL, and DARK CITY

Winner will be set up on meetings with producers and executives behind comedy hits: SINGLE DRUNK FEMALE, RUSSIAN DOLL, ON A STRING, BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM, STANDING UP FALLING DOWN, PLAN B, and MORE!

THE MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY'S PREMIER SCREENPLAY COMPETITION This is the only screenplay competition founded by a team of working Hollywood professionals with more than 1,000 produced credits and a century of collective industry experience.

Now in its 12th year, the BAFTA-qualifying Manchester Film Festival provides screenwriters with a chance to have their scripts read and appraised by filmmaking peers and industry insiders.

B!tchFest is an INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL & SCREENPLAY CONTEST for WOMEN and LGBTQIA+ creators—where stories that deserve to be heard finally get their moment!

Write one sentence pitching your short film for a chance to receive up to $10,000 to help produce it.

MFF Screenplay Competition is the prestigious script prize of the BAFTA-qualifying Manchester Film Festival, with writers warmly encouraged to attend the buzzing ten-day event in Manchester in March 2027.

Barnstorm is the leading festival for emerging screenwriters and independent voices. The Grand Jury Prize winner chooses between a $5,000 screenplay option or $5,000 USD.

** Grand Prize: Access to Industry Representation in our network of producers, filmmakers, managers and alumni. ** Past winners have signed with top agencies like CAA, UTA, WME, ICM, The Cartel, Innovative and Zero Gravity.

$10K GRAND PRIZE - 6+ pages of actionable script notes - 50+ TOP MENTORS will read/meet writers. Resubmit new drafts for FREE throughout competition.

We hope to make our boutique festival the premier festival destination for faith films and screenwriters with a higher purpose.

Competition is open to feature-length and short works, screenplays and teleplays. All types of horror and thriller projects are eligible. Filmmatic is proud to welcome seasoned horror producer Rudy Scalese as a Guest Judge for Season 11 of our Horror/Thriller competition.

Killer Shorts: Short Scripts, Features, & Short Stories Got a horror script or short story? We want to read it. Killer Shorts is a premier launchpad dedicated to discovering, championing, and launching new voices in horror and dark genre filmmaking. Founded in 2019, our competition connects writers with the industry professionals who actually greenlight, manage, and cover genre cinema. Whether you are a master of micro-budget proof-of-concepts or the creator of the next great studio franchise, your work belongs here.

Welcome to the FALL 2026 COMPETITION! You don’t need more opinions. You need to know: • what’s working • what’s not • what it will actually take to make your script marketable THIS IS WHERE SERIOUS WRITERS LEVEL UP Every screenplay is evaluated by working WGA writers and producers using real industry standards. Not academic notes. Not generic "check the box" coverage. Professional analysis designed to move your script closer to production. WHY WRITERS ENTER • Judged by working WGA writer-producers • 1,000+ combined produced credits across our senior judging panel • Real-world development standards used at the studio level • Every script receives detailed, actionable feedback • Select finalists considered for industry exposure opportunities WHAT YOU GET • 6–12 pages of detailed, professional screenplay analysis • Clear identification of strengths and weaknesses • Specific, actionable rewrite guidance • Evaluation of marketability and development potential FOR WRITERS WHO WANT MORE This isn’t about validation. It’s about getting better. Because the difference between a good script and a marketable one is rarely talent. It’s execution. PREMIUM OPTION Take it further with a private 90-minute Line Notes and Live Consultation with an award-winning WGA writer-producer. This is where: • your pages are discussed in detail • your questions get answered • your rewrite strategy becomes clear THE REALITY : Most scripts don’t move forward because they’re not fully developed, positioned correctly, or meet professional expectations. This competition is designed to close that gap. IF YOU’RE SERIOUS This is where serious writers become market-ready because... Good scripts don’t get produced. Market-ready scripts do.

2026 FALL COMPETITION NOW OPEN...where EVERY entry receives PROFESSIONAL FEEDBACK...and winning projects go straight to the established literary managers actively searching for the best new writing and filmmaking talent. Every word of your script...or every frame of your trailer/video will be studied and analyzed by established Hollywood film and television WGA, SAG, DGA Award-winners with hundreds of credits at every major Hollywood studio, network, and streamer. More than a contest: a stepping stone to mainstream careers.

The UK Film Festival Script Competitions are not just about scriptwriters' awards. They’re keen to discover writers that may not yet have been produced, and to get their scripts into production. They have a proven track record of their winning and finalist scripts being made into successful films.

Since 2008, the Canadian Short Screenplay Competition has been the country’s most prestigious launching pad for emerging writers; championing, financing and producing short-form content while connecting creators.

$10,000 in CASH PRIZES! Top scripts read by SCOTT FREE, AMBLIN & over 60 companies + mentorship from OSCAR & EMMY nominees!

The Scriptapalooza Screenplay Competition is one of the most established screenplay contests in the industry, running annually since 1998 and offering writers the opportunity to have their scripts read by over 90 production companies, agencies, and managers who serve as judges. What makes this competition particularly valuable for aspiring screenwriters is not just the cash prizes and software awards, but the fact that even scripts that don't win the top prize can still catch the attention of industry professionals during the judging process, as the competition has helped launch numerous careers including writers who've gone on to work on major films and television shows.

Welcome to the New York Metropolitan Screenwriting Competition & Film Awards. We love New York and we love film! We especially loves films shot, set, about, or written and produced and starring New Yorkers! And by New Yorker, we mean New Yorkers from the State, the City, and around the world. Even New Yorkers who haven’t made it here yet. We love you all. (And no, you don’t have to be here or be from here to submit your work). We want to inspire New York’s next generation of great writers and filmmakers. We care deeply about nurturing, developing, and furthering the careers of the next generation of New York filmmakers and screenwriters from the U.S. and around the world. Our team is passionate about discovering new talent. Our greatest joy is in finding and recognizing talented artists first. We want our festival to inspire up and coming artists who are passionate about film. We are especially passionate about supporting artists in the ‘Mecca’ we call home. We love so many of the great films set in New York and made by New Yorkers. As such we love all kinds of genres of film from studio blockbusters to little indies. No two paths are ever the same and no two stories are either. We accept projects from all over the world not just the US and from writers of all shapes and sizes, ethnicities, sexes and sexual orientations. New York has a long history of producing the most talented writers and filmmakers in the world. We want to continue that tradition. We are an independent organization and we want to inspire and support artists at all levels to make great films in, about, or around New York. We love film and we love filmmakers. And we want to do everything we can to support the people who make them. We want to inspire an entire generation of filmmakers to tell great stories in New York, the US, and abroad. The New York Metropolitan Screenwriting Competition & Film Awards is a Cinema Public House production. We are a US based independent festival company that produces both live festivals and online festivals all over the world. This festival is currently online only. We want to put writers and artists on the map so their films get made and we can see them on the silver screen.

Faith in Film is a boutique film festival and screenwriting competition that takes place in historic downtown Tucson, an area rich in history and culture. We showcase Christian films and faith based films from around the world of any genre and representing any religion. Our aim is to forge a film festival and screenwriting competition that will ultimately launch the careers of faith based writers and filmmakers and facilitate established artists in transitioning into making faith based films; and to introduce faith based films to mass audiences, ultimately, giving them the same multi platform release schedules and revenue streams that traditional studio films and high end independent films enjoy; and to inspire, showcase, support, and develop writers and filmmakers of all faith’s to make great faith based films that leave others touched, moved and inspired; and filmmakers and distributors empowered to make and distribute more Christian films and other films with a higher purpose.

The Academy Qualifying HollyShorts Film Festival (HSFF) is an annual short film festival showcasing the best and brightest short films and short screenplays from around the globe.

Ranked 8 times among the Top 100 festivals on FilmFreeway, we are an IMDb-qualifying international festival focused on empowering independent screenwriters and providing a unique platform for their stories to shine. Our festival structure is designed to prioritize writer recognition, offering a higher percentage of nominations and official selections compared to traditional festivals.

The Fellowship Program was developed for dedicated writers and help further their creative process and skills. Writing in itself is a journey and we would like to facilitate the process by giving the fellows the opportunity to be surrounded by like-minded professionals and individuals.

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