| Agony Productions
Short Film Competition |
http://www.agonyproductions.com |
No entry fee, under 30 minutes
running time, all genres accepted |
| American Accolades |
http://www.americanaccolades.com |
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| Carl Sautter Memorial
Scriptwriting Competition for Film and Television |
http://scriptwrit
ersnetwork.com/compete.html |
Open only to members of The
Scriptwriters Network. Writers are allowed to join the organization when
the entry is submitted. |
| Chesterfield Writer's
Film Project |
http://www.chesterfield-co.com |
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.
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| CineStory |
http://www.cinesto
ry.com/comp/description.html |
Chicago-based contest. One of the
better contests |
| Cynosure
Screenwriting Awards |
http://www.broadmindent.com |
Recognizes quality concept and
character driven screenplays featuring female and minority protagonists.
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| Find the Funny |
http://www.findthefunny.com |
Comedy Screenplay Contest |
| Nashville
Screenwriting Competition |
http://www.tennscreen.com |
1st place cash prize of $1,000
plus an all-access pass to the Nashville Independent Film Festival.
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| Nicholl Fellowships
in Screenwriting |
http://www.oscars.
org/nicholl/index.html |
"The" contest. This one
is run by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. |
| Ohio Independent
Screenplay Awards |
http://www.ohiofilms.com/main.htm |
Dedicated to freedom of
expression through the art of independent media. |
| Organization of Black
Screenwriters |
http://www.obswriter.com |
Categories are original
screenplays, half-hour and one hour television spec scripts, and
half-hour and one hour television pilot scripts. |
| Oshun55 Productions
Features |
http://www.oshun55.com |
Resonably priced smaller contest
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| People's Pilot |
http://www.tvwriter.com |
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| Radmin Company
Screenwriting Contest |
http://www.filmmakers.com |
Held in conjunction with
FilmMakers Magazine, the top 50 scripts will be considered for
representation by the Radmin Company. |
| Scr(i)ptMag Open Door
Contest |
http://www.scriptm
ag.com/pages/contest.shtml |
Posts list of quarterfinalists
(not just winners) online. Good contest sponsored by well-known
production companies |
| Screamfest |
http://www.screamfestla.com |
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 |
http://www.screenplaylit.com |
Celebrates the art and craft of
the screenplay by promoting the screenwriter. Winner(s) receive a
promotional prize package worth over $5,000.00. |
| Screenwriting Expo
competition |
http://www.screenw
ritingexpo.com/competition.html |
gives out $10,000 first price
during Screenwriting Expo (run by "Creative Screenwriting"
magazine) |
| Scriptapalooza |
http://www.geociti
es.com/bigscriptapalooza/index2.html |
One of the top 8 (or 5) contests
depending on whom you ask. Made a splash a few years ago but, since
then, turned more pricey and cut down on price money. |
| Scriptapalooza
screenwriting competition with Screenplay.com |
http://www.filmmak
ers.com/con
tests/screenwriting/scriptapalooz... |
Annual Screenwriting Competition
offers a $10,000 cash prize, plus promotion for the best thirteen
scripts submitted. |
| ScriptPIMP |
http://www.scriptpimp.com/writing_
competition/home.cfm |
a new contest |
| Scriptwriters Network |
http://www.scriptwritersnetwork.co
m/prodrech.html |
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. |
| Slamdance Screenplay
Competition |
http://www.slamdance.com |
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| TalentScout TV
Writing Contest |
http://atalentscout.com/tv_engcont
est.htm |
Winners are submitted to the
networks and production companies to help find them work. |
| Tennessee
Screenwriting Association Contest |
http://www.tennscreen.com |
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| Texas Filmwriters
Institute |
http://www.texasfilminstitute.com |
Offers an annual contest for
original screenplays, allowing talented writers an entrance into the
entertainment industry. |
| The Austin Film
Festival Heart of Film Screenplay Competition |
http://www.austinfilmfestival.com |
Competition dedicated to
recognizing the writer's contribution to the motion picture industry.
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