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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.
http://home.no.net/mobible/vers2/index3.htm
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The 2004 Hollywood International Screenwriting Awards
Founded by Hollywood producers to discover talented new screenwriters who are currently working
outside the Hollywood system, this contest awards $19,000 in cash, plus other prizes. Nine
different categories are offered. Regular entry fee: $45. Regular deadline: March 15.
http://InternationalScreenwritingAwards.com
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Screenwriting Expo Screenplay Competition
This annual competition is affiliated with Creative Screenwriting Magazine and the world's largest
tradeshow for screenwriters, the Screenwriting Expo. Over $25,000 is offered in cash and prizes.
Minimum entry fee: $40. Last deadline: August 15.
http://screenwritingexpo.com/competition.html
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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.
http://www.socalfilmfestival.com
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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.
http://www.becomeaHollywoodScreenwriter.com
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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.
http://www.zoetrope.com/contests/
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American Screenwriting Competition
Promises $50,000 in cash and prizes. Minimum entry fee: $40. Deadline: September 15.
http://www.flatshoe.com
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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.
http://andaction.netfirms.com/
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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.
http://www.tanglewoodfilms.com/trueindependent.htm
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Steele Entertainment Group Screenplay Contest
Annual contest offers $1,500 in prize money. Deadline: May 23, 2003. Entry fee: $50.
http://www.hephaestusnetwork.com/users/steele-entertainment-group
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Nevada Film Office
Annual screenwriters competition. 75 percent of the script's locations must be shootable in Nevada.
http://www.nevadafilm.com/screencomp/index.php
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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.
http://hollywoodgateway.com/index.shtml
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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.
http://www.scriptpimp.com/writing_competition/home.cfm
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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.
http://www.fiveanddimecontest.com
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Heat Productions
$5,000 bonus and round trip tickets each to 3 screenwriters chosen for this experience down in
South Africa.
http://www.southafricanfilm.com
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The Orca Awards for Screenwriting Excellence
Celebrating excellence in screenwriting from amateur and professional writers.
http://www.orcapictures.com/awards.html
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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.
http://www.scriptwritersnetwork.com/prodrech.html
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Lighthouse Scripts
Annual teleplay and screenplay competition open to all writers worldwide.
http://pages.prodigy.net/lighthousescripts
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Cinescape's Genre Screenwriting Competition
Competition to assist science fiction, fantasy, horror, and action-adventure screenwriters in
becoming discovered by the film industry.
http://www.cinescape.com/scriptcontest/
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Empire Screenplay Contest
Contest guidelines, entry forms, results, guidance on how to advance, story dynamics.
http://www.geocities.com/empirecontact/contest/
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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.
http://www.xerif.com/Scriptunities/scriptunities.html
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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.
http://www.winfemme.com
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The Austin Film Festival Heart of Film Screenplay Competition
Competition dedicated to recognizing the writer's contribution to the motion picture industry.
http://www.austinfilmfestival.com
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European Pitch Point
Script competition aimed to promote European writers. General information, deadlines, call for
proposals, quotations from industry professionals, and contact details.
http://www.focal.ch/europeanpitchpoint/
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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.
http://www.rlyeh.com/screenplay-contest/
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Scriptapalooza screenwriting competition with Screenplay.com
Annual Screenwriting Competition offers a $10,000 cash prize, plus promotion for the best thirteen
scripts submitted.
http://www.filmmakers.com/contests/screenwriting/scriptapalooza.htm
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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.
http://www.screenwritershowcase.com
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Hurdle Screenwriting Competition
Annual contest for independent screenwriters offers cash awards.
http://www.thehurdle.com/
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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.
http://www.chesterfield-co.com
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Hollywood 27
Independent film production company offering $25,000 in prize money.
http://www.hollywood27.com/scrnplay.htm
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International Screenplay Competition
More than $10,000 in prizes. Presented by the American Screenwriters Association and Writer's
Digest.
http://www.writersdigest.com/catalog/screenplay.html
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Hollywood's Next Success
Finalists and/or winners may be offered management representation.
http://www.hollywoodsnextsuccess.com/
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Outfest
Recognizes and promotes screenplays that significantly feature lesbian, gay, bisexual, or
transgendered characters and/or themes.
http://www.outfest.org/2001/writing_competition.htm
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People's Picture Show
A television competition for TV movie scripts and original screenplays.
http://www.tvwriter.com/peoplespicshow/
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TalentScout TV Writing Contest
Winners are submitted to the networks and production companies to help find them work.
http://atalentscout.com/tv_engcontest.htm
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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.
http://www.writemovies.com/writingcontest.html
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Radmin Company Screenwriting Contest
Held in conjunction with FilmMakers Magazine, the top 50 scripts will be considered for
representation by the Radmin Company.
http://www.filmmakers.com/contests/2001/index.htm
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American Gem Short Script Contest
The winning screenplay will be produced, with the screenwriter sharing in the gross profits.
http://www.filmmakers.com/contests/short/index.htm
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Screamfest
Annual horror film and screenplay competition. Finalists and winning horror screenplay finalists to
be read by literary agents. 0ctober 17th - 20th.
http://www.screamfestla.com/
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Bare Bones
Spotlights screenplays with a budget summary of less than a million dollars.
http://barebonesfilmfest00.tripod.com/
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Writer's Film Project
Originated by the Chesterfield Film Company and co-sponsored by Paramount Pictures.
http://www.chesterfield-co.com/html/wfp.html
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Nashville Screenwriting Competition
1st place cash prize of $1,000 plus an all-access pass to the Nashville Independent Film Festival.
http://www.tennscreen.com/
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Winner Take All
Screenplays will go through three stages of scoring before a winner is chosen.
http://www.winner-takeall.com/
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People's Pilot
Television writing competition for series ideas and pilots.
http://www.tvwriter.com/peoplespilot/
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WriteSafe Writing and Art Contest
Quarterly competition for all material registered with WriteSafe for public view.
http://www.writesafe.com/wscontest.html
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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.
http://www.euroscript.co.uk/services.htm
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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.
http://www.eshay.com/menuitems/contest/scriptwriting.html
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Monterey County Film Commission
Three finalists will receive one-on-one consultations with jury members at the awards event in
Monterey County.
http://www.filmmonterey.org/
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Script Magazine Open Door Contest
Cash prizes, script notes and consideration from a legitimate management company, production
company or agency.
http://www.scriptmag.com/pages/contest.shtml
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Awesome Television Scriptwriting Contest
Offers cash prizes for spec scripts of existing television shows.
http://onlinesoap.tripod.com/
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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.
http://scriptwritersnetwork.com/compete.html
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igottascript.com
The winner will have their script submitted on the spec market.
http://www.igottascript.com/
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Fade In: Screenwriting Awards
Cash prizes and industry exposure from the publishers of Fade In Magazine.
http://www.fadeinmag.com/
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All She Wrote Screenplay Contest
Open to all non-professional screenwriters. Entered screenplays must not have been previously
optioned, sold or produced.
http://www.allshewrote.com/
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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.
http://www.filmcontest.com/scriptcon.htm
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American Cinema Foundation
Elicits scripts which are suitable for either theatrical or television production and which tell a
positive story about specific fundamental values.
http://www.cinemafoundation.com/
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Big Australian International Screenwriting Competition
$30,000 in cash and prizes. Open to screenwriters worldwide. 2001 winners announced.
http://www.thesource.com.au/the-big-australian/
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Texas Filmwriters Institute
Offers an annual contest for original screenplays, allowing talented writers an entrance into the
entertainment industry.
http://www.texasfilminstitute.com
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Hollywood Screenplay and Book Awards
Submissions of original, unproduced, non-optioned screenplays, and book manuscripts, are invited
monthly.
http://screenwriters.com/ccs/index.html
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Maui Writers Conference
Screenwriting competition held in conjunction with the American Film Institute.
http://www.mauiwriters.com/screenwriting.htm
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Screenwriters Forum Screenplay Contest
All contest winners are announced to their entire database of agents and producers.
http://www.screenwritersforum.com/contest.htm
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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.
http://www.kaosfilms.co.uk/
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Hollywood Symposium
Features screenplay development, film production, script consultation and screenplay contests.
http://www.hollywoodsymposium.com/
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Acclaim TV
Original, television scripts, and film scripts are sought.
http://acclaimtv.netfirms.com/
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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.
http://members.aol.com/cherubfilm/
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Split-Screenplay Contest
All contestants must register as a member of the Screenwriters Community.
http://www.screenwriterscommunity.com/
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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.
http://www.obswriter.com
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Ohio Independent Screenplay Awards
Dedicated to freedom of expression through the art of independent media.
http://www.ohiofilms.com/main.htm
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Slamdance Screenplay Competition
Indie-oriented competition aims to promote and support talented new writers.
http://www.slamdance.com/screencomp/
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National Screenwriting Competition
Cash awards and movie production options are offered to winners.
http://www.nationalscreenwriting.com
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Scriptapalooza TV
Semi-annual competition that accepts pilots and spec scripts for sitcoms and one hour episodics.
http://www.scriptapaloozaTV.com
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Screenwriting Showcase Awards
Winners receive prizes including cash, screenwriting software, discounts on products, free script
registration, or professional script analysis.
http://www.screenwritingawards.com
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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.
http://www.oscars.org/nicholl
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BlueCat Screenplay Competition
An annual search for the best screenplay in the world. $5,000 grand prize. Deadline March 1st.
http://www.bluecatscreenplay.com
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American Accolades Screenwriting Competition
Competition aims to find and usher emerging talent into the Hollywood mainstream marketplace.
http://www.AmericanAccolades.com/
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