The leading screenplay competition for thriller screenwriters. Well-written thrillers demonstrate commerciality and effectively delivered narrative.

Hollywood managers and producers will receive the winning script and consider the top finalists' loglines for read requests, including:

Grindstone Entertainment, MadHorse, Magnet Management, Zero Gravity, and Morningstar Films.

Plus, the winning writer gets a free InkTip listing for more pros to find it and 10 free pitches to other pros at VPF.

LIIFE is looking for the next generation of screenwriters. To be eligible, the script cannot have been optioned or produced, nor can the writer and/or the screenplay be represented by a manager or agent. Final scripts must also be between 75 - 100 pages. The contest will consist of two rounds:

Three (3) finalists will receive a 4-month InkTip Pro Membership. As an InkTip Pro Member, thousands of filmmakers can find and read your scripts, and you'll be able to pitch directly to production companies every week. With over 3,000 options and 400 movies made, InkTip is the place for independent film.

One (1) Best Screenplay Winner will have their screenplay read by actors in a live table read (in-person or virtually, dependent upon on location availability, and time and capacity restrictions), and Winners Certificate & Laurel.

Thank you, and we hope to see you at LIIFE 2023!

From choosing our judges to creating opportunities, our top priority has always been the writer. We surround ourselves with reputable and successful companies, including the many producers, literary agents, and managers who read your scripts.

Our past winners have won Emmys, been signed by agents, managers, had their scripts optioned, and even made into movies.

But the most important prize of all is this: Scriptapalooza will promote, pitch, and push the Semifinalists and higher for a full year. No other competition in the world does that.

2023 Big Apple Film Festival Screenplay Competition(Spring Edition),

Screenplay winners in each category will receive small group meetings with established producers and other industry representatives. These meetings are designed to provide winning screenwriters with direct access and live interaction with industry professionals to provide strategies, guidance and mentorship to emerging screenwriters. Conferences take place virtually allowing participants to join remotely. BAFF's network of speakers have included representatives from: HBO, NBCUniversal, Academy Award winning Killer Films, William Morris Endeavor Agency, The Gersh Agency, Magnolia Pictures, Film Rise(distributor of numerous Oscar Award winning and Emmy Award winning films), Emmy Award winning Gigantic Productions, Cinepointe Advisors(legal counsel on numerous Oscar nominated films), Academy Award nominated and Emmy Award winning filmmakers, Academy Award and Emmy Award winning screenwriters, Fimmakers with projects released through Sony, Disney, Lions Gate, HBO, Showtime, Netflix, Amazon Studios, Hulu, and theatrically, as well as staff writers for CBS, ABC, Lifetime, and more...

Winning screenplays will be promoted to Big Apple Film Festival's list of alumni filmmakers, many of which include filmmakers who have had film released theatrically, as well as on numerous major distribution platforms, including Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, HBO, iTunes, NBCUniveral and more...

Screenplay Competition winners will receive a complimentary all access badge to Big Apple Film Festival events, including screenings, networking conferences and receptions.

Winners will receive a complimentary InkTip Pro Membership, which will provide access to InkTip's entire database of producers, filmmakers and agents.

Each year the PAGE International Screenwriting Awards contest presents over $50,000 in Cash & Prizes to some of the most talented new screenwriters from across the country and around the world -- including a $25,000 Grand Prize and Gold, Silver & Bronze Prizes in 10 different genre categories. As a result, dozens of past PAGE Award winners have landed top Hollywood agents and managers, optioned and sold their winning scripts, and seen their movies and television shows produced. Enter the 2023 contest and you could soon join their ranks!

The only screenplay competition founded by WGA writer-producers and featuring Oscar-Emmy-WGA Award-winning judges with vital industry connections.

The only screenplay contest​ where winning feature and TV pilot writers are invited to a Live Line Notes & Consultation session with an award-winning WGA writer-producer.​

Every word of every page of your script will be read and analyzed by established Hollywood film and television professionals.

Hollywood’s decision-makers are in constant search of today's most promising writers...and they start that search right here​.

​​Santa Barbara--Home of the famed Santa Barbara International Film Festival* and home to major celebrities...

What happens to your script when you enter
​The Santa Barbara International Screenplay Awards?

​• Your screenplay, TV script, or short feature script is given an exclusive file number and is immediately uploaded into our firewall-protected data portal.
• Once the virus-free integrity of your pdf file is verified, it is then made available to a confidential team of professional reader-analysts with significant industry experience in the evaluation of essential screenplay elements at every genre level.
• There are no unpaid interns or amateur readers involved in our process at any time.
• Your script is then read from cover-to-cover, word-for-word, and evaluated against professional marketplace standards.
• Scores are assigned; written analysis (far more than "coverage") is then composed, edited, and validated by members of the Senior Judging Panel.

Why do so many writers trust the judges at
The Santa Barbara International Screenplay Awards?

"If you want honest "feedback' of your work, this is where you can get it. (unlike other competitions that fling out opinionated responses and label it "feedback") the Santa Barbara Awards easily eclipses all the other competitions with their Academy feedback." ~~ Terrence Selleck, Reno, NV

"I have entered several projects into the Santa Barbara International Screenplay Awards and got great insights and feedback on the first 109 pages each time. I paid extra for the more Writers Room feedback and it was well worth it. Everything here is really a class act." ~~ Lindsay Coogan, Atlanta, GA

New York International Screenplay Awards is an international screenplay competition for screenwriters who aspire to connect with the USA industry workers and explore the US markets. NYISA 2022 winners will be connected to the US film industry by InkTip and Script Mailer. They’ll have free Screenwriting software by the Final Draft! They’ll be registered for free at CreatersVault, and will receive free screenwriting courses from Script Reader Pro, plus, page-by-page script analysis, a half-hour follow-up phone call, and an e-book, “Common Screenwriting Mistakes”, and some other services by UpLift Script… And much more!
NYISA’s valued jury members are industry professionals such as Producers, Script Doctors, Directors, Actors, and Screenwriters. We accept submissions via Filmfreeway!

The 16th Annual Creative World Awards is a leading international screenwriting contest well known for having the writer’s interest at heart when it comes to development and industry promotion.

The CWA vision is to help writers garner the exposure, development, and recognition they need to propel their projects and careers forward. CWA has built relationships with many of the industry’s most recognized companies.

At CWA, finalists get first looks from some of the most sought after companies in the industry such as Lionsgate/Mandate International, Inferno Entertainment, Morgan Creek and more.

Production Award: The Grand Prize Winner also receives the opportunity to have a short adaptation of their winning feature script produced by CWA in conjunction with The Moving Image Xchange. The film gets a guaranteed premiere at the Richmond International Film Festival.

We are a community-based screenwriting contest where each submission will receive multiple rounds of notes & feedback. A Top Script will be announced and awarded prizes. All on a monthly basis.

The London Independent Story Prize (LISP) aims to create a great networking opportunity for writers and a community that embraces multicultural differences, brave voices, unique writers, and extraordinary artistic approaches to story writing.

H2L Media Group will offer an option fund of up to $10,000 to one FEATURE or TV PILOT writer of their choice based on our top scripts. The FELLOWSHIP recipient will also be offered creative guidance through 1on1 consultations with our judges.

In partnership with H2L Media Group (Jack Reacher, Saving Private Ryan, Twelve Monkeys, The Novice), The Golden Script Fellowship was created with the aim of discovering and promoting a screenwriter whose unique voice stands out among the rest.

Crimson Screen Horror Film Fest is South Carolina's first and largest horror film festival! The 2023 festival will take place over three days in beautiful Columbia, South Carolina and will feature some of the best independent horror films from all over the world. We will be screening all of our Official Selections at South of Broadway Theater located in the heart of Park Circle.

Forget the Oscars! We have the "Crimmy's"! All Official Selections (films and screenplays) will be competing at a chance for a Crimmy in over 20 categories. Our Crimmy trophies are designed by "The Conjuring" and "Annabelle" special effects artist Tony Rosen, who also designed the famous "Annabelle" doll for both films. Each trophy is handmade and signed by Tony himself.

Sponsored in part by ShortsTV, the world's largest distributor of short films, all submitted and accepted short films have the chance for worldwide broadcast deals on their cable channel, ShortsTV, which plays Oscar winning short films all over the globe. Screenplay winners will also compete to win scriptwriting software from FinalDraft as well as free listings on InkTip, where producers go for scripts and writers. Producers have made more than 300 films from scripts and writers they found through InkTip.

In 2017 "Best of South Carolina" named Crimson Screen one of the top 10 festivals in South Carolina and in 2015 readers of HORROR SOCIETY voted us their 2nd favorite horror film festival in the USA! Festival attendees come out to walk the "dREaD Carpet" dressed in their favorite costumes and get to meet the filmmakers during our mixers and Q&A sessions after film screenings.

Crimson Screen is a filmmakers film festival. You will get to meet other filmmakers from all over the globe, create lasting friendships and share your experiences with a captive audience. Professional to novice, first time filmmakers to well established, Crimson Screen Horror Film Fest showcases a wide variety of horror films from all over the globe.

We are seeking all genres of films and screenplays that contain horror element such as sci-fi, fantasy, comedy, underground, experimental and more...as long as there are horror elements. We take pride in the variety of horror selections at our annual festival and encourage filmmakers to submit any type of film and screenplay with horror, thriller, and suspense elements and themes! If you are lucky enough to be chosen as an official selection, you definitely will want to attend! We are not like any other film festival out there! We provide our attending filmmakers with two free VIP passes, a bag of swag, a personal welcome letter with wax sealed envelope embedded with our logo, and lots of other goodies also!

Filmmakers and VIP pass holders also have access to mixers as well as discounts at various bars and restaurants during the fest. At past festivals we have held "Maverick Filmmaking" workshops by such filmmakers as Steve Balderson, lectures on H.P. Lovecraft by authors such as W. Scott Poole, and have also awarded our new annual "Horror Icon" award to Felissa Rose (Sleepaway Camp) in 2016 and Joe Bob Briggs in 2017!

Festival and screenplay contest celebrating the best of indie crime and horror.

Scripts in the crime and horror sub-genres juggle genre-awareness, often times in order to subvert the expected, with natural talent and a unique voice. We aim to spotlight the voices of tomorrow's classics.

Winners will be considered by:

ZERO GRAVITY
BLOOD LIST / BRILLSTEIN
THINK TANK
TXL FILMS
... and more.

The top three screenplays also receive 4 months of free listings on InkTip!

The future of narrative storytelling is in the hands of the next generation of writers — and AoBFF believes in celebrating diverse creative voices from all over the world. For our 13th Annual Festival we've expanded our screenplay competition with exciting new partnerships, valuable prize packages, and great networking opportunities.

PAGE-TURNER: page–turn·er n.

A script so compelling or exciting that the reader is unable to put it down.

And that’s exactly what the PAGE-TURNER Screenplay Competition is looking for.

They say that everyone has at least one great screenplay in them.

At Page Turner Screenplays, we believe that you have more and we want to help you bring those great stories out.

5th ANNUAL FIRST 15 COMPETITION

We have scrubbed the Internet and our personal contacts to put all our lists together into one huge database.

This database of 5,481 contacts includes almost every working agent, manager and producer we know in Hollywood.

This includes:

CAA, UTA and every other agency

Zero Gravity, Anonymous and many more management companies

HBO, Showtime, Netflix, Apple+, Amazon and more networks and digital distributors

Marvel, Warner Brothers, Sony, Disney, STX, Lionsgate, Fox, Bad Robot, Amblin and more studios and production companies

What are we going to do with this incredible list?

We’re going to blast the doors off the castle gates of Hollywood.

We will be putting together a PDF Booklet of the Top Scripts of the Competition. It will include the scripts’ logline, the writers’ short bios and their contact information.

This will get your work to producers, agents and managers and allow them to reach out directly to you.

You wanted Access to Hollywood. Here it is.

FIRST 15

The FIRST 15 is a unique competition where your script will only be judged based upon your opening FIRST 15 pages.

As a “Thank You” to everyone for your support during our first five years we are giving anyone who applies on Filmfreeway FIVE DOLLAR ENTRY** for the FIRST 15 Days of the competition with the code: PTSFIRST152023

The FIRST 15 is a great way to kick off the New Year and jump-start your writing to prepare your script for all the upcoming top tier competitions, writers programs and residency applications. Should you choose to do the notes option, you will be provided feedback by one of our WGA professional working writer on tactical techniques to improve your craft throughout your script. Whether it’s improving the dialogue, description, emotional context, level of conflict, style or story itself, these notes have been considered invaluable from those that have received them through the PTS 100 competition. Please check the reviews!

These notes will be highly tactical, meaning that it will be hard, direct recommendations you can use to improve your script immediately. It WON’T be fluffy, screenwriting philosophy. It will be tangible advice you can implement immediately.

This competition is designed to help you get your script in the best possible shape you can should you choose to use the notes option and if not to test your script in competition before you may be submitting to or to prepare you to be read by managers and agents.

*FOR IRANIAN WRITERS - If you would like to enter this competition send the USD equivalent in BTC to the address below:

BTC: 3GAD5FcTZCutJSCjPkv7X67eRMbbn4HfYC

Once you have paid in BTC, send your script to pageturnerscreenplays@gmail.com

We do NOT provide waivers.

FIRST 15 - NOTES ON YOUR FIRST 15 PAGES

This competition is open to Feature scripts & TV Pilots for all ages.

You will receive two pages of notes on your First 15 pages for either your pilot or feature. These notes will include highly tactical techniques to improve your screenplay and your First 15. These are fully guaranteed and if not satisfied we will refund your submission. You may also email us with follow up questions regarding the notes if necessary. We're here to help and provide this as a service that only covers the professional writers' time. This would be similar notes to what is provided in our highly successful PTS 100 competition.

During any of our competitions you can apply for the NOTES SPECIAL OFFER:
You will receive entry into the competition.

• A full set of PROFESSIONAL LEVEL NOTES, complete with pages of in-depth feedback and practical suggestions on how to strengthen your script.
• The FIRST SET OF NOTES will include a page by page detailed edit looking for formatting, spelling, grammar or other practical issues within the script.
• The SECOND SET OF NOTES will be an in-depth analysis of the script based on elements of story such as but not limited to – Character, Story Beats, Theme, Dialogue, Description, etc…
• You will then receive a PHONE CALL FROM YOUR PROFESSIONAL WRITER-reader to review your notes and answer any questions you might have regarding them or discuss any solutions you want to pitch. We don’t put a time limit on these calls as we want to make sure that everything is clear and all your questions are answered. We’re here to help, not to watch the clock.

Once you make your changes you are allowed to email us your updated script for RE-ENTRY into the contest.

NOW, during the FIRST 15, you can also apply for notes on the FIRST 15 pages at a DISCOUNTED RATE!

• Two Pages of Professional level no

We are pleased to announce that the Golden State Film Festival will hold its 6th edition on February 24th - March 3rd , 2023

The Golden State Film Festival we take pride in creating a fun relaxed and exciting festival for independent films.

We feature a screenplay contest for feature, TV, and short screenplays.

Entering its seventh year, Festival of Cinema NYC will be taking place from August 4th - 13th, 2023. The festival welcomes filmmakers and attendees to the legendary Regal UA Midway theater in Forest Hills Queens, New York, with additional programming that includes workshops and panels at the Queens Library at Forest Hills.

As an IMDB qualifying festival who has consistently landed on FIlmFreeway's Top 100 reviewed list, Festival of Cinema NYC is quickly becoming New York City's premiere festival for the best in Independent Film. Festival of Cinema NYC is designed to get maximum exposure for todays emerging filmmakers and help those that are seeking distribution for their film. Our incredible PR team works around the clock to ensure a large attendance at each screening. In addition, every filmmaker is given a post screening Q&A and a chance to interact with attendees and distribution scouts.

From Red Carpet Press Events to Industry Networking Nights to the Opening, Closing and Awards party - filmmakers are offered numerous opportunities to get their film in front of the right the people, and screened before large audiences. To date Festival of Cinema NYC has helped over fifteen films, both short and feature length, land a distribution deal.

Our programmers look for the best in truly independent films. All films selected come from independent filmmakers that put their blood, sweat and tears into their productions. Every film selected and screened is eligible for an award.

Festival of Cinema NYC seeks independent films and un-produced scripts of all lengths, genres and subjects. Whether your film is a drama, comedy, horror, sci-fi, fantasy, documentary, experimental, LGBTQ, animation, even if it tackles social issues - we want to show it! Our Opening Night, Closing Night, and special screening events (like our Midnight Madness and Underground Films presentations) are all selected from the very best submissions we receive. Plus, every filmmaker that submits a film will automatically receive a one-year subscription to Videomaker Digital Magazine, a leading subscription service that focuses on guiding independent filmmakers with online tutorials and publications (a $20 value). All selected filmmakers get VIP passes that allow entry into all our screenings, events, and parties.

Because Festival of Cinema NYC was founded by independent filmmakers, we understand the needs and challenges that filmmakers face. Our festival staff is committed to offering filmmakers the opportunities they seek to promote and ultimately have their film seen and sold. Our festival’s growing reputation of top-notch independent films has consistently attracted more distributors every year, making it a possibility to interact with distributors directly! One of the key components to Festival of Cinema NYC's success, is making sure each filmmaker and their film get the proper attention and publicity that they deserve. Our publicity department works around the clock to ensure that filmmakers get as much coverage in news and local media. Filmmakers at the festival have had their films covered in various news publications around Queens and New York City, including the N.Y. Times, the NY Daily News, The NY Post, The Queens Chronicle, CBSN and NY1 News on Spectrum cable. Attending filmmakers each get a Q&A following their screening, giving them the chance to engage our audience.

Additionally, Festival of Cinema NYC hosts panels, workshops and seminars that strongly appeal to filmmakers and those looking to break into the film industry. In previous. years seminars on distribution and production resources, as well as workshops by industry leaders such as Sag-Aftra and Seed & Spark, were held.

Festival of Cinema NYC is a competitive festival that accepts films and media of all lengths, genres and subjects, with awards in 17 categories. Past Jury members have included Anna Garduno, Executive Producer at Netflix; Amy Peters, Emmy award winner; Doug LeClaire, founder of Asbury Shorts USA; Isil Bagdadi, president of distribution at Cavu Pictures; and David Josh Lawrence, head of acquisitions at Glass House Pictures . Winners walk away with an amazing custom statuette as well as prizes being offered from some of our amazing sponsors (prizes have included a cash prize towards your next production, screenwriting and budgeting software, a consultation with a distributor, and opt-in distribution deals.)

Welcome the SAVE THE CAT!® SCREENPLAY CHALLENGE.

All entrants receive 50 points of analysis—at no extra cost.

All scripts receive a full read.

Feedback is grounded in structure—not subjective opinion.

Our approach is simple: a screenplay competition that uses the same language the writer, the reader, and the decision makers use when analyzing your work.

Now accepting screenplays for feature films and 60-minute and 30-minute TV pilots.

All entrants will receive:
• 50 points of analysis report adapted from the Save the Cat! Greenlight Checklist (Save the Cat!® Strikes Back – pages 104-108)
• A review by readers and judges trained in the Save the Cat! Methodology
• Feedback grounded in structure and marketability and consistently applied to all scripts

Every script scored by readers at top Hollywood rep companies. Winning short optioned, produced, and premiered. Networking events & Oscar party.

Dallas International Film Festival is a 501(c) 3 nonprofit organization established in 2006 by people who love the magic of film. Since its inception, Dallas Film has contributed more than $1M in filmmaker awards, brought over 2000 filmmakers to Dallas, screened over 2000 films from more than 50 countries. We are proud to support local filmmakers, as well as fellow film organizations in DFW.

Unleash your spiritual storytelling talents and take a shot at fame and fortune with OUR ANNUAL FAITH-BASED SCRIPT COMPETITION!

As one of the hottest genres in Hollywood, this is your chance to break into the industry and launch your writing career with a bang.

Unlike other competitions where you're up against thousands of writers across multiple genres, this Page Turner competition provides a more intimate and thorough read of your material.

From drama to comedy, action to romance - all genres are welcome as long as they're sub-genred with a Faith-Based story. This is your opportunity to inspire, captivate and move audiences with your faith, hope and emotion.