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.

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

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.

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!

We're dying to get our hands on new horror/thriller talent!

https://writers.coverfly.com/competitions/view/horror-screenplay-awards

https://filmfreeway.com/HorrorScreenplayAwards

*OPEN TO ALL HORROR AND THRILLER PROJECTS.

The Filmmatic Horror Screenplay Awards were created to locate and expose up-and-coming horror/thriller screenwriters, as well as to empower and promote those talented writers still waiting for their invitation to the mainstream industry.

Competition is open to feature-length and short works, screenplays and teleplays. All types of horror and thriller projects are eligible. Accolades will be awarded to Quarterfinalists, Semifinalists, 10 Finalists and 1 Overall Winner. See below for prize information.

*Dan Seco, lit manager/partner at Empirical Evidence will guest judge this season, and will also provide our overall winner with a zoom consultation regarding their project and career.

It's The World's FASTEST Screenplay Contest!

The Wiki December 2022 Screenplay Contest is NOW OPEN for entries.
Why wait 3 months...or 6 months...or a year
to find out if your script is a
WINNER?

Get FEEDBACK, CONTEST RESULTS and CASH PRIZES in
30 DAYS OR LESS!

You don't need to have a finished script...
Just 10 pages to win these prizes EVERY month:
​$250 Cash Prize
Full script reading & 5-10 page Professional Studio Analysis
"Line Notes & Live Consultation" with award-winning WGA showrunner.
Free InkTip® Listing & Promotion.
Free Listing at SellingYourScreenplay.com and at
​Moviebytes.com

Is your script ready to show to agents...producers...studios?

Find out fast! A new contest every 30 days with
your choice of 4 Levels of Fast, Ethical Feedback.
​
DEADLINE: Midnight December 31st
​(with cash prizes & contest results in only 10 days!)

You don't need to have a finished script...
Just 10 pages...or a Treatment!

When you enter...

Your pages will be analyzed by established Hollywood professionals, including:
Studio readers • Agents • Producers
WGA writers • DGA directors • SAG performers

You'll get a full page of studio-level professional analysis covering the ten major elements of a professional screenplay:
Concept • Dialogue • Structure
Character • Tone • Pacing
Conflict • Structure • Hook
Market Potential

A new contest every month!
Deadline: Midnight December 31st!

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 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.

Screamfest Horror Screenplay Competition Call For Entries is open for new horror feature length screenplays. All scripts are read by industry professionals. As a result, writers have garnered representation and their winning screenplays have been optioned and/or purchased by production companies. Screamfest launches careers. Are you next?

Winning Screenwriter Prize:
$1,000 cash prize

Our prestigious skull award designed by the legendary Stan Winston.

General meeting with literary managers/producers.

10 free pitches on VPF, the platform for TV/Film professionals seeking scripts and writers to represent. With VPF, writers can submit written pitches to 500+ networks/studios, producers and agents with the assurance of a guaranteed response. 1 prize per screenplay.

3 months of Roadmap Writers On Ramp program and 2 Open Pitch Sessions. Value $337
Movie Magic Screenwriting software.
InkTip Script Listing: A listing of your script on InkTip so that producers and reps can find you. Every InkTip producer has been vetted via resume and references and demonstrated the ability to get movies made. Companies who are InkTip members include ABC, Anonymous Content, APA, CBS Films, HBO Films, ICM, Paradigm, Paramount Pictures, Hallmark Channel, FX, Universal, WME, Echo Lake, Zero Gravity, Bad Robot and 20th Century Fox.

Top 5 Finalists Prize:
5 free pitches on VPF, the platform for TV/Film professionals seeking scripts and writers to represent. With VPF, writers can submit written pitches to 500+ networks/studios, producers and agents with the assurance of a guaranteed response. 1 prize per script. Winning screenplay does not receive this prize in addition to the winning prize.

One full festival pass to Screamfest 2023, including all screenings and parties,

Movie Magic Screenwriting software.

1 Roadmap Writers On Ramp program Open Pitch Session. Value $175

Read by leading industry/producers such as Ghost House Pictures, Hulu, Impossible Dream Entertainment, Gotham Group and more.

InkTip Script Listing

All Screenplay Submissions Will Receive:
1 free pitch on VPF, the platform for TV/Film professionals seeking scripts and writers to represent. With VPF, writers can submit written pitches to 500+ networks/studios, producers and agents with the assurance of a guaranteed response. 1 prize per screenplay.

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!

THE UK FILM FESTIVAL SCRIPT COMPETITIONS
3 exciting categories.
1) Feature Script
2) 3 Minute Script
3) 10 Minute Script
Unlike other script competitions UKFF doesn’t just give awards or money as a prize but aims to get their winning scripts into production. In fact, they are well known for successfully connecting scriptwriters to the film industry and getting the films made. With 8 of their winners’ scripts made in to films (2 of which went on to win Crystal Bears at the Berlin Film Festival); 2 in preproduction; and a further 4 optioned - their record speaks for itself.
As a previous feature script winner, Joadie Jurgova says -
“Entering The UK Film Festival’s screenplay competition was the best chance I have ever taken. It took my script and breathed new life into it, attaching an award-winning director and placing it with a prestigious international production company in less than a year. The support since winning has been phenomenal, respectful and generous. If you are looking for a script competition that you can place your trust in, this is it.“

The UK Film Festival does more than just support feature scripts. Ever since the Short script competitions began a winning script has gone into production or preproduction and 5 of the writers' resulting films have subsequently gone on to be multi-award winning at film festivals around the world including, the Berlinale, Aesthetica, Bilbao, Galway and Underwire. The films have been Official Selection in 41 other festivals and 3 have gained prestigious distribution deals.
Winners will receive immediate marketing to the industry, winner's laurels and the associated publicity. Winners and runners up in each category will also receive the latest version of Final Draft 12 (value $250) with many new features, as well as a free 4 month InkTip Pro Membership. As you know, producers have made more than 400 films from scripts and writers they found through InkTip.

For more details http://ukfilmfestival.com

Fresh. Indie. Anti-Niche.
We Believe In All Cultures Under One Roof.

ReelHeART International Film and Screenplay Festival is a fully Registered 19 year-old Not-For-Profit Arts Organization.

ReelHeART Celebrates the Culture of Film from Around The Block and Around The World, and all Aspects of Indie Filmmaking From Acting, To Script, To Screen.

Each season we hold a Premiere Only, Worldwide, Fiercely Independent Week-long Festival generally during the 1st week of July in Toronto, Canada.

ReelHeART is Open Genre. Any Type of Film or Screenplay is Accepted. We are a Premiere Only Competition For Films And Screenplays. Please Make Sure Your film or Screenplay is (in the least) an Ontario and Quebec Premiere. Our Screenplay Competitions are very robust with Short and Feature Scripts as well as TV Pilots, Story Bibles and PitchDecks competing from Around The World Each Year. Each Script Entrant Receives Free and Extensive Feedback.

The 19th Annual ReelHeART runs either July 03-09, 2023 or July 29-30, 2023
(Online and 'possibly' a Hybrid Festival Event Weekend)

We are an IMDB Eligible festival. This means Filmmakers will be able to post their Nominations and Wins on their IMDB Profiles.

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

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!

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.

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.

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.)

The Golden Script Competition is a yearly international competition for short, feature and TV pilot screenplays from all around the world. Recognized by MovieBytes as one of the 𝗧𝗢𝗣 𝗦𝗖𝗥𝗘𝗘𝗡𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗬 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗦 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟮.

You will be submitting to the 2023 edition, and the best scripts of this edition will be read by some of the most renowned production companies and literary agencies (including some that have won several OSCARS and BAFTAS), giving you the chance to have your script produced or represented 🎬. Our mentors include OSCAR-winner Bobby Moresco and three-time EMMY-nominee Jessica Sharzer.

One script will receive a $10,000 option fund (TBC) from Lucky Elephant Media (Ghostbusters: Afterlife, Pieces of a Woman). The best scripts of 2023 will also be read and could be potentially considered for further options and development by the same company.

The fellowship program was developed to honor dedicated writers and to 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.