Screenplay Contests Directory
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Fee Colors:
Feature Fee
Teleplay Fee
Shorts Fee
Open for Submissions:
Feb 1, 2024
Final Deadline:
Dec 17, 2024
$65
$45
Winners Notified:
Dec 30, 2024
15th Annual Zed Fest Film Festival & Screenplay Competition was founded in 2010 to encourage and support independent filmmakers, who work in the horror, suspense, science fiction, Supernatural, drama, action, adventure, and art house genres.
Screenwriting software, Cash and other screenwriting prizes,
Enter Your Screenplay For your Chance to Win.
Feature Screenplay Prize
1st Place $500.00
2nd Place $300.00
Short Screenplay Prize
1st Place $100
2nd Place $75
Screenwriting software, Cash and other screenwriting prizes,
Enter Your Screenplay For your Chance to Win.
Feature Screenplay Prize
1st Place $500.00
2nd Place $300.00
Short Screenplay Prize
1st Place $100
2nd Place $75
Open for Submissions:
Oct 29, 2024
Late:
Dec 7, 2024
$65
$65
$65
Final Deadline:
Dec 21, 2024
$75
$75
$75
Winners Notified:
Jan 31, 2025
Hollywood Genre's industry partners, each with years of experience in produced genre projects, are actively seeking for the best undiscovered Sci-Fi screenplays.
Ready to submit your most polished sci-fi spec?
Submit to the Hollywood Genre SCI-FI Screenplay Contest before the final deadline passes!
Ready to submit your most polished sci-fi spec?
Submit to the Hollywood Genre SCI-FI Screenplay Contest before the final deadline passes!
Open for Submissions:
Oct 27, 2024
Late:
Dec 14, 2024
$75
$75
$75
Final Deadline:
Jan 4, 2025
$85
$85
$85
Winners Notified:
Jan 31, 2025
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, winner gets 4mo free InkTip Pro and all entrants get 1 free pitch to other pros at VPF (1 per entrant.)
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, winner gets 4mo free InkTip Pro and all entrants get 1 free pitch to other pros at VPF (1 per entrant.)
Open for Submissions:
Nov 10, 2024
Regular:
Dec 7, 2024
$59
$59
$59
Late:
Dec 28, 2024
$65
$65
$65
NDE:
Jan 18, 2025
$69
$69
$69
Extended:
Feb 8, 2025
$75
$75
$75
Out on Bail:
Mar 1, 2025
$79
$79
$79
Hung Jury:
Mar 22, 2025
$85
$85
$85
Final Deadline:
Apr 12, 2025
$89
$89
$89
Winners Notified:
May 3, 2025
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!
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!
