Screenwriting Contests and Screenplay Competitions
Open Contests
Access Screenwriting Contest 2017
**SUBMISSION PERIOD HAS ENDED** The Access Screenplay Contest was founded with the express goal of discovering new talent and connecting those emerging writers with Industry decision makers. We are seeking unproduced material from writers across the globe in the following categories: feature film, television pilot, web series, and short film. Our team is well versed in the discovery process. Script Magazine, a division of The Writers Sto...
Closed Contests
Industry Insider Screenwriting Contest featuring Don Murphy
UPDATE 12/9/16: Our Finalists! Congratulations to our 10 finalists! Benjamin Mair Lynn Sutyor Julie Holderman Michael Johnson Christopher Feeley Kathleen Mitchell Josh Gilbert Paul D'Onofrio Jonathan Turner Bethany Therese Win an A-List Screenwriter Experience and Gain Unparalleled Access Do you think you can turn this logline from Don Murphy, Producer of the live-action Transformer movie franchise and Natural Born Killers into a killer s...
Industry Insider Screenwriting Contest featuring Judd Payne
UPDATE 10/20/16 Congratulations to Russell Ward & Scott Miller for their selection as grand prize winners of the Industry Insider Contest featuring Judd Payne for their script Strake's Watch! UPDATE 5/13/16 Join us as we congratulate the 10 finalists! Angela Uzun – The Crown of Monomakh Justin Fox – Hemorrhage Kieran Cashin – Second Sight Steve Isles – Red Watch Chris Canning – Hurricane Hacker Julia White – Saints and Storms Russell ...
The Spotlight Screenplay Competition
Update: January 19, 2017 Congratulations to our Grand Prize Winner! Chelsea Watkins, Powderpuff Update: December 30, 2016 Congratulations to our finalists! Nancy Bartley, The Boy Who Shot the Sheriff Kelly Byrnes, Glitches Heidi Einarson, The Keepers of Altara Andy Jones, The Anklebiter David Kushner, Adam & Eve Matthew O'Connell, For All Mankind Scott Pittock, Sanctuary Dan Rivais, Beneath Your Eyes ...
The Industry Insider Screenwriting Contest Round 12
UPDATE 7/7/16 Exciting news for S.K. Valenzuela - she is now represented by management company Super Vision! Way to go S.K.! UPDATE 6/5/16 During S.K. Valenzuela's visit to Los Angeles, she stopped by Pilar Alessandra's On The Page Studios and discussed the similarities of writing poetry and films. You can listen to the entire Podcast interview here: The Poetry of The Page UPDATE 5/12/16 Winner S.K. Valenzuela stopped by The Writers Stor...
The Industry Insider Screenwriting Contest Round 11
UPDATE 10/12/15 We are happy to share the first 15 pages from the ten finalists screenplays for the 11th round of The Industry Insider Screenwriting Contest. Download for free and happy reading! UPDATE 9/25/15 Join us as we congratulate Cher Lytle, winner of the 11th round of The Industry Insider Screenwriting Contest with her script Past Crimes. UPDATE 5/15/15 The 11th round of The Industry Insider Screenwriting Contest brought in some ...
The Industry Insider Screenwriting Contest
UPDATE 3/11/15 We are happy to share the first 15 pages from the ten finalists screenplays for the 10th round of The Industry Insider Screenwriting Contest. Download for free and happy reading! UPDATE 2/27/15 Join us as we congratulate Steve Marovitch, winner of the 10th round of The Industry Insider Screenwriting Contest with his script Cryptos. UPDATE 10/31/14 Top 10 Finalists Sarah K. Moss - Grey Matter John Burton - Henna Lanfia Wa...
Industry Insider Screenwriting Contest featuring Sheldon Turner
UPDATE 9/15/14 The ninth round of the Industry Insider Screenwriting Competition took place in the Spring of 2014, bringing in almost 1,000 entries that were eventually narrowed down to 10 Finalists. We are happy to be able to share with you the First 15 Pages of the Finalists' scripts based on Sheldon Turner's logline: A corrupt detective with one month left to live tries to make all the wrongs right in a wobbly road to redemption, becomin...
The Write Start Contest
UPDATE 3/31/15 Please join us as we congratulate our three top winners of the second round of the Write Start Contest! T.M. Hayes has been placed as the Grand Prize Winner. He will receive a one-on-one phone consult with a top exec in the industry. All three winners will receive Platinum Passes to the Screenwriters World Conference 2015. Grand Prize Winner - T.M. Hayes, Christmas Time is Here 2nd Place - Victoria Rau, Alice in Zombieland...
Industry Insider Screenwriting Contest - Roger Avary
UPDATE 4/7/14 The eighth round of the Industry Insider Screenwriting Competition took place in the fall of 2013, bringing in almost 1,000 entries that were eventually narrowed down to 10 Finalists. We are happy to be able to share with you the First 15 Pages of the Finalists' scripts based on Roger Avary's logline: "Three neurotic hit-men, each with troubled pasts, are separately enlisted by a highly secretive client to assassinate each oth...
Industry Insider Television Writing Contest
Our Winner: Christina Burlison, "Aftermath, Inc." The Finalists: Congratulations to the 10 finalists for the 2016 Industry Insider TV Contest: Alex Bradley, "Amortal" Alice Charles, "Green" Christina Burlison, "Aftermath, Inc." Chris Squadrito, "The Argyle" Chryss Terry, "Blowback" Eric Newman, "Black & Blue" Faisal Azam & Erica Velis, "H8" Josh Gilbert, "Full Recovery" Kelsie Mhoon, "An Empire Above" Marcus Thomas, "Diamonds" T...
Industry Insider Screenwriting Contest - Edward Saxon
UPDATE 10/3/13 The seventh round of the Industry Insider Screenwriting Competition took place in the spring of 2013, bringing in almost 1,000 entries that were eventually narrowed down to 10 Finalists. We are happy to be able to share with you the First 15 Pages of the Finalists' scripts based on Edward Saxons logline: “After a storm destroys her small farm, killing her mother and father, an adolescent girl is sent off on a journey of survi...
Industry Insider Screenwriting Contest - Todd Garner
UPDATE 11/17/12 Yesterday, winner Paul Boyer paid the Writers Store a visit, before he headed off to his lunch meeting with Todd Garner at The Ivy and a meeting at Benderspink. We can't wait to hear about how his big meetings went! UPDATE 9/28/2012 The 15-page submissions from the finalists are now available for download! Do you have what it takes to be one of our next finalists? Read these pages to see what set these finalists apart from...
Industry Insider Screenwriting Contest - Randall Wallace
UPDATE 11/26/12 The fifth round of the Industry Insider Screenwriting Competition took place in the fall of 2012, bringing in almost 1,000 entries that were eventually narrowed down to 10 Finalists. We are happy to be able to share with you the First 15 Pages of the Finalists' scripts based on Randall Wallace’s logline: “A soldier returns from an 18-month deployment and finds that the family home is missing- even the address no longer exist...
Screenplay Replay Contest: Where Your Winning Script Gets a Publishing Deal
UPDATE 12/4/13 Congratulations to the Screenplay Replay Grand Prize Winner, Kirk Weddell. He will work with a New York Times Best-Selling author to adapt his screenplay Brothers, into a novel. Kirk’s novel will then be published under one of F+W Media’s imprints and will be available in physical and e-book form through Amazon, Barnes & Noble and other retailers. Grand Prize is valued at $25,000! Another congratulations are in order to t...
Industry Insider Screenwriting Contest - Susannah Grant
UPDATE 6/7/16 Mickey Fisher shares what it was like writing and selling his TV show Extant with the BlackList. Read all 7 segments here. UPDATE 8/27/13 "This whirlwind started with your contest and just snowballed. It's been crazy ever since. " - Mickey Fisher, The Marginal Way Mickey Fisher's sci-fi spec script Extant, "..sparked one of the biggest bidding wars in recent years...from Amblin Television, is a rare property that has virtual...
Industry Insider Screenwriting Contest - Robert Mark Kamen
UPDATE 11/5/12 "The Disciple Program" tops 2012 Bloodlist Just in time for Halloween, Tyler Marceca's thriller "The Disciple Program" has been voted to the top of the 2012 Blood List. "(The)Disciple Program" sparked a bidding war back in May, when Universal beat out Warner Bros. for the project. Mark Wahlberg is attached to star and produce with Steve Levinson; Morten Tyldum ("Headhunters") is attached to direct. - Variety October 31, 2012...
Industry Insider Screenwriting Contest - Allan Loeb
UPDATE 11/1/2011: The second round of the Industry Insider Screenwriting Competition took place in the summer of 2011, bringing in almost 1,000 entries that were eventually narrowed down to 10 Finalists. We are happy to be able to share with you the First 15 Pages of the Finalists' scripts based on Allan Loeb's logline: "A group of married men desperate for one last bachelor party invents a long-lost friend who’s about to be wed, but things...
Industry Insider Screenwriting Contest - Simon Kinberg
UPDATE 7/1/2011: "I was incredibly impressed with the scripts, both the quality of the writing and the original takes on the concept. They really feel like movies." - Simon Kinberg The first round of the Industry Insider Screenwriting Competition took place in Fall of 2010, bringing in almost 1,000 entries that were eventually narrowed down to 10 Finalists. We are happy to be able to share with you the First 15 Pages of the Finalists' scr...
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