Screenplay Contests Directory
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Fee Colors:
Feature Fee
Teleplay Fee
Shorts Fee
Open for Submissions:
Dec 22, 2024
Final Deadline:
Jan 18, 2025
$75
$75
$75
Winners Notified:
Feb 28, 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:
Jan 5, 2025
Regular:
Jan 25, 2025
$55
$55
$55
Late:
Feb 2, 2025
$75
$75
$75
Final Deadline:
Feb 22, 2025
$85
$85
$85
Winners Notified:
Mar 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
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!
