September brings us cooler weather, pumpkin spice, and a bunch of new screenplay competitions and fellowships to enter! It would be impossible to list them all, but here are a few that are well worth checking out. Is your script ready? If not, don’t sweat it! We’ve got tons of resources to get you on track for our next competition round-up.
Screencraft TV Pilot Screenplay Competition
Accepts original pilots.
Grand Prize includes: $1,000 cash, entrance to the ScreenCraft Writer Development Program
Final Deadline: September 30
Screencraft Horror Screenwriting Competition
Accepts features and original pilots.
Grand Prize includes: $1,000 cash, entrance to the ScreenCraft Writer Development Program
Regular Deadline: September 30
Final Deadline: October 31
Blue Cat Screenplay Competition
Accepts original features, pilots, and shorts.
Grand Prize includes: $7500
Early Deadline: August 13
Regular Deadline: September 17
Final Deadline: October 29
Late Deadline: December 10
Film Pipeline Short Script Contest
Accepts original shorts
Grand Prize includes: $5,000 cash, script development, consideration of financing
Late Deadline: September 15
Page Turner Feature & TV Pilot GENRE Competition
Accepts original features and pilots.
Grand Prize includes: Script sent to over 5,000 agents, managers, and producers
Final Deadline: September 25
Creative Screenwriting UNIQUE VOICES Screenplay Competition
Accepts original features and pilots
Grand Prize includes: $5,000 cash, a Pitch consultation with Jess Hinds, a featured article on Creative Screenwriting
Mega Early Deadline: September 7
Early Deadline: October 5
Regular Deadline: October 31
Final Deadline: December 14
Script Pipeline: First Look Project
Accepts original features and pilots
Grand Prize includes: $2,500 cash, circulation to production and management companies
Regular Deadline: September 20
Late Deadline: October 5
Final Deadline: October 30
Scriptapalooza Television Writing Competition
Accepts original pilots, spec scripts, and web series
Grand Prize includes: $500 cash, promotion to agents, managers, and producers
Early Deadline: October 2
Final Deadline: October 16
2024 Black List X WIF Episodic Lab
Accepts original pilots (only from women and other gender minorities)
Recipients get: One-on-one sessions with professional writers as mentors, peer workshopping of each others’ scripts, dinners with special industry guests
Final Deadline: December 15
Scriptapalooza Fellowship
Accepts original pilots and screenplays
Recipients get: a virtual Robert McKee Story seminar, 6-month mentorship
Final Deadline: April 8, 2024
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