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| Agony Productions Short Film Competition | http://www.agonyproductions.com | No entry fee, under 30 minutes running time, all genres accepted |
| American Accolades | http://www.americanaccolades.com | |
| Carl Sautter Memorial Scriptwriting Competition for Film and Television | http://scriptwrit
ersnetwork.com/compete.html | Open only to members of The Scriptwriters Network. Writers are allowed to join the organization when the entry is submitted. |
| Chesterfield Writer's Film Project | http://www.chesterfield-co.com | Writing competition open to all writers of fiction, plays, screenplays. Five winners will each receive a $20,000 fellowship, and spend 10 months completing 2 screenplays with the guidance of industry mentors. Sponsored by Paramount Pictures. |
| CineStory | http://www.cinesto
ry.com/comp/description.html | Chicago-based contest. One of the better contests |
| Cynosure Screenwriting Awards | http://www.broadmindent.com | Recognizes quality concept and character driven screenplays featuring female and minority protagonists. |
| Find the Funny | http://www.findthefunny.com | Comedy Screenplay Contest |
| Nashville Screenwriting Competition | http://www.tennscreen.com | 1st place cash prize of $1,000 plus an all-access pass to the Nashville Independent Film Festival. |
| Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting | http://www.oscars.
org/nicholl/index.html | "The" contest. This one is run by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. |
| Ohio Independent Screenplay Awards | http://www.ohiofilms.com/main.htm | Dedicated to freedom of expression through the art of independent media. |
| Organization of Black Screenwriters | http://www.obswriter.com | Categories are original screenplays, half-hour and one hour television spec scripts, and half-hour and one hour television pilot scripts. |
| Oshun55 Productions Features | http://www.oshun55.com | Resonably priced smaller contest |
| People's Pilot | http://www.tvwriter.com | |
| Radmin Company Screenwriting Contest | http://www.filmmakers.com | Held in conjunction with FilmMakers Magazine, the top 50 scripts will be considered for representation by the Radmin Company. |
| Scr(i)ptMag Open Door Contest | http://www.scriptm
ag.com/pages/contest.shtml | Posts list of quarterfinalists (not just winners) online. Good contest sponsored by well-known production companies |
| Screamfest | http://www.screamfestla.com | Annual horror film and screenplay competition. Finalists and winning horror screenplay finalists to be read by literary agents. 0ctober 17th - 20th. |
| Screenplay as Literature Competition | http://www.screenplaylit.com | Celebrates the art and craft of the screenplay by promoting the screenwriter. Winner(s) receive a promotional prize package worth over $5,000.00. |
| Screenwriting Expo competition | http://www.screenw
ritingexpo.com/competition.html | gives out $10,000 first price during Screenwriting Expo (run by "Creative Screenwriting" magazine) |
| Scriptapalooza | http://www.geociti
es.com/bigscriptapalooza/index2.html | One of the top 8 (or 5) contests depending on whom you ask. Made a splash a few years ago but, since then, turned more pricey and cut down on price money. |
| Scriptapalooza screenwriting competition with Screenplay.com | http://www.filmmak
ers.com/con
tests/screenwriting/scriptapalooz... | Annual Screenwriting Competition offers a $10,000 cash prize, plus promotion for the best thirteen scripts submitted. |
| ScriptPIMP | http://www.scriptpimp.com/writing_
competition/home.cfm | a new contest |
| Scriptwriters Network | http://www.scriptwritersnetwork.co
m/prodrech.html | Program gives the opportunity for un-agented scripts to be read by producers/ production companies. Endorsed by the WGA and offered to its members. Feedback given to all entrants. |
| Slamdance Screenplay Competition | http://www.slamdance.com | |
| TalentScout TV Writing Contest | http://atalentscout.com/tv_engcont
est.htm | Winners are submitted to the networks and production companies to help find them work. |
| Tennessee Screenwriting Association Contest | http://www.tennscreen.com | |
| Texas Filmwriters Institute | http://www.texasfilminstitute.com | Offers an annual contest for original screenplays, allowing talented writers an entrance into the entertainment industry. |
| The Austin Film Festival Heart of Film Screenplay Competition | http://www.austinfilmfestival.com | Competition dedicated to recognizing the writer's contribution to the motion picture industry. |
