AFF Screenwriting Competitions – Deadline: May 20

SCREENPLAY, TELEPLAY, & DIGITAL SERIES COMPETITIONS AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL - The Writers Festival Submission DEADLINE: May 20 Judges: Writers Guild of America, East will provide a panel of established industry writers to judge the winner of the Drama category, Enderby Entertainment who will be looking for scripts with an original concept and distinctive voice that…

ScriptXpert Script Search: Eyestorm Productions

Got a head's up a few minutes ago that I was compelled to put up. First off, I generally stay away from suggesting anything that requires a fee unless it could prove beneficial. By beneficial, I don't just mean a chance at consideration in any contest or such.  I mean that your hard earned funds…

Script Pipeline aka Contests Central

There are plenty of screenwriting competitions out there. Just go on Film Freeway and you'll see. 433 at last count. But many to most of those don't have the reputation of Script Pipeline.  And the folks at Script Pipeline have been spreading their wealth by offering six separate contests this year. Next one due within…

Meryl Streep Funds Lab for Women Screenwriters Over 40

It's often been said that writing in Hollywood is dominated by young men.  And thus we get far too many under-written movies like any Transformer "epic" with stellar lines like "Take out your guns and shoot them!" or "I’m literally going to kill you." or "Bro's before..." I'm stopping that last line in it's tracks…

NYC Midnight is ready to truly challenge you as a screenwriter

And now for something completely different. Rather than your standard screenwriting competition where you send in your work and then that's that, this one is in the moment.  Like a writer for hire, you are put through time challenges to create and excel in condensed schedules. To the those excel-lent few, success in a challenge…