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» A Feeding Frenzy - Screenwriting contest that offers feedback to all participants. » Acclaim TV - Original, television scripts, and film scripts are sought. » American Accolades Screenwriting Competition - Competition aims to find and usher emerging talent into the Hollywood mainstream marketplace. » American Cinema Foundation - Elicits scripts which are suitable for either theatrical or television production and which tell a positive story about specific fundamental values. » American Film Renaissance Screenwriting Contest - A contest seeking stories that reflect timeless American virtues. Judges include three Oscar-nominated screenwriters. » American Gem Short Script Contest - The winning screenplay will be produced, with the screenwriter sharing in the gross profits. » American Screenwriters Association Screenplay Competition - Annual full-length screenplay competition with $10,000 first prize and November 30, 2006 deadline. » American Screenwriting Competition - Promises $50,000 in cash and prizes. Minimum entry fee: $40. Deadline: September 15. » American Zoetrope Screenplay Contest - Offers a $5,000 grand prize. The top ten screenplays are considered for option by American Zoetrope and for representation by top agencies. Judged by Francis Ford Coppola. Reading fee: $40. Opens May 1. Deadline: September 1. » Art Within Labs: A Search for the Next Great Screenwriter of Faith - Annual contest offering year-long $10,000 screenwriting fellowships to Christian writers. » Bare Bones - Spotlights screenplays with a budget summary of less than a million dollars. » BlueCat Screenplay Competition - An annual search for the best screenplay in the world. » British Short Screenplay Competition - The winning script will be produced by Kaos Films to be exhibited in UK cinemas and entered into film festivals around the world. » Chesterfield Writer's Film Project - 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. » Eerie Horror Film Festival and Screenplay Competition - An annual screenplay competition and film festival that takes place in Erie, Pennsylvania. » Fade In: Screenwriting Awards - Cash prizes and industry exposure from the publishers of Fade In Magazine. » Film Genesis: Script-to-Film Screenwriting Contest - Short script (11 pages or less) competition grants a $10,000 production budget to the winning entrant. » FilmMakers.com: Contests - Database of current screenwriting contests. » Filmmakers International Screenplay Competition Awards - Full-length screenplay competition with $4000 grand prize and representation consideration for the top 50 entrants. » Gimme Credit Short Screenplay Competition - Short script (30 pages or less) competition that grants production to the grand prize winner. Three contests each year. Entry fees vary on length and time of submission ($9-$44) » Heat Productions - $5,000 bonus and round trip tickets each to 3 screenwriters chosen for this experience down in South Africa. » Hollywood 27 - Independent film production company offering $25,000 in prize money. » Hollywood Gateway Screenwriting Contest - An annual contest provides a $5,000 cash prize in addition to a number of other benefits including transportation and accommodation in Hollywood, meetings with top agents and producers, plus submissions to over 70 agencies and production companies. » Hollywood Symposium - Features screenplay development, film production, script consultation and screenplay contests. » Monterey County Film Commission - Three finalists will receive one-on-one consultations with jury members at the awards event in Monterey County. » Nashville Screenwriting Competition - 1st place cash prize of $1,000 plus an all-access pass to the Nashville Independent Film Festival. » Nevada Film Office - Annual screenwriters competition in which 75% of the script's locations must be shootable in Nevada. » Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting - An international competition, sponsored by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, seeks original screenplays from writers who have not earned more than $5,000 for film or TV scripts. Up to five $25,000 fellowships are awarded each year. » One In Ten Screenplay Contest - A screenplay contest dedicated to the positive portrayal of gays and lesbians in film. $1000 first prize. » One Location Movie Screenplay Contest - A screenplay contest promoting the full-length character driven screenplay. First prize is $1000 and a one-year option for production. » Organization of Black Screenwriters - Categories are original screenplays, half-hour and one hour television spec scripts, and half-hour and one hour television pilot scripts. » Outfest - Recognizes and promotes screenplays that significantly feature lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgendered characters and/or themes. » PAGE International Screenwriting Awards - Founded by Hollywood producers to discover new screenplays by up-and-coming writers. Cash and prizes of over $25,000. » Pomegranate Pictures Screenplay Competition - A UK-based treatment and screenplay competition. Treatments are accepted on a monthly basis, with winners made eligible for the annual screenplay competition. Cash prizes. » River City Write Off - Short script contest that produces the winning script and gives the writer a producer credit. » Screamfest - Annual horror film and screenplay competition. Finalists and winning horror screenplay finalists to be read by literary agents. 0ctober 17th - 20th. » Screenplay Festival - Feature-length screenplay contest with industry exposure and $1000 grand prizes in five categories. » Screenwriter Showcase - An annual screenwriting contest, to find and promote talented new screenwriters, awards prizes in kind but not in cash. Entry fees are payable. » Screenwriting Expo Screenplay Competition - This annual competition is affiliated with Creative Screenwriting Magazine and the world's largest tradeshow for screenwriters, the Screenwriting Expo. Over $25,000 is offered in cash and prizes. Minimum entry fee: $40. Last deadline: August 15. » Screenwriting Showcase Awards - $10,000 in cash and prizes for full-length screenplays. » Script Magazine Open Door Contest - Cash prizes, script notes and consideration from a legitimate management company, production company or agency. » Script PIMP Writing Competition - Offers $10,000 in cash, plus $8,000 in other prizes. 203 companies have requested the winners for their consideration. » Script Savvy - Screenplay competition. Provides contest details, prize information, deadlines and online application. » Scriptapalooza Screenplay Competition - Annual Screenwriting Competition offers a $10,000 cash prize, plus promotion for the best thirteen scripts submitted. » Scriptapalooza TV - Semi-annual competition that accepts pilots and spec scripts for sitcoms and one hour episodics. » Set in Philadelphia Screenwriting Competition - Annual screenplay competition open to writers of screenplays set primarily in the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area. $10,000 grand prize. » Slamdance Screenplay Competition - Indie-oriented competition aims to promote and support talented new writers. » Spec Scriptacular Contest - Television competition for TV episode and movie scripts and original pilot teleplays. $8000 in prizes. » Split-Screenplay Contest - All contestants must register as a member of the Screenwriters Community. » TalentScout TV Writing Contest - Winners are submitted to the networks and production companies to help find them work. » The Austin Film Festival Heart of Film Screenplay Competition - Competition dedicated to recognizing the writer's contribution to the motion picture industry. » Warner Bros. Writers Workshop - The Warner Bros. Writers Workshop maintains an annual program geared towards helping aspiring television writers obtain representation and work. » WinFemme - Monthly and annual film & screenplay festival in Los Angeles. Winners receive staged readings and screenings in Hollywood on a monthly basis with top industry executives who discuss the artist's work. » WriteMovies.com Writing Competition - Offers a $2,000 cash prize (plus representation, and possible option money), plus submission of the top three entries to studios, production companies, and agencies in Hollywood. » WriteSafe Writing and Art Contest - Quarterly competition for all material registered with WriteSafe for public view. » Writer's Arc Screenwriting Fellowship - 10 week fall fellowship program focused on re-writing an existing script. $3,000 stipend for 5-10 winners.

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