American Accolades Screenwriting Competition
Competition aims to find and usher emerging talent into the Hollywood mainstream marketplace.

BlueCat Screenplay Competition
An annual search for the best screenplay in the world.

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.

Screenwriting Showcase Awards
Winners receive prizes including cash, screenwriting software, discounts on products, free script registration, or professional script analysis.

Scriptapalooza TV
Semi-annual competition that accepts pilots and spec scripts for sitcoms and one hour episodics.

National Screenwriting Competition
Cash awards and movie production options are offered to winners.

Slamdance Screenplay Competition
Indie-oriented competition aims to promote and support talented new writers.

Ohio Independent Screenplay Awards
Dedicated to freedom of expression through the art of independent media.

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.

Split-Screenplay Contest
All contestants must register as a member of the Screenwriters Community.

One-In-Ten Screenplay Competition
Open to all writers. At least one of the primary characters in the screenplay must be a positively portrayed gay or lesbian character.

Acclaim TV
Original, television scripts, and film scripts are sought.

Hollywood Symposium
Features screenplay development, film production, script consultation and screenplay contests.

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.

Screenwriters Forum Screenplay Contest
All contest winners are announced to their entire database of agents and producers.

Texas Filmwriters Institute
Offers an annual contest for original screenplays, allowing talented writers an entrance into the entertainment industry.

American Cinema Foundation
Elicits scripts which are suitable for either theatrical or television production and which tell a positive story about specific fundamental values.

Fade In: Screenwriting Awards
Cash prizes and industry exposure from the publishers of Fade In Magazine.

igottascript.com
The winner will have their script submitted on the spec market.

Awesome Television Scriptwriting Contest
Offers cash prizes for spec scripts of existing television shows.

Monterey County Film Commission
Three finalists will receive one-on-one consultations with jury members at the awards event in Monterey County.

eShay.com Competition
For all screenwriters who have at least one copyrighted feature length screenplay. Prizes include software and script consultation. 2001 competition winners announced.

Euroscript Film Story Competition
Seeks a maximum 2,000 word treatment that tells all the story. Open to European Union screenwriters only. Two competitions are held each year.

WriteSafe Writing and Art Contest
Quarterly competition for all material registered with WriteSafe for public view.

Winner Take All
Screenplays will go through three stages of scoring before a winner is chosen.

Nashville Screenwriting Competition
1st place cash prize of $1,000 plus an all-access pass to the Nashville Independent Film Festival.

Writer's Film Project
Originated by the Chesterfield Film Company and co-sponsored by Paramount Pictures.

Bare Bones
Spotlights screenplays with a budget summary of less than a million dollars.

Screamfest
Annual horror film and screenplay competition. Finalists and winning horror screenplay finalists to be read by literary agents. 0ctober 17th - 20th.

American Gem Short Script Contest
The winning screenplay will be produced, with the screenwriter sharing in the gross profits.

Radmin Company Screenwriting Contest
Held in conjunction with FilmMakers Magazine, the top 50 scripts will be considered for representation by the Radmin Company.

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.

TalentScout TV Writing Contest
Winners are submitted to the networks and production companies to help find them work.

Outfest
Recognizes and promotes screenplays that significantly feature lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgendered characters and/or themes.

Hollywood's Next Success
Finalists and/or winners may be offered management representation.

Hollywood 27
Independent film production company offering $25,000 in prize money.

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.

Hurdle Screenwriting Competition
Annual contest for independent screenwriters offers cash awards.

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.

Scriptapalooza screenwriting competition with Screenplay.com
Annual Screenwriting Competition offers a $10,000 cash prize, plus promotion for the best thirteen scripts submitted.

National Screenplay Contest. Winning script produced as a movie
A monthly contest for movie scripts offers the winner of the Grand Finals a $1,000 Treasury Bond and the certainty that the script will be produced as a movie.

European Pitch Point
Script competition aimed to promote European writers. General information, deadlines, call for proposals, quotations from industry professionals, and contact details.

The Austin Film Festival Heart of Film Screenplay Competition
Competition dedicated to recognizing the writer's contribution to the motion picture industry.

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.

Scriptunities
A free monthly guide to competitions, script calls and other script opportunities in the UK and Europe. Subscribe to a monthly mail out or examine the web edition.

Cinescape's Genre Screenwriting Competition
Competition to assist science fiction, fantasy, horror, and action-adventure screenwriters in becoming discovered by the film industry.

Lighthouse Scripts
Annual teleplay and screenplay competition open to all writers worldwide.

Heat Productions
$5,000 bonus and round trip tickets each to 3 screenwriters chosen for this experience down in South Africa.

Five and Dime Screenplay Contest
Over $10,000 in cash and prizes is offered by the only U.S. contest accepting submissions in Japanese, French, Spanish, and Italian, as well as English.

2003 Script PIMP Writing Competition
Offers $10,000 in cash, plus $14,000 in other prizes. 85 Companies have requested the winners for their consideration. Final deadline: May 1,2003.

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. Final deadline: September 30.

Nevada Film Office
Annual screenwriters competition. 75 percent of the script's locations must be shootable in Nevada.

Steele Entertainment Group Screenplay Contest
Annual contest offers $1,500 in prize money. Deadline: May 23, 2003. Entry fee: $50.

True Independent Screenplay Competition
Offers a $1500 First Prize for superior craftmanship in screenwriting. Feedback is provided on all entries for an extra $20 fee. Deadline: May 15. Entry fees: $15 for short films; $30 for features.

Devilhawk Screenplay Competition
The winning screenplay will be produced by Devilhawk Productions on a budget determined by the number of entries received. Entry fee: $50. Deadline: September 15, 2003.

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.

Become A Hollywood Screenwriter
The winner will be flown to LA for two days of meetings with agents, producers and studio executives. Sponsored by Niad Management and the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel. Entry fee: $50 for submissions received by December 31.

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.

The 2004 Hollywood International Screenwriting Awards
Founded by Hollywood producers to discover talented new screenwriters who are currently working outside the Hollywood system, this contest awards $19,000 in cash, plus other prizes. Nine different categories are offered. Regular entry fee: $45. Regular deadline: March 15.

Short Film Script Contest
Seeks a short film script based on any book or story in the Bible. $2,500 to be won, plus possible use in a feature film.

Script Magazine Open Door Contest
Cash prizes, script notes and consideration from a legitimate management company, production company or agency.

Warner Bros. Writers Workshop
The Warner Bros. Writers Workshop maintains an annual program geared towards helping aspiring television writers obtain representation and work.

Bravo TV
Bravo TV is producing a reality show documenting a contest for writers - they're looking for the next big sitcom. Entry is free but eligibility requirements are strict. The contest is limited to non-professional writers who are residents of the U.S.A. Deadline: September 18, 2004. Prize: $25,000.

Spec Scriptacular Contest
Spec Scriptacular TV Writing Competition. A television competition for TV episode and movie scripts and original pilot teleplays.

International Screenplay Competition
More than $10,000 in prizes. Presented by the American Screenwriters Association and Writer's Digest.

Empire Screenplay Contest
Information related to the Empire Screenplay Contest, including previous winners, innovations, successes, etc.