Oct 162026
Atlanta Film Festival Screenplay Competition
$60–$100+ (tiered by deadline)
Today
Every screenwriting deadline,
in one place.
50 contests, fellowships & labs tracked · 34 with confirmed upcoming dates · checked Oct 16
Oct 162026
Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards
$49–$65+ (tiered)
Today
Oct 192026
Scriptapalooza Television Writing Competition
$55 (final tier, Stage 32 listing)
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Oct 202026
Outstanding Screenplays TV Pilot Competition
$39–$79 (tiered)
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Oct 202026
Filmmatic Horror/Thriller Screenplay Awards
$49 (regular)
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Oct 212026
Stage 32 Search for New Blood Screenwriting Contest (13th)
$59.50 (early bird)
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Oct 222026
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Oct 242026
Breaking Walls Thriller Screenplay Contest
$85 (extended tier; $49 earlybird)
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Oct 272026
Manchester Film Festival Screenplay Competition
$60 (penultimate)
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Oct 282026
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Oct 292026
The Golden Script Competition
$55.59–$77.79 on FilmFreeway (tiered)
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Oct 292026
ISA Fast Track Fellowship (Spring
Fee: see site
13d left
Oct 292026
B!tchFest Film Festival & Screenplay Contest
$70 (extended)
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Oct 312026
Wiki Screenplay Contest
$74 (10-page entry); $89+ (full script with analysis)
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Oct 312026
Santa Barbara International Screenplay Awards (Fall
$104 (Take Two tier)
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Oct 312026
Palm Springs International Screenplay Awards (Fall
$94 (Riviera tier)
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Oct 312026
Pitch Now Screenplay Competition
$59 (final)
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Oct 312026
Killer Shorts Horror Short Screenplay Competition
$30 (regular)
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Oct 312026
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Nov 12026
Cassian Elwes Independent Screenwriting Fellowship
Fee: see site
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Nov 12026
New York New Stories Screenplay Contest
$95 (Stage 32 special extended)
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Nov 22026
Joan Bressler Set in Philadelphia Screenwriting Competition
$100 ($150 with notes)
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Nov 22026
Women in Film x The Black List Episodic Lab
$40 (non-members; WIF members get waivers)
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Nov 72026
Finish Line Script Competition
$299 (premium package listed)
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Nov 102026
BlueCat Screenplay Competition
$59–$85+ (tiered)
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Nov 132026
Cinequest Screenwriting Competition
$100 (final tier)
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Nov 162026
Stowe Story Labs Writers' Retreats
Fee: see site
31d left
Nov 182026
Stage 32 Feature Comedy Screenwriting Contest (11th)
$59.50 (early bird)
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Nov 272026
New Hope Film Festival Script Competition
$95–$105 (late/extended tiers)
42d left
Dec 12026
Scriptapalooza Screenplay Competition
$45–$60+ (tiered)
46d left
Dec 42026
NRDC Climate Storytelling Fellowship
Fee: see site
49d left
Dec 302026
Script Pipeline Screenwriting & TV Writing Competition
$60 special entry ($30 student)
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Jan 82027
Michael Collyer Memorial Fellowship in Screenwriting
Fee: see site
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Jun 12027
Black List Annual Labs
Fee: see site
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CineStory Foundation Residency
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Austin Film Festival Screenplay & Teleplay Competition
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Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Contest
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PAGE International Screenwriting Awards
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Slamdance Screenplay Competition
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Humanitas New Voices Fellowship
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Film Independent Episodic Lab
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CAPE New Writers Fellowship
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The Writers Lab (women & nonbinary writers over 40)
Fee: see site
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Paramount Writers Mentoring Program
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1497 Features Lab
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NBCUniversal Launch TV Writers Program
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Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting
Fee: see site
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