The Colorado Film Institute announces the winning screenplays of the 2025 Vail Screenplay Competition, a signature ...

Elsie Hedgspeth & Andrew Stengele talk to ciLiving host, Jaclyn Friedlander about Pens to Lens screenwriting competition.

Singapore’s Weiyu Films has joined forces with Studio76 from Taiwan to expand the RisingStories screenwriting competition. Studio76 launched the first RisingStories International Story Pitching ...

The deadline for the 26th Virginia Screenwriting Competition sponsored by the Virginia Film Office is Friday, May 23, at midnight. The annual Virginia Screenwriting Competition is created to provide ...

The single most productive and educational experience I’ve ever had, in terms of developing a screenplay and plotting a film career. –Bret Wood, 2007 Atlanta Film Festival Screenplay Competition ...

Shiwani Srivastava is a hot new name on the screenwriting circuit, fresh off the success of “Wedding Season,” her debut rom-com recently released on Netflix. But, she's quick to explain that she’s not ...

Returning for their festival’s 32nd edition from February 19-25, 2026, the bold voices behind Slamdance continue to tell a cutting-edge story by honoring breakout talents who could redefine the film ...

Slamdance has announced the winners of its annual screenplay competition, with Mike Ackerman’s feature-length script “This End Up” winning the grand prize. Slamdance announced the awards — recognizing ...

Getting your foot in the door as a first-time screenwriter—or getting that first job in a writers’ room—is exceedingly difficult, so some writers might be enticed to try their hands at a screenwriting ...

Screenplay competitions are one of the most popular ways for fledgling writers to break into Hollywood but one contest found itself on the wrong side of the AI argument. Scriptapalooza, a screenplay ...