Screenplay Festival features the following categories:
Movie Scripts: Action/Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Thriller/Horror
Television Scripts: Half Hour, One Hour
One of the highest rated screenwriting competitions online, Screenplay Festival offers writers an honest opportunity to get their work the recognition it deserves.
The competition’s six categories -- Action/Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Thriller/Horror, TV: Half Hour, TV: One Hour -- ensure that a truly wonderful script is not punished or ignored because it is in a genre that does not usually win awards. It always seems to be “important dramas” that win the accolades. In the real world, people love comedies, action pictures, thrillers and horror flicks as much as they love dramas. Writing for a fun genre should not forbid a writer from having their talents acknowledged.
It is with these policies that Screenplay Festival greatly assists legitimate agents, producers, directors and investors. By allowing them to view the Grand Prize Winners and Honorable Mentions from each category, Screenplay Festival goes out of its way to get winning scripts into the hands of professionals who will make something happen for that script.
Screenplay Festival Award Winners will receive the following Prizes:
Cash:
Movie Scripts: $500.00 Grand Prize in each category.
Television Scripts: $500.00 Grand Prize in each category.
Honorable Mention winners do not receive a cash prize.
InkTip
Our sponsor InkTip account will provide our Grand Prize winners with 4 months of InkTip Pro! Pro benefits include:
- Your Scripts Available to Filmmakers
Pro members can make their scripts available to vetted filmmakers on InkTip. These filmmakers search for scripts and writers every day with the intent to option, produce, and/or hire writers.
- Weekly Pitch Requests
Every week, filmmakers tell us what they're looking for, and we pass that information along to you in the form of submission opportunities: 6+ per week.
-Pitch to Page Contest
Unlike other contests that only focus on one aspect of screenwriting (the script), Pitch to Page examines your complete package from your pitch (logline) to your synopsis and script because writing an excellent script can only take you so far if you cannot pitch it. Entry into Pitch to Page is free for Pro members. Every few months, Pro members can enter a script listing into the contest. Some contests are genre specific or have specialized themes. Prize packages include free IPM membership, a logline featured in our exclusive industry newsletter, script coverage, and more.
Virtual Pitch Fest
Grand Prize winners receive 3 Pitches on VPF, the platform for TV/Film professionals seeking scripts and writers to represent. With VPF, writers can submit Written Pitches to 500+ networks/studios, producers and agents with the assurance of a guaranteed response. Honorable Mention winners receive 1 Pitch on VPF.
Live Awards Ceremony
Every Grand Prize Winner and every Honorable Mention winner in each category will be announced at a live ceremony in Los Angeles!