The Script Pipeline Screenwriting & TV Writing Competitions connect talented writers with production companies, agencies, and managers. As one of the longest-running (since 2003) and most successful writing contests, we focus specifically on finding writers representation, supporting diverse voices, championing ambitious storytelling, helping finance independent projects, and pushing original projects into production.
The company’s unique process—consisting of long-term, 1-on-1 development, extensive promotion, and circulation of material—gives our selected writers proper guidance to advance their careers.
For Screenwriting and TV Writing, Script Pipeline selects five finalists and one winner, who receive the following:
- $20,000 to each winner; $1,000 for each finalist
- Introductions to managers, producers, agents, directors, and other execs searching for scripts
- Development assistance from Script Pipeline's team
- Additional script reviews and consideration of other material
- Long-term script circulation to industry and continual guidance connecting with companies
- Invitations to private events and Symposium panels hosted by Pipeline
Plus: all Quarterfinalists and Semifinalists receive general feedback on their work from Script Pipeline's development execs and consideration for industry circulation post-contest.
"I was about to give up on this script and stick it in a drawer ... then I placed as a finalist in Script Pipeline, and that all changed. More has happened for my career in the month after placing than in all the months preceding it."- Crosby Selander, Screenwriting Finalist (sold Bring Me Back to Legendary for seven figures)
Over $8 million in screenplays and pilots have been sold by Script Pipeline writers as well as numerous scripts produced since 1999, a notable list that includes studio films Stuber by Tripper Clancy and Snow White and the Huntsman by Evan Daugherty. Pipeline Screenwriting finalist Bring Me Back by Crosby Selander sold to Legendary in 2020 for seven figures—one of the all-time biggest spec sales by an unproduced writer. Helen Gaughran's winning script Visitation was produced in 2023, starring Olivia Cooke (House of the Dragon) and Isla Johnston (The Queen’s Gambit). Several Pipeline writers have made The Black List recently, such as Elad Ziv's Court 17, Cauliflower by Daniel Jackson, and Pure by Catherine Schetina, the latter two securing the #1 spot. And writers have signed with multiple top managers and agents over the years, landing with reps at Bellevue, UTA, Kaplan/Perrone, Alibi Management, and more following Script Pipeline development and introductions.
View notable success stories: https://scriptpipeline.com/success-stories
- $40,000 to winners; $1,000 for each finalist
- Introductions to managers, producers, agents, directors, and other execs searching for scripts
- Development assistance from Script Pipeline's team
- Additional script reviews and consideration of other material
- Long-term script circulation to industry and continual guidance connecting with companies
- Invitations to private events and Symposium panels hosted by Pipeline (symposium.pipelineartists.com)
Plus: all Quarterfinalists and Semifinalists receive general feedback on their work from Script Pipeline's development execs and consideration for industry circulation post-contest.