Recognizes and promotes screenplays that significantly feature lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgendered characters and/or themes.
Independent film production company offering $25,000 in prize money.
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.
An annual screenwriting contest, to find and promote talented new screenwriters, awards prizes in kind but not in cash. Entry fees are payable.
Competition dedicated to recognizing the writer's contribution to the motion picture industry.
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.
Competition to assist science fiction, fantasy, horror, and action-adventure screenwriters in becoming discovered by the film industry.
Promises $50,000 in cash and prizes. Minimum entry fee: $40. Deadline: September 15.
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.
Founded by Hollywood producers to discover new screenplays by up-and-coming writers. Cash and prizes of over $25,000.
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