Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. EXCLUSIVE: Stage 32 is launching a Global Screenwriting Contest Hub, bringing together dozens of writing competitions from around ...

Just for fun, I typed the term “Screenplay Contests” into Google, and my search yielded 2,060,000 hits with 12 sponsored links. Some listings are legit. Others, who knows? What I find shocking is how ...

Screenwriting contests can be great opportunities to gain industry exposure, secure representation, and potentially get your script optioned. They can be one of the more accessible ways to break in.

Brennan Cusack's pilot "The Badlands Woman's Clinic" won the $10,000 grand prize. In 2025, the contest celebrated writers across five categories: feature film, horror/thriller, TV pilot, short 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 ...

Most screenwriting contests are built for volume. Cut to Black Prize was designed to fix that. The contest keeps its field intentionally small and invitation-only so every script receives a real, ...

EXCLUSIVE: Last year, we reported on a comedy screenwriting contest teaming Stage 32, Pathfinder Media, and director Todd Biermann (Mythic Quest, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia) - and now, we have ...

Anthony Lund is a senior news writer and editor at MovieWeb from a small village in the U.K. with an avid love of all genres of TV and film. He has worked for MovieWeb since 2020, and has been in the ...

EXCLUSIVE: Stage 32 is launching a Global Screenwriting Contest Hub, bringing together dozens of writing competitions from around the world into one place including Oscar and BAFTA-qualifying contests ...