With more than 371 signings, 127 projects set up, 59 writers staffed, 134 appearances on annual best of lists such as the Black List, Blood List, Hit List, and the Young & Hungry List, as well as 6 bidding wars, the Launch Pad Competition has become the premier hub for Hollywood discovering new talent.

Tracking Board Launch Pad Competitions: For a competition that’s only 6 years old, Tracking Board’s Launch Pad screenplay competition has a very impressive litany of success stories.

And their network of industry relationships and mentors is unparalleled. And the $30,000 grand prize is nothing to scoff at! Past Nicholl winners have gone on to write some of the world’s best-loved and award-winning films.

The Academy Nicholl Fellowships: From The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting is the most prestigious award for emerging ( feature film only) screenwriters.

also produces an annual retreat and the ScreenCraft Writers Summit. Last year ScreenCraft awarded over $100,000 in prizes to winning writers and filmmakers, and past winners have sold projects and signed with all of the industry’s top agencies and literary management companies. It’s worth noting that ScreenCraft’s competitions are divided into smaller genre-specific competitions, each with their own industry juries, prizes and mentorship programs each individual genre contest gets around one or two thousand submissions.

One of the most popular and fastest growing screenplay competition organizations in the industry, ScreenCraft boasts many success stories for their winning writers. And there’s a good chance that no matter the genre or format of your screenplay, ScreenCraft has a competition for you. ScreenCraft: The annual ScreenCraft Screenwriting Fellowship is their most effective program for launching emerging screenwriters’ careers.The Austin Film Festival’s track record is unmatched in terms of facilitating success for their winners and producing an incredible conference for screenwriters. Austin Film Festival: The most prestigious film festival for screenwriters, the Austin Film Festival’s competitions and annual conference is a magnet for top industry professionals and aspiring screenwriters internationally.If you’d like to check competition deadlines and open dates, browse the competitions on Coverfly here.

The lists below do not include open dates, deadlines etc. If you’re considering entering a top screenwriting competition, be sure to research the success stories coming out of each competition, as well as decide on the right fit for your particular project, in terms of genre, tone and track record of each contest’s past winners. It’s important to note that bigger isn’t always better. If you’re reading this blog post, you’re probably wondering, “how many submissions does a script competition receive?” We surveyed Hollywood’s top screenplay contests to get a sense of their size and we ranked them by the number of submissions received annually.

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