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Seattle International Names Contest Winners

Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT

FixBadPaste('They’re Out There, by Garrett Queener, has been named the Grand Prize Winner of the Seattle International Screenwriting Competition.')

Chicago Script to Screen Names Contest Winners

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT

FixBadPaste('The Chicago Script to Screen contest has announced this season's winners. Table reads for these two scripts will take place in Chicago on 11/14. ')

Optimus Feedback Names Contest Winners

Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT

FixBadPaste('Murder at the Concours d'Elegance, by Jason Kubik, has been named the winner of the 2026 Optimus Feedback Screenwriting Competition. 2nd place, 3rd place, and runners-up have also been announced.')

AFF Announces 2nd Rounders and Semifinalists

Fri, 18 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT

FixBadPaste('The Austin Film Festival has announced their Second Rounders (top 25%) and Semifinalists (top 2%) from a field of more 12,500 scripts submitted to this year’s Script Competitions. ')

Wiki Screenplay Names August Contest Winners

Wed, 16 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT

FixBadPaste('Nico Drohojowski's Gringo has been named the Best Screenplay Winner of the 2026 Wiki Screenplay Competition. The Best TV Script and Best Short Script winners have also been announced.')

Golden Script Competition Releases 2026 Golden List

Tue, 15 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT

FixBadPaste('The Golden Script Competition has announced the Golden List of 2026, a yearly list highlighting the best 15 unproduced features, 9 TV pilots and 6 shorts of the year, all carefully selected from a pool of 1,880 screenplays: https://goldenscript.net/golden-lists/2026')

PAGE Announces 2026 Contest Finalists

Tue, 15 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT

FixBadPaste('The judges of the PAGE International Screenwriting Awards competition have now posted their list of this year's Finalists — the top ten scripts in each of the contest's ten genre categories. Winners will be announced on October 15th.')

Optimus Feedback Names Semifinalists

Thu, 10 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT

FixBadPaste('The 2026 Optimus Feedback Screenplay Competition has announced their 2026 Semifinalists.')

Golden Script Competition Names Contest Winners

Thu, 10 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT

FixBadPaste('Adeline Jackson's Inside Water has been named the 1st Place Winner of the Feature Screenplay category of the Golden Script Competition. The TV and Short category winners have also been announced.')

Shore Scripts Names TV Mentorship Semifinalists

Thu, 10 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT

FixBadPaste('Semifinalists have been announced for the Shore Scripts TV Mentorship Competition in both the one-hour half-hour categories.')