Top 10 Screenplay Competitions:

It is the time of year again....new competitions....new ways to make it happen.  Here are Screenplay competitions with the focus on craftsmanship. A coherent three-act story structure coupled with compelling characters, clever plotlines and crisp dialogue will catapult the right screenplay into the quarter- or even semi-finalist stage. 

Reaching this level is all but guaranteed to generate reader requests which help you win 

and maybe even some phone calls from interested parties.

Top 10 screenplay competitions:

1.    Academy Nicholl Fellowship http://www.oscars.org/nicholl

2.    Sundance Screenwriters Lab http://www.sundance.org/programs/feature-film#labs

3.    Final Draft Big Break Contest https://store.finaldraft.com/big-break-contest.html

4.    TrackingB http://www.trackingb.com/contests/?contest_id=36

5.    Launch Pad https://www.tblaunchpad.com/

6.    Slamdance http://showcase.slamdance.com/Screenplay-Competition

7.    Scriptapalooza http://www.scriptapalooza.com/home.php

8.    PAGE International https://pageawards.com/

9.    BlueCat http://www.bluecatscreenplay.com/

10.    Austin Film Festival https://austinfilmfestival.com/submit/screenplay-and-teleplay-submissions-2/