Contests held more than once a year, including monthly.
AAA Screenplay Contest - Creative Screenwriting Magazine, semi-annual, feedback on all entries Specs: Features (85-140 pages) and TV Specs (Hour 50-70 pages, Half-hour 25 and 55 pages) Prize: cash, industry exposure, pitch opportunity at Screenwriting Expo, publicity in Creative Screenwriting Magazine, products and services
Acclaim Film - (Florida) semi-annual Specs: Features in any genre Prize: cash, industry exposure, products and services
Acclaim TV Screenwriting Competition - (Florida) semi-annual Specs: TV Dramas and Comedies, hour and half-hour Specs, Pilots (to 1 hour) and MOWs Prize: cash, industry exposure, services from InkTip, Scripped and ScriptDelivery
A Film Writer Logline Contest - monthly, free educational material Specs: Logline Prize: script coverage, online showcase
Amazon Studios - online community, must upload script to site, monthly, free Specs: Features Prize: cash, feedback
Bangkok Indiefest - Thailand Specs: Asian themed Screenplays (to 120 pages), set or can be shot in Thailand Prize: industry exposure
Big Idea Writers Challenge - bi-monthly, feedback on every entry Specs: Feature, Query Letter, TV Pilot, Comic Concept, TV Movie, or Short Story Prize: cash, pitch opportunity, a scene filmed
Cinema City International Online Film Festival - (New Jersey) monthly Specs: Features and TV Pilots Prize: online and industry exposure, features considered for production, products and services
Hollywood Outreach Program - Scriptwriters Network, 3 times a year, coverage on every entry Specs: Features Prize:marketing and industry exposure
Hollywoodscript.com - (New Jersey) consultants choose from among their clients' submissions every month, accept revisions Specs: Features from clients Prize: online exposure
IMLC Monthly Logline Contest - Internet Movie Logline Creator, monthly, free, judged by contestants Specs: Logline (140 characters or less) Prize: exposure on website and Twitter, logline evaluation, half price consultation, e-book
Industry Insider Screenwriting Contest - (LA) Writers Store, quarterly Specs: up to 15 pages of a Feature based on a provided logline Prize: trip to Hollywood for industry meetings, screenwriting software, development notes, mentoring program
Kids First! Film Festival - (New Mexico) Coalition For Quality Children's Media, quarterly Specs: Features (to 120 pages) in For Children 2-5, 5-8, 8-12, and 12-18 categories Prize: coverage
Los Angeles Comedy Film Festival - semi-annual Specs: Comedy Features (30-130 pages), Shorts and TV (to 30 pages) Prize: cash, table read, festival passes, industry exposure
MoviePoet.com - free monthly, online members choose winners Specs: 5-page Shorts based on monthly theme Prize: feedback, online exposure
On Cue Productions - (California) monthly Specs: Shorts under 30 pages suitable for G-rated movies Prize: website exposure, possible production
People's Pilot - TVWriter.Com, semi-annual Specs: TV series story idea Prize: cash, industry exposure
Screenwriter Takes All - online, monthly, formerly the Screenwriting Showcase Awards, free class at 4Screenwriters and Screenwriter's Monthly Collection (PDF copies) for every entry Specs: Features (to 140 pages) and Shorts (to 60 pages) Prize: cash (amount depends on entry pool), products and services, feedback, industry exposure
Script Savvy - consultants, monthly Specs: Features (80-140 pages) Prize: $700, industry exposure and possible production, feedback, InkTip and Sellascript services
ScriptVamp's Dream Quest - coverage service, monthly, feedback for every entry, coverage option Specs: first 10 pages of any script in any genre Prize: cash based on percentage of entry pool, coverage, free entry in monthly contest, listing on website
SoCal Film Market - (California) bi-monthly contest Specs: any length, genre, form Prize: highlighted placement in Online Script Pitch Cafe
Spec Scriptacular - TVWriter.com, semi-annual Specs: TV Sitcom or Action/Drama specs of current or very recent shows, Pilots/MOWs/Specials and New Media Prize: cash, critique, Cloud Creek Institute For The Arts writing retreat, mentorship
Steeltown Film Factory - (Pennsylvania) year-long, for filmmakers Specs: Shorts (to 12 pages) relevant to Southwestern Pennsylvania Prize: staged readings, pitch workshop, funds for production, premiere at Three Rivers Film Festival
Three Lines Or Less - (Colorado) monthly Specs: Loglines to three sentences and 300 characters Prize: industry exposure, services by ScriptSwami, StoryPros, Scrippped, Scriptoid Writer's Challenge and ScriptPipeline
Visionfest Feature Screenwriting Competition - (NY) Vision Film Society, semi-annual Specs: Features (80-130 pages) Prize: staged reading in LA or NYC, products, InkTip services
Writers Boot Camp Fellowship - monthly, genres and parameters change Specs: Features or original TV Series ideas, Scenes (no more than 3 pages) Prize: three $5000 full scholarships to their Online Professional Membership, possible submission to annual contest for writing/development deal
Writers Place Screenwriting Competition - (Florida) consultation and mentoring services, semi-annual Specs: Features and MOWs (to 130 pages), Shorts and Teleplays (to 45 pages) Prize: industry exposure, cash or screenwriting software, magazine subscriptions