Screenplay Competitions

A good friend of mine put this together.  I thought that a few of you may be interested in this:

List of Contests/Scholarship Deadlines

1.    IHS Film and Fiction Scholarship                    Jan. 15
(Initial application submitted online - Jan. 15)
http://www.theihs.org/scholarships/

2.    Fox TV Diversity Writer’s Initiative
(Accepts Original Pilots)                            Mar. 30 – June 15 http://www.fox.com/diversity/creative/writer_submission.htm

3.    Film Independent – Project:  Involve                    April 30
http://www.filmindependent.org/index.php/diversity/filmmaker_labs

4.    Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting                    May 1
(USC will pay for app fee thru OperationWin)
http://www.oscars.org/nicholl/index.html

5.    Sundance Institute Screenwriters  Lab/Fellowship            May 1
(Apps avail. 2/15 online)
http://www2.sundance.org/applications.html

6.    Film Independent Screenwriters’ Lab                    May 4;
                                        May 28 (late)
http://www.filmindependent.org/index.php/diversity/filmmaker_labs

7.    Slamdance Film Festival (screenplay)                May 18
http://www.slamdance.com/writing/feature.html 

8.    Austin Film Festival   
(USC will pay for app fee thru OperationWin)
http://www.austinfilmfestival.com/new/
    (screenplay)                                May 15;   
                                        Jun. 1 (late)
    (teleplay)                                Jun. 1

9.    Annual Writers Network Competition                May 31
http://www.writersnetworkcompetition.com/

10.    CBS Diversity Mentorship Program:                    June 1
http://www.cbscorporation.com/diversity/cbs_network/index.php

also CBS Diversity – Directing Initiative                    Ongoing app
need directors reel (same website as above)

11.    Warner Brothers Writing Workshop
Comedy                                     Jul. 1 – Aug. 15
http://www2.warnerbros.com/writersworkshop/comic.html
Drama
http://www2.warnerbros.com/writersworkshop/dramatic.html         Jul. 1 – Aug. 15

12.    Slamdance Film Festival (teleplay and Original Pilots)        Jun. 1  – Sept. 5
http://www.slamdance.com/writing/teleplay.html

13.    Writers’ Arc Fellowship                        June 30
(app/scenario avail. 6/16 online)
http://www.writersarc.org

14.    Disney ABC Talent Development Program               
Writers Program                                July 1
www.abctalentdevelopment.com/programs_writers.htm
Directors Program                                Feb. 29, 2008
www.abctalentdevelopment.com/programs_directors.htm

15.    Sundance/Sloan Commission Grant (science screenplays)        Sept. 10
www2.sundance.org/applications.html

16.    Film Independent Directors’ Lab                    Nov. 16 – Dec. 14
www.filmindependent.org/index.php/diversity/filmmaker_labs

17.    WGA Writer Trainee Program                    rolling
www.wga.org/subpage_writingtools.aspx?id=933

18.    NBC Writers on the Verge                        ?
www.diversecitynbc.com/index.aspx