WriteMovies Spring 2026 Screenwriting Contest

Submissions are now open for the WriteMovies Spring 2026 Screenwriting Contest.

For over 25 years, WriteMovies contests have helped promote exceptional writing talent to hundreds of senior decision makers across the international entertainment industry.

This contest offers writers the opportunity to receive professional feedback and compete for prizes designed to help move scripts forward.

Top Three Scripts Win:

• A year of script development and mentoring from the WriteMovies team (worth $3200)

• Guaranteed representation from TalentScout International Management

• Industry pitching of the developed script to producers and decision makers

Every submission also receives a free one-page analysis of the opening ten pages of their script.

Entering early also allows writers to submit a revised draft before the final deadline at no additional cost.

Submission Deadlines

Earlybird Deadline – April 12

Standard Deadline – May 10

Final Deadline – May 31

Nobody is better qualified in why films succeed and fail, than our founder Dr. Alex Ross (covering all bases from being a top ex agent of Tarantino and others, to producing a film distributed by Warner Bros, to getting a doctorate in film success and failure), and we’ve got a track record that proves it  – click here to find out more! We consider screenplays for film and TV, plus novels with screen potential, and even video game scripts.  We have strong credentials in all these areas: our collaborator Habib Zargarpour is a double BAFTA-winning, double Oscar-nominated VFX expert with famous video game credits, and our Director Ian Kennedy gained nearly 150 BBC scriptwriting credits in his 20s. Our writing contests are well represented on international screenwriting websites like Film Freeway, the International Screenwriters’ Association (ISA), MovieBytes, and others!

TIP: Studio Coverage is a report that an analyst would give a producer/studio which assesses the current potential of the script and writer, and recommends whether the script and writer are currently worth commissioning (and a ‘Recommend’ is quite rare due to the high risks involved with producing a film). Development Notes are designed to help the writer achieve their goals with the script and improve its commercial potential.

By submitting to any of our writing contests or consultancy packages…

you are accepting our TERMS AND CONDITIONS (see below) and PRIVACY POLICY (click here).

TERMS AND CONDITIONS:

“By Submitting work to WriteMovies, I agree:

1. To the accuracy of the information provided.

2. That the material submitted is my sole and original work and that I own all rights to it.

3. To my holding WriteMovies and all those involved in it, harmless from and defends them against all claims demands, losses, costs, damages, judgments, liabilities and expenses (including attorney’s fees) arising out of or in connection with any and all claims of third parties, whether or not groundless, based on any stories submitted to the competition or on any screenplay developed out of such stories.

4. That I recognize that WriteMovies and those involved in the competition to which this submitted entry pertains, may have access to, and/or, may have created, or have commissioned, through some other independent source, or may have otherwise acquired, literary materials and concepts, similar to the material submitted hereunder, in theme, idea, plot, format, or in any other respect. I agree that I will not under such circumstances, be entitled to any compensation, nor consideration of any kind, through the use by WriteMovies of any material so acquired. The ownership of any literary work submitted shall remain vested in the author until otherwise assigned by contract.

5. That should I be one of the winners, I grant WriteMovies the exclusive right to submit my material to as many studios, production companies, and agencies as seen fit, for a period of one hundred and fifty days from the announcement of the competition winners. I also grant WriteMovies the right to use my name, as well as the title and synopsis of my submitted material, in all publicity and promotional activities related to the competition. I also grant WriteMovies the right to contact me to provide me with contest updates.

6. That the burden of obtaining copyright or otherwise protecting any proprietary interests in the material rests entirely with me.”