We will be adding more to this list in the coming months.
The following contests are tracked
on the Coverfly platform and scores or placements that you get in these
competitions may affect your Coverfly rank.
Competitions on Coverfly
| Name | Seasons Tracked | Seasons Not Yet Tracked |
|---|---|---|
| WeScreenplay Feature Lab | 2023, 2022, 2021, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014 | 2024 |
| WeScreenplay Short Script Lab | 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, Winter 2017 | |
| WeScreenplay Diverse Voices Lab | Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016 | Spring 2024 |
| The Orb Media China-Hollywood Screenwriting Fellowship | Winter 2017, 2018 | |
| ScreenCraft Sci-Fi & Fantasy Screenwriting Competition | 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015 | |
| ScreenCraft Comedy Competition | 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015 | |
| ScreenCraft Horror Competition | 2024, 2023, 2022, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015 | |
| Shore Scripts Short Film Fund | Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017 | |
| Napa Valley Screenplay Competition | 2017 | |
| Austin Film Festival | 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014 | |
| ScreenCraft Drama Competition | 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017 | |
| ScreenCraft TV Pilot Script Competition | 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014 | |
| ScreenCraft Action & Adventure Screenplay Competition | 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015 | |
| Atlanta Film Festival Screenplay Competition | 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 | 2024 |
| The Academy Nicholl Fellowship | 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005 | |
| ScreenCraft Screenwriting Fellowship | 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015 | 2024 |
| PAGE International Screenwriting Awards Competition | 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014 | 2024 |
| Big Break | 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013 | |
| Script Pipeline Screenwriting Competition | 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018 | 2024 |
| Script Pipeline TV Writing Contest | 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018 | 2024 |
| Launch Pad Pilot Competition | 10th Annual, 9th Annual, 8th Annual, 7th Annual, 6th Annual, 5th Annual, 4th Annual, 3rd Annual, 2nd Annual, 1st Annual | 11th Annual |
| Launch Pad Prose Competition | 7th Annual, 6th Annual, 5th Annual, 4th Annual, 3rd Annual, 2nd Annual, 1st Annual | 8th Annual |
| Launch Pad Feature Competition | 11th Annual, 10th Annual, 9th Annual, 8th Annual, 7th Annual, 6th Annual, 5th Annual, 4th Annual, 3rd Annual, 2nd Annual, 1st Annual | |
| The Writers Lab US | 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018 | |
| The LAUNCH Million Dollar Student Screenplay Contest | 2019, 2018 | |
| Slamdance Screenplay Competition | 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014 | |
| The Blood List | 2019, 2018, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012 | |
| Humanitas New Voices Fellowship | 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018 | |
| Rideback TV Incubator | 2019 | 2020 |
| Stowe Story Labs Programs and Fellowships Application | 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2019 Application, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014 | |
| The Hit List | 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011 | |
| The Black List | 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2010, 2008, 2007, 2005 | |
| Nickelodeon Writing Program | 2022, 2021, 2020 | 2023 |
| WeScreenplay College Student Competition | 2021 | |
| ScreenCraft Feature Competition | 2023, 2022, 2021 | |
| Stage 32 Sci-Fi/Fantasy Screenwriting Contest | 2023, 2022, 2021 | |
| Sony Pictures Television Diverse Writers Program | 2022, 2021 | |
| The Writers Lab UK & Europe | 2023, 2022, 2021 | |
| Writers' Access Support Staff Training Program | 2022, 2021 | |
| The Writers Lab Europe | 2022 | |
| The Thousand Miles Project | 2022 | |
| NBC TV Writers Program | 2022 | 2023 |
| NBCU LAUNCH TV Directors Program | Female Forward | 2023-24, 2022-23 | |
| Universal Writers Lab | 2023 | |
| Universal Global Writers Program | 2023 | |
| Universal Animation Writers Program | 2023 | |
| Writers Mentoring Program | 2023 | |
| Universal Composers Inititive | 2023 | |
| Paramount Directing Initiative | 2024-26 | |
| WeScreenplay TV Pilot Lab | 2024, 2023, 2022, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | |
| ScriptFest Screenplay Contest | 2017, 2016 | |
| ScreenCraft Film Fund | Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, 2016, 2015 | Spring 2024 |
| Jamaica Screenwriters Residency Program | 2017 | |
| Woods Hole Film Festival | 2017 Festival | |
| ScreenCraft Short Film Screenplay Competition | 2023, 2022, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 2024 |
| ScreenwritingU Screenplay Contest | 2017 | |
| ScreenCraft Family Screenplay Competition | 2023, 2022, 2021, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 2024 |
| Nashville Film Festival Screenwriting Competition | 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017 | 2024 |
| Shore Scripts Feature Contest | 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015 | |
| Shore Scripts TV Pilot Contest | 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | |
| Shore Scripts Short Screenplay Contest | 2018, 2017, 2016 | |
| ScreenCraft True Story & Public Domain Competition | 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018 | |
| Sun Valley Film Festival | 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018 | 2024 |
| Vail Film Festival Screenplay Competition | 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019 | |
| Fresh Blood Selects | 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2014 | |
| The Carol Mendelsohn College Drama Award | 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017 | |
| The David and Lynn Angell College Comedy Award | 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019 | |
| Alfred P. Sloan Science + Tech Pilot Script Competition | 2019 | |
| The Athena List | 2020 | |
| Nantucket Film Festival - Tony Cox Screenplay Competition | 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018 | 2024 |
| Table Read My Screenplay - Park City | 2023, 2020, 2019, 2018 | 2024 |
| Shoot Your Sizzle Screenplay Competition | 2020, 2019 | |
| ScreenCraft Animation Competition | 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019 | |
| Annual Black List Feature Lab | 2021, 2020, 2019, 2017, 2016 | |
| The Bitch List | 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014 | |
| Table Read My Screenplay Competition | Hollywood 2023, Spring 2023, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Austin 2021, 2021, 2020 | |
| Table Read My Screenplay - Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 2020 | |
| The Minority Report | 2023, 2022, 2021 | |
| ScreenCraft Podcast Competition | 2020 - 2021 | |
| Shore Scripts Fiction Podcast Contest | 2021, 2020 | |
| Diverso: Black Writers in Focus | 2022, 2021 | 2023 |
| Raindance Script Competition | 2023, 2022, 2021 | 2024 |
| The Next List | 2023, 2022, 2021 | |
| The Writers Guild Initiative Support Staff Training Program | 2022 | |
| STARZ #TakeTheLead Writers' Intensive | 2022 | 2023 |
| Circle of Confusion x Anarchists United Writers Discovery Fellowship | 2023 | |
| The Art of Brooklyn Screenplay Contest | 2023, 2021, 2018, Fall 2016 | 2024 |
| FilmQuest | 2017 | 2016 |
| Yoga Retreat Screenwriting Competition | Spring 2017 | |
| HollyShorts Screenwriting Competition | 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017 | 2024 |
| ITVFest Television Writing Competition | 2017 | |
| ScreenCraft Cinematic Short Story Competition | 2023, 2022, 2020 - 2021, 2019, 2018, 2017 | 2024 |
| Scriptapalooza Fellowship | 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018 | 2024, 2023 |
| Scriptapalooza Screenplay Competition | 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017 | 2024 |
| Scriptapalooza Television Writing Competition | Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018 | Spring 2024, Fall 2023 |
| CineStory Feature Retreat and Fellowship Competition | 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017 | |
| CineStory TV Retreat and Fellowship Competition | 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017 | 2024 |
| ScreenCraft Cinematic Book Competition | 2023, 2022, 2020 - 2021, 2019, 2018 | 2024 |
| First Look Project | 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013 | 2023 |
| Creative World Awards | 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2017, 2018 | 2024 |
| Filmmatic Drama Screenplay Awards | Season 8, Season 7, Season 6, 5th, 2019, Season 4 | |
| Fresh Voices | 12th Annual (2021-22), 2020-2021, 2019-2020, 2018-2019, 2017-2018, 2016-2017, 2015-2016, 2014-2015, 2013-2014, 2012-2013, 2011-2012 | |
| The Film Empire Diversity Mentorship | 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018 | |
| ScreenCraft Stage Play Competition | 2023, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018 | 2024 |
| Script Pipeline Pitch Contest | 2023 (Winter/Spring), 2022 - Winter/Spring, 2021 - Summer/Fall, 2021 - Winter/Spring, 2020 (I), 17th, 16th, 15th Season | 2023 (Summer/Fall), 2022 - Summer/Fall, 2020 (II) |
| StoryPros International Screenplay Contest | 17th Annual - 2023, 16th Annual - 2022, 15th Annual - 2021, 14th Annual - 2020, 13th Annual - 2019, 12th Annual - 2018, 11th Annual - 2017, 10th Annual - 2016, 9th Annual - 2015, 8th Annual - 2014, 7th Annual - 2013, 6th Annual - 2012 | |
| FilmLabTV | 2022, 2020, 2019 | |
| Film Pipeline Short Screenplay Competition | 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019 | 2023 |
| Save The Cat! Screenplay Challenge | 2023, 2022, 2021, 2019-2020, 2019 | 2024 |
| "Storyteller's Initiative" | 2021, 2019 | Focus on Indigenous Representation in Television |
| Women's Writing Competition | 2019 | |
| Fresh Blood | 2019 | |
| Set in Philadelphia | 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019 | |
| Your Script Produced! Studios | 2020, Season 2, 2019 | |
| Fiction Contest | 2019 | |
| The Short to Feature Lab | 2020 | |
| Storytellers Initiative: Collegiate Writing Competition | 2020 | |
| Cinequest Screenwriting Competition | 2023-2024, 2022-2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019 | |
| Creative Screenwriting Unique Voices Screenplay Competition | 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018 | 2024 |
| 1 Potato Film Initiative | 2020 | |
| Dallas International Film Festival's Screenwriting Competition | 2023, Broaden Your Horizons 2021, Fall 2020, 2020 | 2024 |
| Shoot Your Short Screenplay Competition | 2021, 2020 | |
| Write LA | 2023, 2022, '21, 2020, 2019, 2018 | |
| Script2Comic Contest | 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020 | |
| From Script to PreProduction Online | Spring 2021 | Spring 2022, 2020 |
| ScreenCraft Virtual Pitch | Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, 2020 | Spring 2024 |
| Six-Page Scripts Podcast Submissions | Summer-Fall 2020 | |
| Scriptation Showcase - Teleplay Category | 2023, 2021-2022, 2020, 2020-2021, 2019 | 2024 |
| Scriptation Showcase - Features + Shorts Category | 2023, 2021-2022, 2020, 2020-2021, 2019 | 2024 |
| Silver Bullet Screenplay Contest | 2020 | |
| Missouri Stories Scriptwriting Fellowship | 2022, 2021, 2020 | 2023 |
| The BIPOC Writers Fellowship: Adapting Books for the Screen | 2021 | |
| Book Pipeline: Adaptation | 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2018, 2017 | 2024 |
| The Disability List | 2020, 2019 | |
| The TITAN Awards | 2023, 2022, 2021 | |
| Book Pipeline: Unpublished | 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020 | 2024 |
| Female Voices Rock Film Festival | 2022, 2021 | 2024 |
| Stage 32 Comedy Feature Screenwriting Competition | 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020 | |
| The Finish Line Script Competition | 2022-2023, 2021-2022, 2021 | 2023-2024 |
| Television Drama Writing Contest | 2023, 2022, 2021 | |
| Stage 32 TV Comedy Screenwriting Contest | 2023, 2022, 2021 | |
| New Voices in Animation Screenwriting Contest | 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020 | |
| StudioFest | VR Experience 2021 | |
| Search for New Blood Screenwriting Contest | 2022, 2021 | 2023 |
| Creative Screenwriting Animation Screenplay Competition | 2021 | |
| Los Angeles Chinese Film Festival Screenwriting Competition | 2021 | |
| NexTV Writing & Pitch Competition | 2021 | |
| WarnerMedia x ABFF Writers Competition | 2022, 2021 | |
| 1497 Features Lab | 2023, 2022 | |
| Harvardwood Writers Competition | 2023, 2022 | 2024 |
| Read Latinx Writers Initiative | Year 2 | |
| Roadmap Writers Shorts Competition | 2023, 2021 | 2024 |
| Bigfoot Script Challenge | Fall 2022, 2022 | |
| SWN Feature-Length Screenplay Competition | Summer 2023, Fall 2022 , Spring 2022 | |
| Mentorship Matters | 2022 | |
| Creative Screenwriting Pilot Competition | 2023 | |
| Wscripted's Cannes Screenplay List | 2022 | 2023 |
| Write LA Shorts | 2023, 2022 | |
| Nashville Film Festival Pitch Competition | 2022 Pitch Competition | |
| Screamfest | 2023, 2022 | |
| Slated Film Accelerator | Summer 2022 | |
| Stage 32 Feature Screenwriting Fellowship Competition | 2022/2023 | 2023/2024 |
| Writers X Writers | 2022 | 2023 |
| Horror2Comic | 2022 | |
| Mammoth Pictures Screenplay Competition | 2022 | |
| The Golden Script Fellowship | 2023 | |
| SWN TV Pilot Screenplay Competition | Spring 2023, 2022, 2021 | |
| SWN Short Film Screenplay Competition | Autumn 2023, Winter 2022, 2022, 2021 | |
| The Script Development Fund | 2023 | |
| Rideback Rise | 2023 | |
| Creative Screenwriting Feature Competition | 2023 | |
| New York New Stories Screenplay Contest | 2023 | |
| Manchester Film Festival Screenplay Competition | 2024 | |
| The Owl Screenwriting Workshop | 2023 | |
| Women of Color Incubator | 2023 | |
| America's Rainbow Film Festival | 2016 | |
| Script Summit | 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018 | 2024 |
| New Media Film Festival | 14th , 13th, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018 | 15 |
| BOLT | 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018 | |
| New Orleans Film Festival Screenwriting Competition | 2018 | 2019 |
| Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards | Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Winter 2022-23, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, 2022 Spring, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Winter 2020, 2019 Holiday Season Competition, 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Winter 2021 | Fall 2023 |
| The Southern California Screenplay Competition | 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018 | |
| Louisville's International Festival of Film Screenplay Competition | 2019, 2018 | |
| Richmond International Film Festival Screenplay Competition | 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018 | 2024 |
| Pitch Now Screenplay Competition | Season 5, Season 4, 3rd - 2020, 2019, 2018 | Season 6 |
| The Film Empire's Horror Screenwriting Contest | Summer 2019, 2019 | |
| Inroads Fellowship | Season 6, Season 5, Season 4, 2019, 3rd, 1st | Season 7 |
| StoryPros Awards | 16th Annual - 2023, 15th Annual - 2022, 14th Annual - 2021, 2020, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 12th Annual - 2019 | |
| Writing for Television Competition | 2019 | |
| Filmmatic Short Screenplay Awards | Season 8, Season 7, Season 6, 5th, 4th | |
| Filmmatic Comedy Screenplay Awards | Season 8, Season 7, Season 6, 5th SEASON, 2019 | |
| Filmmatic TV Pilot Awards | Season 8, Season 7, Season 6, Season 5- 2020, 2019 | |
| TSL Free Screenplay Contest | 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019 | 2024 |
| HorrOrigins Film Festival | 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019 | 2024 |
| Filmmatic Horror Screenplay Awards | Season 7, Season 6, 5, Season 4 | Season 8 |
| Killer Shorts Horror Short Screenplay Competition | Season 4, Season 3, Season 2, Season 1 | Season 5 |
| The Golden Script Competition | 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019 | 2024 |
| LET'S MAKE IT! Screenwriting Contest | 2022-2023, 2021-2022, 2021, 2020-2021, 2019-2020 | 2023-2024 |
| Montana Screenwriting Competition | 2020 | |
| SCRIPT 2 SCREENS | 2020 | |
| SMR13 International Film Festival Short Script Competition | 2020 | |
| Continue Short Film Initiative | 2020 | |
| SYS's Six-Figure Screenplay Contest | 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020 | |
| SWN Screenplay Competition | Sokolow Award, Goldman Award | |
| Page Turner Screenplay Award | 2023, 2022, 2021 | |
| Pittsburgh Shorts and Script Competition | 2023, 2022, 2021 | |
| Stage 32 Action/Thriller Screenwriting Contest | 2023, 2022, 2021 | |
| Stage 32 Family-Friendly Screenwriting Contest | 2022, 2021 | |
| Stage 32 Female Driven Screenwriting Contest | 2023 | |
| 2-Day Writers Retreat in LA | 2022 | |
| Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards - Diversity Initiative | iv, III, II, season 1 | vi, v |
| Filmmatic Sci-Fi/Fantasy Awards | 2023 | |
| Hollywood Weekly Magazine Film Festival | 2017, 2016 | |
| San Francisco IndieFest Screenplay Competition | 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018 | 2024 |
| IndieBOOM! Script Contest | 2017 | |
| Roadmap Writers Route One Competition | 2018 | |
| Reddit Screenwriting Competition | 2018 | |
| The Breakk Screenwriting Competition | 2019, 2018 | |
| Apu Screenwriting Contest: Crowdsourcing the Cure for The Simpsons | 2018 | |
| Barnstorm Fest | 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018 | 2023 |
| Road to New Republic Feature Competition | 2018 | |
| Kay Snow Writing Competition | 2020, 2019 | |
| Screenwriters Network Public Domain Contest | 2019 | |
| SoCreate - Get Writing | 1st Annual | |
| Roadmap's Diversity Initiative Competition | April 2022, February 2022, January 2022, November 2021, October 2021, September 2021, August 2021, July 2021, June 2021, May 2021, April 2021, March 2021, February 2021, January 2021, December 2020, November 2020, October 2020, September 2020, August 2020, July 2020, June 2020, May 2020, April 2020, March 2020, February 2020, January 2020, December 2019, November 2019, October 2019, September 2019, August 2019, July 2019, June 2019, May 2019, April 2019, March 2019, February 2019 | May 2022 |
| Top Tier Competition | 2022/2023, 2021/2022, 2020/2021, 2020, 2019 | |
| Dare to Scare Competition | 2019 | |
| Big Apple Film Festival Screenplay Competition | Fall 2023 , Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Winter 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019 | 2024 Spring Edition |
| JumpStart Writing Competition | 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018 | 2023 |
| In Dreams Fellowship | 2021, 2019 | |
| Kairos Prize for Spiritually Uplifting Screenplays | 2019-2020 | 2020-2021 |
| Rubenstein Law Presents: The Chicago Social Justice Screenwriting Competition | 2020 | |
| Emerging Screenwriters Screenplay Competition | 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017 | 2024 |
| TrackingB Feature Script Contest | 2022, 2021, 2020 | 2023 |
| TrackingB TV Script Contest | 2023, 2022, 2021 | |
| Roadmap's Write Start Manuscript Competition | 2021, 2020 | |
| Outstanding Screenplays Shorts Competition | 2023, 2022, 2021 | |
| Outstanding Screenplays TV Pilot Competition | 2022, 2021 | 2023 |
| Outstanding Screenplays Feature Competition | 2022, 2021 | 2023 |