Emerging Screenwriters Action & Adventure Screenplay Competition
Enter Now
Final Deadline is 16 hours and 29 minutes from now
Feb 27th
Open
Apr 25th
Regular
May 22nd
Final
Emerging Screenwriters
Emerging Screenwriters Action & Adventure Screenplay Competition
2025
Active Since 2022
The Emerging Screenwriting team wants to read your Action & Adventure feature or pilot script.
Accepting Features and TV Pilots
Enter Now
Final Deadline is 16 hours and 29 minutes from now
About
Ready to Launch Your Action or Adventure Script Into the Spotlight?
The Emerging Screenwriters team is calling all adrenaline-fueled storytellers! Whether you’ve crafted a genre-defining blockbuster, a high-octane thriller, or a unique mashup of action with comedy or drama—we want to read your feature or pilot.
We’re not just here to read. We’re here to champion your voice. The Top 10 scripts will be considered for our prestigious ISA Development Slate and submitted to top industry players like Amazon MGM Studios, LuckyChap, Miramax, Disney+, Paramount+, and more.
Your story could be the next big thing—we’re here to help make that happen.
Submit now and take the next step in your screenwriting journey.
Prices & Deadlines
May 22nd
Final
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Feature
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$69.00
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TV Pilot
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$69.00
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Full Script Notes
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$138.00
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ISA Development Evaluation
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$268.00
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Accelerator
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$968.00
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Benefits
Grand Prize Winner
- $1,500 Cash
- Script Consultation with an ISA Story Executive
- Consideration for the ISA Development Slate
- Development Evaluation on a Different Script ($199 Value)
- An ISA Pitch Practice Session ($75 value)
- 12 Month ISAConnect Membership
- Script will be considered for our industry contacts such as Max, Disney+, LuckyChap, CAA, Amazon MGM Studios, and more.
Finalists
- 3 Month ISAConnect Membership
- 2 Script University Courses ($200 value)
- Script will be considered for our industry contacts such as Max, Disney+, LuckyChap, CAA, Amazon MGM Studios, and more.
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2022 Semifinalists on Coverfly
Top 3%
Feature
· Action
· 108 Pages
A bonding vacation between a recently retired detective and his no-nonsense daughter becomes a battle for their lives when they save the president of Mexico from being assassinated... now they're in the crosshairs of a missile launcher wielding madman with a maniacal plan.
An award winning producer, screenwriter, published author and former executive at Metropolitan Talent Agency, Jayson earned Cinema Studies and Creative Writing degrees from the University of Oregon. In 2014, he launched the production company, CrittNation, an establishment focused on developing and producing original television series and feature fi...
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Top 13%
Feature
· Action
· 93 Pages
In order to gain his freedom, a former soldier must extract a convict from Jericho, a prison made up of miles and miles of walled in wilderness where inmates roam free and attempt to survive.
Ben Johnson is a writer, director, and YouTuber. After paying his way through film school with no debt by working three jobs, Ben began writing screenplays, making short films, and started his own YouTube channel breaking down movies, which has received over 10 million views. He brings this work ethic to all of his writing and filmmaking.
Announcements
Jun 12th
Quarterfinalists
Jul 9th
Semifinalists
Jul 23rd
Finalists
Aug 20th
Grand Prizes
Rules
- Regular: April 25, 2025 – $49
Final: May 22, 2025 – $69 - Extended: May 29, 2025 – $89
- All meetings or consults will be virtual.
- All writers from all countries are welcome to submit; however, all scripts must be submitted in English, and application fees must be paid in U.S. dollars.
- Script must be the original work of the submitting writer and may not be encumbered by any third party.
- Scripts that have been sold, produced for a profit, or are currently under option are not eligible.
- Original full-length feature screenplays and TV Pilots only are accepted. Anything else, including but not limited to short scripts or web series, novels, short stories, stage plays, musicals, treatments, synopses, reality show concepts, documentaries, and/or spec scripts for existing TV series are not eligible. Script submissions must be an original screenplay or teleplay.
- Screenplays adapted from the submitting writer’s own self-published books, plays, or other source materials are eligible if the writer retains all rights to the work.
- Adaptations from other works are permissible provided the writer has written permission by the owner to adapt the material.
- Adaptations of works in the public domain are permissible.
- Co-written material will be accepted. However, any and all prizes issued will be based on a single applicant.
- Multiple submissions are accepted by one writer, however if one or more screenplays of the same writer tie, only one screenplay (the decided “best”) will be selected to determine the chosen winner. If a writer places with multiple scripts, the writer is eligible for only one ISAConnect membership prize.
- The writer understands that script feedback can take up to 90-days turn-around time and may not be received before the end of the final application deadline.
- Emerging Screenwriter cannot guarantee feedback for your script will be received within enough time to resubmit during the same season.
- Applicants must submit materials and payment online only.
- Once a script has been submitted, substitutions of new drafts or corrections may only be accepted within 24 hours of the original application. A revised draft of a script may be accepted after 24 hours if it is entered as a new application with the appropriate fee.
- Promotional discounts or waivers offered may only be utilized at the time of submission.
- Promotional discounts or waivers offered may not apply on all submission platforms (i.e. Film Freeway).
- Writers under the age of 18 years old must have parent or legal guardian’s permission to participate.
- Decisions of the Judges are final and may not be disputed. The Judges will adhere to our competition guidelines; however, the competition and its administrators may not be held responsible for any errors or omissions on the part of the Judges.
- The writer understands that it is his/her sole responsibility to register material to be submitted with the U.S. Copyright Office and/or with the Writer’s Guild of America or the appropriate agency in his/her country.
- Applicants awarded a placement understand and accept that Emerging Screenwriters will be free to use his/her name and likeness for advertising or promotional purposes without additional consideration.
- Writers retain the rights to their screenplay.
- Applicants are non-exclusive to this competition and may submit their screenplay to any other person, competition, producer, agent, publisher, and/or organization.
- No transfer, substitution or cash equivalent for prizes is allowed.
- The ISAConnect Membership prize may only be used within 90 days and may not be combined with any current free membership.
- Length requirements are as follows: 1). Full-Length Features: 70-120 pages. 2). TV Pilots: Up to 70 pages.
- If applicant orders feedback a $1 per page fee may be charged separately over 120 pages, not including the Title Page, or the reader may only read the first 120 pages.
- Standard title pages should be included: listing the script title, name of author(s), telephone number, and email address. Applicants will not be disqualified if it is not included.
- Under no circumstances should the writer include name or contact information within the body of the script.
- ISA is not responsible for any applicant errors or omissions on any submitted application materials.
- Synopses, casting suggestions, letters, resumes and photos will not be considered. TV Pilot submissions may include standard supplementary materials, such as lists of recurring characters and future episodes.
- The writer accepts without reservation that the submitted logline and screenplay will be reviewed by Emerging Screenwriters staff and/or panel of Industry Judges for evaluation and that any one of these employees, or judges may have been or may be exploring ideas similar to the submitted material, and the applicant hereby waives any claim that the Emerging Screenwriters Action & Adventure Screenplay Competition, its staff or judges may have misappropriated any ideas or portions of the submission, logline or screenplay.
- There are no refunds for any reason after 24 hours from submission.
- The writer understands and accepts without reservation that he/she is an independent contractor and that Emerging Screenwriters Administrators are not responsible for withholding any taxes or payments to any government agency, at any level, be it state, local or federal.
- By submitting to this competition, applicant’s email address will be added to the contest database as well as the International Screenwriters’ Association newsletter for weekly updates, contest promotions and other notifications. The applicant may unsubscribe at any time.
- It is our full intention to fulfill all prizes as posted. However, due to an unlikely event, act of God or other, we reserve the right to update or edit prizes.
- BY ENTERING THE CONTEST YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ AND AGREE TO THESE RULES.
