Filmmatic Drama Screenplay Awards
Enter Now
Final Deadline is 3 months and 1 week from now
Jan 1st
Open
Jan 31st
Early
Feb 28th
Regular
Mar 31st
Late
Apr 30th
Final
Filmmatic
Filmmatic Drama Screenplay Awards
Season 10
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Active Since 2014
Created to locate, promote and empower up-and-coming dramatic screenwriters still waiting for their invitation to the mainstream industry.
Accepting Features, Shorts, Web Series, Treatments, Series Bibles, Pitches, In Production Films, TV Pilots, Feature Documentaries, Short Documentaries, Short Stories, and Book/Manuscripts
Enter Now
Final Deadline is 3 months and 1 week from now
About
*We will feature a Lit Manager guest judge this season, who will also provide our overall winner with a zoom consultation regarding their project and career.
The Season 10 Filmmatic Drama Screenplay Competition is open to feature-length and short works, screenplays and teleplays.
You've worked hard on your screenplay, and our staff and industry judges are excited to read your work. All accolades will be announced by June 15, 2025.
* Quarter-Finalist, Semi-Finalist, 10 Finalist, and 1 Overall-Winner accolades will be awarded.
Prices & Deadlines
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Jan 31st
Early
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Feb 28th
Regular
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Mar 31st
Late
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Apr 30th
Final
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Feature Length - Drama
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$40.00
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$45.00
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$50.00
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$59.00
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TV - Drama
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$40.00
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$45.00
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$50.00
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$59.00
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Short Film - Drama
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$20.00
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$25.00
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$27.00
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$29.00
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Entry with Coverage
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$129.00
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$129.00
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$129.00
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$129.00
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Benefits
EXPOSURE AND CONNECTIONS ARE KEY TO GETTING YOUR WORK NOTICED AND PRODUCED...
• $1000.00 Cash to the Overall Winner;
• Lit manager Guest Judge and Winner Consultation
• Final Draft Software for our Winner
• Inktip Membership/Listing Packages for all Finalists;
• ALL ENTRANTS! receive invites to the 15th annual Filmmatic - Sundance networking event (Monday on Main Street)!;
• Feature Story spotlighting the Overall Winner published on Filmmatic.com e-zine;
• Press/Exposure - incl. direct-contact producer/manager list and 65k industry list
Announcements
Jan 21st
Today
Jun 15th
Quarterfinalists
Rules
1) Judges and employees who work for Filmmatic.com, Final Draft, InkTip and Screenwriting Staffing are not eligible to enter the competition, nor are their affiliates or immediate family members.
2) All scripts must be submitted in English, and entry fees must be paid in U.S. dollars. Entry in the competition is void where prohibited by law.
3) All writers' names should be listed in the online entry. By submitting online to the Filmmatic Screenplay Awards Competition, entrant warants that all writers have authorized the submission. If a screenplay is written by multiple authors, all cash and awards will be remitted to the entrant of record, with all proceeds to be divided at the writers' discretion.
4) To enter your script electronically, you must submit in one of the following formats: .PDF (preferred), Final Draft, Movie Magic Screenwriter, Microsoft Word, Rich Text Format, or Text.
5) Entries will not be returned. Be sure to retain a copy of all material submitted.
6) Entrants to the Filmmatic Screenplay Awards Competition retain all rights to their screenplays.
7) You may submit your entry and payment either online through this website (see homepage) or through FilmFreeway. No preference will be given to either method of submission.
8) Entries must be received by the applicable Entry Deadline.
9) Once a script has been entered into competition, we will not accept substitutions or revised drafts. If you wish to submit a revised draft of your script, you must enter it as a new submission.
10) The Filmmatic Screenplay Awards will not share your screenplay with anyone except the official judges of the competition without prior permission.
11) By entering the Filmmatic Screenplay Awards Competition, you represent that your entry is your original work, and does not infringe on the copyright or other rights of other people or legal entities. Entrant indemnifies Filmmatic.com and its employees and subsidiaries and holds them harmless from any claims regarding infirngement or dissemination of materials.
12) Entry fees are non-refundable.
13) For environmental reasons, we no longer accept hardcopy submissions my mail.
14) Entrants can include author and/or contact information on their entry's cover page at their own discretion, but it is not required.
15) The decisions of the judges are final.
16) The Filmmatic Screenplay Awards reserves the right to make any necessary changes, postponements, or cancellations to competition scheduling at our discretion.
17) Notification of winners and official finalists will be sent by email and posted on our website. It is the responsibility of the winners to redeem any prizes allotted to them by the Filmmatic Screenplay Awards or our sponsors. Applicants will be responsible for providing current contact information and mailing addresses for prize redemption purposes.