Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards
Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards
Spring 2018
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The 2025 Fall Competition is now open for submissions, with the Senior Judging Panel eager to discover 2025's hottest new writers!
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About

The Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards features a judge's panel comprised of Oscar and Emmy level producers, directors, writers, and showrunners behind some of our favorite major motion pictures and TV-series. Among them are the Oscar-nominated producers of “Ray”, “Ghostbusters”, and the creator of multiple hit TV-series at ABC, NBC, and CBS television, as well as numerous published authors. This is indeed Hollywood’s premier screenplay competition. 

Benefits

Best Feature Screenplay Prize

$2,000 plus your winning feature script will get optioned and developed. You will work directly with a development team that will work with you to maximize every element of your script's potential. Your script will then be packaged with a team of producers and presented to a wide array of Hollywood production entities. Your script will also get a free Slated.com story and financial analysis (valued at $995) and direct exposure to a broad network of investors.

Best TV Script Prize

$1,000 plus your winning TV script will earn you an introduction to a producer or showrunner who has made a career in TV. You will also receive Professional Script Analysis from one of our professional producers. In today's TV writing landscape, the path to success as a TV writer is to get an agent or manager who can help you get staffed. Your winning script will be forwarded to agents and managers seeking new writing talent. As a bonus, you'll receive an Inktip Script Listing and Inktip Magazine Listing where your logline will be featured and promoted with 15,000 subscribed producers and representatives.

Best Short Script Prize

$500 plus your winning Short Script will earn you an introduction and consultation with one or more of our professional producers. You will also earn Professional Script Analysis from one of our judges, an Inktip Script Listing and Inktip Magazine Listing where your logline will be featured and promoted to 15,000 subscribed producers and representatives.

Writer Success

Since placing in the Los Angeles International Screenplay, I landed a manager and optioned my script The Mexican Nightingale!
Rodolfo Alvarado
Fall 2020 Finalist
Signed with Frank Fiore at Bridge Management Services
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Fall 2024 Winners on Coverfly

Top 2%
Short  · Sci-fi  · 3 Pages
In a near-future society where a tech giant replaces deceased loved ones with lifelike A.I., an intuitive and rebellious young woman named Zoe begins to unravel the dark truth behind the company's altruistic vision, risking everything to expose a sinister agenda that could redefine humanity.
Los Angeles, California
With any writer, procrastination is the ultimate nemesis. Nancy procrastinated on her writing journey by spending 10+ years in the entertainment marketing & distribution side. Seeing that she'd dragged her feet long enough, she began to write more seriously and surprised herself by placing in the Screencraft TV Pilot Competition. She directed and pr...
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Vapid
Private
Feature  · Thriller  · 69 Pages
No logline available.
Jake Porter
No bio available.
Glass Ceiling
Private
TV Script  · Drama  · 40 Pages
No logline available.
Lucy Price
No bio available.
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Announcements

Jul 27th
Semifinalists
Jul 31st
Finalists
Jul 31st
Winners
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