Script Summit
Script Summit
2018
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Active Since 2017
Script Summit offers screenwriters industry exposure & top-tier prizes—win big and get your script in front of Hollywood producers!
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About

Script Summit is a festival dedicated to supporting screenwriters. You will have the opportunity to connect with directors, producers, and other writers at the Script Summit Networking Event. The Summit also hosts Q&A panels, seminars, table reads of selected scripts, an awards dinner, and over $1,500 in cash prizes!

We are very excited to announce that we have partnered with the famous Action on Film Festival! This allows all of our writers with officially selected scripts, the chance to attend the AoF. There they will gain an all access pass to official Action on Film seminars and film screenings. That is over an $800 value!

These events are are held side by side in the beautiful Palms Casino/Hotel/Resort in downtown Las Vegas!

As a participant in this event, you can pitch your script and network with industry professionals. Meet and possibly attach celebrities to your projects! Gain tremendous insight into which projects get chosen, how they get made and of course...cash prizes!

Winners are announced at the Awards Dinner.

Benefits

Grand Prize - $1,000
1st Place - $500
2nd Place - $250

In addition, we offer great cash prizes for the top work and the chance to win other awards at our sister festivals and events taking place simultaneously at the new Mega-Fest AOF, which includes:

The AOF Festival
The Hollywood Dreams Festival
Script Summit
The Polish International Film Festival
The Michael De Pasquale's Icon Awards
Dr. Robert Goldman's Legendary Stunt Awards

Writer Success

Being a finalist in the Script Summit Competition 2022 was the highlight of my year. It is my hope that it will lead to my award winning Jolt Survival Tele Series I - X being optioned!
Roberta M Roy
2022 Finalist
Script Summit continues to exemplify the collegial writer-retreat experience and provides something every participant can benefit from. The staff is outstanding. The program and presenters are fantastic and invested in helping the writers grow in their careers. I would highly recommend Script Summit to any emerging screenwriter who wants to have their voice discovered.
Frank Monteleone
2022 Winner
Script Summit was efficiently run. There was a generous cash prize, delivered in a timely way. I got the sense that the folks over there understood and appreciated my work, and the experience was incredibly validating.
Warren Clarke
2020 Winner
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2024 Winners on Coverfly

Top 4%
Feature  · Horror  · 105 Pages
A Native American family grapples with the unbelievable possibility that their simple-minded son and his ancient doll may be responsible for unspeakable evil.
Phoenix, Arizona
Award-winning screenwriter and non-traditional Indigenous artist, specializing in comedic features and contemporary Indigenous sub-genres. Works blend humor with modern perspectives, focusing on narratives that both entertain and resonate with diverse audiences.
Top 1%
Short  · Horror  · 17 Pages
A gay transgender man, who, while spending the night in his former childhood home, is forced to confront the demons from his past and his dead bigoted mother.
Los Angeles, California
Leon is a queer man who was raised in the proudly weird, central coast hippie-town and former Murder Capital of the World, Santa Cruz, California. He writes crime thriller, supernatural horror, and science fiction teleplays, features, podcasts, and shorts that place gay and transgender characters in key roles and explore LGBT+ issues. Leon has an ...
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Top 4%
TV Script  · Thriller  · 61 Pages
Beautiful sunny Santa Cruz is known for being the destination for surfers, sightseers, and stoners, but its tall redwood trees and cool ocean breeze also attracts another more sinister type of tourist; soon two 90’s teenagers find themselves stumbling into a bloody mess of dead bodies, murderers, and cult members.
Los Angeles, California
Leon is a queer man who was raised in the proudly weird, central coast hippie-town and former Murder Capital of the World, Santa Cruz, California. He writes crime thriller, supernatural horror, and science fiction teleplays, features, podcasts, and shorts that place gay and transgender characters in key roles and explore LGBT+ issues. Leon has an ...
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Announcements

Aug 20th
Finalists
Aug 21st
Winners