Script Pipeline Pitch Contest

Eligibility and project requirements

Open to anyone worldwide aged 18 or over at the time of entry. Pitches only: do not send full-length screenplays. You must submit a full story synopsis and logline at minimum, ranging from a page to a full treatment or pitch deck, and a writing sample of three to five script pages is highly preferred though not required. Any genre including animation, but the pitch must be for a scripted film or television series: no reality or documentary ideas, and no AI-written material. Book adaptations are redirected to Book Pipeline. Pitches previously produced as a feature or television series are ineligible, as are those under option or an exclusive shopping agreement. No director, producer or production company attachment is required. Excluded: Pipeline employees, affiliates and their families; previous winners and finalists since 2025 across the Screenwriting, TV Writing, First Look Project and Pitch contests; and, in a clause worth noting because it is undefined and discretionary, well-established professional writers for scripted film and television as defined by Pipeline.

Formats

Feature, TV Pilot

Eligibility

Open worldwide18+

Deadlines & fees

Dates and fees checked against the official site 19 Oct 2026. That is longer ago than we aim for; confirm on the official site before entering.

Prepare your entry

Prizes

2,500 US dollars to a single grand prize winner, as an outright prize with no repayment, loan or recoupment clause published anywhere. Alongside the cash: extensive development and assistance in completing a screenplay or pilot, long-term script circulation to industry with continuing guidance, mentorship from Pipeline executives on both the selected project and future scripts, review of additional pitches and completed film or television material for industry consideration, and invitations to private events hosted by Symposium. RIGHTS ARE EXPLICITLY DISCLAIMED: all writers retain the rights to their pitch and script, and you retain all rights to any creative materials submitted. No option, first refusal, exclusivity, profit participation, copyright share or premiere obligation appears anywhere, and Pipeline states that scripts will not circulate without the writer's explicit consent.

Judging

Judged by Pipeline's in-house creative executives, none of whom are named. Written feedback is not included, though entrants may add general one-page notes as an optional service during registration at a reduced rate, with turnaround of six to eight weeks depending on volume; the price of those notes is not published anywhere. Scripts are not circulated without the writer's explicit consent. Keep this contest distinct from Script Pipeline's Screenwriting Contest and TV Writing Contest, from its First Look Project, and from Film Pipeline's Short Script Contest, all of which are separate entries.

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