The Contest Fit-Finder.
Five quick questions about your script and situation, then a shortlist of the screenwriting competitions actually worth your entry fee. Free, no sign-up, and honest about when the answer is “none of them”.
Interactive · Fit-finder
Which competitions actually fit your script?
Set your format, budget and stage. We will rank the 2026 landscape against you.
Your top 3 matches
- Free
A read by the BBC, a script report for finalists, and routes into BBC schemes
- Strong fit for emerging writers
- UK route
- Free to enter
- Free (pays you)
£3,000–£5,000 to develop your debut feature treatment
- Strong fit for emerging writers
- UK route
- Free to enter
- $50–$90
Bronze Typewriter Award + festival and conference access
- Strong fit for emerging writers
- US route
This is the back-of-an-envelope version. The PreList’s fit-meter does it against your actual pages, scoring the script itself before you spend a penny on fees.
Recommendations draw on a hand-curated dataset of major contests, with every fee and prize verified against the official source in June 2026. Fees move every cycle, so treat them as the most recent published price. For the full, weekly-verified picture, browse the competitions directory or check what closes soon.
Want the match made for your actual script?
This tool works from your answers. The PreList works from your screenplay: upload it and the fit-meter reads your script alongside each competition's genre, format and track record, then scores the match for you.