Competitions

Understanding how your material will be evaluated and by whom is important!
View our Annual Statement of Screenwriting Competition Transparency.
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Top Tier Competition logo

The Top Tier Competition is for writers who exhibit a mastery of the scripted page, pitching fundamentals, building relationships, and are ready to make screenwriting a career. The Grand Prize Winner of this competition will be accepted into Top Tier for FREE for an entire year

OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS

 

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Shorts Competition

The Shorts Competition is open to both scripted and filmed shorts. Previous competitions have included guaranteed signing prizes with management companies and development prizes with independent studios. But we always have an impressive roster of industry judges and mentorship opportunities.

CLOSED FOR SUBMISSION

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2023 Jumpstart Writing Competition

JumpStart is our flagship screenwriting competition that provides consistent opportunities throughout the entire year for our winners, semifinalists, and beyond. We place a premium on creating industry relationships for these writers so they can get signed, staffed, or optioned!
 

CLOSED FOR SUBMISSIONS

 

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Podcasting Competition

 Roadmap Writers is thrilled to present our
First Annual Podcast Competition!

Open to any genre of Narrative Fiction & Nonfiction Podcasts. 4 Winners will earn mentorship with a working industry exec & personalized marketing.

CLOSED FOR SUBMISSIONS

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Greenlights Challenge


Greenlights Challenge is our partnership with Carte Blanche, and open to original, character-driven, high-concept, elevated horror, thriller, and sci-fi feature-length screenplays that can be cinematically told within a six-figure budget. Circle of Confusion joined this initiative to meet the finalists of this competition for representation consideration.

CLOSED FOR SUBMISSIONS

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Roadmap Write Start Manuscript Competition

Write Start is a free manuscript competition that gets authors and their work in front of a panel of judges from the book industry's top publishers and literary agencies. They will choose the grand prize winner, which will lead to maximum exposure to agents actively looking for talent!
 

Closed for Submissions
The Roadmap Promise

Roadmap Writers prides itself on the quality of executives we bring to our programs and we work hard to get you the best feedback possible.

Our vetted executives are chosen by the legitimacy of the companies they work for and their ability to evaluate pitches and pages.

Only the executives you sign up for will be provided with your materials.