2023 Writing Competitions


FAITH BASED COMPETITION
Feb
6
to May 8

FAITH BASED COMPETITION

Are you ready to take your writing career to the next level? The Faith-Based genre is currently the most sought-after in Hollywood, and many of our writers have launched their careers with genre scripts. We want to help you do the same!

Introducing the Page Turner Faith Based competition - an opportunity for writers to showcase their talents, compete in a more intimate setting, and receive a thorough read of their material. Imagine having your work evaluated by industry professionals and only competing against other writers in your chosen genre.

But that's not all! Our NOTES SPECIAL provides script notes from experienced writers to help elevate your script in the competition and your writing craft. Previous NOTES SPECIAL users have gone on to win and place in bigger writing competitions, as well as land on the Hollywood Hit List! Don't miss out on this opportunity to make your writing dreams a reality. Apply now to elevate your writing craft!

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FIRST 15
Jan
1
to Mar 31

FIRST 15

5th ANNUAL FEATURE & TV PILOT FIRST 15

We have scrubbed the Internet and our personal contacts to put all our lists together into one huge database.

This database of 5,481 contacts includes almost every working agent, manager and producer we know in Hollywood.

This includes:

CAA, UTA and every other agency

Zero Gravity, Anonymous and many more management companies

HBO, Showtime, Netflix, Apple+, Amazon and more networks and digital distributors

Marvel, Warner Brothers, Sony, Disney, STX, Lionsgate, Fox, Bad Robot, Amblin and more studios and production companies

What are we going to do with this incredible list?

We’re going to blast the doors off the castle gates of Hollywood.

We will be putting together a PDF Booklet of the Top Scripts of the Competition. It will include the scripts’ logline, the writers’ short bios and their contact information.

This will get your work to producers, agents and managers and allow them to reach out directly to you.

You wanted Access to Hollywood. Here it is.

FIRST 15

The FIRST 15 is a unique competition where your script will only be judged based upon your opening FIRST 15 pages.

As a “Thank You” to everyone for your support during our first five years we are giving anyone who applies on Filmfreeway FIVE DOLLAR ENTRY** for the FIRST 15 Days of the competition with the code: PTSFIRST152023

The FIRST 15 is a great way to kick off the New Year and jump-start your writing to prepare your script for all the upcoming top tier competitions, writers programs and residency applications. Should you choose to do the notes option, you will be provided feedback by one of our WGA professional working writer on tactical techniques to improve your craft throughout your script. Whether it’s improving the dialogue, description, emotional context, level of conflict, style or story itself, these notes have been considered invaluable from those that have received them through the PTS 100 competition. Please check the reviews!

These notes will be highly tactical, meaning that it will be hard, direct recommendations you can use to improve your script immediately. It WON’T be fluffy, screenwriting philosophy. It will be tangible advice you can implement immediately.

This competition is designed to help you get your script in the best possible shape you can should you choose to use the notes option and if not to test your script in competition before you may be submitting to or to prepare you to be read by managers and agents.

FIRST 15 - NOTES ON YOUR FIRST 15 PAGES

This competition is open to Feature scripts & TV Pilots for all ages.

You will receive two pages of notes on your First 15 pages for either your pilot or feature. These notes will include highly tactical techniques to improve your screenplay and your First 15. These are fully guaranteed and if not satisfied we will refund your submission. You may also email us with follow up questions regarding the notes if necessary. We're here to help and provide this as a service that only covers the professional writers' time. This would be similar notes to what is provided in our highly successful PTS 100 competition.

During any of our competitions you can apply for the NOTES SPECIAL OFFER:

You will receive entry into the competition.

• A full set of PROFESSIONAL LEVEL NOTES, complete with pages of in-depth feedback and practical suggestions on how to strengthen your script.

• The FIRST SET OF NOTES will include a page by page detailed edit looking for formatting, spelling, grammar or other practical issues within the script.

• The SECOND SET OF NOTES will be an in-depth analysis of the script based on elements of story such as but not limited to – Character, Story Beats, Theme, Dialogue, Description, etc…

• You will then receive a PHONE CALL FROM YOUR PROFESSIONAL WRITER-reader to review your notes and answer any questions you might have regarding them or discuss any solutions you want to pitch. We don’t put a time limit on these calls as we want to make sure that everything is clear and all your questions are answered. We’re here to help, not to watch the clock.

Once you make your changes you are allowed to email us your updated script for RE-ENTRY into the contest.

NOW, during the FIRST 15, you can also apply for notes on the FIRST 15 pages at a DISCOUNTED RATE!

• Two Pages of Professional level notes on your First 15.

• Free Re-entry into the contest with your updated script up to the final deadline.


If you are a beginning screenwriter we guarantee that working with us through the FIRST 15 will exponentially improve your writing.

WE BELIEVE that feedback from working writers in the entertainment industry can provide new writers with the most up to date information of how the business really works and the level their writing needs to reach for them to succeed.

Our readers are Writer’s Guild of America members who have pitched, sold and/or written television and features.

WE BELIEVE there is more to a competition than being judged, and that is why we created what we think is a UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY in SCREENWRITING COMPETITIONS.

Regardless of gender, age, ethnicity, sexual orientation or economic background, Page-Turner is focused on finding and supporting great original stories with a strong voice that grips the reader from the first page to the last.

Whether the story you tell is a genre film or an indie pic, a network procedural or an edgy cable drama, we want to find the most compelling, unique, page-turning scripts out there.

We are looking for scripts that we CAN’T put down.

We BELIEVE that your success is our success.

All genres are welcome.

We look forward to reading all your great work!

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PAGE TURNER 100
Oct
5
to Dec 9

PAGE TURNER 100

The perfect contest for writers looking to improve their craft!

The FEATURE 100 is a unique competition where only 100 scripts will be accepted at a cost of $100 per entry. Get in early as this contest WILL SELL OUT!

This competition is designed to help you get your script in the best possible shape you can, whether it is for our competition or others that you may be submitting to or to prepare you to be read by managers and agents.

These notes will be highly tactical, meaning that it will be hard, direct recommendations you can use to improve your script immediately. It WON’T be fluffy, screenwriting philosophy. It will be tangible advice you can implement immediately.

We hope this will begin what will become a long tradition of discovering up-and-coming talent and connecting them with top producers, agencies, and managers. 

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GENRE COMPETITION
Jul
6
to Sep 26

GENRE COMPETITION

The 5th Annual 2021 TV Pilot GENRE Writing Competition is a great place for writers to test their material or request the NOTES SPECIAL and receive the full package to upgrade their script and resubmit.

Because we’ve designed the genre competition with several categories your chance of winning or placing in the competition is much higher than other similar competitions.

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DRAMA COMPETITION
Apr
6
to Jun 20

DRAMA COMPETITION

The 5th Annual 2021 FEATURE DRAMA Writing Competition is a great place for writers to test their material or request the NOTES SPECIAL and receive the full package to upgrade their script and resubmit.

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