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Program Description

The Golden Script Competition is a yearly international competition for short, feature and TV pilot screenplays. Recognized by MovieBytes as one of the TOP SCREENPLAY CONTESTS for 2023 & 2024, many of our writers have found success through the competition, securing industry representation, signing option agreements, and having their work shopped to major production companies.

You will be submitting to the 2025 edition, and the best scripts of this edition will be read by some of the most renowned production companies and literary agencies (including some that have won several OSCARS and EMMYS), giving you the chance to have your script produced or represented. On top of that, we will offer cash prizes totaling $10,000. Our mentors include OSCAR-nominee Mark Fergus (IRON MAN, CHILDREN OF MEN) and three-time EMMY-nominee Jessica Sharzer (AMERICAN HORROR STORY, A SIMPLE FAVOR). Our judges include producers and executive producers who have produced films like THE USUAL SUSPECTS and BIRDMAN.


Who's reading our top scripts:

- Scott Free Productions (Gladiator, The Martian)
- Reliance Entertainment (1917, Ready Player One)
- Killer Films (Still Alice, Carol)
- Amblin Partners (Green Book, The Girl on the Train)
- Benaroya Pictures (Lawless, Margin Call)
- 21 Laps Entertainment (Stranger Things, Arrival)
- Davis Entertainment (The Blacklist, I, Robot)
- Broken Road Productions (The Sorcerer's Apprentice, Next)
- Shoreline Entertainment (The Man from Earth, The Signal)
- Simon West Productions (The Expendables 2, Tomb Raider)
- West Coast Film Partners (Olympus Has Fallen, Donnie Darko)
- MadRiver Pictures (The Trial of the Chicago 7, Ad Astra)
- Lit Entertainment Group (Prisoners, Free Guy)
- Fremantle (American Gods, The Young Pope)
- Stone Village Productions (The Lincoln Lawyer, Runner Runner)
- Knight Hall Agency (repr. writers of In Bruges, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri)
- Signature Entertainment (Predestination, The Guilty)
- Perfect World Pictures (50/50, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom)
- Bully Pictures (Milk, Defending Jacob)
- Salon Pictures (McQueen, Churchill)
- Affirm Films (Hachi: A Dog's Tale, Soul Surfer)
- Bellevue Productions (repr. writers of Mr. Robot, The Man in the High Castle)
- Julia Tyrrell Management (repr. writers of Downtown Abbey, The Musketeers)
- Hurricane Films (A Prayer Before Dawn, Sometimes Always Never)
- Curzon (Enemy, Son of Saul)
+30 more...

Deadlines and Fees

Early
Oct. 29, 2024
Final
Mar. 21, 2025
Extended
Mar. 28, 2025
Feature Screenplay
Standard Fee
$60
$65
$70
$55
$60
$65
TV Pilot Screenplay
Standard Fee
$55
$60
$65
$50
$55
$60
Short Screenplay
Standard Fee
$45
$50
$55
$40
$45
$50

Program Benefits

FEATURE SCRIPTS

THE GOLDEN SCRIPT WINNER (1st PLACE) - $4,500 CASH PRIZE + 1on1 MASTERCLASS with OSCAR-nominee MARK FERGUS + GUARANTEED Golden List Inclusion + one 4 month InkTip Pro Membership worth $130 + 1yr ISAConnect Membership worth $120 + 1yr FILMUSTAGE subscription worth $468 + 10 Pitches on Virtual Pitch Fest (VPF) + Trophy + Award Certificate

2nd PLACE - GUARANTEED Golden List Inclusion + one 4 month InkTip Pro Membership worth $130 + 1yr FILMUSTAGE subscription worth $468 + 5 Pitches on Virtual Pitch Fest (VPF) + Trophy + Award Certificate

3rd PLACE - GUARANTEED Golden List Inclusion + one 4 month InkTip Pro Membership worth $130 + 1yr FILMUSTAGE subscription worth $468 + 5 Pitches on Virtual Pitch Fest (VPF) + Trophy + Award Certificate

FINALISTS - Golden List Inclusion (if placed on the 4th to 15th place) + 50% off discount @ FILMUSTAGE +  1 Pitch on Virtual Pitch Fest (VPF) + Award Certificate

TV PILOTS

THE GOLDEN TV SCRIPT WINNER (1st PLACE) - $4,500 CASH PRIZE + 1on1 MASTERCLASS with three-time EMMY-nominee JESSICA SHARZER + GUARANTEED Golden List Inclusion + 1yr ISAConnect Membership worth $120 + one 4 month InkTip Pro Membership worth $130 + 1yr FILMUSTAGE subscription worth $468 + 10 Pitches on Virtual Pitch Fest (VPF) + Trophy + Award Certificate

2nd PLACE - GUARANTEED Golden List Inclusion + one 4 month InkTip Pro Membership worth $130 + 1yr FILMUSTAGE subscription worth $468 + 5 Pitches on Virtual Pitch Fest (VPF) + Trophy + Award Certificate

3rd PLACE - GUARANTEED Golden List Inclusion + one 4 month InkTip Pro Membership worth $130 + 1yr FILMUSTAGE subscription worth $468 + 5 Pitches on Virtual Pitch Fest (VPF) + Trophy + Award Certificate

FINALISTS - Golden List Inclusion (if placed on the 4th to 9th place)+ 50% off discount @ FILMUSTAGE + 1 Pitch on Virtual Pitch Fest (VPF) + Award Certificate

SHORT SCRIPTS

THE GOLDEN SCRIPT WINNER (1st PLACE) - $1,000 CASH PRIZE + GUARANTEED Golden List Inclusion + 1yr ISAConnect Membership worth $120 + 1yr FILMUSTAGE subscription worth $468 + Trophy + Award Certificate

2nd PLACE - GUARANTEED Golden List Inclusion + 1yr FILMUSTAGE subscription worth $468 + Trophy + Award Certificate

3rd PLACE - GUARANTEED Golden List Inclusion + 1yr FILMUSTAGE subscription worth $468 + Trophy + Award Certificate

FINALISTS - Golden List Inclusion (if placed on the 4th, 5th or 6th place) + 50% off discount @ FILMUSTAGE + Award Certificate

Success Stories

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Zach Jansen Wins 2022 Golden Script Competition

Zach Jansen - Screenwriter
Zach Jansen's Western feature screenplay HADLEYVILLE was named the 1st Place Golden Script winner of the 2022 Golden Script Competition. This is the second contest win for HADLEYVILLE which was previous named the winner of the 2021 Hollywood Jumbo Screenplay Competition.HADLEYVILLE follows a young Easterner in a rough old west...
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ANGELS OF WAR - Now a FINALIST in The Golden Script Competition, 2020

Natalie Bergman - screenwriter
Natalie Bergman's screenplay, ANGELS OF WAR grabs a place in the finals of The Golden Script Competition. The untold true story of a group of American nurses trapped behind enemy lines for over three brutal years in the Philippines during World War II. The screenplay follows their heroism, relationships, endurance...

Mentors & Judges

Mark Fergus (MENTOR)

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OSCAR-nominated screenwriter.

Jessica Sharzer (MENTOR)

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Three-time EMMY-nominated screenwriter and producer.

Kenneth Kokin (JUDGE)

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Executive, consultant, producer, writer, and director with over 30 years of experience in the industry.

Molly Conners (JUDGE)

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Emmy-nominated producer and member of the Producers Guild of America, BAFTA, and the Television Academy.

Kristina Rivera (JUDGE)

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Producer best known for her collaborations with Clint Eastwood.

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Announcement Dates

Quarterfinalists

June 20, 2025

Semifinalists

June 25, 2025

Finalists

June 30, 2025

Winners

July 05, 2025

Sponsors and Associations

Inktip FilmMarket Hub Screenwriting Staffing Filmustage

Rules

RULES

1) Submitted scripts must be original screenplays, and the sole property of the applicant(s). Screenplays submitted must not have been previously sold or produced. Adapted or based on screenplays are also accepted. It is the sole responsibility of the applicant to register their screenplay and secure clearance from the copyright holders of any copyrighted materials included within the submitted screenplay. All entrants, including the nominees and winners, retain complete and exclusive rights to their work.
2) All ages are eligible, and you can submit from any country.
3) All entries must be in English.
4) We accept screenplays between 1-140 pages in length. For scripts over 140 pages, you would need to pay an additional fee. 
5) There is no limit to the number of screenplays you may submit.
6) All entries must be uploaded in PDF/FDX format. Contact details or names are allowed to be on the title page, but not recommended.
7) All screenplays should be written in industry standard format (Courier 12 pt font).
8) Substitutions of either corrected pages or new drafts of the entry screenplay(s) are accepted. However, you would need to pay an additional fee: https://goldenscript.net/extra
9) Competition judges, readers and employees of our competition, past and present, and their immediate friends and families, are NOT eligible to enter. Previous winning scripts are also NOT eligible.
10) Entries must be received on or before the deadlines and submission fee payment must be made in full at time of the submission. All entry fees are non-refundable and we do not provide any feedback (except for paid feedback).
11) By entering The Golden Script Competition you agree to all the rules listed. Regardless of your status (winner or nominee), please note that your script, logline and contact information may be shared with our partners and sponsors, and by submitting you agree with that. You also agree to release and hold harmless The Golden Script Competition and its subsidiary, parent and affiliated companies from and against any and all claims, expenses, and liability, including but not limited to damages and negligence to property and persons, including but not limited to invasion of privacy, defamation, slander, libel, violation of right of publicity, copyright, infringement of trademark or other intellectual property rights relating to a participant’s entry, participation in the contest and/or acceptance or use or misuse of the prize.

The Golden Script 2025 Edition NOMINEES will be announced on the 20th of June, 2025.

Contact Information

contact@goldenscript.net

85 Great Portland Street

London, London

W1W 7LT

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