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THE EARLY DEADLINE FOR THE SPRING SEASON SHORT FILM FUND IS FEBRUARY 28TH! The Grand Prize Winner will receive a cash production grant of $15,000, free camera equipment rental from ARRI Rental for the duration of production, and support from Shore Scripts from development to distribution. The...

The Shore Scripts TV Writer Mentorship Program prepares writers to get staffed or have their pilot picked up, while offering behind-the-scenes looks at working on top TV shows. This isn’t your typical screenwriting contest! It’s a one-of-a-kind game-changing experience to level up your TV...

$15,000 CASH PRODUCTION GRANT | $4,000 CASH IN FINISHING FUNDS The 2025 Spring Season of the Shore Scripts Short Film Fund is now open and will award a $15,000 cash production grant to one short script and $4,000 cash in finishing funds to one short film in post-production. The Short Film Fund...

We are honored to announce the Grand Prize Winner of our 2024 Fall Season Short Film Fund, which awards a $15,000 cash production grant. I AM A GENTLEMAN written by Nicky Rudolph Calloway is set in a society that rationalizes violence against women where high schooler Max faces the harsh reality...

The Top 15 Finalists of our Fall Season Short Film Fund have been announced! https://www.shorescripts.com/2024_shortfilmfund2_winners/ OUR WINNERS & TOP 5 FINALISTS WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON DECEMBER 16TH.

We are thrilled to announce the Top 15 Finalists for our Fall Season Short Film Fund. STUTTERBUG by Aidan Green MY FRIEND, BODY by Aleisha D. Hull FIRST DEATH by Alyssa Lerner BOMBA! by Ben Crisp & Alex Obraz DELI MEAT by BRICK PEACE FOR JUSTICE by Danielle Lee OPERATION ANDERSON by Guillaume...

SEMI-FINALISTS ANNOUNCED FOR THE SHORE SCRIPTS 2024 FALL SEASON SHORT FILM FUND! Thank you to all of the writers and filmmakers who shared your work with us. Selecting the Semi-Finalists from so many high-quality, well-written, bold, and unique stories was extremely challenging. We look...

We are thrilled to announce the Semi-Finalists for the 2024 Fall Season Short Film Fund! View the Semi-Finalists here: https://www.shorescripts.com/2024_shortfilmfund2_winners/ The Top 15 Finalists will be announced on December 4th.

$15,000 CASH PRODUCTION GRANT | $2,500 FINISHING FUNDS GRANT FINAL DEADLINE FOR THE 2024 FALL SHORT FILM FUND IS OCTOBER 31ST! This season, the Shore Scripts Short Film Fund will award one Grand Prize Winner a $15,000 cash production grant to help finance and produce their script. We will...

$15,000 CASH PRODUCTION GRANT | REGULAR DEADLINE SEPT. 30TH This season, the Shore Scripts Short Film Fund will award one Grand Prize Winner a $15,000 cash production grant to help finance and produce their script. We will also award a 2nd Place cash grant of $2,500 specifically for one short...

2024 TV PILOT QUARTER-FINALISTS WE ARE HONORED TO ANNOUNCE THE QUARTER-FINALISTS OF OUR 2024 TV PILOT CONTEST We at Shore Scripts are extremely grateful to all the writers who have graciously shared their TV Pilots with us. We have been humbled by the quality of the scripts this year, as well...

FINAL DEADLINE! INDUSTRY MENTORSHIPS, SCRIPT CIRCULATION, CASH PRIZES & MORE! Our Grand Prize Winner will win a call with Laura Rosenthal CSA, the 2x Emmy-Winning Casting Director of CAROL, I’M NOT THERE, and LATE NIGHT and Maribeth Fox CSA, the Artios Award-Winning Casting Director of A QUIET...

$15,000 CASH PRODUCTION GRANT | $2,500 FINISHING FUNDS GRANT THE EARLY DEADLINE FOR THE SHORT SCRIPTS FALL SEASON SHORT FILM FUND IS AUGUST 20TH! The Short Film Fund awards one Grand Prize Winner with a $15,000 cash production grant to help get their script financed and produced. And, new...

Shore's Feature Screenplay Contest Regular Deadline is July 31st! We are looking for writers interested in securing representation and optioning their script. How do we go about doing this, you ask? # 1 - Guaranteed Option Prize NEW TO 2024 - a partnership with Showdown Productions...

$15,000 CASH PRODUCTION GRANT THE 2024 FALL SEASON SHORT FILM FUND IS NOW OPEN! Turn your calling card script into an attention-grabbing short film with our $15,000 cash production grant! As a new writer, getting a script produced is a transformative career milestone that can lead to new...

WE ARE HONORED TO ANNOUNCE OUR GRAND PRIZE WINNER AND FINALISTS! *** GRAND PRIZE WINNER CHARLOTTE COOPER – BURY YOUR GAYS BURY YOUR GAYS is a dark comedy that follows the story of Grace, a jobbing actor who cannot understand why she keeps being killed off. That is until she meets a mysterious...

ANNOUNCING OUR SPRING SEASON SHORT FILM FUND WINNERS! PLEASE JOIN US IN CONGRATULATING THE WINNERS & TOP 5 FINALISTS FOR THE SPRING SEASON OF OUR SHORT FILM FUND! This season, we received 1,963 submissions. Our Finalists represented the Top 1% of all submissions and our Semi-Finalists...

2024 Feature Contest Early Deadline - June 24TH Our Feature Contest is for screenwriters looking to gain representation with a manager or agent, sell their screenplay, and get hired on writing assignments. As a direct result of our Feature Screenplay Contest, past winners and finalists...

2024 TV Pilot Contest Final Deadline - June 28TH IS OUR TV PILOT SCREENPLAY CONTEST RIGHT FOR YOU? Have you written a TV Pilot that you believe has the potential to make for a great show or do you want to use it as a sample to help you get staffed? Are you struggling to get your script...

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR SHORT FILM FUND FINALISTS! WE ARE THRILLED TO ANNOUNCE THE TOP 15 FINALISTS OF THE SPRING SEASON SHORT FILM FUND Our Finalists represent the Top 1% of all submissions. The scripts are now being read by our panel of Industry Judges. See the full list of Finalists here...