Santa Barbara International Screenplay Awards

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The 2025 Fall Contest is now open where every entry receives professional, studio-grade written feedback and analysis guaranteed to bring your script up to the truly marketable level.

Opened: July 1, 2025
Closed: September 30, 2025

Contest Results

Celebrating 201 award recipients

Winner - Best Screenplay Laurel
Best Screenplay

EMBERS

by Ruth Earley

Winner - Best TV Script Laurel
Best TV Script

THE DOUBLE

by Skyler Millicano

Winner - Best Short Script Laurel
Best Short Script

You're Not Well

by Jamison Anthony

Quarterfinalists138 recipients

JERRY AND JOSEPH - A CHRISTMAS STORY

by Kimberly Lawton

ABERTH

by Jesse Scales

THE PHANTOM DIAMOND

by Gill Hyslop

DRAWING BLOOD

by Zachary Tirgan

DEMON DOG

by Aurelia Gold

I'M THE PROBLEM

by Brian Garcia-McConnel

You Don't Say

by Juliet Colyer

THE MARKET

by Andre M Zucker

EXCHANGE

by Robert Hirsch

They Return

by The Mooncats

PAPER HATS

by Thomas Zimmerman

ATOMIC CITY

by D. Damian Panetta

My Best Me

by Gregory Matkosky

Desperately Seeking Commitment

by Lulu Oparanozie

Sissies

by Alon Borten

WALKERS

by Stephen Motta

Miss C

by Kelly Jean Karam

Rebels (REVISED): The Making of Rebel Without A Cause

by William Szarka

BY THE TIME I GOT TO WOODSTOCK

by Jeffrey Massie

NOSEBLEED

by Edmund Yealu

The Birthday

by Caoimhín Mac An Bhreitheamhan

CLASH

by Donna Bonilla Wheeler

SURE SHOT

by Miranda Haley Kett

PHRENIC

by Tyler Schultz

Takin' It To The Streets

by William Szarka

Instinct

by Mike Ad

SINGULAR

by Michael Wayne Osborn

SEE YOU BY THE SHORE

by Naveen Sunkara

7 Angry Feminists

by Thevin Thiagaraja

Brodhead Society

by Christopher Scott

In her Shoes

by Harley Ruming

BRACERO

by Jason Keepler

UNITED'S BIG LILY

by Keith Norris

LESBIANS OF BUSHWICK

by Olive Persimmon

DEPARTURES - REVELATIONS

by Theodore Inoue

Paper Airplanes Fly High

by Soda None

Two Gentlemen of the 25th Precinct

by David Newton

KRISTEL.EXE

by Anne-Laure Gandon

VAMPAW

by David Nelson

THE MAGIC APPLES

by Greg Stelley

DISCONNECTED

by Ritchie Stonian Johnston

A NEW WORLD

by Lakeim Knights

Doggo

by Brady Bryson

Burn Rate

by Valin None

Losing Light

by Nick Pullia

Hellgate

by Brendan Murphy

THE AGENT

by Marsha Roberts

GROSS PROPHET

by Kathryn Robinson

Haunted

by James Michael Farley

Starving Artists

by Zane Hill

Get To Living

by Dave Silcox

THE TALEKEEPER

by Judith Feldman

SLUGS

by Mark Kauffman

LIFE IN THE BOTTLE

by John Kmiecik

A HUNDRED MILES

by Alessandra Ashley

I FOUND YOU IN BUSAN

by Courtney Fernandez

WRITE OFF

by M Sant

MY HERO IS THE WORST VILLAIN EP.1 - BEGIN

by Jean-Pierre Dixon

CANCER SEASON

by Shushan Lazaryev

The New Adventures of Tweedles the Red

by Contestant

Isolation

by Brian Whiteman

FINISHED, Ms Smith & Mr Jones

by Larry K. Elmore

THE LAST EMBER

by Kevin Ryan

Yumirika

by Yumio Katsumata

Animen

by Joseph Mondrella

Ganisms

by Contestant

The Blue Blood Moon

by David Sabbath

ROLLAWAY

by Tom McIntire

SPIRITS OF THE CRANE

by Vahe Ohanian

Cadenza

by Courtney Fernandez

(I'll Never Find) Another You

by Michael Elliott

The Pig Path

by Brian Landis

Big Elf

by Robert Maffia And Annabelle Larsen

Alex in Wonderland

by Katie Hooper

Children Always Play

by Zak Rahim

Yamashita's Gold

by Steve Bradford

HOUSE OF MALUM

by Futago X

THE HENCHMAN

by Michael David Ellis

Midnight to Freedom

by Alessandro Spataro

HEAL

by Hubert Champigny

THE CASSANDRA MURDERS

by Madeline Puccioni

SOCKS

by Kathryn Boettcher

PEYOTE

by James Riley

Arctic Fix

by Randy Taylor

INFECTIOUS MILES

by Anthony Cross

The Kimchi Killings in Koreatown

by John McKinley Robertson

Kokuin Girl

by Yumio Katsumata

LIONFISH

by James Jimenez

ANTIGONE 2024

by Massimiliano Aita

The Stained-Glass Window

by Kris Francoeur

Pathogen

by Stephen Stanley

THE FELLAS

by Ray Ellers

PECAN PIE

by Claudia Hoag McGarry

FILM CLUB

by Kerry Marlowe

THE BUSINESS BOYS

by Ela Ilham Von Schöning

Doing Time on Holland Road

by Jennifer Barton

CAHOOTS

by Angel Garcia

LADY OF THE DECADES

by Andre Cadioli

SILENCED

by Sandy Snow

Morituriosis

by Jesse Dorian

When Vengeance Wears Heels

by Robert Holton

In the Valley of the Braves

by Sean McLaughlin Castro

BLUEBIRD

by Samuel Beaumont

Savage Allure - The Feloprimus

by Angel Martinez

BLOOD OIL

by Neringa Speron

The Samurai Ghost and Ms. Jones

by Nancee Lafayette-Pang

SANTA'S CHRISTMAS TALE

by amelie dieux

Why Not Her?

by Taylor Bartczak

THE MOST ROYAL COLOR

by Andrew Caldwell

WICKED WOMEN AND THEIR MEN

by Merrill Jones

D for Desire

by Aniruddha Datta

TDD - TIMLESS DIRECT DIALING

by Contestant

PROJECT VOID

by AMIT WANKHADE

Santa's Christmas Tale

by Amelie Dieux

BACK TO YOU

by Contestant

THE INFINITE LEAGUE

by Daniel Lynch

The Spread-Eagle

by Darko Martinovski

Dellamarie: A Voice That Could Not Be Silenced

by dellamarie parrilli

The Rules of Dating

by Gary Grandolph

Prompt Masters

by Malcolm Wong

Gilgo Beach, a Mary MacIntosh Novel and Script

by Maureen Meehan

HOME INVASION

by Mark Stewart

Lost in Bodie...

by Leo Bulgarini

MAZE OF TIME

by Contestant

The Trophy Hunter

by James Sasser

The Wisp of Westmere

by Jerry Stolfi

A Place Only We Know

by Robert Maddox

Gold Star

by Milon Parker

LOVE AND THE DANCE

by Connie Barretta

Deputy Dawg or DB Cooper, a Mary MacIntosh novel

by Maureen Meehan

Thelema Zaza

by Frank Scott

EVERYTHING YOU'VE EVER KILLED

by Gilbert Chvz

BALANCE

by Contestant

ALMOST BY DESIGN

by Roberta Roy

Analyzing the School Shooting

by Ботагоз Батырбекова

Bob and Julia Story

by Ian Burns

The Island's Finest: Honolulu Ruins

by Contestant

THE SNEAKS

by Contestant

Semifinalists35 recipients

Canebreak "Pilot: The Righteousness of Wrong Acts"

by Contestant

THE BENCH

by Nicholas Gerasimou

Dark As Night

by Andrew Gans

THE SOLID STATE

by Edi Ibok

Let's Talk Tacheles

by Matthew Danciger

THROUGH THE CLOCK

by Ani Alanakian

Psalm 23:5

by Victor Jesus Hernandez Galvan

VIOLET

by Aly Foss

Shadows in the Park

by Diane Thomassin

SAM & AMLA

by Cameron Thorne

Big Town- Preface to War

by Jeffrey White

Project 2031

by Antonius Gottwald

MASKS

by Daniel Taylor II

Germaphobe In a Sex Club - 30 min

by Jessica Ennis

LAKSHMI'S GAMBIT

by Vikrant Bajaj

The God Machine

by Michael J Bowler

Oracle

by Suzanne Racz

ANIMAL MEDICINE

by Chris Dutton

Smooth Operator

by David Strong

D.N.A.

by Sean Henning

SOMETHING MORE

by Ashley Fernandez

Brodhead Society

by Christopher Scott

IN THE MARGINS

by Malva Hornfelt

GOLDEN SHACKLES

by Jacob Ornellas

Illegal Aliens - "Pilot: The Spaceman"

Jane Austen's Juvenilia

by Dana Wall

Malfus: Necromancer Unchained

by Casey Sutton

EXCHANGE

by Robert Hirsch

I Heard They Use The Whole Cow

by Ben Szabo

MISTAKEN

by Jay Gladwell

The Rights of the Woman

by Melonie Magruder

QUANTAM

by Jeff Weyenberg

ROBOT PARTY

by Elizabeth Arredondo

American Dischord

by James Elliott

Shadow Self

by Thomas Zimmerman

Finalists25 recipients

Through the Glass: A Vintage Recalled

by Contestant

CTRL:ALT:GOD

by Anthony Martinez

Cicada

by Bragi Schut

ONE DAY YOU'LL UNDERSTAND

by Ali Mozaffari

THE HEART OF MARRIAGE

by Amanda Murphy

In the Margins

by Malva Hornfelt

Gus

by Todd Bird

LOVE IN THE TIME OF HOLLYWOOD

by Sydney Deeter

Between The Lines

by Kaila York

REPUBLIC OF CALIFORNIA

by Becca Blackmore

First and Last

by Łukasz Krzemiński

THE SIGNAL

by Edward Badal

CRAB

by Ned FitzGerald

MIRA COOKS SALÇA

by Burak Oguz Saguner

Sunset's Heat (Episode 1: Inherently Dangerous)

by Brian Murphy

The Breaking of Bob Howard

by George R Strayton

Redemption

by Benjamin Colton

Moth Boys

by Jamey Wolpert

YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU

by Jocelyn Jacobs

Golden Slumbers

by Mp Soldo

Bear Day

by Marshall Critchfield

Saving Gorby

by Michal Moc

79TH AND PARK

by Richard Amico

Touch

by Brian Baker

THE ALGORITHM OF GOD

by Sam Speron

About This Contest
Winning scripts now go directly to professional Hollywood Literary Management This is the only screenplay competition established and managed by award-winning WGA writers, producers, show runners, and DGA directors. This is the only screenplay competition whose senior judging panel has a total of more than 1,000 produced film and television writing, producing, and directing credits. This is the only screenplay competition offering entries for personal, live online 90-minute line notes and live consultation with an award-winning WGA writer-producer.
Contest Rules
Screenplay contest material submitted to the Santa Barbara International Screenplay Awards is accepted via electronic submission only. Submissions must be in PDF format with the title only indicated in the file name. Final Draft or Movie Magic Screenwriter files will not be read, scored, or judged and will be disqualified. All prizes must be claimed within 30 days of contest closing or they will be forfeited. There is no limit to the number of screenplay, teleplay, or short film scripts you may submit as individual entries. Maximum page counts: Screenplay 130 pages, TV Script 70 pages, Short Film Script 40 pages. Longer page counts incur a 25% surcharge. Submitted script material must be received by midnight of each deadline date and entry fees are non-refundable. All material must be original and wholly owned by the writer or writers submitting. Scripts must be submitted by the credited writer or an authorized representative with the consent of co-writers. All writers must be credited on the title page. If a screenwriting team is selected as a winner, prizes are awarded to the submitting writer; the team is responsible for dividing prizes. Once submitted, material is assigned to analysts and judges. Revisions or new drafts require a separate entry and fee. Multiple entries are accepted. Each level of analysis must be entered individually; only the highest level entered will be provided when multiple levels are combined. By using the service you authorize the contest to use trusted third-party services for hosting, managing, or transmitting submission files. All copyright and ownership remain with the original authors. By submitting material, writers grant permission for the contest to promote the competition, the submitted work, and the writer in any media. Plagiarized or non-original material will be disqualified. All scores are final and at the discretion of the senior judging panel. Written feedback is intended to be illustrative and helpful but is subjective. Once announced and delivered, all prize items and taxes are the responsibility of the recipient.
Season Stats

231

Entries

201

Award Recipients

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