List of Top Scriptwriting Scholarships

The Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting is an international competition established to identify and encourage talented new screenwriters.

Scriptaplooza Screenwriting Competition has become one of few most relevant screenwriting competitions in the industry, and has maintained its early days goal of helping as many writers as possible every year.

BlueCat accepts both feature length and short screenplays, every screenplay will receive one written analysis, with our best screenplays receiving over $40,000 in cash prizes.

Berlinale Talents is aimed at emerging film actors, audience designers, composers, cinematographers, directors, distributors, editors, film critics, producers, production designers, sales agents, screenwriters, sound designers and digital set designers with an existing portfolio of work.

Filmmakers with a project in early development can apply for Script and Project Development Support.

Here’s your chance to do that and get your script recognized for its compelling narrative by Francis Ford Coppola.

You could be new to writing or new to the BBC but equally, you may be a playwright looking to write for TV, or you’ve written for radio drama and would like to try your hand at writing for BBC.