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The 24th Annual Script Pipeline Screenwriting Contest is searching for extraordinary writers with feature screenplays across all genres.

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The 19th Annual Script Pipeline TV Writing Contest is searching for extraordinary writers with original television pilots or unproduced indie series scripts.

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The bi-annual 2025 Script Pipeline Pitch Contest is searching for original feature film and TV series ideas to be developed into screenplays and pilots.

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The 14th Annual First Look Project searches for higher-concept material across MULTIPLE categories for film and TV, introducing select writers to reps and producers.

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Contests

Screenwriting Contest

The 24th Annual Script Pipeline Screenwriting Contest is searching for extraordinary writers with feature screenplays across all genres.

TV Writing Contest

The 19th Annual Script Pipeline TV Writing Contest is searching for extraordinary writers with original television pilots or unproduced indie series scripts.

Pitch Contest

The bi-annual 2025 Script Pipeline Pitch Contest is searching for original feature film and TV series ideas to be developed into screenplays and pilots.

First Look Project

The 14th Annual First Look Project searches for higher-concept material across MULTIPLE categories for film and TV, introducing select writers to reps and producers.

Winners

Success Stories

Development

The Workshop

As one of the longest-running notes services, the Script Pipeline Workshop is rooted in three goals: help writers improve their craft, connect them with representation, and push more scripts to production.

Lee Jessup

Screenwriting consultant Lee Jessup and Script Pipeline team up for an exclusive career consultation. Now booking for February 2026. Limited to only 50 writers. Register soon to reserve a spot.

Education

Symposium

A year-round conference in the arts comprised of unique, career-building virtual events, led by working professionals in screenwriting, filmmaking, and publishing.

Pipeline Artists

A platform dedicated to educating creatives, spotlighting under-the-radar writers and filmmakers, publishing short fiction, hosting original podcasts, and providing a resource unlike any other digital magazine in the arts.

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David Warner

Elixir

2025 Screenwriting Contest - Semifinalist

David Warner is a multi-award-winning British film and television editor based in Wells, Somerset — officially the smallest city in England. With over 30 years in broadcast television, he has built a career specializing in natural history documentaries and children’s drama — two genres that have allowed him to develop a sharp instinct for narrative, character, and pacing.

His editing work has earned major accolades, including a Jackson Wild Award for Frozen Planet 2 and a Royal Television Society Award for BBC Edens.

Five years ago, David turned to screenwriting — and fell in love with it (his wife would say obsessed). Since then, he’s written six commissioned scripts for the BBC — Andy’s Aquatic Adventures and Andy’s Global Adventures — all produced and aired, with one earning a BAFTA nomination. He has also completed two spec features: Elixir, a fantasy period romance, and The Pencil Case, an animated adventure about a time-traveling pencil.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-warner-37172046/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2213780903/user/765477111

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2025 Pitch Contest (Fall/Winter)

Extended Deadline: January 12, 2026

The bi-annual 2025 Script Pipeline Pitch Contest is searching for original feature film and TV series ideas to be developed into screenplays and pilots.

2026 First Look Project

Special Entry Deadline: February 5, 2026

The 14th Annual First Look Project searches for higher-concept material across MULTIPLE categories for film and TV, introducing select writers to reps and producers.

2026 Screenwriting Contest

Early Deadline: March 5, 2026

The 24th Annual Script Pipeline Screenwriting Contest is searching for extraordinary writers with feature screenplays across all genres.

2026 TV Writing Contest

Early Deadline: March 5, 2026

The 19th Annual Script Pipeline TV Writing Contest is searching for extraordinary writers with original television pilots or unproduced indie series scripts.

Latest Success Stories

Screenwriting Winner "Untitled Home Invasion Romance" Released in 2026

December 19, 2025

2017 Screenwriting Competition winner Untitled Home Invasion Romance (formerly Getaway) was produced in the summer of 2024 and will release on January 27th, 2026. Jason Biggs (American Pie, Orange is the New Black) makes his directorial debut with the crime/comedy. Stars Anna Conkle (Pen15), Arturo Castro (Broad City), Meaghan Rath (Hawaii Five-o), and Justin H. […]

Semifinalist Signs w/Management After Development Process

October 28, 2025

Just a few months after the contest announcement, 2025 Screenwriting semifinalist Nick Porisch signed with manager Jake Wagner (Alibi Management). Pipeline execs helped Nick develop his Semi-placing script Beautiful Morning prior to pitching direct to Jake. From Nick: “Working with Script Pipeline has been an incredible and super rewarding process. They’ve been helpful and supportive […]

Finalist Script "Buzzkill" to Star Billy Magnussen, Lulu Wilson

October 23, 2025

A top 10 finalist in the 2023 Screenwriting Competition, Buzzkill by Colin McLaughlin is set to be produced! Joe Lynch will direct, with Billy Magnussen (Game Night) and Lulu Wilson (Becky) to star. Read more on Deadline. Colin's horror/comedy was lauded by Pipeline execs as "one of the freshest spins on a horror concept we've […]

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