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August & Upcoming Opportunities & Competitions
UPDATE 8/7 (KST) Check back throughout the month for more contests, festivals, grants, mentorships, and fellowships. 2026 NYWIFT Online Shorts Festival Organizing: NYWIFT, presented by iWomanTV Date: August 17, 2026 Deadlines: August 5 (Regular), August 12 (Late), August 17 (Final) Categories: Short Film Length: Under 40 minutes Submit: If you are not yet an NYWIFT member, but would like to submit your project, email [email protected] to join the organization. --- Warped Witch Film Festival Organizing: Warped Witch (formerly Southern Gothic) Date: June 12 Deadlines: November 5 (Early Bird), February 12 (Regular), May 12 (Final) Categories: Short Film, Feature Film, Student Film Length: Under 20 minutes Submit: https://filmfreeway.com/WarpedWitch --- Swan Dive Theater Collective Third Annual Short Play Festival Organizing: Swan Dive Theater Collective Date: March 7, 2027 Deadlines: September 1, 2026 Categories: Short Plays, Full-Length Plays Length: 10 minutes or less Submit: [email protected] (Subject line: Short Play Submission 2026–2027) Prize: Selected playwrights will receive a dinner stipend --- 2027 Femme Frontera Film Festival Organizing: Femme Frontera Date: 2027 Deadlines: Early Bird July 31, Regular August 20, Late September 11 Submit: The 2027 Femme Frontera Film Festival --- Shore Scripts Feature Contest Organizing: Shore Scripts Deadlines: Regular July 14, Final August 28 Categories: Feature Submit: Shore Scripts Feature Contest --- Finish Line Script Competition Organizing: Finish Line Deadlines: Early July 2, Regular September 5 Submit: Finish Line Script Competition
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START HERE — Welcome to StoryTellers Hub
This is a professional development space for writers and filmmakers ready to move their stories forward — whether you’re finishing scripts, pursuing industry opportunities, or preparing for production. Choose Your Path - Introduce yourself in the comments - Visit the Classroom & learn how to use the Hub ✍🏽 FINISH MY SCRIPT Join us for: - Silent Writing Sessions 2x a month - Feedback Friday - Writer’s Room Membership - Read Nominated Scripts in the Resource section If you want accountability + structured feedback, Writer’s Room is your next step. 💼 MOVE TOWARD WRITING WORK Join us for: - Feedback Friday - Writer’s Room Membership - Script Accelerator This path focuses on positioning, pitching, and industry readiness. 🎬 DEVELOP FOR PRODUCTION Join us for: - Production Lab - Production Accelerator - Find Funding & Distribution in the Resource section For filmmakers ready to move from script to execution.
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My 48 hour film project
Hi Everyone! We had our screening for my Baltimore 48 Hour Film Project! Here is the link to my film "Guides". This is my first film, I'm so proud of myself! 😁 https://youtu.be/-RCwcW7t4Y8?si=vBFwKskpp1cUKPId
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The Concept-First Mindset
StoryTellers, marketability beats perfection because it justifies the budget. Your job isn't to write the perfect script; it's to write a script so conceptually compelling that someone has to read past page ten and buy it. Thinking about your script, can you quickly point to moments that scream trailer, lines that audiences will repeat for weeks, are there scenes that people will break down on social media? If so, you may just have something that can sell. Your challenge: open up your script and find your potential trailer moments or viral clips. Drop into the Writers Room and workshop your concept until it's marketable. Then bring your pages to Feedback Fridays, and we'll help you close the gap between good concept and great execution. See all upcoming events on the Calendar: StoryTellers Calendar
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Perfect Scripts Often Lose to the Good Enough One
StoryTellers, the film industry prioritizes marketability over a perfect script. A compelling concept that audiences want to see can win out, even with flaws. Producers aren't buying/making your beautiful prose. They're buying the idea they can sell. A mediocre execution of a hook people are already curious about will get optioned faster than a flawless draft of a story no one wants. Ask yourself: Does my logline make someone lean in? Does my concept have a built-in audience, a clear genre promise, a reason to exist in the marketplace? This doesn't mean you should give up on that passion project, that isn't maketable right now. It means you have clarity on what projects have the potential to get bought/made. Sign up for the Writers Room this week to pressure-test your concept's marketability. And bring your pages to Feedback Fridays to see if your hook is landing or if you're polishing a script the industry will pass on. Check the Calendar for upcoming events: StoryTellers Calendar
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