International Screenwriters' Association

Shorts aren't just calling cards. They're proof of concept. Your Short Could Launch Everything.

Enter today! https://f.mtr.cool/qhmiqbrdkf

The Creative Screenwriting Short Screenplay Competition gives you the same launchpad.

👉🏽 $2,500 cash to fund production
👉🏽 A custom-designed poster
👉🏽 Mentoring from production consultants
​👉🏽 Featured article in Creative Screenwriting Magazine

🚨REGULAR DEADLINE APPROACHING!  What do James Wan, Damien Chazelle, Sam Raimi, and Paul Thomas Anderson have in common?

They all launched their careers with shorts.

Keep us posted, and keep the wins coming!

Visit the ISA today to update your profile: networkisa.org

👏 Big congrats to screenwriter Wilandrea Blair on landing a shopping agreement for her screenplay, LOLO!

✨ Writers, take note: updating your success stories is one of the best ways to stay on our radar for Staff Picks, Top Reads, Dev Slate, and our annual Top 25 Screenwriters to Watch list.

Each competition awards $1,500 cash to the Grand Prize Winner, with Top 10 Finalists considered for the ISA Development Slate.

🚨 MEGA-EARLY DEADLINE: March 12th

SUBMIT TODAY:

Submissions are now open for three Emerging Screenwriters genre competitions.

💥 Action & Adventure – Speed. Risk. Payoff.
🎄 Family & Holiday – Warmth. Magic. Togetherness.
👻 Horror – Fear. Tension. Nightmares.

Introducing the Grand Prize Winner of the 2026 Creative Screenwriting Unique Voices Competition!

This writer didn’t just impress, they inspired.

Congratulations to the winner, all our finalists, and everyone who poured their voice onto the page.

ISA Diversity Initiative | The ISA The International Screenwriters’ Association’s Diversity Initiative strives to elevate writers from underrepresented and marginalized communities. We are seeking writers with unique perspectives based on race, sexuality, gender, neurodiversity, disability, economic ineq...

3 Selected Writers Will Receive:

🟠 12-Month ISAConnect Membership
🟠 Consideration for the ISA Development Slate
🟠 Option Consideration
🟠 And so much more...

APPLY TODAY:

Applications are now open for the Diversity Initiative. Whether you're writing features or pilots, all genres are welcome.

🚨 Don’t miss out, gigs close fast.
📝 Apply now and get your script in front of verified industry pros.

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Looking for your next big break? These paid screenwriting opportunities are open and waiting for your voice: features, pilots, all genres welcome.

Submit soon, the clock is running out and there are no more extensions.⏰

ISAConnect members automatically save $15!

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See your script brought to life with a professionally acted table read directed by Randall Winston (Emmy and NAACP-nominated producer/director of many beloved comedy series including Shrinking, Scrubs, Grace & Frankie, Cougar Town, American Housewife, Mixed-ish).

🚨EXCLUSIVE DEADLINE TONIGHT! We just locked in the director who's going to bring this season's winning screenplay to life, and we had to reopen submissions immediately for Table Read My Screenplay: Cannes.

Join Max Timm in conversation with screenwriting legends Jim V. Hart, Chris Vogler, and Claire Dobbin for the script feedback most writers never get access to.

RSVP Today: https://f.mtr.cool/bpvuglxlcf

Each competition awards $1,500 cash to the Grand Prize Winner, with Top 10 Finalists considered for the ISA Development Slate.

Enter now and let your genre work for you:

🚨 FINAL DEADLINE TONIGHT🚨 This is it. Your last chance to submit to one of the four Emerging Screenwriters genre competitions.

🎭 Drama – Heart. Humanity. Impact.
😂 Comedy – Timing. Voice. Connection.
👽 Sci-Fi & Fantasy – Vision. World-building. Possibility.
🔪 Thriller – Suspense. Tension. Payoff.

Each competition awards $1,500 cash to the Grand Prize Winner, with Top 10 Finalists considered for the ISA Development Slate.

Enter now and let your genre work for you:

🚨 FINAL DEADLINE TOMORROW🚨 This is it. Your last chance to submit to one of the four Emerging Screenwriters genre competitions.

🎭 Drama – Heart. Humanity. Impact.
😂 Comedy – Timing. Voice. Connection.
👽 Sci-Fi & Fantasy – Vision. World-building. Possibility.
🔪 Thriller – Suspense. Tension. Payoff.

The Power of a Strong Concept | ISAConnect Most screenwriters are wasting months, sometimes years, developing scripts that were dead on arrival. Not because of bad dialogue or weak characters, but because the concept itself was broken from day one. In this exclusive one-hour ISA Connect webinar...

Discover how to stress-test your idea before you waste months writing it, craft hooks that create instant interest, and finally answer "What's it about?" in one sentence that makes people lean forward.

Your concept is either working, or it's already dead.

Join Max Timm of The Story Farm for the hard truth most screenwriters ignore: if your concept doesn't work, your script doesn't work. Period.

Submit soon, the clock is running out and there are no more extensions.⏰

ISAConnect members automatically save $15!

https://f.mtr.cool/xrwowxjyrk

See your script brought to life with a professionally acted table read directed by Randall Winston (Emmy and NAACP-nominated producer/director of many beloved comedy series including Shrinking, Scrubs, Grace & Frankie, Cougar Town, American Housewife, Mixed-ish).

We just locked in the director who's going to bring this season's winning screenplay to life, and we had to reopen submissions immediately for Table Read My Screenplay: Cannes.