Deadline Today (Sept. 11th): YOUNG ADULT Screenplay Festival

Submit on the Festival page: https://festivalforfamily.com/young-adult-screenplay-festival/

Get your script and story performed by professional actors at the YOUNG ADULT Festival.

The top YOUNG ADULT Festival and Contest in the World today!

– 0ffers screenwriters, novelists and storytellers at all levels the fantastic opportunity to hear their stories read aloud using TOP PROFESSIONAL ACTORS (see below for recent performance readings).

– Offers filmmakers to get their works showcased at the FEEDBACK Film Festival. Then the filmmaker will receive and audience reaction video on their film (see below for recent film festival videos)

– One of the best places in the world for the writers to sell their script and/or obtain and agent.

– No matter what happens, you will receive full feedback on your work by our established committee. No other place in the world will you get coverage for the price you pay.

– Even if you’re just looking for feedback of your work, this is the festival for you.

– It’s there for all to see. The proof is in the viewership. These videos garner 1000s of views online. Some of the screenplay readings are more popular than actual studio films made!

– We specialize in showcasing Family stories and making sure that when the work is ready, the writer will benefit by at least obtaining a solid agent.

UPCOMING Screenplay Deadlines:

12th – ANIMATION Screenplay Festival
https://feedbackanimationfestival.com/

13th – LGBTQ+ Screenplay Festival
https://lgbttorontofilmfestival.com/lgbtq-screenplay-festival/

14th – COMEDY Screenplay Festival
https://festivalforcomedy.com/comedy-screenplay-festival-contest/

15th – ROMANCE Screenplay Festival
https://festivalforromance.com/

16th – DYSTOPIAN Screenplay Festival
https://thrillersuspensefestival.com/dystopian-screenplay-festival/

17th – DIVERSITY Screenplay Festival
https://storypitches.com/diversity/

17th – PARANORMAL Screenplay Festival
https://fantasyscififestival.com/paranormal-screenplay-festival/

18th – FIRST Scene Screenplay Festival
https://firstscenescreenplay.com/

19th – FANTASY/SCI-FI Screenplay Festival
https://fantasyscififestival.com/

20th – HISTORY Screenplay Festival
https://documentaryshortfilmfestival.com/history-screenplay-festival/

21st – ACTION/ADVENTURE Screenplay Festival
https://actionadventurefestival.ca/deadlines/

22nd – BLACK Writers Screenplay Festival
https://blackfeedbackfilmfestival.com/black-screenwriters-festival/

23rd – SCIENCE & NATURE Screenplay Festival
https://environmentalfestival.com/science-and-nature-screenplay-festival/

September 2025 HORROR Underground Film & Screenplay Festival

We loved how this festival operates! We entered our film, Sanguine Deposit, and we were thrilled to screen with them, but the feedback video was amazing! For filmmakers submitting our first film, we found this valuable information and worth the price of entry. Thank you and best wishes on your ongoing festivals.

Deadline Today to Submit via FilmFreeway:

Very wonderful festival and I am honored to have been awarded. Great offerings as well for filmmakers.


Great festival! Audience feedback video very proud and amazing. I’m so honored to have won Best Short Film award. Highly recommend this festival.


Such a great festival! They were really supportive after my film won, providing me with audience feedback for my movie and resources to help spread the word about it and connect with other filmmakers. I highly recommend this festival!


Wonderful experience. Highly, HIGHLY recommend.


Thank you for being part of the festival and reach out people to watch our movie.


Turning 55 Today: Taraji P. Henson

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  • Once you’re a mom, always a mom. It’s like riding a bike, you never forget.
  • Every human walks around with a certain kind of sadness. They may not wear it on their sleeves, but it’s there if you look deep.
  • Humans have a light side and a dark side, and it’s up to us to choose which way we’re going to live our lives. Even if you start out on the dark side, it doesn’t mean you have to continue your journey that way. You always have time to turn it around.

Turning 28 Today: Michelle Randolph

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“Some of the things that Ainsley has to say are shocking and there were moments where I thought, ‘I don’t know how I’m going to pull this off,'” Randolph admitted to The Hollywood Reporter one month later. “I want to find the most human version of this character that I can, and I work really hard at doing that.”

Today’s FREE Festival: Winning COMEDY Short Films

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Watch today’s Festival: https://www.wildsound.ca/events/winning-comedy-short-films

Watch the 2 winning comedy short films from the September 2025 COMEDY Festival.

Detectives & Dragons, 8min., Canada
Directed by Lucas Candelino, Benjamin Kostecki, Evan McDowell
A know-it-all detective is tasked with incriminating a murder suspect through a fantasy role-playing game by recreating the scenario of the killing. Tensions escalate when he goes off-script.

https://instagram.com/candelino.jpg

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-detectives-dragons



SUPPORT, 4min., USA
Directed by Amy Geist, Morgan Lester
A support group for people over thirty goes horribly awry…

https://www.instagram.com/amygeist_la

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-support

Watch the Best of FEMALE Film Festival Shorts (in case you missed it)

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Watch today’s Festival: https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/best-of-female-film-festival-shorts

MISMATCH, 2min., USA
Directed by Luna Lee
A seemingly ordinary matchstick, repeatedly dismissed and denied recognition as a military veteran, slowly ignites with emotion—until it finally flames up, revealing the true weight of the micro aggressions it endured.

https://www.instagram.com/lunaleeart

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-mismatch



LISTEN TO THE UNIVERSE, 27min., USA
Directed by Elizabeth Rosa Landau, Kimberly Arcand
NASA is famous for beautiful space images, but did you know you can listen to them? Go behind the scenes with the team that creates “sonifications,” translations of data into sound, and learn how meaningful they are to people who are blind or low-vision.

https://instagram.com/nasa

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-listen-to-the-universe

Today’s Podcast: EP. 1581: Filmmaker Kent Lloyd (WATERLOGGED)

WATERLOGGED, 4min., USA, Action/Crime

A cop gets under water with her CI’s and needs to find a way out.

Conversation with director Kent Lloyd on the making of the film.

http://uvselfdefense.com/stunts

https://www.instagram.com/spearheadstunts

Director Statement

Waterlogged is meant to be an auditory experience. I was inspired by all of my live dance music players from college and season 2 of Daredevil to help the audience experience what our hero goes through.

This piece was a giant collaboration from my stunts class. Monica, Rayla and Tennyson did most of the heavy lifting in terms of choreography and costume design. But they asked me to help stunt coordinate and direct and help write the script since the action was developed without any specific dialogue at all.

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Deadline Today (Sept. 10th): WAR STAGE PLAY Writing Contest

Submit via Submittable: https://wildsoundwritingfestival.submittable.com/submit/331391/war-stage-play-writing-contest-get-play-performed-by-professional-actors

This festival contest is brought to you by the Story Pitches festival: http://www.storypitches.org

I have to really thank the actors for my reading, nothing short of terrific as they were, nothing short of incredibly smart, attractive, and perceptive as they were. They brought the script to life.  – F. Maffai

FULL FEEDBACK on your stage play from our committee of Professional Playwriters, Production Heads and Story Consultants. Get a best scene of your stage play performed at the writing festival and made into a video for the winner.

Submit your 10 Page Play, 1 Act Play, or Full Stage Play to the Festival.

SUBMIT your STAGE PLAY Today  You will receive feedback on your play in 3-5 weeks

UPCOMING Stage Play Festival Deadlines:

11th – EXPERIMENTAL STAGE PLAY

https://wildsoundwritingfestival.submittable.com/submit/331392/experimental-stage-play-writing-contest-get-play-performed-by-professional-actor

12th – TRAGIC COMEDY STAGE PLAY

https://wildsoundwritingfestival.submittable.com/submit/331393/tragic-comedy-stage-play-writing-contest-get-play-performed-by-professional-acto

13th – MELODRAMA STAGE PLAY

https://wildsoundwritingfestival.submittable.com/submit/331394/melodrama-stage-play-writing-contest-get-play-performed-by-professional-actors

14th – PARANORMAL STAGE PLAY

https://wildsoundwritingfestival.submittable.com/submit/331395/paranormal-stage-play-writing-contest-get-play-performed-by-professional-actors

15th – PSYCHODRAMA STAGE PLAY

https://wildsoundwritingfestival.submittable.com/submit/331396/psychodrama-stage-play-writing-contest-get-play-performed-by-professional-actors

16th – HISTORICAL STAGE PLAY

https://wildsoundwritingfestival.submittable.com/submit/331397/historical-stage-play-writing-contest-get-play-performed-by-professional-actors

Deadline Today (Sept. 10th); DRAMA Novel Festival (3 options to submit)

Submit your novel on the festival page: https://festivalfordrama.com/drama-novel-festival/

Submit your DRAMA Book by the deadline. 

A drama novel is a fictional story that centers around characters in conflict at a critical moment in their lives. Drama novels are often based on family dynamics and can have tragic or painful endings.

UPCOMING Novel Festival Deadlines:

11th – TRUE CRIME NOVEL CONTEST

12th – SCI-FI/FANTASY NOVEL CONTEST

13th – LGBTQ+ NOVEL CONTEST

14th – COMEDY NOVEL CONTEST

15th – DYSTOPIAN NOVEL CONTEST

16th – PARANORMAL NOVEL CONTEST

17th – LITERARY FICTION NOVEL CONTEST

18th – CRIME/MYSTERY NOVEL CONTEST

Deadline Today (Sept. 10th): FAMILY & KIDS Short Story Contest (everyone wins)

Submit on the festival page: https://festivalforfamily.com/family-kids-short-story-contest-everyone-wins/

Submit your FAMILY or KIDS Short Story to the Festival here and we will automatically have it performed by a professional actor and turned into a promotional video for yourself.

Accept only stories that fit into the FAMILY or KIDS genres.

UPCOMING Short Story Deadlines:

11th – TRAVEL SHORT STORY

12th – FEMALE WRITERS SHORT STORY

13th – BIOGRAPHY SHORT STORY

14th – RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY SHORT STORY

15th – HORROR SHORT STORY

16th – EXPERIMENTAL SHORT STORY

17th – MAGICAL REALISM SHORT STORY

18th – HISTORICAL FICTION SHORT STORY