BIOGRAPHY Short Story Festival (everyone wins)

Submit via the Story Pitches site: https://storypitches.com/biography-short-story-festival/

A biography is a written account of a person’s life that tells the story of their experiences, accomplishments, and challenges. The word “biography” comes from the medieval Greek words bios, meaning “life”, and graphia, meaning “writing”.

Accept only stories that fit into the BIOGRAPHY genre.

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LGBTQ+ Screenplay Festival

Submit via the LGBTQ+ Festival site: https://lgbttorontofilmfestival.com/lgbtq-screenplay-festival/

LGBTQ+ Screenplay Festival – Get Full Feedback and a performance video reading

We are proud to showcase 2-5 winning LGBTQ+ screenplays at our festival every single month!! Go to the site and watch the winning readings each month.

Submit your Feature, TV Pilot, or Short Screenplay

All entries receive full feedback from the industry. Accepted screenplays get their screenplays performed by professional actors.

One of North America’s leading gay destinations, Toronto has been holding Pride observances since the ’70s. The Pride parade draws more than 1.2 million spectators and participants annually, making it one of the top such draws in the world. The cinema is located in the Church & Wellesley area, where all of the Pride Events take place.

LGBTQ+ festivals occur 12 times a year.

All submissions receive feedback on their film no matter what.

November 2025 ACTION/FANTASY/SCI-FI/THRILLER Festival Testimonials

Awesome festival, can’t wait to see what you do in the future and how you grow! Very honored to have won best story!!!! Wukong Couriers!!!

Submit to the Festival via FilmFreeway. Deadline Today:

What a fun festival! The whole team is extremely communicative and such lovely people to talk to! They absolutely made me feel welcomed and valued. Their enthusiasm for my project, and film in general, is so refreshing and amazing! Thank you for welcoming myself and Battle of LA into your festival. I PROUDLY accept Best Short for Battle of LA. Thank you!

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Thank you it was my first festival for this Films, Bloodhound and we won Best Action. Communication was great, can’t to discut the film during the podcast. Thank you

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Amazing opportunity to get professional feedback for free and a scene reading with pro actors! Great festival to showcase our work, and also providing additional services to improve it.
Thank you for the award!

HORROR Festval 1st Scene: HOW TO SAVE A DYING WORLD, by Ronnie Figueoa

It’s about an alien named Jophar whose ancestry is from Earth and his encounters while living here. Also, a higher evolved alien species is trying to help him save the planet from inevitable destruction due to an impending bio genetic mutation.

CAST LIST:
Narration: Sean Ballantyne
Jessy: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
Laura: Hannah Ehman
Jason: Geoff Mays

Submit via FilmFreeway, the exclusive way the Horror Festival accepts submissions.:

Today’s Stage Play Festival Deadline: RELIGION Stage Play Festival

Submit via Submittable: https://wildsoundwritingfestival.submittable.com/submit/331387/religion-stage-play-writing-contest-get-play-performed-by-professional-actors

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

Today’s Novel Festival: MEMOIR & AUTOBIGRAPHY Novel Contest

Submit via the Festival: https://documentaryshortfilmfestival.com/memoir-autobiography-novel-festival/

Submit your MEMOIR & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Book by the deadline.

A memoir is often written to share a personal story or theme, while an autobiography is more about sharing facts about the author’s life.

Get FULL FEEDBACK on either the 1st chapter or entire novel book from our committee of Professional Writers, and Writing Consultants. Get your novel performed by a professional actor at the festival.

NEW OPTION: Or, just submit for an actor performance reading transcript of your novel (any 5 pages of your book). Great way to promote the sales of your book if you’re already published. (see examples on the video playlist below)

SUBMIT your novel now (both your 1st chapter or full novel accepted) To be eligible for our Writing Festival Events. Submissions take 3-5 weeks for evaluation.

Today’s Short Story Festival Deadline: PARANORMAL Short Story Contest

Submit via the site: https://fantasyscififestival.com/paranormal-short-story-festival/

A paranormal story is a work of fiction that explores phenomena and beings that are beyond the scope of scientific understanding. They include elements like ghosts, vampires, werewolves, witches, and other entities that cannot be explained by the laws of nature. They can be set in the real world, but generally includes elements that defy scientific explanation.

See example of recent reading completed: