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Today’s Writing Deadlines: April 3, 2025

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Submit to these exciting festivals today. Festivals that offer feedback from the industry, plus performance videos.

BIOGRAPHY Screenplay Festival:
https://festivalfordrama.com/biography-screenplay-festival/

This festival has a guaranteed 4-tier set up for each accepted script. (No matter what, all screenplays submitted receive FULL FEEDBACK on their work.)
1) Full Feedback on your script
2) Actors performance video reading of your script
3) Blog interview promotion.
4) Podcast interview on the Film Festival ITunes show

LGBTQ+ Short Short Festival:
https://lgbttorontofilmfestival.com/lgbt-short-story-contest/

Submit your LGBTQ+ Short Story to the Festival have it performed by a professional actor and turned into a promotional video.

FOOD & DRINK Novel Festival:
https://documentaryshortfilmfestival.com/food-and-drink-novel-festival/

– 3 options to submit. (full novel. 1st chapter novel. performance reading.)

NON-FICTION – Can be about the origins, preparations, families, or nutritional values of food. Can be about different types of cuisine and/or about the history of certain foods or drink.

FICTION – In a novel food and drink can show the culture, history, and environment of a fictional world. For example, the spices used in a stew or the rites around a particular beverage can reveal a lot about the society that created them. It can also represent and symbolic theme in the novel about society, status, and norms.

CRIME Poetry Contest (FREE):
https://wildsoundwritingfestival.submittable.com/submit/301187/crime-poetry-submission

Submit your poem for free and get it showcased on the platform. Other options for poetry video reading, and/or poetry movie.

WILDsound Film & Screenplay Festival:
https://filmfreeway.com/WILDsoundFilmandWritingFestival

Submit via FilmFreeway

Today’s Writing Deadlines: April 1, 2025

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Submit to these exciting festivals today. Festivals that offer feedback from the industry, plus performance videos.

TRUE CRIME Short Story Festival:
https://crimemysteryfestival.com/true-crime-short-story-contest/

Submit your TRUE CRIME 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.

YOUNG ADULT Novel Festival:
https://festivalforfamily.com/young-adult-novel-festival/

A young adult (YA) novel is a fictional work written for readers aged 12 to 18 that usually explores the experiences and challenges of adolescence.

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.

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY Screenplay Festival:
https://storypitches.com/religion-spiritually-screenplay-festival-deadline/

This festival has a guaranteed 4-tier set up for each accepted script. (No matter what, all screenplays submitted receive FULL FEEDBACK on their work.)
1) Full Feedback on your script
2) Actors performance video reading of your script
3) Blog interview promotion.
4) Podcast interview on the Film Festival ITunes show

EPIC Poetry Contest – FREE:
https://wildsoundwritingfestival.submittable.com/submit/301185/epic-poetry-submission

Submit your poem for free and get it showcased on the platform. Other options for poetry video reading, and/or poetry movie.

Today’s Writing Deadlines: March 27, 2025

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MAGICAL REALISM Novel Festival:
https://fantasyscififestival.com/magical-realism-novel-festival/

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.

ASIAN Screenplay Festival:
https://asianfeedbackfilmfestival.ca/asian-screenplay-festival/

This festival has a guaranteed 4-tier set up for each accepted script. (No matter what, all screenplays submitted receive FULL FEEDBACK on their work.)
1) Full Feedback on your script
2) Actors performance video reading of your script
3) Blog interview promotion.
4) Podcast interview on the Film Festival ITunes show

POLITICAL Short Story Festival:/b>
https://politicalfeedbackfestival.events/political-short-story-festival/

Submit your POLITICAL short story to the festival, and we will automatically have it performed by a professional actor and turned into a promotional video for yourself.

Today’s Writing Deadlines: March 24, 2025

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Submit to these exciting festivals today. Festivals that offer feedback from the industry, plus performance videos.

HORROR Novel Festival:
https://festivalforhorror.com/horror-novel-festival/

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.

ROMANCE Short Story Festival:
https://festivalforromance.com/short-story-festival/

Submit your ROMANCE short story to the festival, and we will automatically have it performed by a professional actor and turned into a promotional video for yourself.

DRAMA Screenplay Festival:
https://festivalfordrama.com/

This festival has a guaranteed 4-tier set up for each accepted script. (No matter what, all screenplays submitted receive FULL FEEDBACK on their work.)
1) Full Feedback on your script
2) Actors performance video reading of your script
3) Blog interview promotion.
4) Podcast interview on the Film Festival ITunes show

Today’s Writing Deadlines: March 23, 2025

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Submit to these exciting festivals today. Festivals that offer feedback from the industry, plus performance videos.

BIOGRAPHY Novel Festival

BIOGRAPHY Novel Festival (3 options to submit) – Deadline March 23rd

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.

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NEW YORK Science & Nature Screnplay Festival

SCIENCE & NATURE Screenplay Festival – Deadline March 23rd

This festival has a guaranteed 4-tier set up for each accepted script. (No matter what, all screenplays submitted receive FULL FEEDBACK on their work.)
1) Full Feedback on your script
2) Actors performance video reading of your script
3) Blog interview promotion.
4) Podcast interview on the Film Festival ITunes show

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DEATH Short Story Contest Festival

DEATH Short Story Festival (everyone wins) – Deadline March 23rd

Submit your DEATH short story to the festival and we will automatically have it performed by a professional actor and turned into a promotional video for yourself.

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Today’s Writing Contest Deadlines: March 21, 2025

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Deadline March 21st – YOUNG ADULT Short Story Contest (everyone wins)

Deadline March 21st – YOUNG ADULT Short Story Contest (everyone wins)

Deadline March 21st – POLITICAL Poetry Contest (Free)

https://wildsoundwritingfestival.submittable.com/submit/300720/political-poetry-contest

TRAVEL Novel Festival (3 options to submit) – Deadline March 21st

TRAVEL Novel Festival (3 options to submit) – Deadline March 21st

ACTION/ADVENTURE Screenplay Festival: Deadline March 21st

ACTION/ADVENTURE Screenplay Festival – Deadline Today

Today’s Writing Festival Deadlines: March 18th, 2025

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 FIRST Scene Screenplay Festival
https://firstscenescreenplay.com/

This festival has a guaranteed 4 tier set up for each accepted script. (No matter what all screenplays submitted receive FULL FEEDBACK on their work by industry professionals.).

  • Full Feedback
  • Performance video reading of your script
  • Blog interview to promote your script
  • Podcast interview on the ITunes Film Festival show

HISTORICAL FICTION Short Story Festival

HISTORICAL FICTION Short Story Festival (automatic acceptance) – Deadline March 18th

Submit your HISTORICAL FICTION 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.

A historical fiction story is a fictional story that takes place in the past and incorporates details about the time period to achieve authenticity. These details can include social norms, customs, traditions, and manners. Historical fiction stories can include actual historical figures or events, but the people and their actions are invented by the author.

CRIME/MYSTERY Novel Festival

Crime/Mystery Novel Festival

Garner FULL FEEDBACK on your crime/mystery novel by our committee of industry professionals. Get a transcript reading of your book performed by professional actors at the Crime/Mystery Festival and made into a promotional video for your novel.

3 options to submit:

  • Full novel for feedback & results
  • 1st Chapter for feedback & results
  • Performance video promotional reading of your novel

Writer Joe Cappello (A RED ROSE FOR A BLUE LADY)

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Performed by Val Cole

Get to know the writer:

1. What is your short story about?

How political discourse has gotten in the way of relationships and how to cope with this through love and compromise.

2. What genres would you say this story is in?

Political.

3. How would you describe this story in two words?

Sadly topical.

4. What movie have you seen the most in your life?

The Big Lebowski

5. What is your favorite song? (Or, what song have you listened to the most times in your life?)

I Will (The Beatles)

6. Do you have an all-time favorite novel?

The Cather in the Rye

7. What motivated you to write this story?

The sorry state of political discourse in our country and how it has needlessly and mindlessly divided us

8. If you could have dinner with one person (dead or alive), who would that be?

Paul McCartney

9. Apart from writing, what else are you passionate about?

I belong to Braver Angels. This organization brings Republicans and Democrats together to discuss issues in a fair, non-threatening and non-judgmental way. I firmly believe this is the way to a more unified and secure future for all of us.

10. What influenced you to enter your story to get performed?

I wanted to reach a wider audience with my message of love and compassion as the answer to divisive politics.

11. Any advice or tips you’d like to pass on to other writers?

Keep writing even when the pile of rejection keeps growing and the naysayers become too much to bear.

Writer Kyle Hilsey (EMPTY WISHES)

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Performed by Val Cole

Get to know the writer:

1. What is your short story about?

Estranged brothers confront their mother’s grave, unearthing buried resentments and dark secrets.

2. What genres would you say this story is in?

Crime genre

3. How would you describe this story in two words?

Poetic justice

4. What movie have you seen the most in your life?

The Wrestler (2008)

5. What is your favorite song?

Quarter on the Ground – Matt Andersen

6. Do you have an all-time favorite novel?

Asylum Series by Madeleine Roux

7. What motivated you to write this story?

This was my first attempt at writing in the crime genre. I’ve always enjoyed twists in stories while slowly giving aways hints. Hopefully I’ve done the genre justice.

8. If you could have dinner with one person (dead or alive), who would that be?

Edgar Allan Poe

9. Apart from writing, what else are you passionate about?

The theatre. Especially your local community theatres. Outside of writing I try to support my local theatres through attendance and volunteering my time.

10. What influenced you to enter your story to get performed?

I’ve been trying for awhile to find this story a home, and when I learned about Wildsound and the vocal renditions I thought this could finally be the perfect fit.

11. Any advice or tips you’d like to pass on to other writers?

Embrace rejection. You will have a lot of no’s when submitting your work, but for every rejection it gets you closer to refining your art and your search. It just makes the acceptance that mush sweeter

TRAVEL Short Story Contest: Today’s Writing Festival Deadline

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A travel story is a piece of writing that describes a location, its people, culture, and customs. It can also be a narrative of a journey that provides information about the physical, biogeographic, and ethnographic characteristics of an area.

Accept only stories that fit into the TRAVEL genre.

Submit your SHORT STORY on the submission page: https://documentaryshortfilmfestival.com/travel-short-story-festival/

There is no festival like this!

Mainly what this contest does is give exposure to the writer. They will be able to obtain a solid agent, plus get notice by producers looking for writers like yourself. NOTE: The writer will always own 100% rights to their story. The only thing we do is help the writer. Either with notes on their next draft, or gain exposure by having their story showcased at our festival.