2025

Today’s Writing Deadlines: August 19, 2025

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

FANTASY/SCI-FI 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

MYSTERY Short Story Festival:

MYSTERY Short Story Festival (automatic acceptance) – Deadline August 19th

Submit your MYSTERY 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.

HISTORY Novel Festival:

HISTORY Novel Festival (3 options to submit) – Deadline August 19th

History is a narrative that describes, analyzes, and questions past events, and examines the patterns of cause and effect. It’s a collection of stories told by many different people, and is subject to constant revision and reinterpretation.

3 options to submit: 1st chapter. full novel. performance reading.

ENVIRONMENTAL Film & Screenplay Festival:

Today’s Writing Deadlines: August 16, 2025

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EXPERIMENTAL Short Story Festival (everyone wins):

EXPERIMENTAL Short Story Festival (automatic acceptance) – Deadline July 16th

Accept only stories that fit into the experimental genre. An experimental story is a narrative that challenges traditional storytelling conventions and explores new concepts and representations of the world. Experimental stories often use innovative language, non-traditional narrative structures, and metafiction to create unconventional and complex stories.

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

DYSTOPIAN Screenplay Festival:

DYSTOPIAN Screenplay Festival – Deadline August 16th

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.

PARANORMAL Novel Festival:

PARANORMAL Novel Festival (3 ways to submit) – Deadline July 16th

FEMALE Feedback Film & Screenplay Festival:

Today’s Writing Deadlines: August 14, 2025

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RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY Short Story Festival (everyone wins):

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY Short Story Festival (everyone wins) – Deadline August 14th

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

COMEDY Novel Festival (3 options to submit):

COMEDY Novel Festival (3 options to submit) – Deadline July 14th

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)

COMEDY Screenplay Festival:

Deadline July 14th – Comedy Screenplay Festival (Save $10)

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.

ROMANCE/RELATIONSHIP Film & Screenplay Festival:

Today’s Writing Deadlines: July 16, 2025

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EXPERIMENTAL Short Story Festival (everyone wins):

EXPERIMENTAL Short Story Festival (automatic acceptance) – Deadline June 16th

Accept only stories that fit into the experimental genre. An experimental story is a narrative that challenges traditional storytelling conventions and explores new concepts and representations of the world. Experimental stories often use innovative language, non-traditional narrative structures, and metafiction to create unconventional and complex stories.

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

DYSTOPIAN Screenplay Festival:

DYSTOPIAN Screenplay Festival – Deadline July 16th

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.

PARANORMAL Novel Festival:

PARANORMAL Novel Festival (3 ways to submit) – Deadline June 16th

FEMALE Feedback Film & Screenplay Festival:

Today’s Writing Deadlines: June 29, 2025

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CONTEMPORARY FICTION Short Story Festival:
https://politicalfeedbackfestival.events/contemporary-fiction-short-story/

Submit your CONTEMPORARY FICTION Short Story to the festival, and we will automatically have it performed by a professional actor and turned into a promotional video for yourself.

Contemporary fiction is a literary genre that describes stories set in the present or recent past that could happen to real people. Contemporary fiction often explores the social, cultural, and political climate of the time.

BLACK & WHITE Screenplay Festival:
https://blackandwhitefilmfestival.com/black-white-screenplay-festivals/

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

ENVIRONMENTAL Novel Festival (3 options to submit):
https://environmentalfestival.com/environmental-novel-festival/

An environmental novel, also known as eco-fiction, is a literary work that explores the relationship between humans and the natural world, or how humans impact the environment.

Toronto LGBTQ+ Film & Screenplay Festival:

Today’s Writing Deadlines: June 23, 2025

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BIOGRAPHY Novel Festival (3 options to submit):
https://storypitches.com/biography-novel-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”.

3 options to submit: 1st chapter. full novel. performance reading.

New York SCIENCE & NATURE Screenplay Festival:
https://environmentalfestival.com/science-and-nature-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

DEATH Short Story Festival – everyone wins:
https://storypitches.com/death-short-story-festival/

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.

A death story is a narrative that describes how a loved one died, and may also include other parts of their life story. Death stories can be a way to uncover significant life events and are part of a person’s larger life story.

HORROR Underground Film & Screenplay Festival:

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Today’s Writing Deadlines: June 14, 2025

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RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY Short Story Festival (everyone wins):

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY Short Story Festival (everyone wins) – Deadline June 14th

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

COMEDY Novel Festival (3 options to submit):

COMEDY Novel Festival (3 options to submit) – Deadline June 14th

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)

COMEDY Screenplay Festival:

Deadline June 14th – Comedy Screenplay Festival (Save $10)

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.

ROMANCE/RELATIONSHIP Film & Screenplay Festival:

Today’s Writing Deadlines: May 24, 2025

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RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY Novel Festival (3 options to submit):
https://storypitches.com/religion-and-spirituality-novel-festival/

Spiritual and religious stories are narratives that convey spiritual and religious themes, and can be found in sacred texts, oral traditions, and personal experiences.

3 options to submit: 1st chapter. full novel. performance reading.

THRILLER/SUSPENSE Screenplay Festival:
https://thrillersuspensefestival.com/thriller-suspense-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

DRAMA Short Story Festival:
https://festivalfordrama.com/drama-short-story-festival/

Submit your DRAMA 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.

Today’s Writing Deadlines: May 22, 2025

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WOMEN’S FICTION Novel Festival (3 options to submit):
https://femalefilmfestival.com/womens-fiction-novel-festival/

Women’s fiction is a broad term for books that center on women’s experiences and are marketed to female readers.

3 options to submit: 1st chapter. full novel. performance reading.

BLACK Screenwriters Festival:
https://blackfeedbackfilmfestival.com/black-screenwriters-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

BODY IMAGE Short Story Festival (automatic acceptance):
https://storypitches.com/body-image-short-story-festival/

Submit your BODY IMAGE 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.

UNDER 5 Minute Film Festival:


Today’s Writing Deadlines: May 8, 2025

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CRIME Short Story Contest (automatic acceptance)
https://crimemysteryfestival.com/crime-short-story-contest/

Submit your 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.

Accept only stories that fit into the CRIME genre. A mystery story is a type of fiction that involves a crime or other event that remains a mystery until the end of the story. The main character, often a detective, works to solve the mystery by: Finding clues, Examining motives, Identifying suspects, and Using logical deduction.

ACTION/ADVENTURE Novel Festival:
https://actionadventurefestival.ca/actionadventure-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. (see examples on the video playlist below)

ENVIRONMENTAL Screenplay Festival:
https://environmentalfestival.com/environmenal-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

Deadline for FANTASY/SCI-FI Film & Screenplay Festival: