Thank you for submitting to our Annual Screenplay Competition!
FEATURE - DRAMA
GOLD WINNER - Richard Spong by Terry Luke Podnar
SILVER WINNER - Land of Opportunity by Peter Howard Schuyler
FEATURE - COMEDY
GOLD WINNER - LOVE! ART! (and Hollywood) by J Frederick
SILVER WINNER - Pleasant Child by Anna Marie Schatte
2025 Script Competition Winners
SHORT - DRAMA
GOLD WINNER - Dinner with the Byrnes by
Alexis Jeffryes
SILVER WINNER - Lone Star by Justin Ray Lopez
SHORT - COMEDY
GOLD WINNER - 5 STARS by
Brett Hoover, Robert Barhite
SILVER WINNER - Wrong Place Right Time
by Ryan Sterling Smith
SPRING FORWARD SCREENPLAY
FLASH FESTIVAL
Another FLASH SCREENPLAY Festival!
It's time to submit to our SRPING FORWARD SCREENPLAY FESTIVAL!
This May, we’re looking for screenplays where the protagonist goes through a transformation. This transformation can be physical, mental, or emotional.
Whether comedy or drama, we want to read your work.
Enter your screenplay between May 1, 2026, and May 31, 2026.
Winners will be selected by June 12, 2026.
At Southwest Film Productions (SWFP) we celebrate writers from all over the world in our screenplay festivals. This event is supported by established creatives in Austin, Texas with extensive experience producing, writing, directing, and consulting, and whose companies have been operating for over a decade. The SWFP readers have been jurists and readers at prestigious festivals prior to joining SWFP.
Flash Valentine's Festival Winners- February 2026
Drama Shorts
Two Solitudes by David Pulson
Gold
Hot Questions by Alexander Julian III
Silver
Pomegranates by Winston Xu & Timothy Shim
Finalist
Comedy Shorts
B.A.D. (Build A Date) by Richard Hohenrath & Brooke Ariel Jacoby
Gold
Love Em or Leave Em by Dan Chen
Silver
Comedy Features
Twinsies by Aviva Peltin
Gold
The Sweetest October by Kristin Kirby
Silver
Not About Him by Anna Schatte
Finalist
Drama Features
Exposure by James Ross
Gold
All-American Witch by Alexandra Castillo
Silver
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SPRING FORWARD SCREENPLAY
FLASH FESTIVAL
Another FLASH SCREENPLAY Festival!
It's time to submit to our SRPING FORWARD SCREENPLAY FESTIVAL!
This May, we’re looking for screenplays where the protagonist goes through a transformation. This transformation can be physical, mental, or emotional.
Whether comedy or drama, we want to read your work.
Enter your screenplay between May 1, 2026, and May 31, 2026.
Winners will be selected by June 12, 2026.
At Southwest Film Productions (SWFP) we celebrate writers from all over the world in our screenplay festivals. This event is supported by established creatives in Austin, Texas with extensive experience producing, writing, directing, and consulting, and whose companies have been operating for over a decade. The SWFP readers have been jurists and readers at prestigious festivals prior to joining SWFP.
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Categories
- Best Drama Screenplay
- Best Comedy Screenplay
- Best Drama Short Screenplay
- Best Comedy Short Screenplay.
One winner from each category will be selected among the finalists.
By entering the Southwest Film Festival you agree that the jurists may bestow a unique award on your script if it's recognized as a standout but doesn't truly fit into a listed category. For example, "Best Screenplay - Historical Fiction."