TIFFCOM 2026
Tokyo's content market runs for three days beside the city's film festival at the end of October.
starts in 8 days
Screenwriting events in Japan
4 listed in Tokyo. They take work in English or Japanese.
4 listed. Starts Oct 28, 2026 is the soonest.
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第4回【ライチャレ】TBS NEXT WRITERS CHALLENGE 2026
This year the TBS project asks for one standalone 60-minute drama instead of a series pitch, written in Japanese by writers living in Japan.
closes in 11 days
令和8年度 橋田賞新人脚本賞 (Hashida Award for New Screenwriters, 2026)
Japanese-language writers can enter either a one-hour drama or a 15 to 20 minute short on the theme of family or something mysterious.
closes in 12 days
第3回StellaJeanコンテスト 青春小説・シナリオ・プロット大賞 (3rd StellaJean Contest: youth novel, screenplay and plot)
Run on BookLive's StellaJean writing platform, this Japanese contest takes youth stories as a screenplay, a novel or only a plot, looking for material to adapt.
closes in 41 days