Kairos Prize 2026
Movieguide's faith and values prize wants uplifting features and pilots built on biblical principles, with one track for beginners and one for working professionals.
closes today
Competition United States
Creative Screenwriting UNIQUE VOICES Screenplay Competition (Season 12)
Run by Creative Screenwriting with the International Screenwriters' Association (ISA)
Only the last tier of this feature and pilot contest is left: scripts are due November 12, 2026, at 79 dollars. Creative Screenwriting magazine has run it with the ISA since 2018, and its top ten are considered for management and for an option by the magazine's production arm. Winners are named in March 2027.
Final deadline Nov 12, 2026 (closes in 23 days)
The listed dates have passed. We check the organizer's page every day and add the next dates once they are published.
Dates
| Deadline | Date | Fee |
|---|---|---|
| Mega-Early | Jul 9, 2026 passed | USD 39 |
| Early | Aug 13, 2026 passed | USD 49 |
| Regular | Sep 24, 2026 passed | USD 59 |
| Final | Nov 12, 2026 | USD 79 |
Deadlines are as the organizer states them. Check the time zone on the official page.
At a glance
- Entry fee
- From $79Final tier, the only one still open; ISAConnect members pay 10 dollars less
- Formats
- Feature, TV pilot
- Language
- English
- Where
- United States (enter online)
- Who can apply
- Writers in any country with an English-language script that is original, or adapted from public-domain or licensed material, and not sold, optioned or produced for profit. Scripts written by AI are disqualified. Entrants under 18 need a guardian's consent.
- Prizes
- The grand prize winner gets USD 5,000 plus the USD 500 that every top 10 finalist receives, an hour of script notes and a half hour of pitch coaching with a creative executive, and a feature article on Creative Screenwriting's site.
What to send
- Length
- Features 80 to 120 pages per the rules (the FAQ says 70 to 120); pilots up to 70
- File
- Title page
- Leave your name and contact details off
- Your name on the script
- Leave it off: entries are read blind
- Also asked for
- Half-hour or hour-long original pilots for TV. Spec episodes of existing shows, stage plays, treatments and reality formats are refused. Each script goes in its own PDF.
Need your pages in standard screenplay format first? The free screenplay formatter lays them out and saves a PDF.
What it gives besides money
Finalists may be taken on as clients by Culture Creative Entertainment or optioned by Creative Screenwriter Productions, and winning scripts are sent around to the contest's industry contacts.
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