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
ISA Fast Track Fellowship, Spring 2027 Season
Run by International Screenwriters' Association (ISA)
Twice a year the International Screenwriters' Association picks two writers and sets up a week of online general meetings for each, this round in May 2027. English-language features and original pilots from any country qualify. Entry rises from 49 to 79 dollars between late October 2026 and the February 4, 2027 close.
Early deadline Oct 29, 2026 (closes in 9 days)
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Dates
| Deadline | Date | Fee |
|---|---|---|
| Mega-Early | Oct 29, 2026 | USD 49 |
| Early | Nov 19, 2026 | USD 59 |
| Final | Feb 4, 2027 | USD 79 |
Deadlines are as the organizer states them. Check the time zone on the official page.
At a glance
- Entry fee
- From $49Mega-Early tier until October 29, 2026; ISAConnect members pay 10 dollars less at every tier
- Formats
- Feature, TV pilot
- Language
- English
- Where
- United States (enter online)
- Who can apply
- Writers from any country; under 18 only with a parent or guardian's consent. Scripts in English, original or adapted with full rights, and not sold, optioned or produced for profit. Earlier Fast Track Fellows cannot enter again.
- Prizes
- Two Fellows are chosen. Six writers picked in genre categories get USD 500 each, and the top 50 get a six-month video software trial.
What to send
- Length
- Features 70 to 120 pages and pilots 10 to 70 per the FAQ; the rules allow 121 and 71 counting the title page
- File
- Title page
- Put the title, your name, phone number and email on it
- Your name on the script
- Allowed
- Also asked for
- Original half-hour or hour-long pilots only for TV. Shorts, stage plays, treatments and documentaries are refused. Several entries are allowed, and co-writers may enter, though the prize goes to one applicant.
Need your pages in standard screenplay format first? The free screenplay formatter lays them out and saves a PDF.
What it gives besides money
Each Fellow gets eight online meetings with executives at studios and development companies and with literary reps during the week of May 10, 2027, plus a practice pitch, a prep call beforehand, a place on the ISA Development Slate, a year of script guidance from ISA's development lead and a year of ISAConnect.
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