Screenwriting deadlines and events in June 2027

Everything with a deadline in June 2027, or an event that runs during it. 5 of them close for entries this month.

15 listed. Early deadline Nov 5, 2026 is the soonest.

Festival script awardNantucket, United States

Tony Cox Screenplay Competition

Nantucket's festival has judged screenplays since the early 2000s and now takes features, hour and half-hour pilots and shorts.

Early deadline Nov 5, 2026From $45Feature, TV pilot, ShortEnglish

closes in 16 days

Fellowship or labStowe, United States

Stowe Story Labs 2027 Narrative Labs, Writers' Retreats and Fellowships

A Vermont nonprofit runs four-day, in-person labs where screenwriters and filmmakers work on a project, with two 2027 sessions in Stowe and writers' retreats online and in Europe.

Regular deadline Nov 16, 2026From $57English

closes in 27 days

Workshop or classParis, France

Expertiser un scénario de fiction (cinéma ou série)

La Fémis runs this part-time course in Paris for experienced readers, consultants and writers who want to sharpen how they assess and give notes on feature and series scripts.

Deadline Nov 17, 2026From €4,200Feature, SeriesFrench

closes in 28 days

Fellowship or labVienna, Austria

Stoffentwicklung für Autor*innen (script development for writers)

Writers living in Austria, or citizens of the EU, EEA or Switzerland, can ask the Austrian Film Institute for a non-repayable grant to write a cinema screenplay or a documentary concept.

Round deadline Nov 24, 2026FreeFeature, DocumentaryGerman

closes in 35 days

Workshop or classOnline, from Los Angeles, United States

Television Writing Conservatory

Eight writers spend most of 2027 in this live Zoom class from UCLA Extension, meeting two evenings a week to write two original pilots, each with an outline, a pitch and a bible.

Deadline Nov 30, 2026From $6,000TV pilot, SeriesEnglish

closes in 41 days

Fellowship or labOnline, from Turin, Italy

Green Narratives 2027 - Feature Films

This online lab helps feature writers and directors build climate and social awareness into a story while it is still a treatment.

Final deadline Dec 4, 2026FreeFeatureEnglish

closes in 45 days

Festival script awardLondon, United Kingdom

Raindance Script Competition

London's Raindance festival judges unproduced scripts in four categories: feature, short, TV comedy and TV drama.

Early deadline Dec 7, 2026PaidFeature, Short, TV pilotEnglish

closes in 48 days

Festival script awardEmden, Germany

Emder Drehbuchpreis

A prize for unfilmed German-language feature screenplays, decided by a jury appointed with the Grimme-Institut and presented at the June festival in Emden and on the island of Norderney.

Deadline Feb 15, 2027Fee not statedFeatureGerman

closes in 118 days

Fellowship or labVienna, Austria

Talent LAB

Emerging teams making a first or second low-budget feature can apply to this two-stage program from the Austrian Film Institute and Filmfonds Wien.

Deadline May 17, 2027FreeFeature, DocumentaryGerman

closes in 209 days

Workshop or classParis, France

Écrire pour une série quotidienne

A course in Paris on writing for French daily soaps, taught by the writers, script editors and producers behind shows such as Demain nous appartient and Ici Tout Commence.

Starts May 28, 2027From €3,290SeriesFrench

starts in 220 days

ConferenceAustin, United States

ATX TV Festival Season 16

An Austin festival given over entirely to television, back for its sixteenth season over four days in June 2027.

Starts Jun 3, 2027PaidTV pilot, SeriesEnglish

starts in 226 days

ConferenceCologne, Germany

Seriencamp Conference 2027

A three-day trade meeting in Cologne on series storytelling, run next to the public Seriencamp series festival.

Starts Jun 8, 2027PaidSeriesEnglish, German

starts in 231 days

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