MoviePoet.com is dedicated to the art of screenwriting, in particular, the short screenplay. Each month, we run a free online five page screenplay contest. Our goal is threefold: help writers improve their craft, celebrate our best work, and connect writers and their scripts with filmmakers.

On the first of each month we announce a new contest. During that month, you can enter your script. During the next month, you can read, vote, and comment on all the entries. Finally, during the third month, the results are announced and all the scripts are searchable in our database.

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Contest: "Poetic License"

Your script must be an adaptation of an Edgar Allen Poe short story or poem. The title of your script must be the same as the original work.

Contest: "The Sound of Silence"

Film is a visual medium. Tell a story without any dialogue (or narration).

Contest: "Teenagers"

All of your characters must be teenagers. No children under the age of thirteen or adults over the age of nineteen are allowed.

"The Black Rose Garden" by Matias Caruso ~ First Place
A suicidal girl learns that death isn’t the end of her problems, but the beginning of new ones.

"Candy" by Micah Ricke ~ Second Place
These teenagers always follow the rules and they always do as they're supposed to.

"I'm Not Mandy" by Sally Meyer ~ Third Place
Two teenage sisters realize that being popular... rocks!