Have you ever imagined your screenplay unfolding across a cinema screen, complete with impossible worlds, dangerous creatures, futuristic technology and perhaps one deeply suspicious artificial intelligence?
Or maybe you have pictured viewers streaming your story from their living rooms, completely unaware that they were about to sacrifice an entire weekend to your imagination.
Now could be the moment to move that dream from the realm of fantasy into reality.
Stage 32 is proud to announce its 10th Annual Sci-Fi & Fantasy Screenwriting Contest, created to discover bold new voices and uncover the next great science-fiction or fantasy screenplay.
Your Story Could Be the Next Big World Audiences Enter
Science fiction and fantasy have always given storytellers permission to break the rules of reality.
They transport audiences to distant planets, magical kingdoms, alternate timelines, dystopian societies and unsettling offices where work-life balance takes on an entirely new meaning.
From the epic action of The Rings of Power and the brilliantly strange premise of Severance to the ruthless political battles of House of the Dragon, audiences continue to embrace ambitious stories that introduce them to worlds they have never seen before.
Recent science-fiction projects such as Project Hail Mary and Disclosure Day further demonstrate the enduring commercial appeal of imaginative, high-concept storytelling.
The appetite for great science fiction and fantasy is not disappearing. If anything, it appears to have developed the metabolism of a dragon.
And now, Stage 32 wants to find the next story capable of capturing that appetite.
A Grand Prize Designed to Accelerate Your Career
The Grand Prize Winner will receive a Career Accelerator package valued at $4,000.
The package includes:
- Script and career development
- Professional writer branding
- A specialised education package
- Priority access to VIP mentorship meetings with established producers
These producers have worked on acclaimed films and television projects including Severance, Silo, It’s What’s Inside, World War Z and more.
This is not simply a trophy, a congratulatory email and a digital badge destined to live quietly on your website.
It is an opportunity to receive professional guidance, strengthen your screenplay, develop your identity as a writer and build meaningful relationships with people working inside the industry.
What This Opportunity Could Mean for Your Career
Being selected for the contest means more than winning recognition.
It means entering a development pipeline with a track record of helping writers move closer to professional opportunities. Finalists gain access to industry attention that could transform a promising screenplay into a genuine career breakthrough.
The contest is designed to amplify emerging voices, provide the industry access for which Stage 32 is known and help talented writers take the next step in their careers.
Even entering the competition can be a strategic move.
Submitting your work places you within a professional community where writers are actively developing their craft, presenting their ideas and creating opportunities for their stories to be discovered.
After all, screenwriting careers rarely begin with someone accidentally finding a brilliant script hidden beneath a pile of laundry. Careers grow when writers consistently put their work where the right people can see it.
Meet the Industry Judges
The additional judges will read the loglines of all Top 10 finalists and meet with selected writers.
The jury includes:
Shelby White
Producer, Peculiar Pictures
Credits include Severance and Silo
David J. Harris
Producer, Harris Films
Credits include Security and The Protector
Loni Rodgers
Producer and Development Executive
Credits include The Lake and Three Pines
Ewan Dunbar
Producer, Red Stag Entertainment
Credits include World War Z
Sam J. Brown
Producer
Credits include The Witcher and The Rats: A Witcher Tale
Top 10 finalists may also have the opportunity to receive mentorship from William Rosenfeld, Producer at Such Good Content.
His producing credits include It’s What’s Inside, The Kill Room and Crisis.
For an emerging writer, this kind of access can be invaluable. A screenplay may begin in solitude, but careers are built through feedback, relationships, development and the courage to place your work in front of people who can help move it forward.
Is Your Script Ready to Leave This Dimension?
Perhaps you have written an intergalactic adventure, a supernatural thriller, an enchanted coming-of-age story or a dystopian drama that feels slightly too believable for comfort.
Whatever strange, magical or futuristic universe exists inside your screenplay, this could be its opportunity to be discovered.
The industry is searching for original voices, compelling characters and unforgettable worlds.
Your story may be exactly what they have been waiting for.
Submit your screenplay to the 10th Annual Stage 32 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Screenwriting Contest today and take the next step towards bringing your world to the screen.
Submit here: https://www.stage32.com/happy-writers/contests/10th-Annual-Sci-Fi-Fantasy-Contest
