Austin Film Festival
AFF script competitions have a 32-year history of opening doors for emerging writers to merge the gap between craft and career by providing emerging talent with meaningful opportunities, mentorship, and real access.
- Past Advancing writers have gone on to write for ABC, AMC, A24, Amazon, Apple TV, BET, CBS, FX, HBO, Hulu, Max, NBC, Netflix, Neon, Paramount, Peacock, and Warner Bros. Pictures
- AFF alumni are credited on acclaimed series Hacks, Yellowjackets, House of the Dragon, A Man on the Inside, Stranger Things, Daisy Jones & The Six, HBO’s Dune: Prophecy, The Walking Dead, Poker Face and more.
- Through the competition alumni have secured representation with reputable management companies such as Lit Entertainment, Entertainment Lab, Untitled Entertainment, and Grandview Management, CAA and UTA to name a few.
As a fellow resource for screenwriters, I’d love it if you could pass this information along to your group members and would like to offer your organization the below discount code to save on your entry. I’m happy send over short copy for a newsletter as well if that’s of interest.
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Our first deadline is approaching on March 27th, and our final deadline will be on May 27th.
More information including submission details for tailored industry fellowship opportunities with reputable production companies such as The Donners’ Company and AMC Networks can be found on our website here https://austinfilmfestival.com/about-aff-script-competitions/
