CompetitionChecked 15 Oct 2026 · rechecked 17 Oct 2026
Raindance Script Competition — TV Pilot
Closes 8 Mar 2027
Monday 8 March 2027, 23:59 UK time
Rechecked on the official page, 17 Oct 2026. Deadlines confirmed on the Raindance page: early 7 December 2026, regular 18 January 2027 and late 8 March 2027, all at 11:59pm GMT, with TV scripts entered as Unproduced Comedy TV or Unproduced Drama TV.
Official page: https://raindance.org/festival/submit/scripts/
- Who can apply
- Writers anywhere with a finished, unproduced English-language TV pilot script
- You get
- Industry Discovery List for 8-10 TV scripts; category winners get a Script Angel consultation
- Entry fee
- £50–70
- Making
- Series
- Stage
- Writing
- Type
- Competition
Dates
- Earlier deadline Early deadline, 11:59pm GMT · 23:59 UK time
- Earlier deadline Regular deadline, 11:59pm GMT · 23:59 UK time
- Closes Late (final) deadline, 11:59pm GMT · 23:59 UK time
- Event Raindance Script Competition
Who can apply
Writers anywhere with a finished, unproduced English-language TV pilot script
Open to applicants anywhere.
What you get
Industry Discovery List for 8-10 TV scripts; category winners get a Script Angel consultation
| Details | Script recognition; industry circulation, not financing |
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Amounts stay in the currency the organiser uses. Caps, totals and alternatives are listed as published; don’t add them up.
What it costs
To apply
| TV pilot — early entry | £50 | Standard entry; through 2026-12-07. Not a feedback or membership rate. |
|---|---|---|
| TV pilot — regular entry | £60 | Standard entry; through 2027-01-18. Not a feedback or membership rate. |
| TV pilot — late entry | £70 | Standard entry; through 2027-03-08. Not a feedback or membership rate. |
| Entry fee | Not published | Standard entry; through 2026-12-07. Not a feedback or membership rate. |
| Entry fee | Not published | Standard entry; through 2027-01-18. Not a feedback or membership rate. |
| Entry fee | Not published | Standard entry; through 2027-03-08. Not a feedback or membership rate. |
What to bring
- Anonymous English PDF screenplay in standard format, Courier 12; no identifying information/title page. Features >60 pages; shorts ≤40; TV pilot first episode. No bible. IMPORTANT: script PDF must have no title page and no personal/identifying information. Credit co-writers in the submission metadata, not inside the anonymous script.
Terms to read first
| Anonymous judging | No title page or identifying information in screenplay file. |
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| Optional third-party workflow | Optional short Production Fund requires an IMGN account and script upload; ordinary competition remains available without it. |
Our notes, not legal advice. Read the contract before you accept a place or grant any rights.
Where this comes from
- Raindance Script Competition — call Checked 15 Oct 2026. Script-competition page read; organizer-managed FilmFreeway controls the 2027 fee calendar. Review circulation terms rather than inferring free feedback.
- Raindance Script Competition — additional rules Checked 15 Oct 2026. Checked script-category fee schedule, final 8 March date, anonymity, unproduced status and circulation. No payment or upload tested.
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