Success stories

Shortly after winning 2nd Place in the Feature Screenplay category at the 2026 competition with THE BLACK ABBEY, writing duo Michael Consiglio and Alex Klein signed with Bellevue Productions, where they will be represented by literary manager David Baggelaar. The signing followed our annual sharing of Golden List screenplays with Bellevue as part of our ongoing partnership.

​Since winning The Golden Script Competition in 2023, Victoria DeMartin’s psychological drama THE CUTTING ROOM FLOOR has finished production as her first feature as writer-director. The project, which won First Place in the Golden Script Fellowship, stars Alec Baldwin, Michael Boatman, and Karen Allen, with Paul Kmiec, Simon TaufiQue, Danielle Eva Schwob, and Ben Leong producing. Victoria has previously written and directed seven short films, with work screening at festivals including Austin Film Festival and Hamptons Film Festival. Prior to THE CUTTING ROOM FLOOR, Victoria recently wrote and directed the short film THE AUDITION, commissioned and sponsored by Nikon as part of the commercial campaign for the 2024 release of the Nikon z6iii camera. "I'm so grateful to the Golden Script Competition for supporting my TV pilots and film scripts over the years and especially thankful to them for selecting THE CUTTING ROOM FLOOR as the winner of the Golden Script Fellowship in 2023. This win gave the project the push it needed to propel us forward and was a substantial vote of confidence as we continued into development and pre-production. Now that production has wrapped, we can't wait to see where this film goes and appreciate the continued support and enthusiasm from the wonderful team at the Golden Script Competition!"

As a result of the competition, Patrick signed with entertainment lawyer Jonathan E. Shikora of Lichter, Grossman, Nichols, Feldman, Rogal, Shikora & Clark, Inc. shortly after winning the 2024 BEST TV PILOT award. His award-winning TV pilot, TALES OF THE SOUTHERN GOTHIC, is currently being shopped around to various production companies, producers, and a comic book publisher. Patrick continues to develop supernatural and spiritual-themed stories that push the boundaries of traditional genres. "Winning the Golden Script Competition has been a turning point in my writing career. It gave me an international platform to showcase my voice as a writer, leading to my first industry representation, development opportunities, and high-profile connections I would have otherwise only dreamed of. I'm hopeful about the future of TALES OF THE SOUTHERN GOTHIC and what new and exciting plot twists lie ahead for my career."

Since placing as a finalist in 2019’s competition, Dylan has had eight screenplays optioned. At present, he’s writing CRYPTO, a new feature film for Revolution Media. Whilst his first produced feature film LEOPARDSKIN JASPER is currently in post-production, Dylan’s original finalist script, GOOD MOVIE IN THE LUCK BUSINESS is currently being developed as a series. "The Golden Script Competition was the first contest I entered whilst studying Screenwriting and to be candid, it started my career, having immediately led to meetings and my first option agreement shortly thereafter. I’m very grateful to have lucked into a script competition with a true enthusiasm to propel writer’s careers as opposed to those who commodify people’s dreams."

Since winning the 2021 Golden Script Competition, Sarah's feature script, VIOLET, has gone on to secure producers who found the script through the competition. VIOLET has subsequently won and placed highly in several other competitions since then, attaching additional producers, and the team is currently in development and attaching cast. In the meantime, Sarah is in development on another feature to be shot this coming summer. "I'm so grateful to the The Golden Script for connecting me with these amazing producers; it's such a joy not to be pushing the boulder uphill alone anymore! Having a team makes all the difference to moving forward with your vision, and the people I have around me now thanks to the Golden Script Competition are helping VIOLET move forward in a way I hadn't dared to hope was possible."

Since reaching the finals of the 2021 Golden Script Competition, Matthew and Alex signed a shopping agreement with a major production company for their finalist script JUMPMAN, a feature biopic about Super Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto and the historic rise of Nintendo. The company is currently interviewing directors to package the film. JUMPMAN also earned 20 other accolades. Matthew and Alex’s two-time Academy Nicholl semifinalist feature script CRATE also recently received a paid option deal. The writing team is also known for their work on the DreamWorksTV short series PUSS IN BOOTS and KUNG FU PANDA.

Joanne is a multi award-winning writer/producer who was offered a shopping agreement on a comedy she wrote called SEX, DRUGS & CROW'S FEET (aka "LIFE OF GROUPIES") after being nominated as a finalist in The Golden Script Competition's 2022 edition.

Neer Musa Shelter has several shopping agreements for his feature scripts and recently signed with a manager at The Cartel. After placing as a finalist in the Golden Script Competition in 2017, he won and placed in major contests and festivals worldwide.

Since Bill won the Golden Script last year, his feature script THE OLD BUG was optioned, and he was hired to write another feature. Bill also wrote a video game that was just announced on Summer Game Fest. "The Golden Script helped me a lot to expand on my craft. I’ve been working non-stop ever since. I’m from Brazil, so it means a lot for a Latino writer to get that much exposure."

Since finishing third in the 2017 edition of The Golden Script Competition with his script OVERWATCH, Dallas has written six more feature screenplays with several winning awards in Italy, India, Australia and back in the United States. OVERWATCH in particular, was picked up to be produced by Tammie Smith and Smith International Productions. "So a big thank you to The Golden Script Competition, since earning my first award there in 2017 my writing has been continued to be noticed around the world."

Z.APP continued to garner awards and placements throughout 2020. Right before the pandemic, it had an LA-based executive producer who had secured an agreement with a top flight LA-based distributor and were moving on securing a production company. Justin has also had success with another couple of feature screenplays, one a horror which secured the Grand Jury Prize for Best Horror Screenplay at an Oscar-qualifying festival. He has secured a literary manager in the UK in 2021 - Red Door Vision - and they are currently working on promoting his screenplays in the Marche du Film at Cannes. James A. Allen has also had a number of festival successes with a short film that he wrote, directed and edited. Currently, he is in early discussion stages over a TV project.

The screenplay that reached the finals in 2018 has had a major make-over and is now in the hands of an award-winning director seeking funding. "I have to thank The Golden Script for giving me the courage to further my work, because if it hadn't been for your positive vibes in placing me in the finals and indicating that my work showed merit I may not have pursued it with as much confidence. Also the feedback I was given was very valuable as other script competitions for similar work were less than kind and only concentrated on the negative which tends to kill any confidence stone dead. Since the 2018 competition I have had several positive results for my screenplays in the USA, Italy and Russia. In addition to the awards, I successfully signed contracts on a feature-length, anthology horror script entitled 'Trapdoor to Murder'."

Since 2017 he has directed a short documentary for the BBC called 'A Hidden Portrait', shot a proof-of-concept for 'End of Line' - the script he submitted to us for the 2017 competition. He also debuted a short play 'The Intense Humming of Christmas' at The Other Room Theatre in Cardiff and he is now working with them on his first full-length play. He won the Drama Award at the Cannes Screenplay Contest in 2017 and has just won the European Independent Film Festival's 'More Than a Screenplay Award'. He is now working with a Royal Television Society and BAFTA nominated director and producer on a couple of short projects and hope to find funding for his feature work off the back of this.  He signed with his first agent back in July 2020.

Since being nominated for The Golden Script's Best Script Award,  he has five award-winning scripts, with nominations across six continents. He was signed by an agent and now has a contract with a film production company to produce his work. "Thank you for the opportunity, it really spurred me on and gave me belief in myself."

Since winning in 2019, his fashion film, THE SILENCE IS BLACK AND WHITE, was an official selection at BAFTA qualifying Aesthetica Short Film Festival in the UK. He also directed some promotional material for Google and their Digital Coaches Program. His two other short films YOU ALMOST SAW ME and LUDERE finished up beautiful festival runs, playing in festivals all over the world. He has recently won Best Directing for YOU ALMOST SAW ME at the Trinity Film Festival in Connecticut. Leading into 2020, he started to wrap up pre-production for AND HOME WE CAME. During May and June he started a nonprofit called BLACK-PLANET ORG, which is a creative arts organization dedicated to the growth of people within the African Diaspora through arts and education. He's also been working closely with Cary Fagan, a brilliant artist from Houston. He had the pleasure of directing some commercials for his brand, Timeless Goods, which recently collaborated with Beyoncé on her BLACK IS KING project.

Matthew has won a few competitions since being a finalist at The Golden Script Competition of 2018. His TV Pilot "Sepulchre" won the best script at the Los Angeles Cinefest of 2018 and the best series script at The Script and Storyboard Showcase in 2020. His script "Back When" won the best script at the Life After Life Film Festival in 2018. And finally, the script he submitted to us, "Hollywood Heists", won the best concept script at the Queen Palm Film Festival in 2018. He has partnered with BBC Studios on a docu-series that he's been producing over the past year, and at the moment he is waiting to hear back from Netflix regarding a distribution deal.

Since the 2019 competition, Florence has won a few more "Best Screenplay" awards, with her scripts "Bella Loba" and "Unfaithful by Nature" being awarded at festivals such as Golden Earth Film Award and Austin Micro Short Film Festival, while also being nominated at three more competitions. With the script she submitted to The Golden Script Competition "White Wolf, Black Wolf", she was also a finalist at both Oaxaca Film Fest in Mexico and at Screenplay Festival in the US. She is currently represented by an agent in Spain.

His historical drama-thriller "The Chessmaster, The Artist, The Priest, and The Gypsy," has continued to accumulate awards from Vienna, Austria to Singapore, to the U.S. to Sicily. He has received a double recommend" from a Stage 32 IP on his historical drama screenplay, "The Musketeers and The Zombies." His other script, "Scarlet's Ghosts" received a best comedy screenplay award. To date, he has received close to a hundred official selections and awards for his screenplays and TV pilots. He is represented by agent Alexandra Maramenides of Reve Agency.

Since winning, Sophia has produced some more short films, and the script that she won with did well in other competitions. Additionally, she produced and filmed a short documentary entitled "Remembering Cuba", and wrote and directed a short film entitled "Father Daughter", for which she has finished production and which has screened at a variety of festivals. She is also in post production on another short called "Spotlight Starring Daisy Mulvey", which is an official selection of Series Fest.