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Daily deadlines for poetry, short stories, screenplays, stage plays, and novels.

Links to submit via sites and submittable: www.novelwritingfestival.com
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December 2025 WILDsound Festival Testimonials (Top 100 Festival in World)
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The festival is one of a kind! The feedback and generosity with professionalism is just warming, especially to writers like me who sat on material too scared to share with the rest of the world
December 9, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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Podcast: EP. 1632: Creative team of JUMPING AT SHADOWS: ARMAGEDDON (Locky Boaretto, Loki Acciarito, Tom Simpson)

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In a world secretly at war with an ancient alien race, a teenage girl discovers a crash landed alien, uncovers shocking truths about her estranged father
Podcast: EP. 1632: Creative team of JUMPING AT SHADOWS: ARMAGEDDON
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December 9, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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Winners: December 2025 UNDER 5 Minute Festival

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Best Short Film: QUEER STUDY
Best Story: HIDE AND SEEK
Best One Minute Film: NOTHING STICKS
Best Experimental: OH DEER
Best Direction: CYCLES
Best Performances: TOOTH
Best Music Video: LOOKING FOR YOU
Winners: December 2025 UNDER 5 Minute Festival
A showcase of the best Under 5 Minute Films in the world today! AUDIENCE AWARDS:Best Short Film: QUEER STUDYBest Story: HIDE AND SEEKBest One Minute Film: NOTHING STICKSBest Experimental: OH DEERBe…
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December 9, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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Interview with Filmmaker Tatjana Green (NORTH NODE)

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Born of a wisdom of Indigenous women in Northern Ontario. I was motivated by a desire to witness and share the quiet power of Anishinaabe Elders who are reclaiming land, spirit, and community through healing.
Interview with Filmmaker Tatjana Green (NORTH NODE)
NORTH NODE, 12min., CanadaDirected by Tatjana Green, Nicole VanStone Get to know filmmaker Tatjana Green: 1. What motivated you to make this film?North Node was born from a deep respect for the res…
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December 9, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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Interview with Filmmakers Laura Boyd Owen & Charles Edwin English (THE CALL)

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Making a documentary has always been a dream of mine and we were able to connect with amazing people from the firefighter community to help us tell this important story.
Interview with Filmmakers Laura Boyd Owen & Charles Edwin English (THE CALL)
The Call, 64min., USADirected by Laura Boyd Owen, Charles Edwin EnglishThe Call is a powerful documentary that breaks the silence around firefighter mental health, offering an unflinching look at t…
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December 9, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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Interview with Filmmaker Misha Pozen (ONION DOG)

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This is hard to measure, as it was in ideation phases way before I was even in college. The active time animating was also in spurts over the course of several years.
Interview with Filmmaker Misha Pozen (ONION DOG)
The story of an ordinary American dog.Struggling to find his place in the modern world, he points his beak toward the Old West in search of purpose and meaning. 1. What motivated you to make this f…
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December 9, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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Interview with Filmmaker David Dulev (DON’T FORGET TO SMILE)

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i felt like i wanted to give my thoughts on the pandemic and human emotions in general and i got lucky that my friend Onur had a script with that idea already built.
Interview with Filmmaker David Dulev (DON’T FORGET TO SMILE)
Don’t forget to smile, 8min., North MacedoniaTeacher that’s teaching kids to smile in a post a dystopic school. Get to know filmmaker David Dulev: 1. What motivated you to make this fil…
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December 9, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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Interview with Screenwriter Jaaered Brown (ETERNAL LIFE)

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Waking in a future with floating cities topping thousands of stories, run by radioactive intelligence, where imagination blends with machine, an amnesiac finds her destiny.
Interview with Screenwriter Jaaered Brown (ETERNAL LIFE)
Waking in a future with floating cities topping thousands of stories, run by radioactive intelligence, where imagination blends with machine, an amnesiac finds her destiny. Get to know the writer: …
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December 9, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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Interview with Filmmaker Paco Herrera C. (San Esteban: Freedom, Mysticism and Nopales)

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I was motivated by the need to document a community at a moment of profound transformation. A place filled with history, resilience, and identity, yet often overlooked.
Interview with Filmmaker Paco Herrera C. (San Esteban: Freedom, Mysticism and Nopales)
San Esteban: Freedom, Mysticism and Nopales, 27min., MexicoDirected by Francisco HerreraAt the foot of the mountains of Zapopan, Mexico, lies San Esteban — an indigenous town whose identity has bee…
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December 9, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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Watch HE WANTS TO KNOW MY NUMBER, 4min., USA, Comedy (new film on the platform)

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Science has proven that women actually need to have [TWICE AS MUCH] sex as men.”
December 8, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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Watch FEMALE Shorts Festival (in case you missed it)

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December 8, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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Deadline: CRIME Short Story Contest (Automatic Acceptance)

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Submit your CRIME short story to the festival here, and we will automatically have it performed by a professional actor and turned into a promotional video for yourself.

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December 8, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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Deadline: ENVIRONMENTAL Screenplay Festival

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Environmental means relating to or caused by the surroundings in which someone lives or something exists.

Submissions take 3-5 weeks for evaluation. Looking for screenplays from all over the world.
ENVIRONMENTAL Screenplay Festival – Deadline Today
Environmental means relating to or caused by the surroundings in which someone lives or something exists. FULL FEEDBACK on your screenplay from our committee of Professional Screenwriters, Producti…
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December 8, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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Deadline: Action/Adventure Novel Festival

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SUBMIT your novel now (both your 1st chapter or full novel accepted) To be eligible for our Writing Festival Events. Submissions take 3-5 weeks for evaluation
December 8, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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Deadline: MUSICAL STAGE PLAY Writing Contest (get play performed by professional actors)

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SUBMIT your STAGE PLAY Today You will receive feedback on your play in 3-5
WILDsound Writing Festival - MUSICAL STAGE PLAY Writing Contest (get play performed by professional actors)
This festival contest is brought to you by the Experimental/Music Fetsival: www.experimentalfilmfestival.com    I have to really thank the actors for my reading, nothing short of terrific as they were...
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December 8, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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LIFE Poetry Contest (Get poem made into a movie. Every submission gets a poetry video reading.)

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Accepting any poetry in any genre or length that’s about LIFE in any way.

The winning poem will have their poetry made into a movie.
December 8, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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Today’s FilmFreeway Testimonial: HORROR Underground Film Festival

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Excellent Festival! The feedback was very welcome. Great people to work with. Highly recommended!

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December 8, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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Podcast: EP. 1632: Writer/Actor Bella Martinez (Once More, Like Rain Man)

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Terrific conversation with screenwriter/actress Bella Martinez, chatting about her multiple award winning film

Beautifully directed by Sue Ann Pien, and starring Matt Jones & Joe Mantegna
Podcast: EP. 1632: Writer/Actor Bella Martinez (Once More, Like Rain Man)
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December 8, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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December 2025 ROMANCE/RELATIONSHIPS Festival Testimonials.

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Thank you for the amazing feedback and acceptance of my first rom-com script! The notes were invaluable and the first few pages being performed was a great thing to see! A very great experience for me
December 8, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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Watch the Best of THRILLER/SUSPENSE Shorts

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December 7, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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Podcast: EP. 1631: Screenwriter Hannah Augenstine (PRIORITY ONE)

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Three interconnected teams – firefighters, police officers, and 911 dispatchers – face relentless emergenies in Indianapolis, balancing personal struggles with the split-second decisions.
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Podcast: EP. 1631: Screenwriter Hannah Augenstine (PRIORITY ONE)
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December 7, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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December 2025 Under 5 Minute Festival Testimonials.

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Wow! I have competed in over 300 festivals over the last few years. This was one of the very best. The Feedback is genuine. 6 Stars is not enough. I was super satisfied. One of the best on #Filmfreeway. Honestly.
FEEDBACK Under 5 Minute Film Festival
Submit your short film that's 5 minutes or less and get it showcased at the FEEDBACK Short Film Festivals in Los Angeles and Toronto. A monthly film festival...
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December 7, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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Today’s FilmFreeway 50% off discount

The CHICAGO Feedback Film Festival 50% off discount code

code: chicagofestival

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The fastest growing film festival in the world today:

Your film will get screened in front of a large, broad audience.
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Chicago FEEDBACK Film Festival
Submit your Short Film and get it showcased at the FEEDBACK Film Festival in Chicago. The fastest growing film festival in the world today: Your...
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December 5, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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Podcast: EP. 1630: Screenwriter Teddy Andrews (SHRINK)

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A young man attends the final session of his compensated work therapy program. The therapist remains ever oblivious as his lies begins to swallow the room whole.

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Podcast: EP. 1630: Screenwriter Teddy Andrews (SHRINK)
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December 5, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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Interview with Filmmakers Bela Paião & Ryan Rivera (CAPTURADA)

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This film was inspired by my grandmother’s story. After my grandfather passed away, she fell into a really dark place. She stopped talking, eating. We all thought she wouldn’t make it much longer.
Interview with Filmmakers Bela Paião & Ryan Rivera (CAPTURADA)
CAPTURADA, 10min., USAA Film By Sophie Gould, Bela Paião, and Ryan Rivera A grandmother, Alma, secretly explores a new relationship online, rediscovering her identity beyond the roles of mother and…
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December 5, 2025 at 9:09 PM