2021 Atlanta Film Festival Screenplay Competition Winners

Please join the Atlanta Film Festival and the Atlanta Film Society in congratulating the 2021 Screenplay Competition Winners! Chosen from an absolutely record-shattering year, these screenplays and their respective authors represent the very best from nearly 2,400 feature, pilot, and short screenplay submissions. These five stories are undeniably all deeply personal, incredibly realized, and astounding in profundity.

FEATURE SCREENPLAY WINNERS

AMERICAN BABYLON by Yvan Iturriaga

MARCONIVILLE by Tony Clemente Jr.

POPULAR by Marley Schneier

PILOT SCREENPLAY WINNER

CAMP AMERIKA by Donna McNeely Burke

SHORT SCREENPLAY WINNER

PICK OR PAT by Jordan Whiteside-Johnson

In addition to their cash prizes, over the coming months, these scribes will enjoy unique mentorship opportunities, and they’ll get to watch talent bring excerpts of each of their screenplays to life in the form of Virtual Table Reads.

The 14th Annual ATLFF Screenplay Competition, which was recently named one of MovieMaker magazine’s 15 Submission-Worthy Screenwriting Competitions of 2021 is now officially open for entries!

For more information, please visit https://www.atlantafilmfestival.com/submit-your-screenplay