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Winter
The Story Discovery winter cycle. Original full-length feature screenplays and original short stories across the six competition genres. Regular entry $50 feature / $30 short; late entry $90 feature / $70 short.
$50.00 feature · $30.00 short · $1,000 Grand Prize · $500 genre winners · entries close Dec 31, 2026 · Create a free writer account or sign in, then you come straight back.
The cycle
Make the pages count.
Submission windowAug 31, 2026, 12:00 AM PDT - Dec 31, 2026, 11:59 PM PST
Regular entry$50.00 feature · $30.00 short story
Late pricing beginsDec 18, 2026, 12:00 AM PST
Late entry$90.00 feature · $70.00 short story
Prizes$1,000 Grand Prize · $500 genre winners
Finalists announcedFeb 12, 2027
Winners announcedFeb 26, 2027
Create a free account to enterThe rules
Your story stays yours.
Entering the competition does not give Midas an option.
Semi-finalist: no competition-created exclusivity.
Finalist: a 90-day exclusive negotiation period, beginning only after you separately accept finalist status.
Grand prize winner: a 180-day exclusive negotiation period, beginning only after you separately accept grand prize winner status. That period replaces any remaining finalist period.
Any actual option, acquisition, development, production, financing, or other rights require a separate written agreement.
If no agreement is signed before that period ends, and there is no written extension, the competition exclusivity ends on its own.
Development opportunities are not guaranteed. Any potential shopping, development, option, acquisition, representation, financing or production arrangement is subject to Midas’s discretion and, where applicable, a separate written agreement.