A major selling point for them is that winning (or placing highly) will mean that the right people will finally read your script. So what actually gets a script read? So, do contests get your script read? Entering a script competition provides something every writer wants (i.e., a deadline), and many also provide what writers need (i.e., feedback). Four months later her script Headhunter was the number one script on the 2020 Black List.