Coverfly Is Shuttering For Good. Now What?

To say the film and television industries have been through a tumultuous time over the past few years is an understatement. The WGA strike of 2023 may seem like an event shrinking into the horizon, but that’s not so.

Coverfly, a popular platform for screenwriters who can post their screenplays, enter and track screenwriting competitions, and build their creative communities, is coming to an end on 1 August 2025. Many screenwriters are understandably upset and confused about what this means to their screenwriting careers.

Many writers see it as the loss of “yet another outlet” for breaking into the industry. Perhaps there are simply too many script hosting platforms and an industry consolidation was inevitable?

Coverfly’s parent company (Backstage/Cast & Crew) had already closed several sister sites (ScreenCraft, WeScreenplay, and The Script Lab) earlier in the year to prune their offerings which competed against each other.

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