The phrase "screenplay race" refers to a competition or contest among writers to create the best or most successful script for a movie or television show. Full definition
Stay tuned next week for my look at the Best Adapted Screenplay race! (hollywoodnews.com)
And if you think that a movie can't win Best Picture with only one other Oscar supporting it, look to but two years ago, when Spotlight won Best Picture and then just one other award — a heavily competitive Original Screenplay race. (vox.com)
Aaron Sorkin andQuentin Tarantino: Two of the most famous, verbose and idiosyncratic screenwriters were nowhere to be found in the adapted screenplay race for the former (Steve Jobs) and the original screenplay shortlist for the latter (The Hateful Eight). (tvguide.com)