Objective

Deadline/Entry Fees

Contact contest for this year's deadline.

WinningScripts Pro $5 Off Coupon

Rules

1. No entry may have earned money or other consideration for more than $5,000. Applicants may not have received a screenwriting fellowship or prize that includes a "first look" clause, an option or any other quid pro quo involving the writer's work.
2. Qualifying victories for entrants need to be in the last 5 years.
3. Applicants must submit:
   1. A completed and signed Entry Form and Release of Liability/Contest Contract.
   2. Proof of your success in a previous Contest, including contact information (name, email and/or phone, maybe a document) at that Contest. Check the ever-changing Qualifying Contests page. From the last 5 years, winners and even some quarterfinalists qualify.
   3. One copy of an original feature film screenplay, approximately 90-130 pages in length. Submissions must have been written originally in English; translations will not be accepted.

   If the script is based on a true story, historical or contemporary, that should be noted on the title page. Collaborative work, undertaken by no more than two writers, is eligible. Collaborative screenplays written by three or more writers are not eligible. Separate application forms should be submitted by both collaborators. One should be designated the prime contact for all mailings.

   The applicant's name should not appear on the cover, the title page or any other page of the script.

4. An entry fee of US $75 to $85 must accompany the application, depending on when you enter.
5. Only one copy, draft or version of any screenplay may be submitted by any entrant or entrants. Under no circumstances will substitutions of either corrected pages or new drafts of the entry screenplays be made after submission. Submissions must be the original work of the applicant(s) and may not be based, in whole or in part, on any other fictional or material, published or unpublished, produced or unproduced. Entries may, however, be adapted from the applicant's (or applicants') original work, which should be noted on the application form.

Awards

All Entrants receive:

• 2 Industry Pro Evaluations on their script entry (Development Coverage and Reader score sheet coverage typically valued at more than $500.00). Two expert judges on every entrant and the testimonials from our entrants on these speak for themselves.

Ten Finalists receive:

• Presentation in Trophies Ceremony at Sunscreen Film Festival West
• VIP Passes to Sunscreen Film Festival West, which includes:
  • access to all Films, Parties, Workshops, and Celebrity Events
  • access to all workshops and panels by top Hollywood actors, producers screenwriters and filmmakers
  • discount lodging
• Publicity for writer, script title, and log line to Agents, Prodcos, Managers, and Industry News
• Continued promotion on ScriptDoctor.com and membership in Finalists group since 2005 for advice and networking
• 30-minute Skype sessions with producing and management pros later

1st Place and 2nd-Place Winners receive:

• VIP Passes to Sunscreen Film Festival West, which includes:
  • access to all Films, Parties, Workshops, and Celebrity Events
  • access to all workshops and panels by top Hollywood actors, producers screenwriters and filmmakers
  • discount lodging
• Story Notes from ScriptDoctor.com (rated No. 1 in national survey) valued at $1500
• A listing of your script on InkTip so that producers and reps can find you
• Publication of your logline in InkTip’s magazine sent to nearly 15,000 producers and reps
• All Finalist prizes listed above like the 30-minute Skype session with producing and management pros later.
• Bragging rights!