Objective

Deadline/Entry Fees

Deadline	Date	Entry Fee	Days till Deadline
Early	May 23, 2019	$50
Regular	July 25, 2019	$55	31
Ext Regular	September 19, 2019	$57	87
Extended	October 17, 2019	$58	115
Late	November 16, 2019	$60	145
Final	February 20, 2020	$65	241

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Notification: 3/31/2020

Rules

• Submissions are accepted via electronic submission only through our partner websites.
• There is no limit to the length of the projects you submit. Projects can be in script or treatment form.
• There is no limit to the number of projects you may submit.
• Scripts must be written in English or French, but can be in any film or television genre.
• Entrants are prohibited from contacting the judges during the competition. Any entrant who attempts to contact a judge will be disqualified and their entry fee forfeited. The decision of the judges is final.
• Entry fees for screenplay entries are posted on our partner websites and are non refundable.
• Employees and family members of the film festival are not eligible.
• Entrants must be 18 years or older to enter the contest. Misrepresentation of age, upon discovery, will forfeit entry and fees to the contest.
• Entries must be received on or before the deadlines and submission fee payment must be made in full at time of the submission. All entry fees are non-refundable and contest is void where prohibited.
• All submitted material must be original, and all rights must be wholly owned by the writer(s).
• All entries must be the original, and unpublished, un-produced, un-optioned work of the entrant. The entrant ensures that he or she is the sole author of the work and that it does not infringe on any existing copyright.
• All winners are responsible for their own income tax withholding.
• The competition, it’s judges, and it’s officers accept no liability whatsoever for any claims of damages, real or perceived, by any entrant(s) as a result of their participation in this contest.
• All writers at least 18 years of age are eligible.
• All persons from anywhere in the world are eligible; however the material submitted must be in English or French.
• All material submitted to other competitions or contests are eligible.
• Professional writers, journalists, poets, and previous contest winners are eligible.
• There are no requirements as to when the material was written.
• Material must be your original work.
• The material submitted must not be encumbered by any obligation to, or option held by, a third party prior to entering the competition.

Awards

TISC rewards winning screenwriters with distribution of your script to our database of top industry executives at several production companies in New York, LA, and Toronto as well as to our list of A list agents, and managers on both coasts in the US and Canada who are looking for clients and material to produce.

2019's first place winner received a personal introduction to a top talent manager at Fictional Entity.

Note only the top three winners receive prizes: the Grand Prize Winner and two Finalists.