Scription Screenplay Competition

Objective

Scriptition Screenplay competition is dedicated to discovering new talent by increasing exposure for unproduced short film and feature narrative screenplays. Competition organizers are passionate about the writing process and telling stories, and we are seeking good stories/ scripts to produce. Hence, we started a competition.

Everyone receives:

The feedback includes a logline, genre suggestion and a small paragraph outlining the strengths and weaknesses of your screenplay. The Feedback is very brief and basic compared to the extensive notes provided with our Coverage Service, which is available for an additional fee.

Deadline/Entry Fees

Rules

1. We are an 'ECO FRIENDLY' competition: To reduce waste, only electronic submissions in PDF file format are accepted. Physical submissions are NOT accepted.
2. By submitting your script, you confirm that you own 100% of the rights to the work. If the work's copyright is held by more than one person, the submitter must have the written consent of all other owners prior to submitting. Scripts submitted to the competition must NOT have been previously optioned, purchased or produced at the time of entry.
3. If the entrant, for any reason, prefers NOT to have their screenplay made available to Hollywood professionals for consideration, the entrant is responsible for notifying the competition administrators.
4. Scripts may originate from anywhere in the world. However, the script must be written in the English language.
5. Entrant must be 18 years of age or older. (Entrants between the ages of 13 to 18 may enter with a written letter of consent from a legal guardian.)
6. The script must be less than 40 pages in length to qualify for Shorts, and less than 120 for feature screenplays.
7. Any decisions made by the judges and/or competition administrators must be considered final and cannot be disputed.
8. The competition and its administrators shall not be liable for any typographical errors.
9. Entry fees must be paid in US Dollars and are nonrefundable. The winner is responsible for filing income taxes on any cash prizes that may be received if any is received.
10. Entry must be received by 11:59 PM Pacific Time on the date of the deadline specified.
11. All rights to the submitted material will remain with the entrant. The contest administrators and operators DO NOT claim any rights to the material submitted to the competition.
12. Screenwriters who have had previous feature screenplays produced and distributed by non-independent means are ineligible.
13. Screenwriters who earn their living writing for television are ineligible.
14. No refunds.

Awards

• Winning scripts sent out to production companies to consider for adaptation rights as well as agents and managers to consider for representation. Modified Entertainment will also look at your script for possible production.
• Entrants into genre specific categories are eligible for awards that recognize the script's achievement within its genre.
• Winners are entered into the annual Short Film Screenplay Awards competition for the $500 cash prize and for the feature $750 cash prize.