Jim Mercurio, Owner

Expired. Previous Deadline: 08/20/2010
Contact contest for this year's deadline.

Our winners will be champions and we will work to champion our winners. Our motto is "Winning is just the beginning."'' We don't want to write you a check, shotgun your synopsis around and then wave goodbye. Win our competition and we will prepare you for what you can expect in Hollywood by giving you a team of mentors who will champion you, your current script or even your next script to a higher level and to help you achieve the goal of becoming a working screenwriter in Hollywood.

Almost everyone -- check out the rules and regulations.

Features: $45 (by March 26, 2010); $50 (by May 15, 2010); $55 (by August 10, 2010)

Shorts: $20 (by March 26, 2010); $25 (by May 15, 2010); $25 (by August 10, 2010)

See website for resubmission and coverage fees.

The following rules govern the submission of all material(s) to the Champion Screenwriting Competition, and each submitting writer agrees to abide by them (''Rules''):

All submitting writers must be 18 years of age or older (and able to prove it if required to do so).

Feature Screenplays must:

• be written and submitted in English;
• be an original and unproduced script that has not been optioned and to which the writer(s) retain(s) all rights, from the time of submission until the announcement of the winning script(s);
• be between 90 and 130 pages in length;
• have numbered pages; and
• be in industry-standard screenplay format

Short Screenplays must:

• be written and submitted in English;
• be an original and unproduced script that has not been optioned and to which the writer(s) retain(s) all rights, from the time of submission until the announcement of the winning script(s);
• be less than or equal to 15 pages in length;
• have numbered pages; and
• be in industry-standard screenplay format

Screenplays in any genre are accepted.

Adaptations are not accepted.

Only electronic copies of scripts submitted through Withoutabox with a valid credit card payment will be accepted. Please do not send a hard copy of any screenplay.

Only screenplay submissions in Final Draft, Movie Magic, PDF, RTF, DOC and Word file formats are acceptable.

See website for additional rules:
http://www.championscreenwriting.com/rules.html

GRAND PRIZE

• $10,000 cash
• A script development package including notes from Julie Marsh
• A year-long membership to itsonthegrid.com
• A seat in A-List's week-long Champion Screenwriting Lab with Jim Mercurio
• 10 pitches from VirtualPitchFest.com
• Two career coaching sessions with Rhona Berens, Ph.D.
• Career or pitching guidance from Michael Lent (Breakfast with Sharks)
• A gift certificate to The Writers Store
• John Truby genre DVD
• Script and/or synopsis to be read by several production Companies

SECOND PLACE

• $1,000 cash
• A script development package
• A year-long membership to itsonthegrid.com
• A seat in A-List's week-long Champion Screenwriting Lab
• 10 pitches from VirtualPitchFest.com
• Two career coaching sessions with Rhona Berens, Ph.D.
• A gift certificate to The Writers Store
• John Truby genre DVD
• Script and/or synopsis to be read by several production Companies

THIRD PLACE

• $500 cash
• A script development package
• A year-long membership to itsonthegrid.com
• A seat in A-List's week-long Champion Screenwriting Lab
• 10 pitches from VirtualPitchFest.com
• Two career coaching sessions with Rhona Berens, Ph.D.
• A gift certificate to The Writers Store
• John Truby genre DVD
• Script and/or synopsis to be read by several production Companies

LOW BUDGET HORROR PRIZE

• $500 cash OR one of the two following: a $1000 option agreement or a $1000 rewrite deal on a micro-budget film
• Notes from the judges
• A year-long membership to itsonthegrid.com
• A seat in A-List's week-long Champion Screenwriting Lab
• 10 pitches from VirtualPitchFest.com
• Two career coaching sessions with Rhona Berens, Ph.D.
• A gift certificate to The Writers Store
• John Truby genre DVD
• Script and/or synopsis to be read by several production Companies

See website for short screenplay and feature semifinalist prizes.