Jennifer Brooks, Contest Director

Expired. Previous Deadline: 08/31/2009
Contact contest for this year's deadline.

Top 100 scripts notified on 10/15/2009

Championing Emerging Artists.

To make Hollywood more accessible than ever before to more aspiring screenwriters Filmmakers.com is forming strategic alliances with the powers that be. The Radmin Company will read the TOP FIFTY SCRIPTS.

Top 20 Screenplays: Production Consideration by Leading Hollywood Producers and Representation Consideration by Leading Hollywood Agencies/Management Companies.

• American Gem Short

Open to anyone (worldwide)

$49 (if postmarked by 03/31/2009);
$59 (if postmarked by 05/31/2009);
$65 (if postmarked by 06/30/2009 (23:59 hrs Pacific);
$65 (new drafts - if submitted online by 08/19/2009)
$69 (if submitted online by 08/31/2009 (23:59 hrs Pacific)
 wsPro $5 Discount 

CATEGORIES

1. Action/Adventure; Thriller/Horror/Supernatural; Sci-Fi; Animation/Fantasy; Mystery/Suspense; Other
2. Drama
3. Comedy

TERMS

• Submissions must be full-length film or television movie scripts in any genre.
• Multiple entries are permissible.
• Adaptations from other works are permissible provided you have the writer's written permission to adapt the work.
• The screenplay must not have been previously optioned, sold, or produced.
• Once a script has been entered, no substitutions of new drafts or corrected pages will be considered.
• You may submit a revised draft of your script, as a new submission and pay the appropriate entry fee.
• ONLY THE TITLE OF THE SCRIPT SHOULD APPEAR ON THE FRONT COVER! The writer's name should not appear anywhere on the script but only on the Entry Form.

See website for complete rules.

AWARDS IN THREE CATEGORIES

CASH AND PRIZES totaling $10,000

GRAND PRIZE

• $2,500 +
• PITCH winning script to Industry Producers and Agents +
• In Depth Studio Story Notes by Greenlight Script Coverage +
• Gift Certificate to attend any Action/Cut 2-day intensive Filmmaking Seminar +
• FREE Admission Pass to the Screenwriting EXPO** +
• a copy of Movie Magic's Screenwriter by Write Brothers

ELITE PRIZE (Category 1)

• $500 +
• Phone Consultation with Greenlight Script Coverage Professional +
• PITCH your Winning Script to Producers and agents +
• FREE Admission Pass to the Screenwriting EXPO** +
• a copy of Movie Magic's Screenwriter by Write Brothers

ELITE PRIZE (Category 2)

• $500 +
• Phone Consultation with Greenlight Script Coverage Professional +
• PITCH your Winning Script to Producers and agents +
• FREE Admission Pass to the Screenwriting EXPO** +
• a copy of Movie Magic's Screenwriter by Write Brothers

ELITE PRIZE (Category 3)

• $500 +
• Phone Consultation with Greenlight Script Coverage Professional +
• PITCH your Winning Script to Producers and agents +
• FREE Admission Pass to the Screenwriting EXPO** +
• a copy of Movie Magic's Screenwriter by Write Brothers

See website for additional prizes.