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Program Description

Screenplay Festival was established to help eliminate the chicken and egg problem where, you need recognition to get noticed by producers, but you need to be noticed by producers to get any recognition. By accepting all submitted screenplays and judging them based upon their quality not their source or their standardized formatting or the quality of the brads holding them together Screenplay Festival looks to give undiscovered screenwriters an opportunity to rise above the crowd.

Live event!  Screenplay Festival has partnered with the film festival Film Invasion Los Angeles to hold a live ceremony for our winners.

Deadlines and Fees

Regular
Apr. 30, 2020
Early
May 31, 2020
Extended
June 30, 2020
Final
July 31, 2020
Category 1
Standard Fee
$35
$40
$45
$50
ISAConnect Fee
$30
$35
$40
$45
Category 2
Standard Fee
$40
$35
$45
$50
ISAConnect Fee
$35
$30
$40
$45
Category 11
Standard Fee
$40
$35
$45
$50
ISAConnect Fee
$35
$30
$40
$45
Category 12
Standard Fee
$30
$25
$35
$40
ISAConnect Fee
$25
$20
$30
$35
Category 13
Standard Fee
$40
$35
$45
$50
ISAConnect Fee
$35
$30
$40
$45

Program Benefits

  • Cash. In each of the five categories, a $500.00 Grand Prize will awarded. Honorable Mention winners do not receive a cash prize.
  • Recognition. Every Grand Prize winning contestant will receive the following prizes from sponsor InkTip.com.
    • An e-mail announcement about their winning screenplay to approximately 6,500 industry professionals.
    • Placement of at least the scripts logline and synopsis on InkTip.com’s password protected web site. Grand Prize winners may also place their treatment and/or script.
    • InkTip.com will include a logline (pitch) for Grand Prize winning screenplays in their printed publication, which is snail-mailed to approximately 5,000 Industry Professionals.
  • Even More recognition. Every Grand Prize Winner and every Honorable mention winner in each category will be put in contact with the production companies, agents, and managers who reach out to Screenplay Festival on a regular basis. These contacts happen for years after a script becomes a Screenplay Festival Winner.
  • Award Certificate & Laurels: Every Grand Prize Winner and every Honorable Mention winner in each category will receive digital copies of a personalized 8.5? x 11? Screenplay Festival certificate and laurels to promote their win.

Announcement Dates

Semi-Finalists

Aug. 31, 2020

Finalists

Sept. 30, 2020

Winners

Oct. 15, 2020

Rules

Screenplay Festival has established the following rules for the competition:

  1. All writers of submitted material must be 18 years or older, including co-authored material.
  2. Screenplays written by teams of two or more writers are eligible for Screenplay Festival. Any award won by a co-authored script will be divided evenly among the writers listed on the entry form.
  3. Screenplays that are currently optioned or have been sold and produced are not eligible to compete in Screenplay Festival.
  4. Screenplays must be the original work of the author.
    • Screenplays adapted from other sources that were written by other authors (such as but not limited to books or plays) are not eligible to compete in Screenplay Festival, regardless of the source author’s permission.
    • Screenplays adapted from other sources by the author of that source are not eligible to compete in Screenplay Festival if the source material is currently optioned, or has been produced.
    • Screenplays adapted from source material that is in the public domain are eligible.
  5. Submissions of new drafts or corrected pages will not be accepted.
  6. Screenplays must be submitted in English.
  7. A writer may enter more than one screenplay; however, a separate entry form and fee are required for each script submitted.

Contact Information

info@screenplayfestival.com

15021 Ventura Blvd

#523, SHERMAN OAKS, CA

91403-2442

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