What makes 100 Screenplays different? The difference in 100 Screenplays begins with how it was created. Screenplay Festival, the parent company of 100 Screenplays, accepts an unlimited number of scripts just as all other screenwriting competitions do. A direct effect of accepting so many screenplays is that it takes several months to determine the winner.

One of the judges for Screenplay Festival had an idea, “What if we had a contest where we limited the number of entries to one hundred? We could get them read quickly and select the winner very quickly.” This idea was thrown around the office until it grew into 100 Screenplays.

Now, instead of sending off their script and having to wait ages to hear the results, screenwriters can send in their scripts and find out who won in no time. And those writers will also never have to wonder how many scripts they are up against. (This is one of the most common questions Screenplay Festival receives.) They are in a pool of one hundred scripts, and their chance of winning is vastly increased by the smaller number of scripts accepted into each contest.

Awards & Prizes

Each screenplay contest at 100 Screenplays has a First Prize Winner, a Second Prize Winner, and a Third Prize Winner. These winners are selected based solely upon the quality of each screenplay, and are awarded regardless of genre or subject matter.

100 Screenplays features the following Prizes:

Cash. The First Prize Winner of each 100 Screenplays contest will receive a $2,000.00 prize.

Recognition. The First, Second, and Third Prize winners will have their win announced to industry professionals, as well as the loglines of their winning screenplays listed permanently on the 100 Screenplays website to promote inquiries into their work.

Recognition. Every First 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.

More recognition: 100 Screenplays is sponsored by the Los Angeles based film festival, Film Invasion L.A., and the top three scripts will be acknowledged in a public ceremony with an audience! Winners will also receive free All Access passes to the film festival.

Award Certificate: Every First, Second, and Third Prize winner will receive a personalized 8.5″ x 11″ 100 Screenplays winner’s certificate.

Rules & Terms

100 Screenplays has established the following rules for the competition:

All writers of submitted material must be 18 years or older, including co-authored material.

Screenplays written by teams of two or more writers are eligible for 100 Screenplays. Any award won by a co-authored script will be divided evenly among the writers listed on the entry form.

Screenplays that are currently optioned, or have been sold or produced are not eligible to compete in 100 Screenplays.

Screenplays which have previously won the Grand Prize in a 100 Screenplays contest are not eligible to entered into another 100 Screenplays contest.

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 100 Screenplays, regardless of the source author’s permission.

Screenplays adapted from other sources by the author of that source are not eligible to compete in 100 Screenplays if the source material has previously optioned, sold or produced.

Submissions of new drafts or corrected pages will not be accepted.
Screenplays must be submitted in English.

A writer may enter more than one screenplay; however, a separate entry form and fee are required for each script submitted.