GET YOUR WORK IN FRONT OF THE PEOPLE THAT MATTER!
This is Hollywood's ELITE Writing Competition. Your chance to connect with the most relevant professionals in the entertainment industry. TOP AGENTS, PRODUCERS & EXECS WANT TO FIND THE NEXT GREAT TALENT! We are looking for the entertainment industry’s most exciting new voices. Submissions will be reviewed using the following criteria: a) Is this a sample of great writing AND b) does this have value in today’s actual marketplace?

Awards & Prizes

1. JUST FOR ENTERING: ALL SUBMITTERS WIN CAREER-CHANGING OPPORTUNITIES! All submitters receive 2 VIP Tickets to NexTV’s INDUSTRY IMPACT INTENSIVE: live Networking and Career Break-through Event in Los Angeles (value: $798). All submitters also get HOW TO SELL YOUR OWN MATERIAL (Training Call w Live Q&A). 2. QUARTER-FINALISTS: QUARTER-FINALISTS will also be part of 3 ACCESS-THE-INSIDERS professional Q&A telecalls with Industry Elite (CAA, HBO and more). 3. SEMI-FINALISTS: SEMI-FINALISTS will also receive a 4-part Training Series (with live Q&A): 1) ‘DEVELOPING FOR TODAY’S MARKET’, 2) ‘PITCH PERFECT’, 3) ‘FILM & TV FINANCE’, 4) ‘TURNING COMPETITION SUCCESS INTO CAREER SUCCESS’ … 4. FINALISTS: FINALISTS also receive a 1 year subscription to ‘Access-the-Insiders’ professional Q&A series (monthly Q&As with industry elite), plus a 1-on-1 CAREER CONSULTATION w/ Randy Becker). 5. GRAND PRIZE: Read to the end...there's alot here! 2 VIP Tickets to NexTV’s INDUSTRY IMPACT INTENSIVE: live Networking and Career Break-through Event in Los Angeles (value: $798). HOW TO SELL YOUR OWN MATERIAL (Training Call w Live Q&A). A 1 year subscription to ‘Access-the-Insiders’ professional Q&A series (monthly Q&As with industry elite - CAA, HBO and more). 4-part Training Series (with live Q&A): 1) ‘DEVELOPING FOR TODAY’S MARKET’, 2) ‘PITCH PERFECT’, 3) ‘FILM & TV FINANCE’, 4) ‘TURNING COMPETITION SUCCESS INTO CAREER SUCCESS’. 1-on-1 CAREER CONSULTATION w/ Randy Becker). IDEA TO MARKET Winner's Package: 5 week ‘Create-your-own-Sizzle-Reel’ Intensive with Matt Draper (value: $2,000), 1-on-1 with Film Financier, 1-on-1 with top Lit Agent (Joel Millner), Multi-Media Presentation/Reading of your Script/Project, 1 yr. ‘IDEA TO MARKET MASTERMIND INTENSIVE (value: $12,000), WINNERS PANEL to review your work…includes agents from ICM, Gersh, Producers from HBO, Fox, etc….NOTE: Last year's winner has been offered a deal THAT WE FOUND to purchase his winning screenplay (for production at $8-$10million). 2012 WINNER, BRIAN DURKIN, has been SIGNED by a top-tier AGENT (off of our panel), and we've brought him in to HBO, SHOWTIME, FOX, AMC’S BREAKING BAD, SCOTT FREE, YARI FILM GROUP and more. 2010 winner, Rob Hill has, seen the pilot based on his winning Pitch financed (by one of our sponsors), wrapped principal photography and is currently working with KCET to prep it for the air. YOU COULD BE NEXT!

Rules & Terms

GENERAL RULES
This competition is open to any writer, 18 or older. Entering the competition constitutes permission to use the winners’ names and likenesses for publicity and promotions with no additional compensation. We reserve the right to publicize and promote any and all progress, development and success of entered projects.
• ALL GENRES ACCEPTED
• Students are welcome.
• All submitted material must be the original work of the author(s).
• All submitted material must be in English.
• Please submit one copy only. Do not send originals. Material will not be returned under any circumstances.
• Pages must be numbered.
• Any submitted scripts must be in industry standard format. (If sending in a hard copy, pages must be bound with two to three brads. If unable to find brads to fasten script together, a method of comparable durability must be used to bind script pages together).
• The Writer’s name(s) should appear on the title page ONLY; not on any other page of the script.
• No other information outside of name, title of work and WGA registration (if applicable) should appear on the title page. If it is based on a true story or another work, it should be noted on the title page (and appropriate rights must be attained by writer, if necessary).
• We recognize that television ‘source material’ can come in a wide variety of written formats, so the only limitation is that Feature Screenplays are between 80 and 150 pages in length.
• Multiple Writers/Creators are allowed, but, if the project wins an award, that award will be divided among the writers, by the writers.
• Multiple entries from the same Writer/Creator are accepted, but each must have its own Entry Form & Fee.
• Do not include any additional materials with your submissions such as publicity or press kits, etc…
• No substitutions or updated/re-edited versions of the project will be accepted without officially “re-submitting’ the project.
• Entry Fees are non-refundable. No refunds will be issued for any reason.
• Contest applicants must accept without reservations the decisions rendered by the competition.
• Entry must be accompanied by the following:
a. Completed ENTRY FORM
b. The appropriate ENTRY FEE (checks made payable to: “NexTv Entertainment”)
c. WRITTEN WORK.
• If you become a Finalist, you will be contacted to provide a close-up photo. These may be displayed with your project title on our site and on all press materials and releases.
* Airfare to Los Angeles is from US cities only. International submitters must provide their transportation to the US.
• Finalists are scheduled to be announced by July 14, 2015
• Winners are scheduled to be announced by Aug 14, 2015.