Screenwriting Master Contest

OFFICIAL RULES

Submissions are accepted via electronic submission on this website only, between February 5th, 2021 and June 17th, 2021.

Entry fee for each screenplay varies based on the deadline date and type of screenplay (short, pilot, or feature). Please refer to the submission fees listed at screenwritingmaster.com/submit.

There is no limit to the number of projects you may submit.

Entries must be received on or before the deadlines and submission fee payment must be made in full at time of the submission. All entry fees are non-refundable

All submitted material must be original, and all rights must be wholly owned by the writer(s).

Material must be submitted by the writer. Material written by writing teams must be submitted by one of the writers, with the consent of the other(s). All writers must be credited on the title page.

If a writing team is chosen as a winner, prizes will be given to the person who submits the project. Each team is responsible for dividing or sharing the prize money.

After a screenplay is entered, no new drafts or corrected pages can be made. In the event your screenplay is selected to advance to the next round, you will have the opportunity to send a new draft. All new drafts must be received within 72 hours of the selection announcement. New drafts received after this period will not be accepted.

It is recommended that original material be registered with the WGA or The Library of Congress before submitting to any competition. However, we do not require registration.

All ownership and rights to the scripts submitted to this contest remain with the original rights holders.

No waivers are available for this contest.

ELIGIBILITY

All writers at least 18 years of age are eligible. However, a writer who has earned more than $50,000 (or equivalent currency) from professional writing services for film or TV in the preceding year is not. (Contest winnings not included.)

All persons from anywhere in the world are eligible. However, the material submitted must be in English.

All material submitted to other competitions or contests are eligible.

There are no requirements as to when the material was written.

The material submitted must not be encumbered by any obligation to, or option held by, a third party before entering the competition.

Any submitted work that becomes optioned, published, produced or purchased between the time of submission and the end of the judging period will no longer be eligible.

Material should be submitted in standard screenplay format, font, spacing, and margin.

We have no preferences regarding title page content. Title and name of writer would suffice.

Adaptations are ineligible unless the writer owns the underlying rights or the work is in the public domain.

Page limit requirements are as follows:

Between 1 and 40 pages for short screenplays.

Between 20 and 80 pages for Pilot screenplays.

Between 75 and 140 pages for Feature screenplays.

All material must be submitted electronically as a PDF or it will not be eligible.