Script Summit

We are currently accepting written submissions for features, shorts, web-series, television pilots, synopsis, treatments, and pitch decks.

If the writer of the submitted screenplay is optioned/produced within the past 3 years they will not qualify for the Cash Prize or Talent Manager award.
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All genres are welcome.

​Winners will be announced at the Writers Award Show.

Multiple Genres will be awarded. Only the best in show award receives the cash prize. All other winners in attendance during the awards ceremony receive a physical award at no cost.

If a winner can not attend the awards show. Their award can be mailed to them at the cost of the award plus shipping. A digital award is offered at no cost.

Golden age submissions for feature and television scripts are optional for writers over the age of 55 only.

Michigan Writers categories are for writers who currently reside in Michigan only.

Golden Age & Michigan Writers categories are their own awards and do not qualify for the Cash Prize or Talent Manager Contract.

One copy of an original feature film screenplay uploaded as a PDF file will be accepted. (Do NOT include more than 1 version). We do not accept hardcopy scripts.
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The screenplay should be in standard industry format (12 point Courier).

By entering Script Summit], you authorize us to use any trusted third-party online and cloud-based services and databases for hosting, managing and/or transmitting your submission file(s)."
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Only one copy, draft or version of any screenplay may be submitted by an entrant or entrants per submission.
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Under no circumstances will substitutions of either corrected pages or new drafts of an entry screenplay be allowed under the original submission.
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Corrected or edited screenplays must be resubmitted as a NEW entry and will require a separate submission fee.
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Features that are over 120 pages must be submitted as 2 different entries.
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Entry fees will not be returned or adjusted.
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Submissions must have been written originally in English; translations will not be accepted.

Submissions must be the original work of the entrant(s) and may not be based, in whole or in part, on any other fiction or nonfiction material, published or unpublished, produced or unproduced.
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Entries may, however, be adapted from the entrant’s (or entrants’) original work, which should be noted in the logline required on the application form.
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Entries lacking a logline on the application form will be disqualified.
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If the script is based on a true story, historical or contemporary, the "based on true story/events" button should be noted in the logline.
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Collaborative work by two writers who share equally in its creation is eligible.
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The collaborator’s name must be added during the online application process.
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All entries must be received by or before the Extended Deadline