After 25 years as a highly regarded literary journal, Gertrude has evolved to be a fabulous literary and screenwriting conference: The Gertrude Conference (TGC)!

WINNING SCRIPTS will be read by managers from Curate Management and well-respected producers. Winning writers will be invited to the Fall 20245 TGC workshop.

WINNING SHORTS will be become part of the FILMOCRACY catalog and be viewable on Hoopla (with 7 million subscribers) and Filmocracy! Shorts will screen at TGC workshop.

Thank you for submitting!

Awards & Prizes

SHORT FILM WINNERS
Short films selected will screen at our Fall 2024 TGC Workshop and will become part of the FILMOCRACY catalog and be viewable on Hoopla (with 7 million subscribers) and Filmocracy.

SCREENWRITERS
Winners will be read by Curate Management and invited to attend the Fall 2024 TGC Workshop.

Rules & Terms

Please remove names from title pages and throughout scripts submitted.

All short films must be linked to on-line hosting (Vimeo, etc), with passwords provided. They CANNOT be showing publicly (i.e., playing on a website, featured in a blog, exist with public access, etc).

TIMELINE
October 15, 2023 Submissions open!
March 30, 2024 Submissions closed.
May 1, 2024 Public announcement of selected scripts and films!