Deadlines / Entry Fees

1. Feature Length Screenplays (longer than 60 pages)
   • Early Entry Fee - $40.00 - Postmarked on or before August 1.
   • Standard Entry Fee - $50.00 - Postmarked after August 1, and on or before October 1.
   • Additional categories - Both the Early and Standard Entry fees qualify a script to compete in one category. Each additional category requires an additional $15.00 entry fee.
2. Short Length Screenplays (60 pages or less) are no longer accepted for competition.
3. The final Deadline for submissions to Screenplay Festival is October 1. All entries postmarked on or before this date are eligible for Screenplay Festival.
4. Awards - All Screenplay Festival Grand Prizes and Honorable Mentions will be announced four to six months after the final dealine.

Screenplay Festival has established the following rules for the competition:

1. All writers of submitted material must be 18 years or older, including co-authored material.
2. Screenplays written by teams of two or more writers are eligible for Screenplay Festival. Any award won by a co-authored script will be divided evenly among the writers listed on the entry form.
3. Screenplays that have been previously optioned, sold or produced are not eligible to compete in Screenplay Festival.
4. 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 Screenplay Festival, regardless of the source author's permission.
   • Screenplays adapted from other sources by the author of that source are not eligible to compete in Screenplay Festival if the source material has previously optioned, sold or produced.
5. Submissions of new drafts or corrected pages will not be accepted.
6. Screenplays must be submitted in English.
7. A writer may enter more than one screenplay; however, a separate entry form and fee are required for each script submitted.

"The Paper Route is a very personal project that explores difficult feelings about parents and siblings and growing up, and so it is especially gratifying to have it recognized in the family category of this contest.  Screenplay Festival has done a wonderful thing in spotlighting screenplays from such a variety of genres and for giving encouragement to writers whose works are a little outside of the mainstream."

Danny Howell, The Paper Route
Honorable Mention Winner, 2004

"I have received this award as a great source of motivation for future writing. Nowadays I find it just as challenging to promote my material as much as writing itself."

Miro, EARTH
Honorable Mention Winner, 2002

"It feels incredible to be rewarded for following my dream and using my unique talents! Thank you again!"

Terri Bradway, Shoes
Honorable Mention Winner, 2002