Details, Entry Instructions, Rules, and Release Agreement
Details:
A winner is chosen every month and recommended to our sponsors for production.
Deadline is the last day of each month. Winners announced before the end of the following month.
3 Ways to Enter: Basic Entry with no feedback $35 Entry with Standard Feedback $55 Entry with Full Analysis $95 Click here to learn more about each.
Winners receive a FREE 6 Month Membership and Project Archival at ScreenWritersVault. ($199 value)
Winners receive a FREE listing on Inktip.com. An email sent to Inktip's list of industry professionals about your screenplay. Your logline included in a printed publication that goes out to 4500 executives.
One winner chosen for the year-end Grand Prize $1000. (Nov & Dec '07 winners will be considered for '08 grand prize)
How to enter:
1. Fill out the online application.
2. Go to the "Entry Fee" page and proceed through checkout.
3. Wait for your payment receipt email.
4. Send your script as an email attachment to your receipt to scriptsavvy2007@yahoo.com. We accept the following file formats: pdf, rtf, doc, fdr.
5. Check your bulk/junk folder if you do not receive a receipt.
6. Confirmations are sent via email.
If you would like to send a check or money order via postal mail, please email us for mailing instructions. We no longer accept scripts by mail.
Rules:
Unproduced, never optioned, original screenplays only.
Feature length scripts (80-140 pages) only.
English only. Standard industry format.
Multiple entries require a separate Online Application for each.
Judging is based on Writing Essentials, Dialogue, Characters, Plot, Originality, and Marketability
If you select entry with Feedback or Full Analysis, those will be returned to you via email within 30 days of entry.
Winners are announced by the end of the following month. Example: November's winners will be announced by December 31st.
Substitutions are not allowed.
Previous contestants can re-enter the same script into subsequence Script Savvy contests, but this does not guarantee better/different results. Winning scripts cannot be re-entered.
Release Agreement:
SCRIPT SAVVY COMPETITION STANDARD RELEASE FORM
The submitted screenplay is the sole property of the applicant(s).
You will hold Script Savvy harmless from and defend them against all claims, demands, losses, costs, damages, judgments, liabilities and expenses arising out of or in connection with any and all claims of third parties based on any stories submitted by you to the Script Savvy Screenplay Competition.
The burden of copywriting or registering your screenplay rests entirely with you.
Contest decisions are final, no guarantee of success has been made, and entry fees are nonrefundable.
Script Savvy is not responsible for the creative decisions or business practices of its sponsors.
Substitions will not be allowed after your screenplay has been submitted
**When filling out the Online Application, you will be required to check a box that indicates you have read, understood, and agree to the rules and release. Checking the box constitutes your signature in this agreement.
