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Conditions on Participation

Entrants must be 18 or older at the time of entry.

Collaborative work by two writers who share equally in its creation is eligible. The collaborators’ names must be added to the application. Trip prize package provided for one writer only. (But, second writer may attend at their own cost.)

Screenplays/TV pilot scripts must be the original work of the applicants and be written in proper script format. If based upon another’s life story, applicant(s) must attach a statement attesting to their rights to make such adaptations. Neither the Fellowship nor its jurists investigate or attest to the authenticity of an applicant’s statement of authorship or rights.

You can submit scripts based on prior work (novels, short stories), as long as you have secured the underlying rights to the material.

Screenplays/TV pilot scripts must not be currently under option or sold.

Officers and employees of the Missouri Film Commission, Missouri Division of Tourism and Film In MO; competition judges or mentors; and the immediate families of these individuals are not eligible.

Submission Requirements

An entrant may submit a maximum of two screenplays in the current competition.  Each submission is a separate application and requires a separate application fee.

Entry fees will not be waived, returned or adjusted. Once an entry payment has been processed we cannot provide a refund. If a payment is disputed, the account holder may be subject to any fees.

No revisions or missing pages will be accepted once entry has been received.

No drafts or treatments will be accepted.  Only completed scripts will be considered.

**The entrant’s name, address, phone number and any other identifying information should not appear on the title page or any other page of the script. Placing a Library of Congress or WGA registration number on the title page is acceptable, but not required.

There is no page minimum or maximum, but the feature screenplay should be approximately 90 - 120 pages in length. Pilot scripts between 30 – 65 pages. Submissions must have been written originally in English; translations will not be accepted.

Acknowledgment of Terms and Conditions:

By entering, I (we) attest:

A.      To the accuracy of the information supplied in this application.

B.      That the material submitted is my (our) sole and original work.

C.    To my (our) agreement to hold the Missouri Film Commission, Missouri Division of Tourism and Film In MO harmless from, and defend them against, all claims, demands, losses, costs, damages, judgments, liabilities and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) arising out of or in connection with any stories submitted to the Missouri Stories Scriptwriting Fellowship competition or any screenplay developed out of such stories.

D.     That the Missouri Film Commission may retain the material submitted for use in connection with its Missouri Stories Scriptwriting Fellowship deliberations, and thereafter for its archival collection of materials, to which use I (we) expressly waive compensation.

E.      That the burden of obtaining copyright or otherwise protecting any proprietary interests in the material, if I (we) wish to do so, rests entirely with me (us).

F.       To my (our) understanding of the purposes and conditions of the Missouri Stories Scriptwriting Fellowship and to my (our) acceptance of them should I (we) be selected as a fellow.

G.     That I am (we are) eligible for the competition, and that I (we) will notify The Missouri Stories Scriptwriting Fellowship if I (we) become ineligible prior to the conclusion of the competition.

H.     That providing false or misleading information on this application, and failing in any other way to comply with the rules of the competition, will subject me (us) to disqualification, forfeiture of prize and/or other penalties.