At the program's request, Coverfly will automatically remove your title page for you if you include one when submitting to this program.

• Updated: the two annual application periods are as follows —
• Fall 2020 Funding Cycle opening September 1, with a Fall Early Deadline of September 30, and a final deadline of November 30.
• Grants will range in size from $5,000 to $30,000 per project. Grant amount will be determined by the jury consisting of executives from ScreenCraft and BondIt, as well as Sola Fasehun from the Buchwald Agency.
• Recipients will be announced within 12 weeks of the final deadline of each cycle.
• Applications are accepted via electronic submission only.
• Application fee for each project is $49 before the early deadline of each cycle, and then $59 until the regular deadline of each cycle. Student price (with an active high school or university email address) is $39 before the early deadlines, then $49 until the regular deadlines of each cycle.
• Application must include a screenplay and a project vision statement from the writer or director. You are welcome to include any and all relevant links to prior work in the cover letter.
• There is no limit to the number of projects you may submit.
• Applications must be received on or before the deadlines and application fee payment must be made in full at time of the submission.
• All application fees are non-refundable
• All submitted material must be original, and all rights must be wholly owned by the writer(s).
• Material must be submitted by the author or owner of the material. Material written by writing teams must be submitted by one of the writers, with consent of the other(s). All writers must be credited on the title page.
• Substitutions of either corrected pages or new drafts of the entered material are not allowed. Please proofread your script very carefully before submitting.
• Contact info may be included on the cover page of the screenplay, however it is not required.
• Recipient(s) of each funding cycle will be announced and notified approximately 6 weeks after the application deadline.
• Grant funding is conditional upon selected recipient going into production on selected project within twelve (12) months of when the grant was awarded.

• We welcome international applicants. All persons from anywhere in the world are eligible; however the material submitted must be in English.
• If an applicant is younger than 18 years old, a verifiable parental consent form must also be submitted with application.
• All material submitted to other competitions or contests are eligible for this production grant program.
• There are no requirements as to when the material was written.
• Screenplay must be owned and submitted by the writer or owner.
• Material should be submitted in standard screenplay format, font, spacing and margin.
• We have no preferences regarding title page content. Title and name of writer would suffice.
• Adaptations are ineligible unless the underlying rights are owned by the writer or director or the work is in the public domain.
• Screenplays must be in generally accepted industry-standard formatting as a PDF file. Any popular software may be used for formatting, such as Final Draft, WriterDuet, Celtx or Fade In.
• Documentaries (shorts, series and features) will be considered and instead of a screenplay, a PDF letter or presentation about the project will be accepted, which may also include hyperlinks to video footage (YouTube, Vimeo, etc).
• All material must be submitted electronically as a PDF or it will not be eligible.