ScreenCraft Podcast Competition
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Benefits
Grand Prize Winner
The overall Grand Prize winner from either category (Fiction or Nonfiction) will be welcomed to the ScreenCraft Writer Development Program and receive personal introductions and phone calls with one or more top Hollywood literary managers who are looking for emerging writers for podcasts.
The Grand Prize Winner will receive a guaranteed offer of an option and development deal with an established podcast and film/television production company.
ScreenCraft has a proven track record for getting writers signed with managers, agents, and staffed in writing rooms.
Personal Introduction to top literary managers
Accepted into the ScreenCraft Development Program
$1,000 Cash
Complimentary Badge for the 2022 ScreenCraft Virtual Summit
License to either of your choice: Final Draft or Arc Studio screenwriting software
Fiction Winner
$500 cash award
Accepted into ScreenCraft Development Program
50% off 2022 ScreenCraft Virtual Summit
Non-Fiction Winner
$500 cash award
Accepted into ScreenCraft Development Program
50% off 2022 ScreenCraft Virtual Summit
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Rules
At the program's request, Coverfly will automatically remove your title page for you if you include one when submitting to this program.
Submissions are accepted via electronic submission only, between September 1, 2021 and November 30, 2021.
Entry fee for each submission is $49.50 until the early deadline on September 30, 2021, then $69.50 until the regular deadline on October 31, 2021, then $79.50 until the final deadline on November 30, 2021.
Pilot scripts for Fiction podcasts must be no longer than 45 pages. Any submission longer than 45 pages will incur a $1 per page overage fee for each page over 45.
There is no limit to the number of projects you may submit.
For Nonfiction podcasts: If the host(s) is separate from the writer(s) or person(s) submitting, the host(s) participation in the podcast must be confirmed. Speculative podcast concepts for unconfirmed hosts or online talent will not be accepted.
All files should be in PDF format.
Entries must be received on or before the deadline dates by 11:59PM Pacific Time, and submission fee payment must be made in full at time of the submission. All entry 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 writer. 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.
If a writing team is chosen as a winner, prizes will be given to the person who submits the project. Each team is responsible for dividing or sharing the prize money.
Substitutions of either corrected pages or new drafts of the entered material will be allowed for a limited time with a $5 reentry fee through Coverfly. Please proofread your script carefully before submitting.
It is recommended that original material be registered with the WGA or The Library of Congress before submitting to any competition, however we do not require registration.
Contact info may be included on the cover page of the screenplay, however it is not required.
ScreenCraft claims no ownership nor option on your work. All ownership and rights to the scripts submitted to this contest remains with the original rights holders.
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