ScreenCraft Sci-Fi & Fantasy Screenwriting Competition
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About
Benefits
JURY
Get in front of Hollywood judges who love sci-fi & fantasy projects.
RYAN STAYTON
Director of Development, Hivemind
Ryan is the Director of Development for Hivemind, a production company with credits including The Expanse, The Witcher, and Scary Stories to Tell In the Dark with Guillermo Del Toro. The company has a first-look deal with Netflix for TV.
CASEY DURANT
Creative Executive, Automatik
Casey is the Creative Exec at Automatik Entertainment, film financing, production, sales and distribution company responsible for sci-fi features like Upgrade and Encounter.
EMILY FEHER
Creative Executive, 21 Laps Entertainment
Emily Feher is the creative executive for 21 Laps Entertainment film and TV production company, best known for Stranger Things, Shadow and Bone, and There's Somone Inside Your House.
NAREN SHANKAR
Showrunner & Screenwriter
Naren Shankar is an Indian American writer, producer and director of several television series like Writing Star Trek: The Next Generation and Showrunner of The Expanse.
THE PRIZES
Grand Prize Winner
The overall grand prize winner in either feature or TV category will be welcomed to the ScreenCraft Writer Development Program and receive personal introductions and phone calls with one or more top Hollywood literary manager(s) who are looking for talented emerging Film & TV screenwriters.
ScreenCraft's genre specific relationships include companies like Netflix, Amazon, Scott Free Productions, Chernin Entertainment, and over 150 other Hollywood managers, agents, producers, and development executives.
ScreenCraft has a proven track record for getting writers signed with managers, agents, and staffed in writing rooms.
They'll receive:
- Personal Introduction to top literary managers
- Accepted into the ScreenCraft Development Program
- $1,000 cash award
- An exclusive invitation to a Finalist only workshop to position yourself and your writing to the industry
Feature & TV Winners
- $500 cash award
- Accepted into the ScreenCraft Development Program
- An exclusive invitation to a Finalist only workshop to position yourself and your writing to the industry
Finalists
- An exclusive invitation to a Finalist only workshop to position yourself and your writing to the industry
ADD-ON PRIZE OPPORTUNITY
ScreenCraft First Look Bootcamp with Cameron Cubbison of Zero Gravity
The ScreenCraft First Look Bootcamp is a new optional add-on prize category that will grant one eligible writer the opportunity to learn, develop, and strengthen their project with guidance from an industry professional. This unique add-on benefit is separate from the ScreenCraft Sci-fi & Fantasy Competition prizes and placements.
We welcome manager Cameron Cubbison of Zero Gravity who will select one writer/writing team with an outstanding concept from the ScreenCraft Sci-fi & Fantasy Competition for intensive development to get the project ready for market over the course of 12 months, including personalized meetings, development notes, and a business strategy to sell the project.
Only projects submitted to the ScreenCraft Sci-fi & Fantasy Competition AND that select this add-on are eligible for consideration in this category. Additionally, all projects that place in the Top 10 of the competition will automatically be considered.
Writer Success
Announcements
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.
Entry fees are as listed on the site and checkout form. No coupon or discount is applicable on a previous entry.
Optional feedback from a professional reader may be requested at the time of entry. Requests for feedback can be done through Coverfly.
Entries may be any length -- the standard 1/2 hour is between 20 - 40 pages, and the standard hour long is between 40 - 70 pages, and the standard feature is between 85 - 120 pages. Any script submission longer than 120 pages will incur a $.50 per page overage fee for each page over 120 if it does not include feedback and $1 per page if the entry does include feedback.
There is no limit to the number of projects you may submit.
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 owned by the writer(s), however the material may be based on other works not owned by the writers.
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).
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 any prizes awarded as they deem fair (whether there is a cash value or not).
Substitutions of either corrected pages or new drafts of the entered material will be allowed for a limited time with a $6 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 uses Coverfly to manage submissions and automatically removes cover pages before scripts are read by the judges.
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.
The decision of the judges will be final and cannot be contested in any manner. There is no score on a scorecard that guarantees advancement to the next level as advancement will be based on all scores in the competition.
ScreenCraft reserves the right to change deadline and announcement dates at any time.
ScreenCraft reserves the right to amend these rules at any time.
For a full list of rules and eligibility please visit ScreenCraft.
