ScreenCraft True Story & Public Domain Competition
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Benefits
THE JUDGES
Get in front of Hollywood judges who love true stories and public domain properties.
BLYE FAUST
Oscar-Winning Producer
Blye Faust is the Academy Award-winning producer of SPOTLIGHT, and partner in film and television production company, Based On Media, which focuses on authentic, inclusive portrayals of the human experience to reframe and widen our collective perspective.
ROBIN SWICORD
Oscar-nominated Screenwriter and TV Writer
Robin Swicord is a screenwriter and television creator, of MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA, LITTLE WOMEN, (WGA-nomination), MATILDA and PRACTICAL MAGIC as well as THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON for which she was nominated for an Oscar. Recently she co-Executive Produced and wrote episodes of Ava DuVernay’s Netflix Emmy Award-nominated mini-series WHEN THEY SEE US.
JUSTIN WOLF
Manager, Lighthouse Management + Media
Lighthouse Management is a full-service talent management, production & media company. The production company behind BOMBSHELL and the TV show RATCHED, clients include Jason Bateman, Mark Ruffalo and the writers and filmmakers behind BOOKSMART, PRETTY LITTLE LIARS and THE BIG SHORT.
KAYLON HUNT
VP, Development and Production, JuVee Productions
Kaylon Hunt is Vice President of Development and Production at Viola Davis’s JuVee Productions. A film, television, documentary and VR production company with an overall deal at Amazon Studios, JuVee is behind EMANUEL, on the 2015 shooting at Emanuel AME Church, co-produced by Stephen Curry, LILA & EVE, TROOP ZERO, and HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER, among many more.
Prizes
On top of all top scripts being read by this incredible jury, the winners will receive prizes and industry outreach. Dozens of ScreenCraft winners have signed with managers, sold their scripts, option projects, been staffed, or been hired for open writing assignments. Check out some of the success stories here.
- 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 WriterDuet Pro screenwriting software
- $500 cash award
- Accepted into ScreenCraft Development Program
- 50% off 2022 ScreenCraft Virtual Summit
- $500 cash award
- Accepted into ScreenCraft Development Program
- 50% off 2022 ScreenCraft Virtual Summit
- $500 cash award
- 50% off 2022 ScreenCraft Virtual Summit
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, between January 1, 2021 and March 31, 2020.
Entry fee for each screenplay is $49.50 until the early deadline on January 31, 2021, then $69.50 until the regular deadline on February 28, 2021, and then $79.50 until the final deadline on March 31, 2021.
Optional feedback from a professional reader may be requested at the time of entry. Requests for feedback after an entry is submitted will not be accepted.
Feature screenplays must be a minimum of 75 pages and a maximum of 150 pages. TV pilots must be between 25 and 75 pages. Any screenplay submission longer than 120 pages will incur a $1 per page overage fee for each page over 120.
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 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 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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