Writer(s)

• This contest is void where prohibited.
• All writers must be at least 18 years old to be eligible.
• Writer(s) must wholly own the screenplay and intellectual property that they submit.
• Entrants may be required to submit further information to assist in verifying eligibility.
• All submissions must be made by the writer or co-writer of the screenplay being submitted.
• Submissions written by more than one person must be submitted with the consent of all other writers. And all writers should be credited on the title page.
• If a writing team’s screenplay is picked as a winner, prizes will be given to the one writer who made the submission. The submitting writer is responsible for dividing or sharing the prize money with his or her writing partners.

Material

• All material must be submitted in industry standard screenplay format.
• The title page should contain the title of the screenplay and names of all writers. It’s okay but not mandatory if it also contains the writer’s contact information.
• All screenplays must be written in English, however anyone from anywhere may enter the contest if they meet all the other eligibility requirements.
• Only screenplays that are 120 pages or less are eligible.
• All material must be submitted electronically as a PDF.
• Substitutions of either corrected pages or new drafts of the entered material will NOT be allowed. Please proofread your material and make sure you are submitting the correct draft at the time of submission.

Submitting

• The script assessments from the three professional first round readers may be purchased for a small additional fee, but it must be purchased at the time of entry. No other feedback will be provided.
• All submissions must be received on or before the deadline dates by Midnight PST.
• The submission fee payment must be made in full at the time of submission.
• Entry fees are NOT refundable for any reason.
• Any submission may be deemed ineligible for any reason at the sole discretion of SYS.
• Quarter-Finalists may be required to sign and return within ten (10) business days of receipt a notarized Affidavit of Eligibility and a Release and Indemnification and proof of valid passport and any other documents that SYS or any other partner may require before receiving prize payment. Failure to respond to the initial notification within fifteen (15) business days will result in disqualification.
• We reserve the right to amend any part of these rules at any time. So please check back often.

SUBMISSION RELEASE

ASM MEDIA, INC. 5737 Kanan Dr., Suite 485 Agoura Hills, CA 91301 Date: 2020-05-08

You have indicated your desire to submit to Production Company ("ASM Media") certain ideas, proposals, stories, summaries, screenplays, scripts, teleplays, treatments, bibles, program formats, marketing or promotional plans, or other similar material (the "Material"), which is summarized on the attached Schedule "A", hereby submitted with this letter. By submitting your Material, you acknowledge and agree to the following terms, conditions, covenants, representations and warranties (the "Release").

The following shall constitute your agreement with respect to the Material and the Release:

1. ASM Media shall have the right, but not the obligation, to (a) to post the Material online via SellingYourScreenplay.com, SYSSelect.com, and their affiliated, related, and/or derivative websites, domain names, and IP addresses (the "Sites") for review and evaluation by independent third-party film and television producers, directors, writers, actors, agents, managers, and the like, who are registered members of the Sites (individually and collectively "Community Member(s)").

2. You acknowledge that there does not now exist, nor at any time has or will exist, a fiduciary relationship between you and ASM Media or any Community Member. You requested this opportunity to submit your Material to ASM Media and the Community Members, and you make this submission voluntarily and on an unsolicited basis. Neither you and ASM Media or any Community Member has yet reached an agreement concerning the use of the Material and you realize that no obligation of any kind is assumed by, or may be implied against, ASM Media or a Community Member unless and until a formal written contract has been entered into between you and ASM Media or a Community Member, and then the obligation shall be only as is expressed in the formal written contract.

3. You declare that all of the important features of your Material, and the particular items being submitted by you (e.g., script, outline, drawings, photographs, recorded materials, etc.) are identified and summarized on Schedule "A" annexed to this letter, and you have disclosed no other features to ASM Media or the Community Members.

4. You acknowledge that this Release covers and governs any and all of the Material, whether first submitted to ASM Media contemporaneously with, prior to or following the execution of this Release, and applies also to any submission of the Material made to ASM Media or its Community Members by another source, directly or indirectly, by or through you.

5. You warrant that you are the sole and exclusive creator, author, owner of the Material, and that to your knowledge no one else has any right to the Material, or that you a joint Author of the Material with the right, power and authority to agree to the terms of this Release with respect to the Material. You further warrant that no rights in the Materials have previously been granted to anyone nor has the Material otherwise been exploited in any way. You believe your Material and its features to be unique and novel.

6. The fact that ASM Media may accept your Material for review shall not imply or establish that ASM Media or any Community Member regards your Material, or any part thereof, as novel, valuable or usable. You recognize that other persons including ASM Media employees may have submitted to ASM Media or to others or made public, or may hereafter originate and submit or make public, similar or identical material which ASM Media and its Community Members shall have the right to use, and you understand that you will not be entitled to any compensation because of ASM Media's, or any Community Member’s, use of such other similar or identical material. Subject to the foregoing provisions, neither ASM Media not its Community Members will make any use of any legally protectable portion of your Material unless you and ASM Media or the Community Member, as the case may be, have agreed in a writing signed by both parties concerning your compensation for such use, which compensation shall in no event be greater than the compensation normally paid by ASM Media, or the Community Member, as the case may be, for similar Material from comparable sources.

7. Any controversy, claims, disputes or the like arising out of or in connection with this Release, including without limitation any claim that ASM Media or a Community Member has used any legally protectable portion of your Material in violation of the terms hereof, shall be governed by the laws of the State of California; provided, however, that and you further agree to waive your right to a trial by jury in favor of arbitration according to the terms and conditions of such dispute resolution as set forth in the Sites’ Terms of Service, which can be found here: https://www.sysselect.com/sys-select-tos.php, and which are incorporated into this Release by reference. You further agree that your rights and remedies, if any, shall be limited to an action at law to recover money damages, and without limiting the foregoing, you expressly agree that you shall not seek to enjoin or restrain the production, copying, reproduction, exhibition, distribution, display, licensing, advertising, and/or promotion of any of ASM Media's or any Community Member’s productions, programming, promotional or marketing plans, and/or any of the subsidiary rights in connection therewith.

8. You have retained a copy of this Release and of your Material, and you release ASM Media and its Community Members from any and all liability for loss or damage to the Material and from any obligation to return your Material to you. The review of your Material by ASM Media or a Community Member constitutes those parties’ acceptance of the terms and conditions set forth herein, and those parties shall have relied upon your agreement herein in considering your Material for review. ASM Media and the Community Members agree to use reasonable efforts to keep all the Material confidential to the same extent ASM Media maintains confidentiality for its own similar materials. Notwithstanding the foregoing, you acknowledge and agree that the Material may be made available to all Community Members of the Sites.

9. This Release constitutes our entire understanding and agreement with respect to its subject matter, and supersedes all prior understandings, whether written or oral relating thereto. Any subsequent modification or waiver of this Release must be in writing, signed or otherwise acknowledged by the parties; provided, however, that any parties’ continued use of the Sites after a published change to this Release, shall be deemed to constitute that party’s acceptance of the revisions to this Release and/or the Sites Terms of Service, as the case may be. The invalidity of any provision hereof is not to affect the remaining provisions, which shall continue in full force and effect.

10. You are executing this Release voluntarily, without coercion or undue influence from any source, and do so with complete understanding of all of its terms and effects, and every portion thereof.

11. As used in this Release, the terms "you" and "your" includes and binds the undersigned and any and all legal representatives of the undersigned. As used in this Release, the terms "ASM Media" and "we" includes and inures to the benefit of both ASM Media and the Community Members, and both parties’ respective successors, assigns, employees, officers, directors, licensees, and associated companies and individuals.