HOW IT WORKS:
There are 5 CATEGORIES, we accept ANY genre.
ONE WINNER WILL BE CHOSEN IN EACH CATEGORY for a TOTAL OF 5 WINNERS PER CONTEST:
- Short Film 8-40 PAGES Winner receives 2 readings after the first reading the writer will discuss notes with the director, the second reading will address those adjustments.
- Television Series Pilot 60 PAGES (MAX)
- Feature Film 41-120 PAGES
- One-Act Play 8-20 PAGES Winner receives 2 readings after the first reading the writer will discuss notes with the director, the second reading will address those adjustments.
- Full-Length Play 21-100 PAGES
- One winner will be chosen in each CATEGORY. (For a TOTAL OF 5 WINNERS)
- Winners receive a table reading of the winning entries, by professional actors.
- The table readings will be recorded, the writer will receive this PRODUCED recording to be used to promote their work to agents, producers, managers, etc.
1. All writers of submitted material must be 18 years or older, including co-authored material.
2. All materials submitted, must be WATERMARKED with WRITER'S name. Information on watermarking and registering your work, is listed on all entry pages.
3. Screenplays and any source material must be the original work of the author, unless such source material is in the public domain.
4. Submissions of new drafts or corrected pages will not be accepted.
5. A writer may enter more than one screenplay; however, a separate entry form and fee are required for each script submitted.
6. Contestants retain full ownership of their material.
7. Radio Flyerz shall not provide any feedback or coverage of submitted scripts.
- This contest is open to anyone except all employees, judges, directors, associates, and immediate families of THE WRITER SPEAKS Contest.
- We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, veteran status, or disability. It is our intention that all qualified submissions be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions are based on script-related factors alone.
- Grand Prize Winners from previous must submit a new screenplay to be eligible.
- The script and any related materials must not be in a current option agreement, and/or may not have been previously sold or produced for profit.
- The writer understands that it is their sole responsibility to register material with the U.S. Copyright Office and/or with the Writers Guild of America West or the appropriate agency in his/her country.
- The writer must retain at least one copy of the submitted material and understands that any material we receive cannot and will not be returned under any circumstances.
- All entries must be received by Final Deadline.
- The writer may submit their screenplay to any other person, contest, producer, agent, publisher, and/or organization.
- The writer retains all rights to their screenplay, subject to the terms and agreements contained herein.
- The writer understands that their logline and/or screenplay will be reviewed by THE WRITER SPEAKS, employees and/or our panel of Industry Judges for evaluation. The writer also understands that any one of these employees or judges may have been or may be exploring ideas similar to those contained in scripts they read, and hereby waives any claim that THE WRITER SPEAKS, its employees or judges may have misappropriated any ideas or portions of their submission logline or script.
- Confirmation of entry will be received once a script is submitted with an entry form and completed with an entry fee through our payment vendor. The writer must provide a valid e-mail address with entry; if an email address should change after submission, it is the writer’s responsibility to let us know.
- The writer understands that THE WRITER SPEAKS will be free to use their name and likeness for advertising or promotional purposes without additional consideration, should the writer make it past the first round.
- All winners agree to give permission to THE WRITER SPEAKS for audio and video recordings of the Table Read and other events to be used on websites and social media platforms.
- There are no refunds for submissions at any time for any reason.
- Additional rules may be amended at the sole discretion of THE WRITER SPEAKS
- By submitting to this contest, your email address will be added to the THE WRITER SPEAKS contest database. You may unsubscribe at any time.
- By selecting ‘I have Read and Understand the Contest Rules’ on the entry page and submitting, the writer agrees to all of these rules