Rules & Eligibility

• Screenplays should be submitted with a title page. Name and other personal information are optional.
• The title of the PDF document must be saved in the format (Screenplay Title by Author First and Last Name) For Example - A Beautiful Mind by Akiva Goldsman).
• Entries must be received on or before the deadline and payment made in full at time of the submission.
• All submitted material must be original, and all rights must be owned by the entrant at the time of submitting.
• Adaptations are only eligible if the underlying rights are owned by the entrant, or the work is in the public domain.
• Submissions are accepted via electronic submission only.

• Scripts must be  submitted as a PDF document.
• All unproduced screenplays written in English are eligible.
• Each applicant will receive an e-mail notifying them of the competition results.
• Substitutions of corrected pages or new drafts of the entered material are not allowed unless formally resubmitted.
• Material written by a writing team must be submitted by one writer with consent of the others.
• If a writing team is chosen as a winner, prizes will be distributed to the person who entered the project. Each team is responsible for dividing or sharing the prize package.

• All ages from anywhere in the world are eligible.
• All material submitted to other competitions or contests are eligible.
• There are no requirements as to when the material was written.
• The material submitted must not be professionally published or produced prior to entering the competition.
• Any submitted work that is published or produced between the time of submission and the end of the judging period will no longer be eligible.
• Previous Grand Prize Winners and employees of Fresh Voices, past or present, are not eligible.