JUDGING PROCESS

• All material is read by our small group of in-house readers and development experts to ensure transparency and a consistent judging process.
• All submissions are grouped by genre and judged according to the specific merits of the genre.
• All material is judged using our 16 Point Evaluation system, scoring each element on a scale of 1-10.
• There are three phases to the judging process and one judge never reads the same material twice.
• The first phase selects quarter-finalists from the highest scoring screenplays in each category.
• After Quarter Finalists are announced, advancing contestants will have an opportunity to submit a more recent draft of their screenplay for consideration in the next round of the competition for an additional charge.
• The second phase adds the scores with the previous round and selects the semi-finalists from the highest scoring submissions in each category.
• After Semi Finalists are announced, advancing contestants will have an opportuntiy to submit a more recent draft of their screenplay for consideration in the final round of the competition for an additional surcharge.
• The third stage will again judge each finalist according to the same scoring process, add the scores of the previous two rounds and the highest scores of each category will be named the winners.
• The Grand Prize Winner will be chosen from the 1st place Winners in each category by a panel of industry judges.