CYCLE X 2011 RULES

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

The Gimme Credit International Screenplay Competition is open to all people 18 years of age and older. Individuals who have earned the sum of $15,000 or more writing screenplays or teleplays are not eligible to enter.

For your protection and ours, all scripts must be registered with the Writers Guild (www.wga.org) the U.S. Copyright Office (www.copyright.gov) or a similar entity. Entrants from foreign countries may have registered their scripts with their respective copyright office.

Screenplay submissions must be the original work of the entrant(s). Adaptations and material based in any way on other media for which the author does not have the rights will be disqualified. Adaptations of works in the public domain are accepted.

Screenplays must not have been previously sold or produced in any form and must not be currently under an option contract. In the event the script is produced, optioned or sold after being entered, the author(s) must notify us IMMEDIATELY.

FORMAT

All scripts must be written in standard 12 point font. Scripts with smaller fonts which go over their respective category's page limit may be disqualified. This is particularly true for Super Shorts which are strictly limited to five pages, not including the title page.

Scripts based on a true story, historical or contemporary, should be annotated on the title page.

For ease of anonymous judging, you may omit the title page. See our FAQ page for details.

All scripts must be in English.

Pages must be numbered.

GENERAL

Script length must adhere to the following guidelines:

Super Shorts 1-5 pages
Shorts 6-30 pages
Features 80-145 pages

All feature winners will receive a detailed coverage report with suggested revisions. Such revisions must be reviewed by each winner before The Gimme Credit International Screenplay Competition can effectively promote their scripts. The revisions which must be completed may include correction of typos, grammar and formatting. Failure to perform such revisions may result in disqualification or non-promotion of a winning script. There may also be suggestions on improving marketability and/or story, which the writer can choose whether to employ.

Screenplays will not be returned. Please ensure you keep a copy. The Gimme Credit International Screenplay Competition is not responsible for late or lost submissions.

All submissions receive complimentary feedback. To receive feedback, it must be requested at the end of the competition.

Multiple scripts may be entered but each script must have its own entry form and entry fee.

Substitutions of new drafts or corrected pages will not be accepted.

Prizes are subject to change without notice.

JUDGING

Screenplays are evaluated based on criteria including, but not limited to: story, structure, opening, dialogue, character, ending, concept and marketability. All shorts are read in their entirety. During the first round of judging, feature scripts are only judged on the first twenty pages. Should a feature progress to the final round of judging, the entire feature script is read and evaluated.

Each script is read by a minumum of two judges.

Feature finalists from each genre will be in consideration for the top four placements (1st Place, 2nd Place, 3rd Place and Artistic Vision). Super Short and Short entries are not categorized or judged by genre.

The decisions of the judges are final.

Entry fees are non-refundable.