Submission Guidelines

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:

Contestants must submit the following materials:

A non-refundable entry fee of $35 must accompany the application. Checks are to be made out to the Columbia College Department of Film & Video; please note in the memo line of the check that this is for the Screenwriting Competition.

Completed Application Form. You must submit a hardcopy

Three (3) Copies of an original feature film screenplay (approximately 90-130 pages in length) or three (3) Copies of an original short film script (approximately 10 to 45 pages):

• for feature scripts, no submissions under 75 pages or over 130 pages will be accepted.
• for short scripts, no submissions under 10 pages or over 60 pages will be accepted.
• submission must be on plain white paper, bound with two or three brass fasteners and have a white cover (65 to 110lb paper stock).
• the author's name or any identifying marks must not appear on the cover or on any page of the script; any script which can be identified as the work of the applicant will be immediately disqualified.
• submissions must be in acceptable professional format.
• submissions must be written in English. Translations will not be accepted.

1. One loose "cover sheet" on which is printed the name of the screenplay, the author's name, address, phone number, e-mail address and the WGA registration number and/or copyright mark/date. This sheet should be on three-hole punched paper and paper-clipped to the application form.
   
   
2. One loose page that includes a brief synopsis of the script story and a brief writer's statement:

• synopsis should be no more than one paragraph and be simply a concise overview of the basic story;
• writer's statement should be no more than one paragraph and summarize the writer's professional and personal goals as they pertain to screenwriting.

3. A self-addressed and stamped postcard which will be returned as proof of receipt.

Scripts must be postmarked no later than December 15.

Submissions must be mailed. Drop-off submissions will not be accepted.

Submissions will not be returned.

Judges' comments will not be made available to contestants.

Completed applications should be returned to:

The Written Image Screenwriting Competition
Film & Video Department
600 S. Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60605

Download the Application.