Award:
WGA Signatory Agent Representation for
all winning scripts.
Other
Awards/Prizes: All writers receive feedback in the form of a 20-point marketability checklist and, in some cases, margin notes.
To discover great screenplays in order to get them placed with WGA
Signatory agents and into the hands of producers. If a screenplay
hasn't established itself by page 20, it is unlikely that it will
ever. Script Surgeon and Let's Do Lunch/Screenbrokers' screenplay
analysts, all rated highly by Creative Screenwriting Magazine,
will read the first 20 pages of each entry. A 20-point criteria
checklist of "musts" for a production-ready script will determine
who will be entered in Round Two for reading of the entire script.
All 20 criteria must be met in both rounds.
Notification
Date: August
Eligibility:
Open to anyone
Rules:
Round 1
We read the first 20 pages of your
script(s)
Your pages are not returned, but
you do receive a 20-checkpoint evaluation based on 20 screenplay
imperatives for a production-ready script.
All screenplays that meet all 20
criteria will be automatically entered into the second round in
the running to obtain WGA agency representation.
Round 2
Send no money, just your completed
screenplay.
Every complete screenplay will be
read in its entirety by the judge who read the original 20 pages.
All complete screenplays that
continue to make the 20 criteria requirement will go into the
final round.
Final Round
Two additional judges will read
these screenplays.
All screenplays that meet the 20
question criteria by all judges are winners.
