Award:
Two $2500 cash prizes
awarded: to the best script with a female and minority
protagonist.
Other Awards/Prizes:
The Cynosure Screenwriting Awards seeks to expand the scope of
mainstream cinema by recognizing quality character and concept
driven screenplays showcasing female and minority protagonists.
Notification
Date: September 12,
2007.
Eligibility:
Open to all writers in any country.
Rules:
Screenplays must be in English
only, and may be of any genre.
Screenplays must not have been
previously optioned, purchased or produced.
Scripts must be registered with
the WGA or with the US Copyright Office. Scripts must be the
original work of the applicant(s). If based u pon adapted material
not in the public domain, applicant(s) must attach a statement
attesting to their rights to make the adaptation.
Entries must be accompanied by a
signed entry/release form, application fee and two title pages.
The first title page with the title only must be attached to the
script. The second title page with the title, author's name and
contact information should be unattached to the script.
The author's name must not appear
anywhere inside the script itself.
