IFSSCREENPLAYCONTEST
RULESANDREGULATIONS
To enter competition you agree to any Guidelines, and Rules associated with the contest, as well as the Independent Filmmakers Showcase Terms & Conditions.
Submissions that do not follow the Screenplay Contest Submission Guidelines will be ruled ineligible.
Rules & Regulations
- Entry in the competition is void where prohibited by law.
- All writers' names should be listed on the online entry.
- By submitting online to the IFS Screenplay Contest, all listed writers authorize the submission.
- By entering the IFS Screenplay Contest you are admitting that your entry is your original work, and does not infringe on the copyright or other rights of other people.
- In the event of multiple writers, award and prizes are divided equally among co-writers.
- Submissions must be the original work of the applicant. Entries may be adapted from the applicant’s own work.
- Independent Filmmakers Showcase will not share your screenplay with anyone except the official judges of the competition.
- Entries will not be returned.
- Entrants retain all rights to their screenplays.
- Judges and employees, who work for, are members of or in any way connected to the Hollywood Screenplay Contest are not eligible to enter the competition.
- You may submit your entry and payment by mail or online. No preference given to method of submission.
- Once a script has been entered into competition, we will not accept substitutions or revised drafts. If you wish to submit a revised draft of your script, you must enter it as a new submission.
- Entry fees are non-refundable.
- All Screenplay Competition judges/readers decisions are final.
