Rules & Eligibility

• Screenplays should be submitted with a title page. Name and other personal information are optional.
• The title of the PDF document must be saved in the format (Screenplay Title by Author First and Last Name) For Example - A Beautiful Mind by Akiva Goldsman).
• Entries must be received on or before the deadline and payment made in full at time of the submission.
• All submitted material must be original, and all rights must be owned by the entrant at the time of submitting.
• Adaptations are only eligible if the underlying rights are owned by the entrant, or the work is in the public domain.
• Submissions are accepted via electronic submission only.

• Scripts must be  submitted as a PDF document.
• All unproduced screenplays written in English are eligible.
• Each applicant will receive an e-mail notifying them of the competition results.
• Substitutions of corrected pages or new drafts of the entered material are not allowed unless formally resubmitted.
• Material written by a writing team must be submitted by one writer with consent of the others.
• If a writing team is chosen as a winner, prizes will be distributed to the person who entered the project. Each team is responsible for dividing or sharing the prize package.

• All ages from anywhere in the world are eligible.
• All material submitted to other competitions or contests are eligible.
• There are no requirements as to when the material was written.
• The material submitted must not be professionally published or produced prior to entering the competition.
• Any submitted work that is published or produced between the time of submission and the end of the judging period will no longer be eligible.
• Previous Grand Prize Winners and employees of Fresh Voices, past or present, are not eligible. 

•  Entrants may resubmit a new draft of their script to the competition at any time prior to the final deadline for a flat resubmission fee of $50.
• Resubmissions do not replace the original submission. All scores remain until the end of the first round of scoring. At the conclusion of the first round, it is possible that neither score will advance, one score will advance, or both scores can advance, in which case the higher of the two scores will advance.
• At the conclusion of the first round of judging, all Quarter-Finalists will have the option to resubmit a new draft of their screenplay.