2009 Rules and Regulations:

• Early Deadline: Entries must be postmarked or received electronically on or before March 2nd, 2009.
• Regular Deadline: Entries must be postmarked or received electronically on or before April 1st.
• Final Deadline: Entries must be postmarked or received electronically on or before May1st.
• Top 3 winners will be announced on approximately June 1 via e-mail
• All scripts must be submitted electronically either through Withoutabox.com or e-mailing script to info@bigapplefilmfestival.com.
• Scripts must be submitted in either MS Word or PDF format.
• Any individual submitting a screenplay must be over the age of 18.
• Entering the competition constitutes permission to use the winner’s name and likenesses for publicity and promotions with no additional compensation. We reserve the right to publicize and promote all progress, development and success of any entered script.
• All entries must include the following: Completed official entry form(either hard copy or via withoutabox.com), appropriate entry fee, completed original feature screenplay
• Body pages must be numbered
• All entries must be in English and between 80 and 140 pages in length.
• The entry fee for early deadline is $45 per screenplay, regular deadline is $55 per screenplay and late deadline is $65 per screenplay. Submissions are accepted via electronic submission.  ($5 discounts on all submission fees if submitting through Withoutabox.com)
• Submitted scripts must be original screenplays, and the sole property of the applicant(s).
• Under no circumstances will substitutions of either corrected pages or new drafts of the entry screenplay(s) be made. Screenplays will not be returned.
• If a submitted screenplay becomes optioned or purchased between the time of submission and the end of the judging period, that screenplay will no longer be eligible.
• Multiple scripts may be submitted as long there is an individual entry form and appropriate funds for each script

Screenplay Submission Forms

> Online Withoutabox.com submission form
> Download submission form

Screenplay Competition Awards

1st Place
$1,000 Cash Award, an interactive consultation with a professional Hollywood producer and Professional Screenplay Coverage from Scriptshark.com (based on analysis script may be considered for presentation to agencies, producers and/or managers seeking new talent).

2nd place
$500 Cash Award, Professional Screenplay Coverage from Scriptshark.com (based on analysis script may be considered for presentation to agencies, producers and/or managers seeking new talent)

3rd place
Professional Screenplay Coverage from Scriptshark.com (based on analysis script may be considered for presentation to agencies, producers and/or managers seeking new talent)

Judging and Additional Screenplay Competition Information:

The staff of ScreenplayCoverage.com is reviewing all contest entries for our screenplay competition.

As an option, if you're interested in submitting the best possible screenplay by getting a detailed coverage report done before you submit it to this contest, you can get a 15% discount through ScreenplayCoverage.com if you use the coupon code BAFF when checking out (or just do it manually when paying through Paypal).

A different reader would be assigned to your screenplay when you submit an improved draft for the competition than the one who did a coverage report on yours originally, and no special treatment is given when judging screenplays that have had coverage done on earlier drafts. Judges will have no way of knowing if the screenplay was originally submitted for a coverage report when scoring.

This discounted coverage is purely optional and designed to help us get the best possible screenplays for this competition.

Everyone on the ScreenplayCoverage.com staff has between 5-10 years of experience reading scripts for studios, agencies, or freelance. They have read for Showtime, Spike TV, Fox Studios, Section 8, P.E.A. Films, Rysher Entertainment, Alliance/Atlantis, Hollywood Films (a division of Disney), Crossroad Films, and Out Of The Blue Entertainment