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Official Prize
List:
$12,200 $13,200+
In Cash Prizes
Plus
Access, Plus Acclaim
Just added: Creature Feature And Funniest Screenplay Prizes
Watch For Anouncements Of "First Look" And Guaranteed
Read/Feedback Deals With Production Execs
Both the AAA Screenplay
Contest and the Expo Screenplay Competition have invested in big
improvements in the ways we provide your high-placing and winning
scripts to production execs, agents, and managers:
Access: No Contest Offers More Access To Production Execs, Agents, And Managers
Improved Access: Winning and top-pacing scripts are placed in a password-protected online server accessible
24x7 to about 300 now more than 800 agents, managers, and development executives, along
with contact information on you and the judge's score. This is a big
improvement over our prior system of sending scripts out to executives.
Now, there is no chance that your winning script will be intercepted by
a gatekeeper.
In addition, watch for announcements of "first look" and "guaranteed read/feedback" deals with production executives.
Acclaim
The
winner of the AAA contest will be profiled in Creative Screenwriting
Magazine and the names of the top ten finalists will be published on our web site and in CS
Weekly. Finalists and their screenplays will also be publicized in
press releases and ads placed in industry publications, and in Facebook.
Achievement
You have put the work into crafting an extraordinary screenplay. Now it is time to reap the rewards of your effort.
It's still called the "AAA" contest but now there is a fourth valuable "A" ...
Analysis -- Feedback
Your screenplay, regardless of where you place, will be scored and
will receive brief "strengths" and "needs improvement" comments from
your contest judge. If (and only if) you provide a working email
address on the title page of the script, we will send this analytic
feeback to you so that you can see what judges saw as the strengths and
needs of your script. It's not full $150-$300 script
coverage, but it is a FREE additional service.
Optional: Buy Script Notes:
in addition to the free brief feedback, you will have the option
when you enter of buying 3-5 pages of in-ddepth script notes from
our professional script judges for an additional $59.95. (This is
$15 less than another major contest charges.)
Cash And Other Prizes
All entrants who provide email addresses on the title page of the
script receive free feedback from judges. Your email address must
be on the title page to receive feedback.
"Best Screenplay Opening" Prize For Early Entrants:
All early entrants (Dec.12, 2010 deadline) are eligible for the Best
Opening Prizes. One "best opening" prize will be awarded for
every 100+ early entries. "Best Openings" are judged
The Grand Prize: $7,500 in cash, additional prizes, plus Acclaim and Access:
- $7,500 cash
- Winning script
placed in a protected online server accessible 24x7 to 800+
agents, managers, and development executives, along with contact
information and the judge's score. (This is a big improvement over our
prior system of sending scripts out to executives. Now, there is no
chance that your winning script will be intercepted by a gatekeeper.)
- Free Gold Pass registration to the 2011 Screenwriting Expo ($300+ value -- no substitutions)
- Air fare up to $300 and lodging at the 2011 Screenwriting Expo headquarters hotel (no substitutions)
- Five free Golden Pitch Festival pitch tickets ($125 value, plus selection priority--no substitutions).
- Full set of Creative Screenwriting educational DVDs ($720 value--no substitutions)
- Free one-year subscription to Creative Screenwriting Magazine ($30 value--no substitutions)
- Hollywoodbyphone prize -- see below.
Second Prize: $2,000 cash plus other prizes:
- $2,000 cash
- Winning script placed in a protected online server accessible
24x7 to 800+ agents, managers, and development executives, along
with contact information and the judge's score. (This is a big
improvement over our prior system of sending scripts out to executives.
Now, there is no chance that your winning script will be intercepted by
a gatekeeper.)
- Free regular admission to 2011 Screenwriting Expo ($149 value--no substitutions)
- One free ticket to Golden Pitch at 2011 Expo ($25 value, plus selection priority--no substitutions)
- Subscription to Creative Screenwriting magazine ($30 value--no substitutions)
Third Prize: $1,000 cash plus other prizes:
- $1,000 cash
- Winning script placed in a protected online server accessible
24x7 to 800+ agents, managers, and development executives, along
with contact information and the judge's score. (This is a big
improvement over our prior system of sending scripts out to executives.
Now, there is no chance that your winning script will be intercepted by
a gatekeeper.)
- Free regular admission to 2010 Screenwriting Expo ($149 value--no substitutions)
- One free ticket to Golden Pitch at 2011 Expo ($25 value, plus selection priority--no substitutions)
- Subscription to Creative Screenwriting magazine ($30 value--no substitutions)
- Hollywoodbyphone prize -- see below
Two New Genre Prizes Just Added:
NEW: Comedy Prize:
Funniest Movie Script, $500 plus Access. The winner will be
advertised to 800+ producers, agents, and managers and posted for
them to read online.
NEW: Creature Feature:
Best
zombie, vampire, werewolf, other bloodthirsty creature or horror story
with a gore-drenched villain, $500 plus Access. The winner will be advertised to 800+ producers, agents, and managers and posted for them to read online.
Top 10: The Rest Of The Top 10 Feature Screenplay Finalists Receive:
- $100 in cash each, total $700
- Top 10 scripts placed in a protected online server accessible
24x7 to 800+ agents, managers, and development executives, along
with contact information and the judge's score. (This is a big
improvement over our prior system of sending only the top 10 loglines and synopses out to executives.
Now, they receive access to your script as well, and there is no chance that your Top 10 script will be intercepted by
a gatekeeper.).
- Free regular admission to 2011 Screenwriting Expo ($149 value--no substitutions)
- Subscription to Creative Screenwriting magazine ($30 value--no substitutions).
- Hollywoodbyphone prize -- see below
Feature Screenplay Semifinalists Receive:
- Publicity--your name and script name posted on our web site.
- Semifinalist scripts placed in a protected online server accessible
24x7 to 800+ agents, managers, and development executives, along
with contact information and the judge's score. (This is a big
improvement over our prior system of sending only the top 10 loglines and synopses out to executives.
Now, they receive access to your script as well, and there is no chance that your Top 10 script will be intercepted by
a gatekeeper.).
- Free educational DVD on screenwriting from our Expo DVD collection (no substitutions).
- Subscription to Creative Screenwriting magazine ($30 value--no substitutions).
- Hollywoodbyphone prize -- see below
Teleplay Prize Winners (Two Winners, Half-Hour and Full Hour) Receive:
- $500 cash
- Winning script placed in a protected online server accessible
24x7 to 800+ agents, managers, and development executives, along
with contact information and the judge's score. (This is a big
improvement over our prior system of sending scripts out to executives.
Now, there is no chance that your winning script will be intercepted by
a gatekeeper.)
- Publicity -- your name and script name posted on our web site.
- Subscription to Creative Screenwriting Magazine ($30 value--no substitutions allowed).
- Free Educational DVD on Screenwriting From Our Expo DVD Collection ($20 value--No substitutions).
Everyone Who Enters Receives:
- $5
to $10 discount coupons for Creative Screenwriting Magazine
subscriptions or Screenwriting Expo entry -- to be announced.
- Other discounts and non-cash gifts -- see below.
Entrants will receive an e-mail with information on these gifts.
Career Advancement
In
addition to the above prizes, winning or placing in a high-profile
screenwriting contest can open significant doors for your career in
Hollywood. The AAA Contest and Creative Screenwriting will do
everything possible to promote our winners and finalists to the
industry.
All Online Entrants
can use a $5 coupon good for the purchase of a Creative
Screenwriting subscription or a DVD from our DVD library. The
coupon is delivered at the last page of the online entry form.
Submission
Deadlines And Entry Fees
(Deadlines
Are All At Midnight ) |
| Postmarked/Uploaded
By: |
Deadline
Extended 2
Weeks to
Midnight,
March 14, 2011
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| Feature |
$65 |
| NEW: Additional features in same submission |
$50 -- save $15 |
| Teleplay |
$50 |
| NEW: Additional Teleplays in same submission |
$40 -- save $10 |
| Judge's Script Notes |
$59.95 with order |
Judge's Script Notes
at this price must be ordered through the online entry form when a
script is
submitted (or by the special offer to writers who entered
before
judge's notes were added to the entry form). NOTE: We will
probably offer judge's script notes at a higher rate after the contest.
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Judging And Announcement Target
Dates:
- Semifinalists
by May 8, 2011
- Finalists
by May 30, 2011
- Winners
by June 5, 2011
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$100
Prize(s) For Best Script Opening(s)
Among
scripts submitted by December 12,
2010.
For details on 'Best
Openings" prizes, CLICK
HERE
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The AAA
Contest strongly recommends that you copyright your screenplay with the
U.S. Copyright Office.
Also, it is common practice and a good idea to
Register
your screenplay with:
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