Enter your Screenplay!
Every great film or series starts with a great script. We want to read yours.
We accept unproduced screenplays in Film or TV format (120 pages or less.) All genres are welcome. Every entry will be read by a team of professional script readers based in Los Angeles, and every script chosen will receive Official Selection laurels.
PRIZES:
Our winning screenplay will be chosen by Dan Calvisi and will receive laurels and a digital certificate. But that's just the beginning! You'll also get an hour-long video consultation with Dan and free downloads of his e-books: ‘Story Maps: How to Write a GREAT Screenplay,’ ‘Story Maps: TV Drama,’ ‘Story Maps: 12 Great Screenplays’, and ‘Story Maps: The Films of Christopher Nolan.’
Our TOP THREE Screenplays will receive Free listings on InkTip, where producers and agents go to find scripts!
We accept unproduced screenplays in Film or TV format (120 pages or less.) All genres are welcome. Every entry will be read by a team of professional script readers based in Los Angeles, and every script chosen will receive Official Selection laurels.
PRIZES:
Our winning screenplay will be chosen by Dan Calvisi and will receive laurels and a digital certificate. But that's just the beginning! You'll also get an hour-long video consultation with Dan and free downloads of his e-books: ‘Story Maps: How to Write a GREAT Screenplay,’ ‘Story Maps: TV Drama,’ ‘Story Maps: 12 Great Screenplays’, and ‘Story Maps: The Films of Christopher Nolan.’
Our TOP THREE Screenplays will receive Free listings on InkTip, where producers and agents go to find scripts!
Submissions for the IndieBOOM! Festival are open July 10, - Dec. 1, 2018
Early Bird Deadline - Aug. 10: $35
Regular Deadline - Sept. 10: $45
Late Deadline - Nov. 10: $45
Extended Deadline - Dec. 1: $55
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Dan Calvisi
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Daniel P. Calvisi is a story analyst, speaker, screenwriter and the author of Story Maps: How to Write a GREAT Screenplay, Story Maps: TV Drama, Story Maps: 12 Great Screenplays, and Story Maps: The Films of Christopher Nolan. He is a former Story Analyst for major studios like Twentieth Century Fox, Miramax Films and New Line Cinema. He coaches writers, teaches webinars on writing for film and television with The Writers Store and speaks at writing conferences and book signings. He holds a degree in Film and Television from the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. He lives in Los Angeles. To learn more about Story Maps and how you can work with Dan, visit ActFourScreenplays.com.
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IndieBOOM! Screenplay Competition Rules:
1. Screenplays cannot be submitted over 120 pages without festival permission. Screenplays can be in any format (Feature, TV, Short) as long as they do not exceed the page limit and must be written in English.
2. Screenplays submitted must not have been previously sold or produced unless said sale or production was competed with no financial gain to the writer.
3. All deadlines are at 11:59pm PST on the date listed. Any deadline alteration or promotion of any kind does not make any entry valid of a refund of any kind.
4. There are no refunds for any submitted screenplay. Coupons may not be applied to previously submitted scripts.
5. There is no limit on the number of scripts a writer or writing team may submit.
6. Prizes are award per script and teams of writers are expected to divide prizes on their own accord.
7. The decision of the judges will be final and cannot be contested in any manner. There is no score on a scorecard that guarantees advancement to the next level as advancement will be based on all score in the competition.
8. The contest reserves the right to delay announcements for any reason. Delay may last up to but never more than 90 days. While we never anticipate any delays, such delays will not alter the standing of any screenplay entry and will qualify no script for a refund under any circumstance.
9. By submitting to the contest you are releasing your script to the film festival and its partners, and holding harmless the festival or any affiliates from any claims, expenses, and liabilities, including but not limited to invasion of privacy, defamation, copyright, libel, trademark infringement, slander, personal property infringement, etc.
1. Screenplays cannot be submitted over 120 pages without festival permission. Screenplays can be in any format (Feature, TV, Short) as long as they do not exceed the page limit and must be written in English.
2. Screenplays submitted must not have been previously sold or produced unless said sale or production was competed with no financial gain to the writer.
3. All deadlines are at 11:59pm PST on the date listed. Any deadline alteration or promotion of any kind does not make any entry valid of a refund of any kind.
4. There are no refunds for any submitted screenplay. Coupons may not be applied to previously submitted scripts.
5. There is no limit on the number of scripts a writer or writing team may submit.
6. Prizes are award per script and teams of writers are expected to divide prizes on their own accord.
7. The decision of the judges will be final and cannot be contested in any manner. There is no score on a scorecard that guarantees advancement to the next level as advancement will be based on all score in the competition.
8. The contest reserves the right to delay announcements for any reason. Delay may last up to but never more than 90 days. While we never anticipate any delays, such delays will not alter the standing of any screenplay entry and will qualify no script for a refund under any circumstance.
9. By submitting to the contest you are releasing your script to the film festival and its partners, and holding harmless the festival or any affiliates from any claims, expenses, and liabilities, including but not limited to invasion of privacy, defamation, copyright, libel, trademark infringement, slander, personal property infringement, etc.
