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Screenplay Competition
Welcome to the Yosemite International Film Festival Screenplay Competition. We are currently accepting screenplay entries in all lengths and genres.
>>Click here to download the Official Entry Form
>>Click here to submit through Withoutabox
 Recognition Levels
Grand Prize Winners
1st Place
2nd Place
3rd Place
5 Official Award Commendations
10 Official Finalists
20 Honorable Mentions
Short Script Contest
1st Place
2nd Place
3rd Place
10 Official Finalists
Television Writing Contest
1st Place Spec Script
1st Place Television Pilot
5 Official Finalists
All recognition levels will be featured on our website and in our annual Press Release announcing the results of the Competition.
All recognition levels will receive VIP Festival Passes granting priority admittance to all festival screenings, filmmaker panels and special events.
Finalists and Winners will be invited to participate in our Writer's Panel and receive awards at the Closing Award Ceremony.
Deadlines
Early Deadline - January 20, 2012
Regular Deadline - April 20, 2012
Late Deadline - July 20, 2012
Extended Deadline - September 15, 2012
Fees
(by deadlines)
Early - $30
Regular - $35
Late - $40
Extended - $45
* Short Screenplay are under 50 pages. Feature Screenplays are over 50 pages.
Rules
You may submit multiple entries; each screenplay submitted must include its own separate entry form and entry fee.
You may submit electronically be emailing us the completed entry form, a digital copy of your script, and payment. We also accept payment via PayPal to info[at]yosemitefilmfestival.com
Screenplays should be in standard screenplay format and should be no longer than 180 pages.
Short screenplays (under 50 pages) are accepted.
More than one entry may be submitted. Each must be submitted with its own entry form and fee.
Submissions must be the original work of the applicant. Entries, however, may be adapted from the applicant’s own work which should be noted on the entry form.
Script materials will not be returned.
Entry fee is nonrefundable.
The selection committees' and juries' decisions are final
Once the Judges have concluded the judging process, winners are announced publicly on this website, via targeted email blast, our social networks, and to the international film and entertainment media through our annual international press release.
The Yosemite Film Festival, as it has in years past, and at its sole discretion, may also opt to hold a formal awards ceremony in Yosemite where winners receive awards in person at a formal dinner and award ceremony.
The Festival kindly asks that any awards won be mentioned in the projects' promotional materials, although it is not a requirement.
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