Here is what you can expect once clicking on the online application for the 2010 CWA screenwriting competition:

1) BASIC INFO & USER NAME/PASSWORD: All entrants must create a user name and password. 

2) WRITER'S INFORMATION: Complete your basic online application including writer's contact info, applicable genre category (s) listed below, logline (2-4 sentence describing your script), and whether you'd like a script analysis or judge's highlights added to your order.

3) RELEASE FORM: sign your release form electronically.

4) SCRIPT: Upload your script (Adobe Acrobat PDF preferred. Otherwise, Final Draft, MovieMagic and Word also accepted).

5) ENTRY FEE: After you've uploaded your script, pay the entry fee with any major credit card via PayPal’s secure payment system.

Steps 1-5 above fulfill your full entry requirements. Note: We highly encourage entrants to go green this year by submitting the full entry requirements through the online system. You are welcome to send an additional hard copy of your script by mail, but it is not necessary in order to satisfy the submission requirements. If handling any materials by mail, you may send them to:

Creative World Awards
Attn: Marlene Neubauer
PO Box 10699
Marina del Rey, CA 90295
 
SELECT YOUR GENRE CATEGORY: Judging Categories

Once in the application process, you will be asked to choose which category you would like your script to be judged under. All entries can choose any one category they feel best depicts their script. If an entrant would like to select more than the one allotted category, this is available at an additional cost of $10 for each additional genre chosen. 

The first round of judging is done by hand selected, highly qualified readers and industry professionals. If your script advances beyond the preliminary round, it will then be read by multiple industry professionals who will determine which scripts advance to the semifinalist and finalist rounds. The top three in each category will be read by leading industry executives not only for potential consideration, but also to help determine the winners of the 2010 Creative World Awards. All decisions of the judges are final. The finalist announcement dates are as follows: 

CWA is looking for fresh material across all genres. For feature screenplays, we have four separate genre categories to compete within. The purpose of this is to broaden the scope of recognition for our writers, and also allow each respective script to be judged on the basis of select criteria for that particular genre. Additionally, we have now expanded our reach and added six new categories for television and short film.

FEATURE FILM SCRIPTS: 90-120 pages

ACTION/ADVENTURE - All types including: Action, Adventure, Action-Thriller, Action Comedy, Sci-Fi       & Fantasy Action, Comic Book/Super Heroes, Martial Arts, Western, Adventure Drama

HORROR/THRILLER/FANTASY - All types including: Horror, Thriller, Fantasy, Supernatural, Film Noir, Occult, Sci-Fi Horror, Mythological, Sci-Fi Disaster

COMEDY - All types including: Comedy, Dark Comedy, Romantic Comedy, Comedy Thriller, Heist Comedy, Slapstick, Musical Comedy, Satires

DRAMA/FAMILY - All types including: Drama, Family, Coming-of-Age, Family Adventure, Gangster, Period/Historical, Political, Animation, Romantic Drama, Musicals, Western, and War Epic

TELEVISION TELEPLAYS

ORIGINAL TV SITCOM PILOT: Up to 50 pages

ORIGINAL TV DRAMA PILOT: Up to 70 pages

EXISTING ½ HOUR SITCOM: Up to 50 pages

EXISTING 1 HOUR DRAMA: Up to 70 pages

REALITY TV SCRIPTS: Up to 10 pages

SHORT FILM SCRIPTS: Up to 40 pages

Accept short film scripts of all genres.

Additional Categories: Each script entered into the contest will be entered into one category of the entrant’s choosing. If an entrant would like to enter a single script into more than the one allotted category, the cost is $10 for each additional category.

Resubmission Fee: $35 – Should an entrant want to resubmit their script after the initial entry has taken place; they are welcome to do this at a discounted submission rate. The resubmission fee is $35, and the new script will replace the older script as a brand new submission. Once the resubmission is processed, it will then begin the prelim judging round as if a new entry.

Multiple Submission Discount: If 3 or more scripts are submitted, entrant receives a $5 discount off each script thereafter. Contact us at info@creativeworldawards.com for the multiple submission discount code.

CLICK HERE TO ENTER NOW

This contest is open to any screenwriter worldwide who meets the enclosed criteria. Entry into the competition is void where prohibited by law.

Competition is open to all writers 18 years or older whose total earnings from film screenwriting may not exceed $30,000.

Click here for full list of rules & guidelines…

Offered to CWA 2010 entrants, you can receive specific highlights from the judge’s score card and a brief coverage summary covering the basic elements of your script (total 4-6 page report). This option is available to order for $79.

* Delivery: If ordered by February 28th, highlights will be delivered by March 31. If ordered between March 1st and close of contest, highlights will be delivered after the 2010 winners are announced.

* Please note: A $1 per page fee applies if script is 125 pages or more.

Offered to CWA 2010 entrants, you can receive a 7-9 page comprehensive script analysis covering such elements as identifying and analyzing story arcs, plot development, premise, character development, dialogue critiques, and tightening all critical elements to produce the most potential market value for your script. This option is available to order for $179. 

*Delivery: If ordered by February 28th, script analyses will be delivered by March 31.  If ordered between March 1st and close of contest, analyses will be delivered after the 2010 winners are announced unless ordered separately from entry.

*Please note: A $1 per page fee applies if script is 125 pages or more.