Writing Competition: Dumbo Film Festival

Dumbo Film Festival - 2020

Ends on November 23, 2020 

Entry Fees: $95.00 USD, $75.00 USD

• Submissions are accepted via electronic submission only, between May 19, 2020 and November 22, 2020.
  

• Entry fee is $95 for each feature film screenplay and $75 for each short film screenplay for the final deadline which ends on November 22, 2020.

• Optional feedback from a professional reader may be requested at the time of entry. Requests for feedback after an entry is submitted will not be accepted.

• Screenplays must be a minimum of 75 pages and a maximum of 150 pages. Short screenplays must be a minimum of 5 pages and a maximum of 35 pages.

• There is no limit to the number of projects you may submit.

• Entries must be received on or before the deadline dates by 11:59PM Central Time, and submission fee payment must be made in full at time of the submission. All entry fees are non-refundable.

• All submitted material must be original, and all rights must be wholly owned by the writer(s).

• Material must be submitted by the writer. Material written by writing teams must be submitted by one of the writers, with consent of the other(s). All writers must be credited on title page.

• If a writing team is chosen as a winner, prizes will be given to the person who submits the project. Each team is responsible for dividing or sharing the prize money.

• Substitutions of either corrected pages or new drafts of the entered material will be allowed for a limited time with resubmission through Event Horizon Films. Please proofread your script carefully before submitting.

• It is recommended that original material be registered with the WGA or The Library of Congress before submitting to any competition, however we do not require registration.

• Contact info may be included on the cover page of the screenplay, however it is not required.

• All ownership and rights to the scripts submitted to this contest remains with the original rights holders.

• All writers at least 18 years of age are eligible. However, a writer who has earned more than $50,000 (or equivalent currency) from professional writing services for film or TV in the preceding year is not. (Contest winnings not included.)

• All persons from anywhere in the world are eligible; however the material submitted must be in English (occasional dialogue in other languages is acceptable, if subtitle translation is provided).

• All material submitted to other competitions or contests are eligible for this contest.

• There are no requirements as to when the material was written.

• Screenplay and intellectual property must be wholly owned and submitted by the writer(s).

• Material should be submitted in standard screenplay format, font, spacing and margin.

• We have no preferences regarding title page content. Title and name of writer would suffice.

• Entries for this competition are managed on the submission platform Submittable.

• Adaptations are ineligible unless the underlying rights are owned by the writer or the work is in the public domain.

• The recommended length for feature film scripts is 100-120 pages. Scripts over 120 pages are fine and will be accepted, however please note that there is a small page overage charge of $1 per every page over 120 pages to compensate the judges for the extra time invested in reading longer scripts.

• Feature screenplays longer than 150 pages will not be eligible.

• All material must be submitted electronically as a PDF or it will not be eligible.