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TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Please read this document carefully and thoroughly prior to entering the contest. 

Eligibility

    ENTRY FEES

If postmarked by March 15, 2008

• Entry fee per short screenplay from 3-45 pages is $55 (U.S.) ($29 to students)
• Entry fee per short screenplay from 46-65 pages is $65 (U.S.) ($32 to students)
• Entry fee per Synopsis/Treatment up to 4 pages, double-spaced (up to 1000 words) is $29 (U.S.) ($19 to students)
• Entry fee per Synopsis/Treatment from 5-10 pages (2500 words) is $35 (U.S.) ($25 to students)
• Entry fee per Synopsis/Treatment from 11-20 pages (5000 words) is $45 (U.S.) ($29 to students)
• Entry fee per logline/pitch (up to 350 characters/90 words)  is $19 (U.S.) ($10 to students)
• Entry fee per short story up to 10 pages (up to 2500 words) is $29 (U.S.) ($15 to students)
• Entry fee per short story up to 20 pages (up to 5000 words) is $35 (U.S.) ($19 to students)
• Entry fee per short story up to 50 pages (up to 12500 words) is $45 (U.S.) ($25 to students)

    CONTEST RULES

• This contest is open to anyone except all employees, directors, associates, the immediate families of American Gem, FilmMakers.com, Write Brothers, all the affiliates and/or sponsors.
• The script/entry must have title page containing: the title, author's name, E-mail address, phone number and home address. 
• Students must supply a letter from the head of the film/writing department and/or equivalent declaring such status.
• Short Script submissions must be: short film (narrative); 3-65 pages; in any genre; and must be possible to produce on a low budget.
• Multiple entries are permissible, but each entry must be accompanied by an Entry Form, signed, and an entry fee.
• Once material has been entered, no substitutions of new drafts or corrected pages will be considered. You may submit a revised draft of your script, short story, logline or synopsis as a new submission, fill in an entry form and pay the appropriate entry fee.
• Adaptations from other works are permissible provided you have the writer's written permission to adapt the work.
• Adaptations of works in the public domain are permissible.
• Collaborative work is eligible, but each must fill and sign an Entry Form individually. The writers are responsible for the distribution of the contest prize (s).
• Writers under the age of 18 years old must sign the Entry Form and have a parent or guardian sign the Entry Form.
• Contest applicants must accept without reservation the decisions rendered by the jurors.
• The work or submitted material must not have been previously optioned, sold, or produced for profit. 
• Writer understands and accepts without reservation that he/she/ is an independent contractor and American Gem/Write Brothers are not responsible for withholding any taxes or payments to any government agency, at any level, be it state, local or federal.
• Writer understands that it is his/her sole responsibility to register Material with the U.S. Copyright Office and/or with the Writer’s Guild of America or the appropriate agency in his/her country.
• You have retained at least one copy of the submitted material, and you understand that all material we receive cannot and will not be returned under any circumstances.
• You have the option to include a one page synopsis of your short screenplay.
• Make your money order, bank/personal check, credit card check (in U.S. funds only), payable to:

• Media Pro Tech Inc.
• Submit all material together and send by mail to:

Or Click on this link

Format and Length

• Short Script must be in industry standard format, in English, bound with two or three brads, with card stock covers, or stapled, and must be no less than 3-45 pages in length and no longer than 65 pages. Please add an additional $10 for screenplays over 45 pages. Font must be 12-point Courier, Courier New or Courier Final Draft. Treatments, loglines and short stories are now permissible.
• Treatments/Synopsis must be no longer than 20 pages, double-spaced, to a maximum of 5000 words.
• Logline/Pitch must be no longer than two sentences, 350 characters/90 words.
• Short Story must be no longer than 50 pages, double-spaced (maximum of 12500 words).

Contest Deadline

• All entries must be postmarked by March 15, 2008.
• American Gem and/or FilmMakers.com are not responsible for late or lost submissions and/or any part thereof.

Confirmation Receipt

• When your submission is received you will be notified by E-mail only (within four-six weeks). So please provide an E-mail address (LEGIBLY WRITTEN or TYPED).  If you do not hear from us within a reasonable time send an email and include your name, address, phone number and title of your material. If your email address and/or home address changes please let us know.

Permission

• By entering this contest and in the event you are declared a finalist (top twenty-five), you understand and accept that we will be free to use your name and likeness for advertising or promotional purposes without additional consideration.
• If you are a finalist you agree to give FilmMakers.com the permission to post on its web site, your script's logline, synopsis, excerpts as well as interview.  
• In the event of any sale or option of your short screenplay that is due to the ongoing promotional efforts, direct or indirect, by FilmMakers.com and/or FilmMakers Magazine, 7% (seven percent) of that amount will be paid by the purchaser or you, the author, to FilmMakers.com (contract value, sale or option under $5000 will be exempt).
• All contest participants agree with the following:

1. The winner grants American Gem and/or its assigned representative, all rights to the finished film and provide a waiver of so called "moral rights". and
2. American Gem and/or its assigned representative will be the producers of the winning screenplay.

• You may submit your screenplay to any other person, contest, producer, agent, publisher, and/or organization.
• Entering this contest will not limit your copyright in any way. You retain all rights (100%) to your property.