The Writer's Arc Fellowship

• No applicant may have earned money or other consideration as a screenwriter for theatrical films or television, or for the sale of, or sale of an option to, any original story, treatment, screenplay or teleplay for more than $5,000.
  Applicants may not have received a screenwriting fellowship or prize that includes a "first look" clause, an option or any other quid pro quo involving the writer's work.
• Round One Applicants must submit:

A. A completed application form.
B. The first pages of a script using the characters and
locations announced on October 10th. Genre, time period and plotting are all up to your creation.

• Your work should be at least five (5) pages but should not exceed ten (10) pages in screenplay format.
• An entry fee of US$45 must accompany applications received by October 24th, an entry fee of US$60 must accompany late applications received between October 25th and October 31st via the online application form. Entry fees will not be refunded.
• First Round Regular Submissions are due by October 24th 2005 and Late Submissions are due by October 31st, 2005. Submitted pages will not be returned.
• The Second Round Finalists will be notified by email on November 7th, 2005. Those finalists must then submit two (2) copies of an original feature film screenplay, approximately 90-120 pages in length. Submissions must have been written originally in English; translations will not be accepted. Submissions must be the original work of the applicant(s) and may not be based, in whole or in part, on any other fictional or non-fictional material, published or unpublished, produced or unproduced. Entries may, however, be adapted from the applicant's (or applicants') original work, which should be noted on the application form. If the script is based on a true story, historical or contemporary, that should be noted on the title page. Collaborative work, undertaken by no more than two writers, is eligible.
  
  Collaborative screenplays written by three or more writers are not eligible. Separate application forms should be submitted by both collaborators. One should be designated the prime contact for all mailings. Writing partners selected as Fellows will divide the Fellowship stipend equally. The applicant's name, address, phone number or any other identifying information should not appear on the cover, the title page or any other page of the script. Submissions must be postmarked no later than November 18th, 2005.
  
  Submitted scripts will not be returned.
• Only one copy, draft or version of any screenplay may be submitted by any entrant or entrants. Under no circumstances will substitutions of either corrected pages or new drafts of the entry screenplays be made.
• On December 5th, 2005 the 25 Writer's Arc Finalists will be notified and telephone interviews will be scheduled with the Program Directors for the following week.
• TheWriter's Arc Fellows for the Program will be announced and notified on December 19th, 2005. The Fellowship Program will commence on January 17th, 2006 in Los Angeles, California.
• Writer's Arc Fellowships may not be held concurrently with other fellowships or any other similar award.