You’re written a screenplay?
Here are the best places to send it to…
This article originally appeared onDen of Geek UK.
So, youve finished your screenplay.
So, what do you do next?
Or you could, you know, actually send it out and make a run at get it made.
Or, worse still, a form letter or, more likely, no response at all.
Nothing stings quite as badly as complete indifference.
Of course, none of these are guaranteed to buy your work, or even like it.
Due to the high volume of submissions, the structure for submissions was changed in 2012.
For a start, it charges.
Now, hold on.
This is one of those.
Now, what makes this site different?
Firstly, it has a level of respectability most script-critiquing sites do not.
This is partly due to the fact is seemingly works.
This is for movie screenplays.
This is another free service.
You sign up (or log-in if you already have an Amazon account) and upload your screenplay.
If you choose the latter option, only Amazon Studio staff will be able to look at it.
Obviously this is a very prestigious competition, where up to five winners can receive a $35,000 fellowship.
Even with the fees, there were 7,511 entries in 2014 alone.
That is a lot of scripts to read, particularly given each script is read at least twice.
There are two important criteria:
1.
The applicant must be a non-US citizen2.
So, if a fellow countryman is a winner, this doesnt negatively impact your chances.
Though having recently ended for 2015, this is definitely one to mark in the diary for next year.
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