RULES:
- Must be over 18 years of age.
- Must be a resident of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota or Wisconsin. Proof in the form of a driver’s license or utility bill must be presented upon request.
- Any script from the action, comedy, drama, or horror genres will be accepted.
- Multiple entries are accepted, provided an entry form and payment is completed for each submission.
- Screenplays must be the original work of the author. Adaptations will not be accepted.
- Adaptations of works in the public domain are permissable.
- All screenplays must either be registered with the WGA or copyrighted by the Library of Congress.
- The screenplay must not have been previously optioned, sold, or produced.
- All screenplays must be in English.
- Screenplays, once submitted, will not be returned.
- Entrants retain all rights to their work.
- Once a draft is submitted, that is the official draft. Substitutions or corrected versions or pages will not be accepted.
- Writer understands and accepts without reservation that he/she/ is an independent contractor and CSN is not responsible for withholding any taxes or payments to any government agency, at any level, be it state, local or federal.
- All screenplays must fall between 90 and 120 pages.
- Winners of this competition grant Chicago Screenwriters Network the right to use their likeness and names for the purpose of publicity and promotions with no additional compensation. We reserve the right to promote any and all progress, development and success of the entered scripts.
- Agents, managers and producers are under no obligation to read, represent, option or purchase any screenplay submitted to them.
- Attempting to contact or influence any Chicago board members and/or readers about your entered screenplay will result in immediate disqualification.