• Submitted scripts must be original, and the sole property of the applicant(s).
  • All ages are eligible.
  • All entries must be in English.
  • Feature screenplays must be between 65-125 pages in length.
  • Short screenplays must be between 1-49 pages in length.
  • There is no limit to the number of entries you may submit.
  • You may submit a script once.  you may not submit the same script more than once.
  • All entries must be uploaded in PDF format.
  • Under absolutely no circumstances will substitutions of either corrected pages or new drafts of the entry script(s) be made.  Scripts will not e returned.
  • If a submitted script becomes optioned, produced or purchased between the time of submission and the end of the judging period, that script will no longer be eligible.
  • Competition judges, readers and employees of STORYLINE or the DaVinci International Film Festival (DIFF) Screenplay Competition, pas and present, and their immediate friends and families, are not eligible to enter.
  • Previous winners of the STORYLINE Screenplay Competition are not eligible.
  • Scripts, including outlines, treatments, pitches, log lines or any developmental material related to script, that have previously won any contest, competition, grant, lab, fellowship, mentorship, reading or award of any kind, are not eligible.
  • Scripts submitted under a pen name will be immediately disqualified.
  • Script title cannot be changed after submission under any circumstances.