The Canadian Short Screenplay Competition, administered by Year of the Skunk Productions (Regina), and established in 2008, is the premiere screenwriting contest for short film scripts. CSSC is the single-most competitive, prestigious, short screenplay festival in Canada, a champion for screenwriters everywhere and a launching pad for writers’ professional careers.

Competition Mantra: Short. Is. Better.

Kick-off deadline: September 30, 2010 (Entry Fee $25)
Early-bird deadline: October 31, 2010 (Entry Fee $35)
Half-Time deadline: November 30, 2010 (Entry Fee $45)
Final deadline: December 31, 2010 (Entry Fee $55)
I-Missed-The-Deadline deadline: January 31, 2011 (Entry Fee $75)

Prizes Include:
Produced screenplay, cash, iPad, industry materials, Option and ePublishing Agreements, Yorkton Film Festival accreditation, publicity, promotion and more!

Submissions will not be considered for competition until full entry fee has been received.

1. Entry into this competition confirms each entrant’s acceptance of these rules and regulations and the terms as set forth on this page.
2. The Canadian Short Screenplay Competition (CSSC) is open to writers of any nationality from any country worldwide.
3. Multiple authorship screenplays are acceptable.
4. The entered screenplay must not have been previously optioned, sold or produced and the non-exclusive publishing rights must remain available. The submitted Material must be original works, and the sole property of the Applicant(s).
5. If the submitted Material becomes optioned or purchased between the time of submission and the end of the judging period that Material will no longer be eligible (entry fees are non-returnable).
6. Screenplays must be: written in the English language, industry standard format, no more than 15 pages in length, numbered and without the inclusion of headings or footnotes on pages and bound with one (1) brass brad on plain white paper (in the case of hard copy submissions). Failure to adhere will mean that the Short Screenplay may be disqualified (entry fees are non-returnable).
7. The screenplay must be no more than fifteen (15) minutes screen time (max. 15 pages).
8. Screenplays of any genre will be considered and must be the original work of the Applicant(s) submitting it. Where the screenplay is based upon another piece of work it is the responsibility of the Applicant(s) to obtain permission/copyright clearance from the original author. Proof of chain of title will be required before any script can be announced as a top three winning script as part of the competition.
9. Screenplays based upon another work must be clearly marked as such.

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