So you've penned the next Fringe or The Office. We want to read it, help you make it even better, and maybe give you $2,000.

• Only $20 to enter. 
• Get feedback from a panel of experts and a peer community that matters.
• Ten-semifinalists receive a notes session with SBTV.
• One grand prize winner receives a $2,000 check.
• SUBMISSION DEADLINE IS April 25, 2011.

1. HOW TO ENTER

The third Storyboard Competition (the “Competition”), sponsored by Storyboard TV LLC (“Storyboard”), a New York limited liability company, begins on March 1, 2011.  The Submission Period ends on April 25, 2011.  To enter, go to www.storyboardtv.com.  An entry must include a script for a one hour or one half-hour television pilot   Participants may submit multiple scripts as separate entries, subject to separate entry fees.

There is a fee of $20 per script to submit.  By submitting an entry to the Competition, each entrant agrees to comply with and be bound by these Official Rules, Terms, and Conditions and acknowledges that the decisions of Storyboard shall be binding and final in all matters relating to the Competition.

2. WORK THAT IS ELIGIBLE

Scripts must be: (a) the first hour or half hour of a new TV comedy or drama, (b) written in English, (c) in a proper screen-writing format, and (d) wholly original, (e.g. NOT adapted from books, plays, or any other source material and NOT a “spec” of existing films, television programs, or treatments).  Scripts must also be registered under the Entrant’s name with the WGA or copyrighted under the Entrant’s name and filed with the Library of Congress.  All entrants represent and warrant that their submissions meet these requirements.

Entries must not be: (a) currently under development or optioned by a network, studio, production company, or other entity (b) currently submitted to any other competition or festival which could result in a third party having an option or other claim to the entry or any intellectual property (e.g., plot, characters) therein, or (c) previously purchased or produced by any third party.  Further, no entry may be written or submitted under the jurisdiction of any union or guild, including but not limited to the WGA.  All entrants represent and warrant that their submissions meet the requirements of this paragraph. 

Entries created or funded by broadcast networks, cable networks or studios are also ineligible.  Entrants must take all measures necessary to ensure that the eligibility requirements of this Section 2 remain fulfilled until the conclusion of the Competition. 

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