Writers often ask if they can see their contest scorecards. Although we understand why you want to know how your script fares in competition, it is our policy not to send out raw scores. When taken out of context, these numbers are virtually meaningless. In fact, for most writers, seeing these scores would only be confusing or discouraging, which would be counterproductive to our goals and to yours.

However, because so many of our contestants want to understand how the Judges react to their scripts, for the past several years we have been offering the opportunity to order Judge’s Feedback in conjunction with your contest entry. This Feedback service has become extremely popular, and we’ve received many messages from writers telling us how much they’ve appreciated the Feedback and how helpful the Judges’ comments have been.

HOW IT WORKS

If you order Judge’s Feedback, your First Round Judge will take the extra time to write you 3-5 pages of notes discussing your script’s strengths and weaknesses. Your Judge will explain how he or she scored your script, tell you whether your script would receive a Recommend, Consider or Pass if you submitted it to his or her agency or production company, and also offer some suggestions on how to further develop the material.

In addition, if you’re entering your script in more than one category, you may choose to order Feedback from more than one Judge. The Judges each work independently, and they will not see each other’s comments or exchange ideas about your script. They will each evaluate your material from their own unique perspective. So if you request notes from more than one Judge, you can compare their different perspectives and determine which comments are useful to you and which are not.

Do the Judges express the same point of criticism? That tells you something important. Do the Judges express opposite ideas about some element of your script? That tells you something important, as well.

In writing this Feedback, our Judges’ goal is to provide you with useful and constructive input, and to give you information that will be helpful to you as you continue to develop your script.

HOW TO ORDER

If you decide you’d like Judge’s Feedback on the script you enter in this year’s competition, simply check the box provided on the contest entry form. The fee for this service is $70 per Judge, and you’ll have the opportunity to order Feedback from your First Round Judge in whichever category or categories you enter.

Your Feedback will be emailed to you after the Quarter-Finalists are announced on July 15th, or if your script advances further in competition your Feedback will be sent to you once the Winners are announced in October. And along with your notes, we’ll also send you the credentials of your Judge or Judges, so you can get a sense of who these people are and how their various studios, agencies and production companies might respond to your work.

(PLEASE NOTE: If you want to receive Judge’s Feedback, you must request it when you enter. Otherwise, your Judge will not write notes for you and you will not receive your contest scores.)

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