{"id":31844,"date":"2021-11-10T15:46:16","date_gmt":"2021-11-10T20:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/?page_id=31844"},"modified":"2026-01-06T13:56:05","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T18:56:05","slug":"screenwriting-contests","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/about-com\/honors\/screenwriting-contests\/","title":{"rendered":"Screenplay Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Boston University Department of Film &amp; Television Screenplay Award &#8211; Shorts is the University&#8217;s only contest recognizing student scripts. Sponsored by the Film &amp; Television Department, the contest will recognize the top three best student short screenplays. Cash prizes will be awarded for first, second, and third place.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Boston University Department of Film &amp; Television Screenplay Award &#8211; Shorts is open to all currently enrolled Film &amp; Television graduate students, majors, and minors at Boston University, as well as former FTV students who graduated in May 2025.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4>Please note the following rules:\u00a0<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Limit one entry per student.<\/li><li>The script must be original &#8211;\u00a0<strong>no adaptations<\/strong> (unless you own the rights to the property or it is in the public domain).<\/li><li>Shorts must have been written and revised in a shorts writing class at BU.<\/li><li>Screenplays must be properly formatted.<\/li><li>Shorts must be 20 pages or fewer in length.<\/li><li>No paper or emailed submissions will be accepted.\u00a0Only submit through <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLScb9ghoCh9PPkN9wVs4yCrpOkPHGofGNpYazxjh7JhvT5UKOg\/viewform\">this form<\/a>.<\/li><li><strong><u>Most importantly:\u00a0<\/u>Your name or other contact information may not appear anywhere in or on the script. The cover pages should only include the title of the work.<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Submissions are due by 11:59 pm, January 9, 2026.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLScb9ghoCh9PPkN9wVs4yCrpOkPHGofGNpYazxjh7JhvT5UKOg\/viewform\">SUBMIT FOR SCREENPLAY CONTEST<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Boston University Department of Film &amp; Television Screenplay Award &#8211; Shorts is the University&#8217;s only contest recognizing student scripts.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1654,"featured_media":0,"parent":27777,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_bu_prepress_primary_term":"","_bu_prepress_primary_term_manual":""},"bu-publication":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31844"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1654"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31844"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31844\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44827,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31844\/revisions\/44827"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"bu-publication","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-publication?post=31844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}