About "Shoot In Philadelphia" Screenwriting
Competition & "SIP for TV- Prime Time"

SIP, sponsored by the Greater Philadelphia Film Office, is open to all screenwriters, world-wide, who submit a feature length screenplay OR an original TV pilot length screenplay to be shot in the Greater Philadelphia Metropolitan Area. All genres will be accepted. Scripts will be judged on their overall quality, and the extent to which they project "shootability" in the Greater Philadelphia region.  

WINNERS of SIP 2010 WILL BE ANNOUNCED IN FALL 2010
All winners will receive a cash prize, notes from High Profile Judges, National Press, and their synopses published on film.org 

GRAND PRIZE
for Best Feature Length Screenplay
$10,000 CASH PRIZE

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The Derek Freese Film Foundation Prime Time Award
for Best TV Pilot Script
$5,000 CASH PRIZE

Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce Regional Award
for best screenplay written by a Greater Philadelphia Resident, to encourage local feature production
$2,500 CASH PRIZE

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Parisi Award*
for Best Screenwriter (Feature or Prime Time) 25 years old or under:
$1,000 CASH PRIZE

*This award is made possible by the generous contribution of screenwriter Stephen J. Rivele (co-author of Academy Award nominated screenplay NIXON, ALI, COPYING BEETHOVEN in honor of his mother, Irene I. Parisi (1925-1964).

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SIP Finalist Judges are high profile Producers, Writers and Actors who have a Philadelphia connection. SIP Judges Past and Present 

TO APPLY please submit the following:  

• One fully completed and application
• One fully completed and signed application release
• One copy of your screenplay in standard format
• A brief (one paragraph maximum) synopsis of your screenplay.
• Check, payable to the "Greater Philadelphia Film Office."

To:

 SIP 2010
c/o Greater Philadelphia Film Office
1515 Arch Street, 11^th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19102

Early Deadline: February 1, 2010($45) Postmarked or delivered by 5pm. NO EXCEPTIONS.

Final Deadline: March 1, 2010 ($65) Postmarked or delivered by 5pm. NO EXCEPTIONS.

• Rules and Regulations                  
• Application                                 
  
• Release Form
  

Sponsors

• Greater Philadelphia Film Office
• Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce
• Derek Freese Film Foundation
• Stephen J. Rivele
• Mike Lemon Casting
• Pita Pit 
• Sofitel Philadelphia
• The University of the Arts

 SIP Past Winners