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

SIP, which is 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. 

The 2012 “Shoot in Philadelphia” Screenwriting Competition is now OPEN!

Deadlines: Postmarked or delivered by 5pm

February 1, 2012 (early $45)

March 1, 2012 (final $65)

Link to application
Link to rules/regulations

2012 Prizes

Grand Prize for Best Screenplay

• $10,000 cash prize
• Notes from High Profile Judges
• National Press
• Synopsis published on www.film.org

The Derek Freese Prime TV Award

• $5,000 cash prize
• Notes from High Profile Judges
• National Press
• Synopsis published on www.film.org

The Chamber of Commerce Regional Award

• $2,500 cash prize
• Notes from High Profile Judges
• National Press
• Synopsis published on www.film.org

Parisi Award* for Best Screenwriter 25 years old or under

• $1,000 cash prize
• Notes from High Profile Judges
• National Press
• Synopsis published on www.film.org

*This award is made possible by the generous contribution of screenwriter Stephen J. Rivele (co-author of Academy Award nominated screenplay Nixon) 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

Sponsors

• Greater Philadelphia Film Office
• Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce
• Derek Freese Film Foundation
• Stephen J. Rivele
• The University of the Arts

 SIP Past Winners