SIP Screenwriting Competition
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.
The 2013 “SIP” Screenwriting Competition is now closed.
The deadlines for Feature Length Screenplays and TV pilot scripts have passed. Winners will be announced in the fall. Thanks for your submissions!
Link to application & release
Link to rules/regs
2013 Prizes
Grand Prize for Best Screenplay
- $10,000 cash prize
- Notes from High Profile Judges
- National Press
- Synopsis published on www.film.org
The Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce Regional Award
- $2,500 cash prize
- Notes from High Profile Judges
- National Press
- Synopsis published on www.film.org
The Student Award, sponsored by Robert McKee's Story Seminar
- Free tuition to the intensive 4-day STORY Seminar in NYC
- Notes from High Profile Judges
- National Press
- Synopsis published on www.film.org
2013 TV Prime Time Award, sponsored by Comcast and NBCUniversal
- $5,000 cash prize
- Notes from High Profile Judges
- National Press
- Synopsis published onwww.film.org
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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. SIP Finalist Judges are high profile Producers, Writers and Actors who have a Philadelphia connection.