Round 1

Your Peers! The top 50 -most rated- entries, that have a rating of 7 or above move on to the next round. Only KarmaCritic members can vote. To join KarmaCritic you must be a filmmaker in any capacity. If you have friends who have been involved in any role in movies of any kind, ask them to join KC and vote for your script!

Round 2

Emerson Bixby Emerson Bixby began writing in the early 80's, scripting and filming low-budget shorts. He wrote and directed his first feature film in 1985; an ultra-low budget comedy-thriller titled "Dead End", about flesh-eating zombies terrorizing a small town. Over the next few years, Bixby wrote numerous screenplays both on spec and on assignment, forty-three of which have been sold. Bixby collaborated with his father, Jerome Bixby, on several stories and screenplays intended as sequels to Jerome's 1966 sci-fi classic, "Fantastic Voyage". All of Jerome and Emerson's proposed "Fantastic Voyage" sequels were recently purchased by 20th Century Fox, for the upcoming James Cameron remake, which Bixby will co-produce.

Round 3

Tova Laiter Producer of films such "Far and Away", "Die Hard 3", "Lorenzo's Oil", "Glory", "Evita", "Nixon", "Elvis Has Left The Building", "The Circle", "The Scarlet Letter", and many others.

Jon Brown Manager to writers and directors, including Steven E. De Souza ("Die Hard", "Commando", "The Running Man", "48 Hours", etc), Robert Orr ("Underworld 2", "Savior", "Tears of the Sun"), T.J. Scott (nearly every TV series with geeks for fans), Kevin Lund ("John Rambo") and many others.

Lee Alfred II At the early age of 22, Lee made his first picture deal for a screenplay co-written with Ezequiel at Walt Disney Pictures. His partnership with Corey Harrell (New Line's "Party Up", coming soon) and Michael Steinberg (producer of "There's Something About Mary" and writer of "Caves") has proven to be more than fruitful. He is the producer of Corey Harrell's upcoming indie flick "Burn In Hell" and a producer on Quentin Tarantino's "Hellride".

ROUND 1:

Open to:

• KarmaCritic members (KarmaCritic registration is free and open to the public, restrictions apply)

Requirements:

• Film Synopsis (1 page)
• First 5 pages of Feature Length Script
• A video pitch (maximum 2 minutes, optional)
• $15 entry fee (non-refundable)

Timeline:

• 7/7/7 - 10/7/7

Judging:

• By Peers

Winners:

• Top 50 most rated, with a rating of 7 or above

Open to:

• 50 Winners from Round 1

Requirements:

• Film Treatment (10-15 pages, optional)
• First 20 pages of Feature Length Script
• A video pitch (maximum 2 minutes, optional)

Timeline:

• 10/7/7 - 11/7/7

Judging:

• Judge 1: Emerson Bixby, screenwriter

Winners:

• Top 5 best rated

Open to:

• 5 Winners from Round 2

Requirements:

• Complete Feature Length Script
• A video pitch (maximum 2 minutes, required)

Timeline:

• 11/7/7 - 12/31/7
• Winner Announced on 1/1/8

Judging:

• Judge 1: Tova Laiter
• Judge 2: Jon Brown
• Judge 3: Lee Alfred II

Winner:

• 1 Top Rated Script.

Prize:

• A professional relationship with judges, subject to the judge's discretion.

Step 1:

Become a KarmaCritic member

Its free, its fun, and its good Karma. Click here to go to the registration form. KarmaCritic welcomes everyone involved with filmmaking, indie or studio, above or below the line. Not just directors, writers and producers, but everyone: actors, composers, FX people, stunt people, make up, wardrobe, etc etc. When applying, simply give us a link to any film that mentions you in the credits, or maybe your IMDB profile, or even the first few pages of a script you've written, anything that shows you're serious, and you're in!

Step 2:

Submit your Entry

Once logged in, go to the "I want to..." drop down menu (over by the right, near the top, inside the block named "My Account"), and choose to submit a new SUBLIM Entry.

You'll arrive at a form that asks for your entry's title, logline, and synopsis. The logline must be less than 300 characters, the snyopsis less than 500 words. Click browse to find in your hard drive and attach a PDF file containing the first five pages of your screenplay. If you're brave and have done a video pitch telling us why you think your script is the cat's pajamas, put the address to it too (we currently accept videos hosted by Google, YouTube, Revver and Myspace).

Submit it, and note your script's ID Number. The ID Number is in the address itself, for example, if your script is located at http://www.karmacritic.com/node/9 then your ID Number is 9. Write this down, as you'll need it in the next step:

Step 3:

Entry Fee

Scroll down to the bottom right corner of any page and click on the "Donate" button. It will take you to PayPal, where you must please deposit 15 dollars and enter your entry's ID Number in the comment section. The comment box appears to the left of the PayPal form, highlighted blue. You must click on it to make it appear. Please make sure to enter your entry's ID Number correctly, you don't want to be paying for someone else! Within a few hours your entry will become live in our contest area.

Step 4:

May The Best Writer Win!

Round 1 is all about votes from your peers. Read their entries, give them good feedback and they'll do the same for you. Learn all you can, edit your entry as often as you wish to, develop, develop, develop. May The Best Writer Win!