Judging for the CineStory Writing Awards involves several rounds. Our approximate judging schedule is as follows: Mid-May - Quarterfinalists Announced Mid-June - Semifinalists Announced Mid-July - Finalists Announced Mid-August ...

CineStory judges are comprised of mentors and staff, all of whom are industry professionals with years of experience in script reading. Scripts are assigned at random but are never judged by ...

CineStory notifies winners only. However, we will also make announcements on www.cinestory.org and in our e-newsletters. All entrants are automatically added to our mailing list, but if you wish to be ...

By mid-June semifinalists will be notified, allowing time for travel plans. The Retreat is generally held at the end of October in the town of Idyllwild, California. Idyllwild is located two ...

Often at least one or two of the semifinalists can't make it to the retreat. When this happens we offer up remaining places to top quarterfinalists on a first come, first ...

A 'clean' cover page is one that includes only the title on the cover, no author's name, contact information etc. We ask for clean cover pages to ensure that the judging ...

For hardcopy submissions, we recommend a plain white or cream card stock cover to ensure that the body of the script is protected over multiple readings. The title can appear on ...