THE RULES

This contest is open to anyone except all employees, directors, associates, and immediate families of the TABLE READ MY SCREENPLAY Screenplay contest.
  
Multiple entries are permissible, but each entry must be accompanied by a separate Entry Form and entry fee.
 
Once material has been entered, no substitutions of new drafts or corrections will be considered. You may submit a REVISED LOGLINE or SCREENPLAY as a new submission AS MANY TIMES AS YOU LIKE but you must fill in an entry form and pay the appropriate entry fee.
 
Adaptations from other works are permissible provided you have the writer's written permission to adapt the work.
 
Adaptations of works in the public domain are permissible.
 
Collaborative work is eligible, the writers are responsible for the distribution of the contest prize(s).
 
Writers under the age of 18 years old must have parents permission to participate.
 
Contest applicants must accept without reservation the decisions rendered by the judges.
 
The work or submitted material must not have been previously produced for profit. 
 
Writer understands and accepts without reservation that he/she is an independent contractor and that
Contest Administrators are not responsible for withholding any taxes or payments to any government agency,
at any level, be it state, local or federal.
 
Writer understands that it is his/her sole responsibility to register Material with the U.S. Copyright Office
and/or with the Writer’s Guild of America or the appropriate agency in his/her country.
 
You must retain at least one copy of the submitted material, and you understand that all material we receive cannot and will not be returned under any circumstances.

Feature - (70 -140 pages), Shorts – (1 - 40 pages) , TV Pilots – 60 pages
 
Payments to be accepted via Paypal only. All major credit cards accepted via PayPal.
 
All entries must be received by Final Deadline. TRMS Inc. reserves the right to extend the posted contest deadline up to 90 days.
 
TRMS Inc. is not responsible for late or lost submissions.
 
When your screenplay, application, and payment have all been received, you will be notified by E-mail only
(within seven-ten days). So please provide an appropriate E-mail address;  If your email address changes
 please let us know.
 
By entering this contest and in the event you are declared a TOP 100 finalist, you understand and accept that we will be free to use your name and likeness for advertising or promotional purposes without additional consideration.
 
If you are the GRAND PRIZE Winner, 2nd or 3rd Place overall winner, you agree to give TRMS. Inc. permission
to post your video or audio file 'Table Read' on its web site.
 
All contest participants understand and agree with the following:
 
TRMS. Inc. very much intends to offer a 'Table Read' and hotel and airfare to the Grand Prize Winner from
the Feature & Pilot group and the same to the Grand Prize Winner from the Shorts group.
TRMS reserves the right to award a cash prize, at its discretion. The Grand Prize Winners are under no
obligation to accept the associated prizes but will not be awarded or be due a cash prize upon electing not to
 move forward with prize offered.

Writer understands that it is his/her sole responsibility to schedule their time to fit the FREE Teleseminar
time and dates. They will not be rescheduled and there is no cash equivalent. This is a FREE offer.
They are subject to David's availability and you will receive an email notification when they are scheduled.

TRMS Inc. may develop a series or documentary style program based on the inner workings of the contest and the production resulting therefrom. TRMS Inc. reserves the right to contact contestants with offers to participate in any such production. Contestants are under no obligation to participate therein.
 
Contestants may submit their Screenplay to any other person, contest, producer, agent, publisher, and/or organization.
 
Contestants retain all rights to their screenplay, subject to the terms and agreements contained herein.

TRMS Inc. will only accept your submission if you assure us that to the best of your knowledge you are the sole originator of the idea and that you have the legal right to submit it for judging to TRMS. Inc.
 
You understand that your LOGLINE and or SCREENPLAY will be reviewed by our employees and/or our panel of Industry Judges for evaluation. You also understand that any one of these employees, or judges may have been or may be exploring ideas similar to yours and you hereby waive any claim that TRMS. Inc, it's employees or judges may have misappropriated any ideas or portions of your submission logline or script.
 
No agreement for compensation, other than the TRMS prizes, has been implied.
 
TRMS Inc. agrees that your work is protected and we have no intention of distributing it for our own benefit.
 We do however intend to submit the TOP 100 to respected producers with your permission which will be granted upon clicking the 'I have Read and Understand the Contest Rules' button. If you choose to withdraw from
 this process you can at any time.
 
TRMS. Inc. has the right to change the prizes at any time, without notice, and/or substitute prizes
of equal or lesser value.