This year we will be offering two written screenplay analyses for each submission. Two different readers will read each script, with each reader providing written feedback.

Winner receives $10,000, with four finalists receiving $2,000 each.

The best screenplay from the UK will be awarded the Cordelia Award and will receive $1,000.

The best screenplay from outside the USA, Canada and the UK will be awarded the Joplin Award and will receive $1,000.

Every entrant who submits by August 1st is eligible for our Title contest, where three scripts will be awarded $250, as voted on by current BlueCat entrants.

One writer will be awarded a live, staged reading with professional local actors at Screenplay Live in Rochester, New York, as part of the 360|365 George Eastman House Film Festival. The prize includes travel, hotel and a $250 stipend.

Any screenplay submitted early and having received our early script analysis can be resubmitted by November 15th, 2011, for the reduced fee of $40. Resubmission entries will receive one script analysis.

Our regular deadline is October 15th with an entry fee of $60. Our final deadline is November 15th with an entry fee of $65.