100 voices of florida
Receive an unrestricted prize of $1,000 for your short SCRIPT!
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FALL 2024 GRANT
Calling writers, directors, and producers who are script ready.
Receive a $1,000 prize to use how you choose!
Submit your short film screenplay and tell us about your connection to Florida for a chance to be the winner.
In an effort to help more storytellers, we select a winner per 100 submissions.
We want you to do what you do best - tell stories.
THREE WAYS TO SUBMIT
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benefits
$1,000 to use as you please!
A meeting with an industry professional.
One-on-one career coaching session that reflects your needs.
RULES & Eligibility
All contestants must meet the following criteria:
A writer, director, or producer with an authentic perspective who pursues their own creative voice and vision.
Submit an application by November 24, 2024 at 10pm ET that includes:
Contact information
PDF to your screenplay (5-15 pages excluding the cover page)
Briefly tell 100VOF about your personal connection to Florida
Pay an application fee of $20 (check FilmFreeway for discounts)
The entrant must:
Be a U. S. Citizen
18 years or older
Own all of the rights to the submitted script
We understand storytellers come from various backgrounds, levels of expertise, and genres.
Judges will look for storyteller’s who are committed to three tenets:
Pursue their own creative voice
Invoke emotional responses from the readers (fear, laughter, sadness, angst, etc.)
Value the importance of pacing to keep readers engaged
Things to keep in mind:
Submitters keep all of the rights to the script
Writing teams can submit a script, but only the one submitter will receive the cash prize
Judges are not made aware of the submitter's name
Answers to how the prize will be spent are not included in the judging process
Selected winner(s) may be asked to show proof to ensure they meet the following criteria
Three ways to submit
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You have questions?
We have answers.
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100 Voices of Florida is a grant initiative started by Floridian sisters who teamed up to bring more opportunities to Floridian filmmakers. It a call to how diverse Florida is. Whether you live in a big city on the coast or a small town in northern Florida, we want to showcase your vision. For every 100 submissions, we will grant one winner! That means there can be multiple winners per season and celebrate more creatives.
Check out the “About Us” page to learn more.
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Two ways to submit:
Online via our website (scroll up to submit)
FilmFreeway (discounts available).
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Interested Floridian fimmakers must:
be a U. S. Citizen,
18 years or older,
own all of the rights to the script (5-15 pages), and
establish connection to Florida.
Writing teams are able to submit scripts, but, at this time, we are only able to provide the $1,000 grant to the individual who submitted the application.
Selected winner(s) may be asked to show proof to ensure they meet the criteria. Pease review the “Rules and Eligibility” section for more information.
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APPLICATIONS OPEN 9/22/24
Participants are required to submit an application by November 24, 2024 at 10pm ET that includes:
contact information,
PDF to the screenplay,
briefly describe your connection to Florida,
pay an application fee of $20 (visit FilmFreeway for discounts).
Please review the “Rules and Eligibility” page for more information.
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Yes, but you must submit an application per script.
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Due to the amount of submissions, all scripts must be in English. One of the things we love about growing up in Florida is its cultural mix, so we hope to see a variety of ideas on the page.
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Standard contest rules. By submitting an application, the entrants & winner consents to: 100 Voices of Florida’s use of entrants’ names, likenesses, photographs, and/or film stills and clips for promotional without further payment or consideration. All uses of a entrants’ information are in accordance with our Privacy Policy.
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It is unlikely to respond to each participant, but regularly check your inbox for updates.
Finalist(s) and winner(s) will be contacted via email to the address provided in the application. Please check Junk folder to be safe.
Selected finalist(s) and/or winner(s) may be required to:
sign a notarized affidavit and release form
proof of government ID
provide documents of film agreements and/or
sign an agreement stating you will include our logo in your film's intro sequence.
Failure to respond to the initial notification within three (3) days will result in disqualification.
Should your script be awarded funding, you are not obligated to accept it until and unless other agreements are made.
