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Over $30,000 in cash and prizes, plus Hollywood industry meetings!

• First Place Prizes
  $15,000 total cash, airfare to Los Angeles, and 3-night hotel stay (unless winner resides in or around Los Angeles), breakfast with screenwriter/producer Pen Densham (Riding the Alligator, Moll Flanders, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, producer of Backdraft) and other writers, lunch with producer Marvin V. Acuna and other executives, admission to any Script Pipeline Secret Door Pitchfest in 2013, admission to any Robert McKee Story Seminar in 2013, a personalized, signed copy of The Screenwriter's Bible by Dave Trottier, plus finalist prizes. NEW! The winner will have a trailer of his or her script produced by the New York Film Academy and posted on Finaldraft.com. Winner will also receive tuition to the 4-Week Filmmaking class, a $3,150 value. (Travel and equipment fees not included.)

• Second Place Prizes
  $4,000 total cash, airfare to Los Angeles, and 3-night hotel stay (unless winner resides in or around Los Angeles), breakfast with screenwriter/producer Pen Densham (Riding the Alligator, Moll Flanders, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, producer of Backdraft) and other writers, lunch with producer Marvin Acuna and other executives, admission to any Script Pipeline Secret Door Pitchfest in 2013, admission to any Robert McKee Story Seminar in 2013, a personalized, signed copy of The Screenwriter's Bible by Dave Trottier, plus finalist prizes.

• Third Place Prizes
  $2,000 total cash, airfare to Los Angeles, and 3-night hotel stay (unless winner resides in or around Los Angeles), breakfast with screenwriter/producer Pen Densham (Riding the Alligator, Moll Flanders, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, producer of Backdraft) and other writers, lunch with producer Marvin Acuna and other executives, admission to any Script Pipeline Secret Door Pitchfest in 2013, admission to any Robert McKee Story Seminar in 2013, a personalized, signed copy of The Screenwriter's Bible by Dave Trottier, plus finalist prizes.

• Fourth Place Prizes
  $500 total cash and finalist prizes.

• Fifth Place Prizes
  $250 total cash and finalist prizes.

• Top 10 Finalist Prizes
  - Final Draft software
  - One-year Moviemaker magazine subscription
  - One-year Writers Database Membership courtesy of Script P.I.M.P.
  - Gotham Writers’ Workshop 10-week class
  - StoryO from Jungle Software
  - One-year subscription to BOSI's Meeting with the Masters Series
  - Free Final Draft, Inc. Insider View webinar of your choice in 2013
  - Copy of LightSPEED eps, the web-based entertainment production management system
  - One-year Tier 1 subscription to Show Starter Scheduling & Budgeting Plus
  - Free Big Break™ Contest entry for 2013