2. All writers for the 17 and over age group must be 17 years of age or older on 1st April 2009. All writers entering the 16 and under section must be 16 or under on 1st April 2009.
3. All entries must be submitted in English
4. Member's may submit a maximum of TWO separate entries, each entry must have a completed entry form. (See Task)
5. All entries must the original work of the author and any entry which forms part of a script which has been produced, sold or is currently under option elsewhere is not eligible.
6. Adaptations of fan fics, books, plays, or other source material written by any one else are not eligible under any circumstances; nor are scripts adapted from fan fics books, plays, or other source material written by you if your source material has been sold, produced, or is currently under option to any third party. Scripts adapted from your own fan fics, or any self-published works are eligible only if you have retained all rights to your work.
7. To qualify for the competition, each entry must include:
• Your Opening Summary and a Title to your Scene
• Your Stand alone scene
• A Completed Entry Form, which provides your full name, address, and e mail details.
8. Once a script has been entered in the competition, under no circumstances will we accept re writes or corrections.
9. The Closing Date for entries is 12:00BST (UK Time) on Friday 24th April 2009. Your entry or entries should be e mailed to [email protected] along with the completed entry form(s).
10. The judge's decision is final. Anyone attempting to influence the judge's decision will be disqualified.
11. The winning entries in each category, together with the short listed entries, will be published on the main site. BTTB also retains the right to publish all other entries on the forum.
12. The names of the winners, and runners up will be posted on www.backtothebay.net on Monday 1st June 2009.
13. All entries published on BTTB will be published with a disclaimer indicating that the copyright rests with the writer. It will be the responsibility of the writer to pursue any breaches of that copyright. BTTB would remind entrants that whilst they can copyright their work they cannot copyright the idea behind it. Similarities in ideas frequently occur and BTTB does not accept responsibility if similar ideas subsequently appear elsewhere.
14. No responsibility will be accepted by BTTB for late or lost entries, or for fraudulently submitted entries (e.g. An entry submitted by a 30 year old claiming to be 12!)
15. For the stand alone scene we will accept scripts in Word Formats, Rich Text or Final Draft. Please see the FAQ's for additional guidance.