It’s a wrap! Script to Screen reaches 150 application limit

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When we left the office yesterday evening and throughout last night we hadn’t yet quite hit the 150 application limit on Script to Screen.

This morning we were overwhelmed with applications and officially hit the 150 mark.

Thank you to those of you who submitted an application.

And if you were planning to apply, we’re so sorry that you now won’t be able to. We know how much passion and effort goes into each application.

Watch the NSI website over the coming months to see who makes the shortlist. We’ll be announcing the top 10 shortlist on October 15. The top five applicants will be notified on November 15.

Good luck!

  • KAY

    Awesome program, good luck everyone

  • Celinelafreniere

    The Writers Guild only sent info regarding this worthwhile  programme on July 12. A week later, the NSI announce that they already have their 150 submissions and it a wrap. Aren’t they sacrificing quality for speed? The August 11 deadline was more achievable and fairer for everyone.  What if some real gem missed being considered as a result?

    • http://www.nsi-canada.ca/ Melissa Kajpust

      Thank you for you comments. We understand how frustrating it must be to think you have until August to send in your submission and then find out the process is closed almost a month early. 

      This is why we were so careful after we announced this opportunity with Movie Central at the Banff World Media Festival in June to keep reminding possible applicants that the first 150 only would be accepted, and included the “thermometer gauge” on our site as both a reminder and indicator of the popularity of this initiative. Much time, consideration and care went into decisions surrounding deadlines and submission caps. 

      We anticipate finding some outstanding treatments from these successful applicants.

  • Peter Cuming

    I share Celine’s concern. The way this project is run seems to be for the convenience of the officers of the NSI rather than a genuine desire to find the best projects available. The deadline advertised for submission incidentally was August 15. What harm could it have caused to allow submission until that date? What about a rethink on that matter? 

    • http://www.nsi-canada.ca/ Melissa Kajpust

      Thanks for your comment Peter. I’ve replied to Celine’s comment.

  • 1126events

    I thought the program announcement came with plenty of time to prepare an application and the response to queries was excellent. Good luck everyone!

  • SD

    While I sort of agree with Peter and Celine, I have been working on my submission for weeks, looked at the thermometer two days ago and said “if I don’t stay up all night and really prioritise this application, I’m going to miss a great opportunity here”. So even though I work 14+ hours a day, 6 days a week, I got my submission in because I could tell on Monday night that the door was closing.

    Having said all of that, I would have liked to have more time to work on it and know with another few weeks it would have been 100x better. But in the end I am just thankful that a program like this one even exists.

  • Céline Lafrenière

    Thank you all for your comments and helpful information. I guess the WGC decided to send their writers a rather late announcement about this worthwhile program. Too bad I was not bright enough to get it together in one week. Good luck to those who made it.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Liam-Brennan/563960580 Liam Brennan

    While my submission was also slightly rushed to ensure it got accepted in time, I think there was plenty of time permitted and to accept the first 150 submissions is a solid idea given the volume of material to read and sift through. I work as a manuscript judge for Amazon.com’s yearly Breakthrough Novel Award and they have a similar system but far more readers to help sort through the submissions and find some promising pieces. And though I look back at my submission now and see a number of things that, if i’d had more time, I would like to address and change, I think the NSI folks will see the potential in a good idea and understand that these submissions are broadstrokes of what’s to come. Good luck all!

  • Elizabeth Denny

     Will Script to Screen be running again and if so, when?