Amazon Studios Clarifies $20k Writing Contest Rules

Amazon Studios has launched a huge endeavor by coupling with Warner Bros. Pictures in a first look deal that serves to give screenwriters and filmmakers a chance to get noticed, get money and get their films made.

That's if they win.

The first deadline is fast approaching, with Amazon Studios clarifying the final, last second dates that writers have to get their scripts up on the site:

"A script must be uploaded and processed by 11:59 p.m. PST on 12/31/2010 to be considered for the December 2010 contest. This process usually takes less than 10 minutes but we recommend that you give your script at least an hour or more," Amazon Studios wrote Tuesday on their site.

Writing a script is just one of the initial steps writers are taking to get noticed by the Hollywood Who's Who related to the site.

Some are including movie trailers, writer's pitch videos and full test movies to help viewers envision their words on the screen better.

And Amazon Studios is keeping track of the projects experiencing the most popularity through various sorting drop down boxes and links that allow folks to see popularity in general, or by genre.

"Amazon Studios contest winners are decided by a panel of industry experts and Amazon Studios representatives," the new online studio recently wrote. "By the time a script becomes one of our six finalists, it will have been read at least three times. Judges will read all finalist scripts and together decide the winners. Site popularity, reviews and feedback can help bring attention to a great script, and can help writers improve their work; however, the public does not directly determine winners."

No doubt once the first screenplay winners of $20,000 are announced - and definitely after this first $100,000 Amazon Studios movie winner is unveiled positively - will the general public no doubt begin turning their attention to this contest as a viable, reliable, and non-scam-like means for emerging writers and directions to get noticed and get their long-wanted due.

Those who've made it in on the ground floor of this venture will be happier than hogs in slop - akin to someone who first discovered YouTube or Facebook back when they first launched, and took full advantage of the newness of a winning thing - and combined with the favor and grace of God, won big time via the discovery.