MOVIGUIDE® IS PROUD TO PRESENT THE 8TH ANNUAL KAIROS PRIZE FOR SPIRITUALLY UPLIFTING SCREENPLAYS.
SUPPORTED BY A GRANT FROM THE JOHN TEMPLETON FOUNDATION AWARDS CASH PRIZES OF $50,000 (COMBINED).The three winning screenwriters will be recognized in the presence of the top mass media of entertainment leaders, producers and talent at the 21st Annual MOVIEGUIDE® Faith and Values Awards Gala and Report to the Entertainment Industry in February 15, 2013.
In addition, key entertainment industry studio executives will review the winning scripts. Please see the news pages for information on who these prominent studio executives were in previous years. While the Kairos Prize is still relatively new - it has generated a tremendous amount of interest in the industry. That interest is rapidly growing based on the caliber of scripts Kairos has attracted.
Three prizes are awarded each year and they are:
Grand Prize: $25,000
1st Runner Up: $15,000
2nd Runner Up: $10,000PLUS
1. Advertisement promoting you and your winning script in The Trades.
2. Names and log lines of the winner and all finalists will be announced via press release to the media, trade publications, studios, and more than 5000 agents and producers and will be posted at www.movieguide.org, which is viewed by more than 1.5 million people a year!
3. Key entertainment industry studio executives will review the winning script and/or hold a pitch meeting with theircreative development team and the winning screenwriters. It is understood that it is up to the studio to decide whether or not to option and produce the script. As an alternative, the script will be submitted to primary independent producers.
4. A prize package from InkTip.com to include: a] One free six-month feature script listing on the InkTip Executive Index. b] One free title/logline listing in one issue of InkTip Magazine (same title must be listed in Index). c] Title/logline published in one weekly Industry e-Newsletter sent to all InkTip entertainment professionals (over 60,000 opted-in).
5. One free registration in a comprehensive SO YOU WANT TO BE IN PICTURES Writer's Workshop class.
6. One free SO YOU WANT TO BE IN PICTURES book and one Linda Seger Book of your choice.
