Hi Julie, great write-up! Quick question: What are your thoughts on the timing of script submissions to contests? I've heard that most contest readers make their minds up fairly quickly to reach their quota of selected scripts. Would you agree that there's an advantage to submitting scripts to contests well ahead of the deadline?
Hey Trevor - it makes no difference. Judges have judging guidelines that they have to adhere to. They get assigned a number of scripts and then the judges and scripts get switched up (in my competition, anyway) to ensure fair judging.
I have to agree...Speaking with some of the judges down at Austin, the general consensus is that whether they read it early or late in the process, a good script is a good script.