Problem Number One: It is too difficult for talented writers who have no "connections" to gain recognition and get their material read by legitimate agents, producers, directors and investors.

Problem Number Two: Agents, producers, directors, and investors complain that they cannot find any great material, but they will generally not accept "unsolicited material." This means that unless the script comes from a source that is known to them, they will not read it.

The Philadelphia Screenplay Festival was established to help eliminate this problem. By accepting all submitted screenplays and judging them based upon their quality -- not their source or their standardized formatting or the quality of the brads holding them together -- The Philadelphia Screenplay Festival looks to give undiscovered screenwriters an opportunity to rise above the crowd.

The competition's categories ensure that a truly wonderful script is not punished or ignored because it is in a genre that does not usually win awards. There is no limit to the frustration experienced by the writer who commits the crime of writing "fun" or "likeable" material. It always seems to be "important" films that win the accolades. In reality, people love dramas, but they also love comedies, family movies, action pictures, thrillers and horror flicks. Writing for a fun genre should not forbid a writer from having their talents acknowledged.

Importantly, there is no limit set upon the number of Honorable Mentions in each category. When designing The Philadelphia Screenplay Festival, its founders considered having five honorable mentions per category - but what if there were seven comedy scripts and nine fantasy scripts that deserved to be made? For this reason, any script that is deemed worthy of making it to the screen by The Philadelphia Screenplay Festival's judging committee wins an Honorable Mention in its category.

It is with these policies that The Philadelphia Screenplay Festival greatly assists legitimate agents, producers, directors and investors. By allowing them to view the Grand Prize Winners and Honorable Mentions from each category, The Philadelphia Screenplay Festival gets winning scripts into the hands of professionals who will make something happen for that script.

Filmmakers with the resources to complete films know that they want to make a romantic comedy, a horror film, or a family movie. The Philadelphia Screenplay Festival provides them with a source of quality scripts for them to choose from that is categorized in ways that are most useful for them.