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Maverick Movie Awards – Year 7
Submission Information and Guidelines
Submissions Only Accepted Through Withoutabox

CATEGORIES
Feature-length Movies (70-180 minutes)
Short-length Movies (1-69 minutes)
Student-made Movies (Features and Shorts)
AWARDS
21 Feature Awards
63-210 Nominations
21 Short Awards
63-210 Nominations
ON SUBMISSION FEE WAIVERS
We do not grant submission fee waivers. Look, MMA’s
deadline fees are FAR LESS THAN pretty much any
other festival or contests’ submission fees so we
are already doing our part to ease moviemakers’
financial burdens.
SUBMISSION DATES/DEADLINES
Opening Date: March 1, 2010
Earlybird Deadline: April 30, 2010
Regular Deadline: July 31, 2010
Late Deadline: August 31, 2010
WAB Extended Deadline: October 31, 2010
SUBMISSION FEES FOR FEATURE-LENGTH
and* SHORT-LENGTH MOVIES
- Earlybird Deadline: $25 / -$5 for Those Eligible
for WAB Discount
- Regular Deadline: $30 / -$5 for Those Eligible for
WAB Discount
- Late Deadline: $35 / -$5 for Those Eligible for
WAB Discount
- WAB Extended Deadline: $60 / -$15 for Those
Eligible for WAB Discount
*Less the run-time of your picture, every submission
is given the same amount of time and consideration
by our selection committee; hence, it is the same
price for features and shorts.
SUBMISSION FEES FOR STUDENT-MADE FEATURE-LENGTH
and* SHORT-LENGTH MOVIES
- Earlybird Deadline: $20 / -$5 for Students
Eligible for WAB Discount
- Regular Deadline: $25 / -$5 for Students Eligible
for WAB Discount
- Late Deadline: $30 / -$5 for Students Eligible for
WAB Discount
- WAB Extended Deadline: $55 / -$15 for Students
Eligible for WAB Discount
*Less the run-time of your picture, every submission
is given the same amount of time and consideration
by our selection committee; hence, it is the same
price for features and shorts.
NOTIFICATIONS
Nominees Will Be Contacted via E-mail (by): November
14, 2010
Winners Will Be Posted at the MMA Website (by):
November 28, 2010
ELIGIBILITY AND RULES
FEATURE-LENGTH MOVIES
Any feature-length movie (70-180 minutes) created
outside of the Hollywood system completed within the
last three years may be submitted to this year’s
Maverick Movie Awards. The only moviemakers who need
not submit to the Maverick Movie Awards are those
financed directly by or through a Hollywood studio,
production company, distributor, agency, and/or
management company. All DVDs and cases must be
labeled with the title and running time of the entry
and the category (Feature, Short, or Student) you
would like to be considered for.
SHORT-LENGTH MOVIES
Any short-length movie (1-69 minutes) created
outside of the Hollywood system completed within the
last three years may be submitted to this year’s
Maverick Movie Awards. The only moviemakers who need
not submit to the Maverick Movie Awards are those
financed directly by or through a Hollywood studio,
production company, distributor, agency, and/or
management company. All DVDs and cases must be
labeled with the title and running time of the entry
and the category (Feature, Short, or Student) you
would like to be considered for.
STUDENT-MADE MOVIES
Any feature-length (70-180 minutes) or short-length
(1-69 minutes) movie created by a student completed
within the last three years may be submitted to this
year’s Maverick Movie Awards. A photocopy of a valid
student ID that corresponds with the completion date
of the movie must accompany all entries to the
Student-made Movies category. Graduate-level work is
accepted. Note: Submission for this award DOES NOT
restrict eligibility for Feature-length or
Short-length awards categories or prizes. All DVDs
and cases must be labeled with the title and running
time of the entry and the category (Feature, Short,
or Student) you would like to be considered for.
IMPORTANT SHIPPING INFORMATION
If shipping from within the United States, SHIP
SUBMISSIONS USPS FIRST CLASS ONLY. And DO NOT SEND
ANYTHING “SIGNATURE REQUIRED,” INSURED, PARCEL POST,
OR REGISTERED MAIL. Our offices are not always
manned during regular business hours, which is the
reason for these shipping guidelines. If shipping to
MMA from outside of the United States, please
endeavor to ship using a method that does not
require a recipient signature for delivery or proof
of insurance. Of course, the most important thing is
that we receive your submission so, if you must, you
may ship using any carrier or method (even if a
signature is required).
PLEASE SHIP TO: Maverick Movie Awards, MMA
Hollywood: Submission Distribution Hub, 85 Riverside
Drive, Meriden, CT, 06451, USA.
IMPORTANT PAYMENT INFORMATION
DO NOT PAY BY PERSONAL OR COMPANY CHECK. Payment by
credit card through Withoutabox is encouraged.
Domestic or international money orders (ONLY!) for
U.S. dollars are also accepted, made out to “MTP IV,
LLC.” If you send a personal or company check, it
will be destroyed and your submission will not be
reviewed until proper payment is received. Also, if
your submission deadline payment does not correspond
with your postmark date, your submission will not be
reviewed until total payment is received.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
All genres of narrative, documentary, animated,
musical, experimental, and/or performance-based
feature-length, short-length, and student-made
pictures are eligible for up to twenty-one awards.
One (1) award is given to one of three to ten (3-10)
nominees and will be selected for BOTH
feature-length and short-length pictures for each
“best” award-type. Student-made feature-length and
short-length pictures will also be eligible to
receive “best” awards and/or nominations. Award and
nominee selections are made by the contest directors
and the contest's selection committee and are final.
Nominees followed by winners (approximately one week
later) will be posted on our website at the close of
the season. If selected, the moviemaker, controlling
company, and/or submitter grants unrestricted
rights/permission to the Maverick Movie Awards to
list and promote the winning and/or nominated
picture as well as any individual, group, company,
and/or organization listed in the picture credits
for the life of the Maverick Movie Awards. The
Maverick Movie Awards does not pay any fees to list
and/or promote submitted and/or selected movies or
associated promotional/advertising materials. The
moviemaker, controlling company, and/or submitter
attests that any and all image, music, and/or other
applicable rights have been legally cleared and
granted. If not selected (and also as this may apply
to those selected as winners or nominees), the
moviemaker, controlling company, and/or submitter
agrees to act like a grownup person (even if you are
a minor) and guarantees not to sue or threaten to
sue the Maverick Movie Awards, its parent company,
its directors, staff, or volunteers, or take legal
action or inflict litigation of any kind, and
furthermore promises not to crank call us, write us
flaming e-mails, or write, publish, and/or
disseminate any derogatory whining (otherwise known
as “slander”) anywhere, including on Internet
postings, blogs, sites, twitters, etc. By submitting
to the Maverick Movie Awards, you, the moviemaker,
controlling company, and/or submitter agrees that
he/she has the right and authority to submit and has
read and fully understands all submission guidelines
as well as the terms and conditions of the Maverick
Movie Awards.
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