Maverick Movie Awards – Year 9
		Submission Information and Guidelines Submissions Only Accepted Through Withoutabox
		Secure Online Screeners Now Accepted via WITHOUTABOX.com (Although the MMA Team Prefers DVD or Blu-ray Submissions)
		ON SUBMISSION FEE WAVIERS
		The Maverick Movie Awards CANNOT grant submission fee waivers since the general operations and promotion of the foundation is dependent upon the minimal income these fees generate.
		CATEGORIES
		Feature-length Movies (70-180 minutes) Short-length Movies (1-69 minutes) Student-made Movies (Features and Shorts)
		FEATURE FILM AWARDS
		21 Maverick Awards 42-189 Maverick Award Nominations (1 Winner and Up to 9 Nominees in 21 Categories)
		SHORT FILM AWARDS
		21 Maverick Awards 42-294 Maverick Award Nominations (1 Winner and Up to 14 Nominees in 21 Categories)
		SUBMISSION DATES/DEADLINES
		Opening Date: February 1, 2012 Earlybird Deadline: March 13, 2012 Regular Deadline: April 30, 2012 Late Deadline: May 30, 2012 WAB Extended Deadline: June 30, 2012
		SUBMISSION FEES FOR FEATURE-LENGTH and* SHORT-LENGTH MOVIES
		- Earlybird Deadline: $20 / -$5 for Those Eligible for WAB Discount - Regular Deadline: $25 / -$5 for Those Eligible for WAB Discount - Late Deadline: $30 / -$5 for Those Eligible for WAB Discount - WAB Extended Deadline: $50 / -$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: $20 / -$5 for Students Eligible for WAB Discount - Late Deadline: $25 / -$5 for Students Eligible for WAB Discount - WAB Extended Deadline: $45 / -$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): August 31, 2012 Winners Will Be Posted at the MMA Website (by): September 15, 2012
		ELIGIBILITY AND RULES
		FEATURE-LENGTH MOVIES
		Any feature-length movie (70-180 minutes) completed within the last three years may be submitted to this year’s Maverick Movie Awards. All DVDs and cases must be labeled with the title, running time, and submission number.
		SHORT-LENGTH MOVIES
		Any short-length movie (1-69 minutes) completed within the last three years may be submitted to this year’s Maverick Movie Awards. All DVDs and cases must be labeled with the title, running time, and submission number.
		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. If submitting an online screener, you must e-mail a JPEG of this information to info@maverickmovieawards.com with your submission number included in the subject line. 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, running time, and submission number.
		IMPORTANT SHIPPING INFORMATION
		All submissions shipping out from anywhere in the world MUST BE SENT VIA REGULAR MAIL since FedEx, UPS, AND OTHER LIKE CARRIERS WILL NOT DELIVER TO A USPS P.O. BOX. If shipping within the United States, please SHIP FIRST CLASS or PRIORITY MAIL ONLY; DO NOT SEND ANYTHING “SIGNATURE REQUIRED,” INSURED, PARCEL POST, OR REGISTERED MAIL since these tend to prove problematic for delivery and/or receipt of submission materials. If shipping to the 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 since either tends to prove problematic for delivery and/or receipt of submission materials. DO NOT SEND PRESS KITS, STILLS, OR OTHER PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS.
		PLEASE SHIP ONLY MOVIES SUBMITTED THROUGH WITHOUTABOX.COM TO:
		Maverick Movie Awards Hollywood Distribution Hub P.O. Box 23 Marion, CT 06444-0023, USA
		IMPORTANT PAYMENT INFORMATION
		Payment by credit card through Withoutabox is the ONLY method/form of payment that is accepted.
		ONLINE SCREENER SUBMISSION INFORMATION
		Secure Online Screeners is a revolutionary service provided by our submissions service provider, Withoutabox.com. This no-waste link between the moviemaker and the MMA staff is a perfect complement to Withoutabox.com’s paperless online submission website. All video screeners are SECURELY HOSTED by WAB’s parent company, IMDb.com, and ACCESS IS RESTRICTED to the moviemaker and the MMA. Submitters to the MMA may use this service if needed; however, Team MMA most definitely prefers DVD or Blu-ray submissions sent via regular mail. There is NOT a submission fee reduction for submitting an online screener. If you are nominated, upon notification, you will be required to immediately provide the MMA with a DVD or Blu-ray screener of your movie for archival purposes.
		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 in all applicable categories. Award and nominee selections are made by the foundation directors and/or selection committees and are final. Nominees and winners will be posted at our website at the close of each season. The Maverick Movie Awards does NOT provide trophies, plaques, paper certificates, or any type of material award; however, the MMA does provide winners and nominees with access to downloadable Maverick Award certificates. 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, its advertising/promotional material, 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 pledges not to sue or threaten to sue the Maverick Movie Awards, its parent company, its directors, staff, volunteers, sponsors, affiliates, and partners, or to 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 anywhere (otherwise known as “slander”), including on Internet postings, blogs, sites, twitters, etc., etc., 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, fully understands, and unconditionally agrees to all submission guidelines as well as all applicable terms and conditions of the Maverick Movie Awards.

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