Seriously, I know what you are getting at, but I bet nobody will touch (or get in touch with) second place (or lower) until after #1's film comes out and is a success.

I bet that most people who matter (the people in the industry who call the shots) are laughing at all of this right now. They don't think this thing will really work out. We have to prove them wrong and really vote for the best script (not neccessarily our own) that will be the best film (regardless of "minor" format violations), so that the rest of us have not wasted our time.

If #1's is any good, they'll be after everyone.

i'd say expect calls if you make the top 30, everyone is looking for the next great script. This contest is really high pub. Shoot, I got calls from prodcos just from making the finals of a really small screenwriting contest in Pohdunk.

The thought of having a SERIES about ME is truly frightening. I mean, I've watched the Real World. People are merciless. I'll take second prize any day.

And I definitely think the top ten will get calls to have their scripts bought. Think about it, here is a weeding out machine for every studio out there to find good screenplays. Think about how many they must have to go through a year? they can just read the top ten/twenty/whatever and say "yep, we want THAT."

Laughing at us? The producers of greenlight just got a thousand people to submit scripts and a thousand people to weed through those scripts. All for free. It's good business when you can get people to work for free.

As far as for finishing second--that's losing, unless of course, it's followed by a phone call saying, "Hey, why make your movie for mil, when I'll pay you a mil for your script."

Gotta dream big, don't yah.