League Policies
The definition of “published” has delineated movie and tv transcriptions in order to distinguish literary works that have been published from creative works that have been produced. Additionally, our events define literature as “plays, prose, or poetry.” Unless a movie is also published as a play, prose, or poetry, it would be prohibited by the rule. More often than not, screenplays are not published plays, prose, or poetry, but are instead a stepping stone to production, and therefore it is very unlikely that a screenplay exists within the rules.