The competition for the Emden Screenplay Award is open to previously unfilmed German-language feature film screenplays. Nominations and prize winners are decided by a jury called in collaboration with the Grimme-Institut, Marl. Special regulations apply to the com-petition for the Emden Screenplay Award.
The Award itself has a purse of € 12,000 (prize winner: € 10,000; nominees: € 1,000) provided by the logistics company Seehafenspedition Jakob Weets, Emden.
