Creative Entry Submissions

• $95 per submission for HPA/SMPTE members
• $125 per submission for non-members
• HPA/SMPTE Corporate member companies may submit all entries from that company under the membership rate.
• Individual members may use the member rate for entries where that individual is the entrant.

Engineering Excellence Award Submission

• HPA/SMPTE Corporate Members – $300 per submission
• Non-Members – $595 per submission

Payment Information

• Payment may be made via credit card during the submission process, or by mailing in a check, or by ACH/EFT.
• Payments made by check must be in US Funds only. Make check payable to: Hollywood Professional Association
• In the case of EFT or ACH payments, HPA must receive the full amount of the entry fee in US Dollars. All transfer or  bank fees are the sender’s responsibility category.

Materials

See sections B and C of the Awards Entry Rules for full details (PDF)

Pro Res HQ File Media Guidelines: For all categories other than Outstanding Color Grading – Theatrical Feature

• Codec – Pro Res 422 HQ
• Color Space – Rec 709, gamma 2.4
• Resolution – 1920 x 1080
• 23.98 fps
• Viewing materials can be uploaded as part of the entry submission process at hpa.awardcore.com. See section D (page 21) for a complete walk through of the entry submission process.

H.264 File Media Guidelines – Editing for Episode or Non-Theatrical Feature category ONLY:

• 920 x 1080P
• H.264 High Profile
• Chroma 4:2:0 or 4:2:2
• BitRate 8 Mbs

Sound submission guidelines

• Submissions should be submitted on a Pro Res HQ file. The viewing material should include both the completed sound mix for judging and matching video.
• Codec – Pro Res 422 HQ
• Audio – PCM
  1. 5.1 Sound – with the following track assignments.
     • Track 1 – Left
     • Track 2 – Right
     • Track 3 – Center
     • Track 4 – LFE
     • Track 5 – LS
     • Track 6 – RS
  2. Stereo
     • Track 1 – Left
     • Track 2 – Right
  3. Note: Stereo tracks should only be submitted when the original project was released in Stereo.