Internet and mobile banking have changed our world in profound ways and added incredible conveniences and efficiency to our daily lives. Whether you’re paying a bill or managing your monthly budget, routine tasks that once ate up significant parts of your day now are done in mere seconds, and with greater accuracy and security than ever before
Open Screenplay and RBC want to hear stories about how digital banking has enhanced your life. We want you to dig into your rich vault of creativity and provide us with Story Concepts about how digital or mobile banking has improved your life, or has the potential to do so
Imagine a world where we spend less time banking, and more time living. Can this technological wonder make us more present? Give us more time to parent? Facilitate great memories and spontaneous adventures? What would you tell a person who still stands in line to pay their bill or hasn’t discovered the magic of a mobile deposit? Would you help keep your grandmother safe from COVID-19 with the convenience of mobile banking? Or show her how to send your birthday gift by way of an Interac e-Transfer?
Share your Story Concepts with us for a chance at 11 prizes totaling $1,500!
Need help getting started? Check out these Story Concept Examples.
1st PRIZE
License fee cash award
& May advance to commissioned screenplay and / or production*
10 RUNNER-UP PRIZES OF
License fee cash award
& May advance to commissioned screenplay and / or production*
* License fee is for Story Concept Only. Should a screenplay be commissioned from the winning writer, additional compensation to be negotiated in accordance with customary industry parameters.
No purchase necessary. Contest begins on November 24th, 2020 at 12:00 AM (ET) and ends on December 22nd, 2020 at 11:59 PM (ET).
There are a total of eleven (11) prizes available to be won as follows: one (1) First Prize First Prize consisting of a license fee cash award of CDN $500, and in RBC’s sole discretion, the option of advancing the submission to a commissioned screenplay and / or production (approximate retail value: CDN $500), and ten (10) Runner-up Prizes consisting of a license fee cash award of CDN $100, and in the Sponsor’s sole discretion, the option of advancing the submission to a commissioned screenplay and / or production (approximate retail value: CDN $100 each). Open to residents of Canada, excluding Quebec, who are 13 years of age or older at the time of entry (parental or guardian consent required if entrant is under the age of majority in their jurisdiction of residence at the time of entry). Odds of winning depend on number and quality of eligible entries received before contest closes. Full rules and entry details available at: See full rules and entry details.
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Quick Facts
Royal Bank of Canada (RY on TSX and NYSE) and its subsidiaries operate under the master brand name RBC.
RBC is one of Canada's biggest banks, and among the largest in the world based on market capitalization.
RBC has 86,000+ full- and part-time employees who serve 17 million clients in Canada, the U.S. and 34 other countries.
RBC is one of North America's leading diversified financial services companies, and provides personal and commercial banking, wealth management, insurance, investor services and capital markets products and services on a global basis.
Contest Start date:
Nov 24th, 2020 at 12:00 AM EST
Submission Deadline:
Dec 22nd, 2020 at 11:59 PM EST
Participating is easy!
START a new Story Concept: simply sign in to Open Screenplay and click START >> Story Concept on the main menu. Choose RBC’s Story Concept Contest to enter your Story Concept into the competition. The Story Concept must be completed on openscreenplay.com.
Contest is open to residents of Canada, excluding Quebec, who have reached the age of majority at the time of entry or have obtained consent from their parent/legal guardian to enter.
Winning writers may be commissioned to turn their story concepts into screenplays for further compensation to be negotiated with buyers/producers in accordance with customary industry parameters. The Story Concept must be original and must be written on www.openscreenplay.com.
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