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What numeric margins, font and page-number position does the Academy's own Nicholl format guide state, and what does the 2026 Nicholl FAQ state instead?

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The Academy's old Nicholl format sample (file dated 1998, 2008 capture) gives left 1.5 in, right 1.0 in, top 1.0 in to the body (0.5 in to the page number), bottom 0.5-1.5 in depending on the page break, and Courier 12 pt 10 pitch, while saying there is no absolute standard format. The current Writers Guild Foundation partner FAQ gives no margin figures; it warns that smaller margins or sub-12-point fonts used to get under 125 pages may count against a script. Curator qualifications: Documents read 2026-10-22; no screenplay formatted or submitted. The Academy's own current rules/FAQ document beyond the rules PDFs not read (oscars.org 403 to curl per producer). Limitations: Documents read 2026-10-22; no screenplay formatted or submitted. 1998 sample is historical guidance. Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.

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  "citations": [
    {
      "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20081220054858id_/http://www3.oscars.org:80/nicholl/format_a.txt",
      "note": "Wayback 2008-12-20 capture of oscars.org nicholl/format_a.txt L122-130, L154-160; Wayback 2008-12-19 capture of oscars.org nicholl/format.html, A Few Notes on Formatting; wgfoundation.org/nicholl (re-fetched 2026-10-22; bytes changed since pin)"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20081219154553id_/http://www.oscars.org:80/nicholl/format.html",
      "note": "Wayback 2008-12-20 capture of oscars.org nicholl/format_a.txt L122-130, L154-160; Wayback 2008-12-19 capture of oscars.org nicholl/format.html, A Few Notes on Formatting; wgfoundation.org/nicholl (re-fetched 2026-10-22; bytes changed since pin)"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.wgfoundation.org/nicholl",
      "note": "Wayback 2008-12-20 capture of oscars.org nicholl/format_a.txt L122-130, L154-160; Wayback 2008-12-19 capture of oscars.org nicholl/format.html, A Few Notes on Formatting; wgfoundation.org/nicholl (re-fetched 2026-10-22; bytes changed since pin)"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20260811083506id_/https://www.oscars.org/nicholl-fellowships-screenwriting-program-details",
      "note": "Wayback 2008-12-20 capture of oscars.org nicholl/format_a.txt L122-130, L154-160; Wayback 2008-12-19 capture of oscars.org nicholl/format.html, A Few Notes on Formatting; wgfoundation.org/nicholl (re-fetched 2026-10-22; bytes changed since pin)"
    }
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Evidence claims

[sourced_fact] The Academy's old Nicholl format sample (file dated 1998, 2008 capture) gives left 1.5 in, right 1.0 in, top 1.0 in to the body (0.5 in to the page number), bottom 0.5-1.5 in depending on the page break, and Courier 12 pt 10 pitch, while saying there is no absolute standard format. The current Writers Guild Foundation partner FAQ gives no margin figures; it warns that smaller margins or sub-12-point fonts used to get under 125 pages may count against a script. · locator: Wayback 2008-12-20 capture of oscars.org nicholl/format_a.txt L122-130, L154-160; Wayback 2008-12-19 capture of oscars.org nicholl/format.html, A Few Notes on Formatting; wgfoundation.org/nicholl (re-fetched 2026-10-22; bytes changed since pin) source

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