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I am preparing a feature screenplay for Nicholl and for guild resources: what do the Academy, Writers Guild Foundation and WGA texts I can read actually require, and is there an official WGA margin spec?

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For the Nicholl route via the Writers Guild Foundation, the FAQ asks for an original English-language feature screenplay in standard industry format, as a PDF of 80-125 pages, on US Letter or A4, with a title-only title page and no identifying information (an LoC or WGA registration number is optional). The WGA FAQ page has no margin, font or Courier specification, a bounded negative for one page.

For the Nicholl route via the Writers Guild Foundation, the FAQ asks for an original English-language feature screenplay in standard industry format, as a PDF of 80-125 pages, on US Letter or A4, with a title-only title page and no identifying information (an LoC or WGA registration number is optional). The WGA FAQ page has no margin, font or Courier specification, a bounded negative for one page. Curator qualifications: Documents read 2026-10-22; no screenplay formatted or submitted. WGF page-one article (8.5 x 11 inch statement) not re-read. Limitations: Documents read 2026-10-22; no screenplay formatted or submitted. Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.
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      "url": "https://www.wga.org/the-guild/about-us/faq",
      "note": "wgfoundation.org/nicholl (re-fetched 2026-10-22); wga.org FAQ (whole-page string search)"
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      "url": "https://www.wgfoundation.org/nicholl",
      "note": "wgfoundation.org/nicholl (re-fetched 2026-10-22); wga.org FAQ (whole-page string search)"
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      "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20260811083506id_/https://www.oscars.org/nicholl-fellowships-screenwriting-program-details",
      "note": "wgfoundation.org/nicholl (re-fetched 2026-10-22); wga.org FAQ (whole-page string search)"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.wgfoundation.org/blog/2020/10/8/writing-your-screenplay-while-social-distancing-page-one",
      "note": "wgfoundation.org/nicholl (re-fetched 2026-10-22); wga.org FAQ (whole-page string search)"
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  • [sourced_fact] For the Nicholl route via the Writers Guild Foundation, the FAQ asks for an original English-language feature screenplay in standard industry format, as a PDF of 80-125 pages, on US Letter or A4, with a title-only title page and no identifying information (an LoC or WGA registration number is optional). The WGA FAQ page has no margin, font or Courier specification, a bounded negative for one page. · locator: wgfoundation.org/nicholl (re-fetched 2026-10-22); wga.org FAQ (whole-page string search) source

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