CAST Players

One-Act Playwriting Competition

Awards

• The top ten plays and authors will be listed on CAST Players website through December 31, 2012.
• The top six plays will receive $100 and three performances at the Festival in June, 2012.
• The six winning playwrights will receive one all-access Festival Pass.
• At the conclusion of the Festival, additional monetary prizes of $400 for First Place, $300 for Second Place and $200 for Third Place will be awarded , as will $100 for the Audience Favorite.

Competition Guidelines

• The competition is open to all playwrights residing within the United States.

• All styles, themes and genres are welcome.
• Not eligible: musicals, monologues, children’s plays, adaptations, film and television scripts.
• Scripts are to be original, unpublished and unproduced. Plays that have won at any other festival are ineligible. Staged readings or workshop productions will be accepted.
• Playwright MUST notify CAST Players if script becomes published or produced after submission.
• Preference will be given to scripts which utilize simple sets and smaller casts.
• Run times for each play needs to be no less than 30 minutes and no more than 60 minutes.
  
  

Submissions

• Playwrights must submit two (2) copies of each script along with an entry form and $10 entry/handling fee (U.S. dollars only) in cash or money order made out to CAST Players. Submission fees are non-refundable.

• All scripts are to be in English, typewritten and firmly bound.
• Pages must contain the title and page number in the header or footer.
• Entries will be judged anonymously. The playwright’s name should not appear anywhere on the script, and a cover page with the play title only must be included.
• No biographical information or resume should be included.
• No written or verbal critiques will be tendered.
• Multiple scripts may be submitted. Each entry must include a separate entry form and entry/handling fee.
• Deadline for entries is a postmark of December 31, 2011.
• Winners will be notified no later than March 15, 2012.
• Entries should be mailed to:

CAST Players,

One Act Play Competition

P.O. Box 125

Beaumont, CA 92223

• Entries sent by certified mail or requiring a signature upon delivery will not be accepted.
• Scripts will be returned only if accompanied by a self-addressed stamped envelope with sufficient postage.

The decision of the judges is final. CAST Players reserves the right to produce any of the winning plays royalty-free during our Festival, to withhold production, and to modify cash awards. CAST Players does not assume any responsibility for the loss, damage, or return of scripts. All reasonable care will be taken.

CAST Players reserves the right to film, video tape or photograph productions for promotional purposes only.

For more information and for the entry form, please visit www.castplayers.org