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unpublished and unproduced.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