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Congratulations! Jacob Appel - THIRDS - 2008/2009 Winner.
3rd Annual Playwrighting Contest 2009/2010
Notechtheate Full Length Play Contest 2009/2010
First Place - $200
Submission Deadline: January 31, 2010
Notification of Winner: March 1, 2010
No Submissons accepted before August 1, 2009
Previous Contest Winners
Contest Goals
We believe that producing new plays is essential to the life of the American Theatre. We hope to encourage the development of new work that is truly relevant to the life of specific communities; new work that encourages playwrights to write for the "hometown" theatres; new work that doesn't have to "redefine the theatre art" or "recolor the universe" but work that may tell old stories in new ways or new stories in old ways; new work that tells the audiences about the themselves NOT about the artist. David Moberg, Editor, NoTechTheatre
Contest Guidelines
(Please read Guidelines carefully! Please do not submit if your work does not "fit" the guidelines.)
Submission fee of $15 is required for each hard-copy and/or electronic script submission.
Entries MUST BE a full length play --- a minimum of 75 minute running time. Musicals, one-acts, and children's plays WILL NOT be considered.
Subject Matter - Comedies preferred; serious plays that inspire hope and courage; real plays about real people in the real world. Plays that appeal to family audiences. Plays that have excessive profanity and explicitly adult content and situations will NOT be considered.
Casting - We are looking specifically for plays that can be realistically performed by college age performers. While most plays/stories have "older" characters, plays in which all or most characters are "older" characters may not be appropriate for this contest.
Adaptations are not encouraged.
Prefer cast size 3 to 10 characters; single set.
Plays that have had workshop productions and/or staged readings in colleges or universities are eligible for submission.
Entries must be original work and cannot have been published, cannot not have been produced professionally, and cannot be under any binding contract. Rights to the submitted work must be owned and controlled by the author.
Legal clearance of materials not in the public domain are the full responsibility of the playwright.
Only first place will receive a monetary prize. Additional plays may be recommended for full production. If selected for full production, standard royalties for four to six performance run MAY also be paid by producing theatre organization. Plays may be recommended for production in mainstage and blackbox theatre spaces.
Multiple submissions are permitted, but please limit the number of your submissions. (Be selective! We recommend you only send us one play per year...send us your best work!) Submissions to previous NoTechTheatre contests will NOT be considered.
Playwrights will NOT receive feedback on their scripts from our staff or reading committees.
Submissions may be hard-copy or electronic. (We encourage electronic submission! SAVE POSTAGE MONEY!)
Hardcopy submission: Playwright must submit one typewritten BINDER BOUND, no brads, staples, or clips (unbound scripts will be destroyed) copy of the script with a title page that contains: title, author's name, mailing address, phone number, and e-mail address. Professional play format is required.
Submissions must include brief playwright resume or biography.
Scripts are not returnable. NoTechTheatre will properly dispose of all scripts not selected.
Electronic submissions are encouraged. (SAVE YOUR MONEY!) Electronic submissions MUST BE as a MS WORD document or PDF attachment only. File name should contain the play title. Title page of the play should include: title, author's name, mailing address, phone number, and e-mail address. NoTechTheatre reserves the right to print one copy of electronic submissions to facilitate the reading and selection process. NoTechTheatre will properly dispose of all scripts not selected.
Hard copy scripts and submission fee (NO CASH) should be mailed to: 164 NE Royce Ave., Port St. Lucie, FL 34983
Electronic Copies should be e-mailed to: PlayContest@notechtheatre.com; submission fee ($15, NO CASH, checks only to Notechtheatre) should be mailed to Notechtheatre, 164 NE Royce Ave., Port St. Lucie, FL 34983
Electronic copies of scripts not selected will be deleted from NoTechTheatre computers.
SASE is not required as all confirmation correspondence shall be email.
Final selection of winning play will be made exclusively by NoTechTheatre Editor, David Moberg.
NoTechTheatre can NOT guarantee full production of any entry.
Winning play may be considered for representation by NoTechTheatre.
If you have any questions concerning this contest, please contact David Moberg at PlayContest@notechtheatre.com BEFORE you submit your play.
Notechtheatre - 164 NE Royce Avenue, Port St. Lucie, FL 34983 772 979 2262
