4^th STAGE Script Competition Submission Guidelines

Important Note to Entrants: New guidelines and our next deadline have been posted so that you may know the requirements and begin to prepare your entries in advance, but please note that we will not accept scripts until after June 15, 2009. On June 15, the Entry Form on this site will become active and submissions will be accepted. Any entries submitted before June 15, 2009, and without submission of both an online Entry Form and a printed and signed hard copy of an Entry Form, will be disqualified.

1. All plays must be original, full-length (minimum running time: 70 minutes), and submitted in English.
2. Plays that have been published or reviewed, or that have begun (i.e., first rehearsal) or received a professional production prior to the submission deadline, are not eligible. Plays that have had readings or a workshop are acceptable.
3. Plays or theatre pieces incorporating multi-media are eligible and encouraged, as is material presented in a new form or not entirely script-based. To enable adequate evaluation in these cases, authors must submit a detailed artistic statement that describes such elements in a clear and understandable manner. Those working with/in multi-media/new forms must also submit samples of the visual/aural interpretation of the piece, e.g., sketches, slides, DVD, CD, or the like.
4. Original material based on an existing published work or the like may be submitted if the author(s):
   1. are the owners of the existing published work, or
   2. have written permission from the author and owner of the existing published work to adapt this work for the stage and a copy of this written permission accompanies the submission of the play and all supporting materials. Any adaptations that do not fulfill these requirements are not eligible.
5. Authors may submit only one script per contest cycle.
6. Scripts submitted in a previous contest cycle may be resubmitted only if:
   1. they have been significantly re-written, i.e., more than 50% of the script must be substantially changed from the previous submission, and
   2. they have been submitted only once before. No script may be resubmitted a third time.
7. No musicals, translations or screenplays are being accepted at this time.
8. Those involved in any aspect of the STAGE Script Competition application or review process are not eligible to enter.

1. A cover letter.
2. Completed and signed entry form, as follows:
   Please submit the entry form online. After you click on the "Submit Entry Form" button, a confirmation page will appear on your screen. Please print out this confirmation page, have all collaborators sign and date the form in the space provided, and mail it in with your script copies and other submission materials. Click here to go to the entry form.
3. A bio/resume for each author/collaborator.
4. Two copies of a separate one-page (maximum) synopsis of the script. Include the name of the play at the top of this page, but identification and/or the name(s) of the author(s) must not appear anywhere on the synopsis.
5. Two copies of a separate written statement regarding:
   1. the specific manner in which the play relates to the fields of science and/or technology;
   2. how the play has developed up to the present (including information about the artistic evolution of the play and its ideas, as well as information regarding past readings, workshops, etc.); and
   3. how the author(s) envision the future development of the script and the culmination of this work.

   It is understood that in some cases, names of collaborators may need to be mentioned as part of the developmental history, but again, do not include the name of the author(s) anywhere in the written statement.

6. Three (3) copies of the play, in English. Since scripts will be read as blind submissions, the title pages on all copies of the play must include only the name of the play and the year in which it was written. Identification and/or the name(s) of the author(s) must not appear anywhere on the scripts. Each script must include a list of characters or a cast breakdown. Double-sided photocopies of scripts are encouraged.