Call for submissions | 2019 Yale Playwriting competition
Deadline:
August 15, 2018
Yale Drama Series invites submissions for its 2019
playwriting competition. The Yale Drama Series is an annual competition for
emerging playwrights. Worldwide submissions are accepted. The competition is
organised by the David Charles Horn Foundation.
Rules:
- Only plays written
in English will be accepted
- Submissions must
be original, unpublished full-length plays.
- Translations,
musicals, adaptations and children's plays are NOT accepted.
- Plays that have
been professionally produced or published are NOT eligible.
- Playwrights may
submit only one manuscript per year.
- Only manuscripts
authored by one playwright are eligible.
- Plays that have had a workshop, reading, or non-professional
production or that have been published as an actor’s edition will be
considered.
- Plays may not be
under option, commissioned, or scheduled for professional production or
publication at the time of submission.
- Plays must be
typed/word-processed, page-numbered, and in professional play format.
- The Yale Drama
Series reserves the right to reject any manuscript for any reason.
- The Yale Drama
Series reserves the right of the judge to not choose a winner for any
given year of the competition and reserves the right to determine the
ineligibility of a winner, in keeping with the spirit of the competition,
and based upon the accomplishments of the author.
ELECTRONIC
SUBMISSIONS:
- The Yale Drama
Series Competition strongly urges electronic submission. By electronically
submitting your script, you will receive immediate confirmation of your
successful submission and the ability to check the status of your entry.
- Electronic
submissions for the 2019 competition must be submitted no earlier than
June 1, 2018 and no later than August 15, 2018. The submission window
closes at midnight EST.
- If you are
submitting your play electronically, please omit your name and contact
information from your manuscript. The manuscript must begin with a title
page that shows the play's title, a 2-3 sentence keynote description of
the play, a list of characters, and a list of acts and scenes. Please
enter the title of your play, your name and contact information (including
address, phone number, and email address), and a brief biography where
indicated in the electronic submission form.
- If you would like
to submit an electronic copy of your manuscript please go to: https://yup.submittable.com/submit
HARDCOPY
SUBMISSIONS:
- The Yale Drama
Series Competition strongly urges applicants to submit their scripts
electronically, but if that is impossible, we will accept hardcopies.
- Submissions for
the 2019 competition must be postmarked no earlier than June 1, 2018 and
no later than August 15, 2018.
- If you are
submitting a hard copy of your play, the manuscript must begin with a
title page that shows the play's title and your name, address, telephone
number, e-mail address (if you have one), page count, and (if applicable)
a list of acknowledgments; and a second title page that lists the title of
the play only, a 2-3 sentence keynote description of the play, a list of
characters, and a list of acts and scenes. Please include a brief
biography at the end of the manuscript, on a separate page.
- Do not bind or
staple the manuscript.
- Do not send the
only copy of your work. Manuscripts cannot be returned after the
competition. If you wish receipt of your manuscript to be acknowledged,
please include an email address on your title page or a stamped, self-addressed
postcard.
- Send the
manuscript to Yale Drama Series, P.O. Box 209040, New Haven, CT
06520-9040.
Deadline:
August 15, 2018
Judge:
Ayad Akhtar is the judge for the 2019 competition.
Entry
is free.
Prizes
The winner will be awarded the David Charles Horn Prize of
$10,000, publication of his or her manuscript by Yale University Press, and a
staged reading at Lincoln Center's Claire Tow Theater.
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