Deadline: 1 December 2011
Geographical coverage: international
Reading Fee: none/undisclosed
Accepts (genre): script
Prize/Payment: undisclosed
Contact: stage@cnsi.ucsb.edu
Guidelines
1. Submitted plays must explore scientific and/or technological stories, themes, issues and/or events. Science and/or technology must figure prominently in the script, whether in form or content or both. Biographical dramas, history plays, and medical dramas are discouraged unless they significantly employ science and/or technology. Authors are strongly urged to avoid the stereotypes often assigned to science, technology, and those who engage in these disciplines. This competition is not open to plays written in the genre of science fiction.
2. All entries must be postmarked on or before December 1, 2011.
Important Note to Entrants: New guidelines and our next deadline have been posted so that writers may know the requirements and begin to prepare entries in advance, but please note that the Competition will not accept scripts until September 15, 2011. At that time, the Entry Form on this site will become active and submissions will be accepted. Any entries submitted before September 15, 2011, and without submission of both an online Entry Form and a printed and signed hard copy of an Entry Form, will be disqualified.
3. Specific eligibility requirements:
1. All plays must be original, full-length (minimum running time: 70 minutes), and submitted in English. (See item 3.f, below, for information about translations.)
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. Musicals are eligible. When submitting musicals, the inclusion of any available supplemental materials (e.g., a CD with excerpts from the musical score) is strongly encouraged.
5. Original material based on an existing published work or the like may be submitted if the author(s)
6. Plays that have been translated into English
7. All submissions must include:
A cover letter.
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.
A bio/resume for each author/collaborator.
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.
Receipt of complete submissions will be sent by e-mail. Please note that it may take up to three weeks for entries to be processed before a receipt is sent. We regret that it is not possible to return any submission materials. Send submission materials to:
STAGE Script Competition
Professional Artists Lab
CNSI - MC 6105
3241 Elings Hall - Bldg. 266
University of California
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-6105
More information here.
Geographical coverage: international
Reading Fee: none/undisclosed
Accepts (genre): script
Prize/Payment: undisclosed
Contact: stage@cnsi.ucsb.edu
Guidelines
1. Submitted plays must explore scientific and/or technological stories, themes, issues and/or events. Science and/or technology must figure prominently in the script, whether in form or content or both. Biographical dramas, history plays, and medical dramas are discouraged unless they significantly employ science and/or technology. Authors are strongly urged to avoid the stereotypes often assigned to science, technology, and those who engage in these disciplines. This competition is not open to plays written in the genre of science fiction.
2. All entries must be postmarked on or before December 1, 2011.
Important Note to Entrants: New guidelines and our next deadline have been posted so that writers may know the requirements and begin to prepare entries in advance, but please note that the Competition will not accept scripts until September 15, 2011. At that time, the Entry Form on this site will become active and submissions will be accepted. Any entries submitted before September 15, 2011, and without submission of both an online Entry Form and a printed and signed hard copy of an Entry Form, will be disqualified.
3. Specific eligibility requirements:
1. All plays must be original, full-length (minimum running time: 70 minutes), and submitted in English. (See item 3.f, below, for information about translations.)
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. Musicals are eligible. When submitting musicals, the inclusion of any available supplemental materials (e.g., a CD with excerpts from the musical score) is strongly encouraged.
5. Original material based on an existing published work or the like may be submitted if the author(s)
6. Plays that have been translated into English
7. All submissions must include:
A cover letter.
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.
A bio/resume for each author/collaborator.
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.
Receipt of complete submissions will be sent by e-mail. Please note that it may take up to three weeks for entries to be processed before a receipt is sent. We regret that it is not possible to return any submission materials. Send submission materials to:
STAGE Script Competition
Professional Artists Lab
CNSI - MC 6105
3241 Elings Hall - Bldg. 266
University of California
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-6105
More information here.
