The Scripteasers

DETAILS

         Open ONLY to playwrights residing in San Diego County.

1. Short 10-minute or one act plays only. Maximum length: 30 pages. (No musicals or children’s theater.)
2. Deadline: July 1, 2024.
3. No entry fee. Each entrant may submit up to three short plays.
4. The top three prizewinners are guaranteed a reading by The Scripteasers. These readings may of necessity be online rather than in person. 
5. Scripts not selected for cash awards but deemed particularly noteworthy by the judges may be selected for a reading.
6. Please note: do not submit your script(s) unless you are able to attend the reading in Fall 2024 (on a mutually agreeable Friday evening), be it online or in person. If your play wins, you MUST be “present” in order to receive your prize. (Sorry, no exceptions.)
7. Entries are judged anonymously.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES, PLEASE READ CAREFULLY: Please submit your entry(s) via email to info@scripteasers.org, with the subject line “SCRIPTEASE 2024” and include the following FOUR items in MS Word or PDF, in FOUR SEPARATE FILES:

1. Cover page with title of play, writer name and best contact info, including San Diego County snail mail address and email address
2. Anonymous text of script, including title, in proper script format*
3. Short playwright bio (approximately 50 words)
4. One- or two-line summary:  What’s the play about in a nutshell?

Scripteasers will:

• Confirm receipt of your submission and treat your work with respect.
• Notify you of the results of the competition in September 2024.
• Work with selected playwrights to arrange a convenient reading date.

Small Print Department:

• Competition is open only to playwrights residing in San Diego County.
• Ineligible for submission: plays that (A) have had a public reading in person or online, (B) have been previously produced or published, or (C) have been previously submitted to or read at Scripteasers.  
• Only one cash prize per author.
• Scripts must follow standard dramatic formatting.*
• Scripteasers reserves the right not to award a prize if in its opinion no submission is worthy.

Questions? Contact info@scripteasers.org. We look forward to receiving your submission!