Guidelines for the 2008 Festival
The 6 Women Playwriting Festival proudly announces a ten-minute playwriting contest exploring the "changes and transitions." This second annual festival is sponsored by The Pikes Peak Arts Council and Manitou Arts Theatre will be held April 2008, at Venue 515 in Manitou Springs, Colorado.1. Any woman 16 or older can enter. Collaborations are accepted.
2. Play must be unpublished and not previously produced. Original works only.
3. Play content must focus on the subject of “changes and transitions” and be appropriate for our community and theatre. Authors of the six chosen plays agree their plays will be produced by The 6 Women Playwriting Festival during April 2008. Cast will be chosen by the selected directors through an audition process. Playwrights will receive an honorarium of $100.00 and a travel stipend to attend the festival.
4. Play scripts must not exceed ten pages.
5. Scripts should be typewritten on standard paper size, bound with staple only. Pages numbered.
6. Submit three copies with title only. Include one unbound sheet which includes title of play, author’s name and address, email, and phone number. Playwright's name will not be known to the play-reading panel.
7. Scripts will not be returned to author unless a SASE is provided.
8. Authors may submit no more than two plays.
9. No musicals or children’s plays.
10. Entries are accepted from September 1 to December 31, 2007. Entries postmarked later than December 31, 2007, will not be considered.
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