Gloucestershire Drama Association

 (Registered Charity No. 1011080)

 

ONE-ACT PLAY WRITING COMPETITION 2007/2008

 

Rules

 

The Competition

a)          The competition will be run under the auspices of the Gloucestershire Drama Association (GDA) and the GDA Executive Committee shall be the sole arbiter of the rules.

b)          There will be one category only.

c)          The winning author will receive a prize of £100, a certificate and a trophy, and will have the opportunity, if they so wish, to have their play added to the Catalogue of Plays published by New Theatre Publications. Two runners-up will each receive a prize of £50 plus a certificate.  There is no entry fee for the competition, but a fee of £20 is payable for a written adjudication, of required.

 

The Author

a)          Competitors must be full-time residents of Gloucestershire at the time of the submission of the play.

b)          The author’s prime source of income must not be derived as a playwright.

c)          Members, or ex-officio members, of the Executive Committee of the GDA are excluded from entering the competition.

 

The Play

a)          The performance time shall be not less than twenty and not more than fifty minutes.

b)          The play submitted must not have been previously accepted for publication, and must not have been written prior to March 2005.

c)          The play must be the original work of the author, and must not have been performed to a paying audience prior to the closing date of the competition.

d)          The play must be suitable for performance on stage.

e)          The play must have a minimum of two speaking parts.

f)           The GDA reserves the right for member societies to perform the winning play, free of royalties and at their discretion, for a period of one year from June 2008.

 

Submission

a)          Three copies of the play must be submitted in typewritten script. To ensure anonymity of authors to the judging panel, the author’s name must not be put on any of the copies of the script. They must be accompanied by a completed entry form.

b)          The scripts and entry form, must be submitted to Mrs J Sculfor, 3, Cossack Court, Cossack Square, Nailsworth, GL6 0DG by 28th March 2008. 

 

Judging

a)          The competition will be judged by a panel approved by the Executive Committee of the GDA.

b)          The panel’s decision will be final, and no correspondence will be entered into.

c)          The winning plays will be announced in June 2008.  Details of how and where the presentations will take place will be notified to all entrants at a later date.

d)          Written adjudications will be provided, after the announcement of the winners has been made, should the authors wish to have them.  A fee of £20 will be charged for this, which must be sent with the entry form.

e)          The panel reserves the right to withhold the awards if it is considered that the desired standard has not been attained.

 

The Gloucestershire Drama Association cannot accept responsibility for the loss of, damage to, or delay in receipt of scripts.  Authors are advised to use recorded delivery or registered mail.  Scripts will be returned to authors who enclose an appropriately stamped addressed envelope.  Authors are strongly advised to retain a copy of their script.