GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSION

ScriptFEST 2010

October 2010

SART's 29th Annual Playwrights’ Conference

We are currently reviewing scripts submitted May-Oct 2009 for our October 2010 ScriptFEST conference. We hope to announce finalists in August 2010.

ScriptFEST 2011

SART's 30th Annual Playwrights’ Conference

The Submission Period for ScriptFEST 2011 (October 2011) will open August 1, 2010.
Scripts will NOT be accepted BEFORE August 1st.
There will be a LIMIT to the number of submissions accepted. This is a change in our rules, and the limit will be posted here at a later date.

The GUIDELINES listed below were for ScriptFEST 2010. There may be some slight changes for this next submission period, but authors can begin preparing their scripts according to these guidelines. Any changes to these guidelines will most likely be minor.

Changes will be posted here on this webpage.

• New scripts of full-length plays and musicals in English that are unpublished and previously unproduced. No One-Acts. (Scripts that have gone through a developmental process or other readings are eligible. Scripts produced by amateur community theatres and/or educational theatres are eligible. Scripts produced by professional theatres are not eligible.)

• TWO "hard" copies of scripts are required.
  Author’s name and other author information should not appear in the scripts.

• One Author Resume.

• Playwrights may submit up to two different titles each submission period.

• Excerpts and summaries will not be accepted without the FULL script.

• No One-Acts.

• No film or television scripts, translations or adaptations.

• Adaptations of novels and short stories are acceptable. Adaptations of movies and stage scripts are not acceptable.

• If you have submitted a particular title of yours in a previous year, it may be submitted again IF and ONLY IF you have made significant revisions to the script since it was last submitted to us.

• If you would like for SART to mail back your scripts, please provide a LARGE self-addressed, stamped envelope. The size of the envelope should be appropriate for the size of the scripts, and postage should be the required postage necessary to deliver your scripts from Mars Hill NC to your address. This return may end up being a year or so later after your submission, and metered postage will expire. So, use stamps only.

Submission Guidelines: Please insure that ALL pages are
( standard ) 3-ring hole-punched, or better yet, in a binder.

Your submission should include;

1. Title Page: with no other information on it but the title
   
2. Synopsis Page(s) (optional) inserted directly behind the Title Page: containing play synopsis, character descriptions, and other notes.   (Do not include synopsis, notes, or other important information in your cover letter. It will not be read by the reviewers.)
3.   Script
4. *DO NOT have the author’s name anywhere on the Title Page, Synopsis Page or the pages of the script. If you do, your submission MAY NOT be accepted!
5. Provide ONE additional and separate Title Page including author’s name, date, etc.
6. Author’s resume or some given background including thorough information.
   
7. If you include a cover letter, do not include synopsis, notes or other important information in the letter.  Anything you want the reviewers to read, include on the inserted synopsis page(s) of the scripts.
   

Other Tips and Methods

• White paper. Two-sided or one-sided pages is author's choice.

• Musicals should be submitted with the above materials, and in addition a score and/or a recording of at least four songs on cassette or CD. (Only ONE recording is necessary for each title.)

• SART will not notify you of receipt of your submissions, unless with your submission you provide a reply-postcard for us to send you, including postage. (optional)

• SART will contact you by email if your submissions are not chosen in the final twenty. If you would prefer postal-mail notification, you must provide a SASE with your submission. (optional)

The deadline for submission for the 2010 ScriptFEST Conference is a postmark of no later than October 31, 2009

Submit to:

SART ScriptFEST ‘10, PO Box 1720, Mars Hill NC 28754-1720.
(We suggest you mail by the US Postal Service.  UPS will not deliver to PO boxes.)

Questions?  … email us

Southern Appalachian Repertory Theatre (SART)
P.O.Box 1720 / 44 College Street
Mars Hill, NC 28754

Business Office
828.689.1384
828.689.1272 (fax)
email

Box Office
828.689.1239
(May-August)

SART presents the mainstage summer season of productions each year in the historic Owen Theatre on the campus of Mars Hill College, Mars Hill NC.
Owen Theatre is equipped with hearing-impaired assistance devices
and wheelchair designated seating / access.

SART is supported by the North Carolina Arts Council
with funding from the state of North Carolina
and the National Endowment for the Arts,
which believes that a great nation deserves great art.