FIRST
AWARD: $300 and production of winning play
SECOND AWARD: $200 and a reading of play
THIRD AWARD: $100 and a critique of play
Deadline:
December 31, 2003
Competition
Rules
1. Authors must be U.S. Citizens or legal residents.
2.
Entries must be original, full length plays of no more than
1 hour and 45 minutes, unpublished, unproduced, and not currently
under any option. "Unproduced" means: No previous
production of any kind (Equity or non-equity) for which actors
or authors were paid or admission was charged, or both. Worked
staged readings are acceptable.
3.
An author may submit only one entry, whether under his or
her name or a pseudonym. Co-authorships are permissible.
4.
Entries must be written in English.
5.
Entries can use the standard play script format. View our
site for the prefered
script format .
6.
Entries should have language and content suitable for general
audiences.
7.
Play must cover the time period of 1940-1947 and can be about
any WWII related subject including, but not limited to: the
American Home front, the European Theatre, the Pacific Theatre,
the Government or Military Services.
8.
The following entries are not eligible: musicals, one act
plays, groups of short one act plays (related or unrelated),
adaptations, translations, children's plays, or a play that
has won or placed in any prior Steven Stoli Foundation, Inc.
WWII Playwriting Competition.
9.
Entries are to be submitted between June 1, 2003 and October
31, 2003. The postmark deadline is December 31, 2003.
Winners will be notified by February 1, 2004.
10.
There is a non-refundable submission fee (check or money order)
of $10.
11.
Submissions in non-compliance of these Rules and the Submissions
Procedures will be ineligible for the contest. For return
of ineligible submissions, please read Number 6 under "Submission
Procedures."
12.
Entries will not be critiqued.
13.
The judges' decisions are final.
14.
As the sponsor of this Competition, The Steven Stoli Foundation,
Inc. has the right to exercise at its sole discretion, the
author's name, photograph, and title of any award winning
entry for publicity about the WWII Playwriting Competition
and its results.
15. Each award winner shall, at all times, in connection with
publication, production, publicity, programs, posters, and
advertisements about an award winning entry, designate that
the play is an "Award Winner of The Steven Stoli Foundation
Inc., WWII Playwriting Competition."
16.
Each entry shall be free from copyright restrictions and the
author shall hold The Steven Stoli Foundation Inc., its officers,
and directors free and harmless from all copyright claims.
17.
No plays may be withdrawn from the contest after final deadline.
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