2012 10-MINUTE PLAY FESTIVAL

PLAY WRITING COMPETITION TO COLLECT ORIGINAL SHORT PLAYS FOR 10-MINUTE PLAY FESTIVAL

1. Your play must fit the theme – PLAYING GAMES – or it will not be considered.
2. Your play must follow the scenic requirements.
3. We require internet submissions in MS Word. Please follow our style sheet.
4. We are looking for NEW plays. Please do not send us anything that has previously been produced.
5. Please use no more than 4 characters and no less than 2.
6. We have a pool of actors ranging in age from 18 to 70. Please make sure that your characters can be played by actors within that range.
7. Your play should consist mainly of dialogue. Ten-minute monologues will not be accepted.
8. No children’s plays, musicals or plays previously staged by Heartland Theatre will be considered.
9. Do not put your name on the play itself, as all submissions are judged blind. Make sure your title appears on every page of the play, however.
10. If your play cannot be considered for any reason, we will notify you as soon as possible. If, in the judges’ opinion, the problem is easily fixable and the play otherwise has merit, we may ask you for revisions. Asking for revisions is completely up to the judges and depends a great deal on timing. No plays submitted after January 1 will be considered for revisions.
11. Those plays which win and are staged will be videotaped for archival purposes.
12. No contracts beyond the guidelines mentioned here will be offered.
13. Only one entry per playwright, please.
14. Your play must be written in English.
15. Keep your play under ten minutes.
16. Remember that something has to happen in those ten minutes.
17. MAKE IT GOOD!

If you’d like to see what criteria the judges consider, please read the Judging Sheet.

All entrants must complete and submit the Heartland Theatre 10-Minute Play Festival Entry Form in order to submit a play. You must attach your script in MS Word format when you send the entry form.

Earlybird deadline for entries considered for revisions is January 1, 2012. IF YOU WANT THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO REVISIONS, GET YOUR PLAY IN BY JANUARY 1.

Deadline for entries is February 1, 2012.

Semifinalists will be notified approximately February 21.

Finalists will be notified approximately March 21.

Winners will be announced approximately April 11.

For more information, please contact Heartland Theatre at 309-452-8709 or playfest@heartlandtheatre.org .

Follow these links to view Photos of past 10-Minute Play Festival plays in performance:

2003 Play Festival: The Parlor Plays

2004 Play Festival: The Classroom Plays

2005 Play Festival: The Attic Plays

2006 Play Festival: The 20 Year Plays

2007 Play Festival: One Shoe

2008 Play Festival: The Coffee Shop

2009 Play Festival: It's Over!

2010 Play Festival: Inns & Outs

2011 Play Festival: The Back Porch