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TenFest 2024
Call for Scripts
DEADLINE: Midnight, Monday, April 1, 2024
THEME: “Freedom and Unity”
The Vermont Playwrights Circle is accepting scripts for our 17th annual TenFest, a
festival of ten 10-minute plays written by Vermont playwrights. Any Vermonter may
submit a play. We consider you a Vermonter if you have lived here for three
consecutive months at any point in your life.
TenFest 2024 will take place Thursday, August 8 – Sunday, August 11 and Thursday,
August 15 – Sunday, August 18."Freedom and Unity" is the official motto of the State of Vermont, and that is our theme
for TenFest 2024. We look forward to reading your interpretations of this theme.Guidelines:
* We want NO MORE than ten minutes’ worth of play. This does not necessarily work
out to ten pages of play, so be sure to read your finished play aloud, not rushing,
accounting for anticipated action, and time it. We will not accept plays that are longer
than ten minutes.
* Plays should have a maximum of four characters.
* Plays need to use minimal set pieces and props, and should be easily staged, so
please keep that in mind when writing and submitting.
* Format your play using proper playwriting format, such as the Dramatist’s Guild's
formatting guidelines:
https://www.dramatistsguild.com/sites/default/files/2020-01/General-SFI-Formatting-Guidelines-Complete.pdf
* We will accept only ONE submission per playwright.
* All plays are judged anonymously. Please make sure that your name or other
identifying information does not appear anywhere on the script. Submit a separate cover
page with your name, contact information, and title of your play.
Please submit your play via email to: vtplaywrightscircle@gmail.com
Please make sure to include the following TWO separate documents, as PDFs:
1) A Cover Page that includes:
Title of Play
Your full name
Mailing address
Phone number(s)
email address
2) Your play that includes:
A character list and setting information. Please keep these simple, and when
possible, flexible concerning gender, physical description, etc.
A brief synopsis of your play.
Please include the title of the play and page numbers in a header on your script,
but do NOT include your name.
Submit your play NO LATER than midnight on Monday, April 1, 2024.
All playwrights will be notified by May 15, 2024whether their play has been accepted or not.
The Vermont Playwrights Circle reserves the right to choose lessor more than ten plays or to choose none.
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