Deadline: 15 August 2018
Open to: worldwide submissions
Award: USD 10,000, publication of his/her manuscript by Yale University Press, and a staged reading at Lincoln Center’s Claire Tow Theater
DESCRIPTION
The Yale Drama Series is seeking submissions for its 2019 playwriting competition. The winning play will be selected by the series’ current judge, Ayad Akhtar.
The submissions must be original, unpublished full-length plays written in English.
Translations, musicals, adaptations and children’s plays are not accepted. Plays that have been professionally produced or published are not eligible.
ELIGIBILITY
The Yale Drama Series is an annual competition for emerging playwrights. Worldwide submissions are accepted.
Please follow these guidelines in preparing your manuscript:
1. This contest is restricted to plays written in the English language. Worldwide submissions are accepted.
2. Submissions must be original, unpublished full-length plays written in English. Translations, musicals, adaptations, and children’s plays are not accepted. The Yale Drama Series is intended to support emerging playwrights. Playwrights may win the competition only once.
3. Playwrights may submit only one manuscript per year.
4. Plays that have been professionally produced or published are not eligible. Plays that have had a workshop, reading, or non-professional production or that have been published as an actor’s edition will be considered.
5. Plays may not be under option, commissioned, or scheduled for professional production or publication at the time of submission.
6. Plays must be typed/word-processed, page-numbered, and in professional play format.
7. The Yale Drama Series reserves the right to reject any manuscript for any reason.
8. The Yale Drama Series reserves the right of the judge to not choose a winner for any given year of the competition and reserves the right to determine the ineligibility of a winner, in keeping with the spirit of the competition, and based upon the accomplishments of the author.
BENEFITS
The winner will be awarded the David Charles Horn Prize of USD 10,000, publication of his/her manuscript by Yale University Press, and a staged reading at Lincoln