Win $10,000 in The Yale Drama Series Prize for Emerging Playwrights 2018

The Yale Drama Series is seeking submissions for its 2018 playwriting competition. The winning play will be selected by the series’ current judge, distinguished playwright Ayad Akhtar.

Prizes

  • The winner will be awarded the David Charles Horn Prize of $10,000
  • Publication of his/her manuscript by Yale University Press
  • A staged reading at Lincoln Center Theater.

Eligibilities

  • Worldwide submissions are accepted.
  • Must be written in English.

Entry fee
There is no entry fee.

Submission Deadline

15th August 2017

Submission Guideline

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 Submissions must be original, unpublished full-length plays written in English.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. The manuscript must begin with a title page that shows the play’s title, a 2-3 sentence keynote description of the play, a list of characters, and a list of acts and scenes. Plays must be typed/word-processed, page-numbered, and in Yale Drama Series play format.

7. Please omit your name and contact information from your manuscript. Please enter the title of your play, your name, address, and phone number, and a brief biography where indicated in the electronic submission form. Then upload your manuscript file and select “Submit.”

8. The Yale Drama Series reserves the right to reject any manuscript for any reason.

9. 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.

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