Lakeshore Players' 7th Annual Ten-Minute Playwrighting Contest

Plays will be accepted through November 15, 2010.

Lakeshore Players Theatre is accepting submissions for 10-minute plays with the winners to be performed at our 7th Annual Festival June 9-12, 2011.

HIGH SCHOOL PLAYWRIGHTS
High School-aged playwrights are encouraged to enter. High school playwrights must have a letter from a teacher or school administrator, written on school letterhead, verifying that the play was written during high school, in addition to the guidelines below. If the committee chooses to name a high school entry as a winner for the 7th annual contest, the winning play will be produced with our other winners in our festival in June of 2011.

ALL PLAYWRIGHTS: Please read the following guidelines carefully, plays not meeting the guidelines are disqualified and will not be read.

• The play must run ten-minutes or less.  No exceptions.
• The play must have 5 or fewer characters.
• You may submit only one play, so send us your best!
• The play must have simple technical requirements There won't be a set — a few furniture pieces and a few props only — we only have about one minute in between plays to change scenes.
• Submitting your play to our contest grants Lakeshore Players the right to produce your play in our annual festival and photograph and/or videotape it for archival purposes if it is chosen as a winner.
• The play should be in a "play format" making it easy for the readers. (We like 12-point, easy to read fonts, such as Times New Roman or Ariel)
• The play must be unpublished at the time of submission to our contest.
• The play must un-produced at the time of submission to our contest. Staged readings are not counted as "produced."
• If you would like confirmation that we have received your script, please include a self-addressed, stamped postcard with your script. We’ll be happy to write you a note and send it back.

Mail TWO (2) copies of your play — no plays will be accepted via e-mail:        

1. One copy of play should have ALL contact information play title, your name, your address, your phone number and your email address
2. One copy of play should have just the title and NO contact information for judging purposes
3. Mail copies to: 
   Lakeshore Players 10-Minute Play Committee
   4820 Stewart Ave.
   White Bear Lake, MN  55110
4. Your play must be received no later than November 15, 2010 to be eligible.
5. Plays will not be returned to you.

• Semi-finalists for the Festival will be announced in January 2011
• Finalists will be announced in March, 2011
• Winners will be announced in April 2011

Any questions?  E-mail Lakeshore Players: office@lakeshoreplayers.com

Funding provided in part by a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, through an appropriation by the Minnesota State Legislature, a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts and private funders.