SUBMISSION GUIDELINES FOR DEATHSCRIBE 2011
We are looking for 10-minute radio scripts that are genuinely scary,
imaginative, chilling, intelligent, suspenseful, horrific or downright
grotesque. We put no restrictions on contestants as to content or tone, but
keep in mind that we are a Horror Theatre. We take our horror seriously, and
so should you.
Submission rules**:*
Scripts must be ready to produce - all sound and music cues included.
Details on format can be found below. Please be aware that these scripts, if
chosen, will be performed by no more than 6 actors, therefore if you have
more characters it will require double casting by the director of the piece.
5 scripts will be selected from all submissions. After being selected, there
will be an opportunity for the authors to refine, revise, and tighten these
scripts (if deemed necessary) in collaboration with WildClaw Theatre
Company.
These scripts will be rehearsed and presented as an evening of Live Radio
Drama with foley sound at the Mayne Stage in Chicago's Rogers Park and
recorded for a future WildClaw Blood Radio Podcast.
Deadline for submissions is midnight, September 15, 2011.*
Deathscribe selections will be “blind.” The title page should include the
title of the script, names of all authors, and the address, phone/fax and
email address of the author(s). The subsequent pages must include only the
manuscript title and page number and NO identifying personal information
(name, address, email, etc.) or it will be disqualified.
There will be a “Best of the Fest” award, with the winner chosen by a
celebrity panel of judges on the night of performance.
By submitting to *WildClaw’s Deathscribe Radio Horror Festival*, you are
stating that the script is your own work and has not been produced or
commissioned for pay by other theatre groups. Plays which have been produced
professionally are not eligible. Audio plays that have received
college/university productions only will be accepted.
By submitting your play and upon acceptance to *WildClaw’s Deathscribe Radio
Horror Festival*, you are granting WildClaw the exclusive, non-binding
rights to make copies of your work in all media - including print, digital,
film, video, audio, or other Internet formats - used to promote the
Festival. WildClaw Theatre will have the right to produce the selected
scripts for the *WildClaw Theatre Deathscribe Horror Radio Festival*,
including broadcast and/or webcast of the festival; however, WildClaw
Theatre makes no commitment to produce any script. The author retains all
other rights to his or her work.
Instructions to Submit*
To submit electronically, please make sure your script is formatted
correctly according to the guidelines (see below) and submit your script as
an attachment to *deathscribe2011@gmail.com*
Guidelines:*
• Scripts must be no more than TEN MINUTES in length. This includes all
sound effects, transitions and dialogue. The ENTIRE performance should only
last 10 minutes. (And preferably no shorter than 7 minutes. Please read it
aloud at home before submitting to check the running time.)
• Writers may submit up to two (2) scripts for Deathscribe consideration in
any year. Submit three or more, and the Literary Legion will be very, very
angry, and will choose which two they wish to read arbitrarily.
• PDF format is strongly preferred. If you don't have PDF, then only MS Word
please. All scripts must have a title page with all contact information, but
no identifying information should appear anywhere else in the document.
Submissions must be in a standard font and no less than 12 point.
• *NO SCREENPLAYS. SCREENPLAYS WILL BE DISCARDED. WE KNOW THEM WHEN WE SEE
THEM*. (Nothing against screenplays. But this is a radio play festival.)
• DO NOT submit full-length plays for consideration in Deathscribe. They
will be discarded. If you wish to submit a full-length horror play to
WildClaw, see our general submission guidelines.
• Scripts should follow radio drama format. Refer to *BBC Writers Room's
Script Smart* site (not
affiliated with the *WildClaw Deathscribe Radio Play Festival*) for script
format, samples, and free templates at *
http://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/scriptsmart/*
• Writers will be notified by email if their script(s) get selected.
• WildClaw Theatre’s Deathscribe Horror Radio Festival will take place
December 5, 2011.
• Deadline for submissions is September 15, 2011, at midnight.
Please contact the Daemon of WildClaw with questions at *
deathscribe2011@gmail.com*