- The play must be romantic in the sense of romantic love - not only sex.
- The play doesn't have to be uproariously funny to be a romantic comedy but must have a happy ending - or at least not a downbeat or cynical ending.
- Romantic comedies involving couples who are not heterosexual are welcome.
- The Podcast pays actors for their performances - having many characters will count against your play due to the expense. And 10-minute plays usually work best with fewer characters.
These are the submission rules:
- The deadline is Sunday, January 27, 2018 at 11:59 PM EST.
- There is no fee for submission
- The script must be a romantic comedy.
- The play can be no longer than ten pages (not counting title, list of characters etc.)
- Only one submission per playwright.
- The submission should be sent by email, with the script itself as a file attached to the email as a PDF file.
- Send the script to hello@playwrightspodcast.com
- All rights will remain with the playwright.
- The script must be submitted by the author of the script, no agents or others may submit.
- Make sure you have your name and your email address on the script.
- The play may be submitted by any writer in the world but must be in English - non English phrases or words are fine but please include English translation.
- It's OK if the play has been produced before. But not published.
- The NYCPlaywrights decision is final.
- We will notify submitters of the decision and announce the winning play on the NYCPlaywrights Podcast web site by Sunday February 3, 2018.
- A recording of the selected play will be included in the next NYCPlaywrights Podcast.
We did a staged readings of eight romantic comedies in 2015 for a previous "Take Back the Rom Com" - you can see the web page for that here.
We recommend you listen to a podcast episode before submitting - especially to the segment in the "Rants and Raves" podcast where we talk about what makes a ten-minute play good.
If you have any questions write to us at hello@playwrightspodcast.com