Approximately 8-12 selected plays will be read and voted on by the attending audience. One $100 prize will be awarded to the play voted on as audience favorite.
General guidelines
Submission guidelines
Playwrights selected will be informed prior to the event.
Mail entries to:
Theatre Southwest
8944-A Clarkcrest
Houston, TX 77063
Attn: TSW-RTM
General guidelines
- Limit of two entries per playwright of an original work that has not been published or produced.
- Monologues and one person plays are not accepted.
- All genres are accepted (light comedies, heavy dramas, thrillers, mystery, sci-fi, satire) with no regard to language or subject matter.
- All plays should be 5 to 10 minutes long, no exceptions. (If using standard play format a good gauge is 4-11 pages, excluding title page).
- Plays should be conducive to Reader's Theatre with simple stage directions and a story expressed through dialogue, not action.
Submission guidelines
- Scripts are accepted via mail only (no email, no PDFs) and must be postmarked by (October 21, 2019). Scripts are not returned.
- Scripts should have a title page that includes the play title and playwright's contact information, as well as a list of characters and a brief synopsis of the play. Script pages should be numbered.
- ALL scripts should be stapled in the upper left-hand corner.
- There is NO ENTRY FEE.
Playwrights selected will be informed prior to the event.
Mail entries to:
Theatre Southwest
8944-A Clarkcrest
Houston, TX 77063
Attn: TSW-RTM