Deadline: December 31, 2021
CLAIMS ARE OPEN FOR 2021!
Welcome 2021 playwrights! We are entering our eighth year of writing pieces about 365 historical women a year! We would love to have you write with us! All of the information on how to participate is below. Because there was so much out of our control in 2020, you are able to write about any women you want, even if we’ve already covered them. (Usually, we don’t take duplicates)
Below you will find:
-Directions to Participate
-FAQs
-A list of women who have not yet been covered.
CLAIMS ARE OPEN FOR 2021!
Welcome 2021 playwrights! We are entering our eighth year of writing pieces about 365 historical women a year! We would love to have you write with us! All of the information on how to participate is below. Because there was so much out of our control in 2020, you are able to write about any women you want, even if we’ve already covered them. (Usually, we don’t take duplicates)
Below you will find:
-Directions to Participate
-FAQs
-A list of women who have not yet been covered.
This year you are able to write about women we have covered as well.
DIRECTIONS TO PARTICIPATE:
FIRST STEP: Choose a woman or women to write about. We definitely need more pieces about women from 1700s and prior and pieces on women who lived in Africa, Asia, and Australia.
Once you have chosen some options, you will fill out the claim form.
2021 CLAIM FORM
SECOND STEP: You will receive a confirmation email. You are not officially writing about anyone until you have received this confirmation email from 365womenayear@gmail.com. It can take a few weeks to get a confirmation email depending on the volume of claims we receive.
THIRD STEP: Happy writing. If at any point throughout the year, you get a hankering to write about someone else, simply fill out a new claim form.
Plays can be any length, any number of characters, any language, any genre (musicals included), and the playwriting format you are most comfortable with. PLEASE INCLUDE A LIST OF CHARACTERS at the beginning of the play. It is okay if more historical women end up in your piece than you claimed. When choosing someone very different than you, do your research and be thoughtful about what you are asking future actors to perform.
FOURTH STEP: Submitting your piece. Please follow the directions, as your piece will not be officially submitted otherwise.
You will email your piece to 365womenayear@gmail.com. Follow the directions below:
(1) In the subject line you will put: 2021/Name of historical woman/Play Title/Page Number/Your Name. (If you have many historical women in your piece, simply write “MANY WOMEN” in place of the name of the historical women in the subject line.)
(2) Include YOUR 100 word playwriting bio in the BODY of the email. (If you have already written with us and do NOT need your bio updated then do not include your bio.)
(3) Write out your historical/play info to be searchable on the website in the following format:
***Each historical woman needs to be listed separately, include ANY existing woman who appears in your piece, even if you didn’t specifically claim them.****
Alphabetical:
Alexandra David-Neel- “Adventuress Adventurous”(10 pages)/Playwright: Deborah Magid (2021)
Key Words/Occupation:
Alexandra David-Neel (Writer, Explorer, Singer)/Playwright: Deborah Magid
Century they were Born: (If you can’t find exact dates just put the century)
Alexandra David-Neel (1868-1969)/Playwright: Deborah Magid
By Play Info: (just written out once with all the women in history listed after “inspired by”)
“Adventuress Adventurous” by: Deborah Magid (3 characters/10 pages) Inspired by: Alexandra David-Néel (2021)
New: We want the women to be searchable by country of birth and their background so it is easier when people are putting together festivals. Example below:
Country of birth: France Race/Ethnicity/Heritage: White, Belgian-French
(4) Attach your play as a PDF and submit!
You can always email us if you have any questions. Please understand, that your bio won’t be listed on the web site until your play is turned in and processed.
ANSWERS TO FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS:
*You can write about as many women as you want and they can all be in the same piece, or separate pieces. It is okay if the piece is simply about the historical woman or women, but they don’t appear.
*Any length welcome from 2 pages-full length. Any number of characters. Any language. Any genre. Musicals included.
*Plays are due Dec 31st of 2021
* You are always allowed to revise your piece. When you do, email it again with REVISION/Play title/Playwright/Year in the subject line and the revised piece attached as a PDF.
*Women MUST have existed. *They can be living or dead. *Our plays are loosely based on these historical figures. *History may have forgotten their name but we know they existed and they need to be covered. This happened often to those enslaved where we have no recording of their actual name and women from ancient times.
*If you are writing a piece about a woman who is from a different culture/ethnicity/race/religion than you, please do your research and be mindful and respectful. Be thoughtful of what you are asking your future actors to do and say. It is never a good look for a white playwright to have a piece full of racial slurs. It’s just not necessary. Research, collaboration, and respect are key.
*Yes, we plan to do this every year.
*You retain ALL rights to your pieces and may submit them anytime and anywhere you want to. When one of your 365 pieces gets produced, we will put it on the web site and tweet about it! Nothing will be done with your play without your discretion. If a theatre wants to produce your piece, we will contact you. While the play info is searchable, interested parties cannot read your piece unless you give permission. When publishing opportunities arise, it is up to you whether or not you would like your piece to be included.
*We have had festivals all over the world and appeared in The Dramatist. We have playwrights from all over the world participating.
DIRECTIONS TO PARTICIPATE:
FIRST STEP: Choose a woman or women to write about. We definitely need more pieces about women from 1700s and prior and pieces on women who lived in Africa, Asia, and Australia.
Once you have chosen some options, you will fill out the claim form.
2021 CLAIM FORM
SECOND STEP: You will receive a confirmation email. You are not officially writing about anyone until you have received this confirmation email from 365womenayear@gmail.com. It can take a few weeks to get a confirmation email depending on the volume of claims we receive.
THIRD STEP: Happy writing. If at any point throughout the year, you get a hankering to write about someone else, simply fill out a new claim form.
Plays can be any length, any number of characters, any language, any genre (musicals included), and the playwriting format you are most comfortable with. PLEASE INCLUDE A LIST OF CHARACTERS at the beginning of the play. It is okay if more historical women end up in your piece than you claimed. When choosing someone very different than you, do your research and be thoughtful about what you are asking future actors to perform.
FOURTH STEP: Submitting your piece. Please follow the directions, as your piece will not be officially submitted otherwise.
You will email your piece to 365womenayear@gmail.com. Follow the directions below:
(1) In the subject line you will put: 2021/Name of historical woman/Play Title/Page Number/Your Name. (If you have many historical women in your piece, simply write “MANY WOMEN” in place of the name of the historical women in the subject line.)
(2) Include YOUR 100 word playwriting bio in the BODY of the email. (If you have already written with us and do NOT need your bio updated then do not include your bio.)
(3) Write out your historical/play info to be searchable on the website in the following format:
***Each historical woman needs to be listed separately, include ANY existing woman who appears in your piece, even if you didn’t specifically claim them.****
Alphabetical:
Alexandra David-Neel- “Adventuress Adventurous”(10 pages)/Playwright: Deborah Magid (2021)
Key Words/Occupation:
Alexandra David-Neel (Writer, Explorer, Singer)/Playwright: Deborah Magid
Century they were Born: (If you can’t find exact dates just put the century)
Alexandra David-Neel (1868-1969)/Playwright: Deborah Magid
By Play Info: (just written out once with all the women in history listed after “inspired by”)
“Adventuress Adventurous” by: Deborah Magid (3 characters/10 pages) Inspired by: Alexandra David-Néel (2021)
New: We want the women to be searchable by country of birth and their background so it is easier when people are putting together festivals. Example below:
Country of birth: France Race/Ethnicity/Heritage: White, Belgian-French
(4) Attach your play as a PDF and submit!
You can always email us if you have any questions. Please understand, that your bio won’t be listed on the web site until your play is turned in and processed.
ANSWERS TO FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS:
*You can write about as many women as you want and they can all be in the same piece, or separate pieces. It is okay if the piece is simply about the historical woman or women, but they don’t appear.
*Any length welcome from 2 pages-full length. Any number of characters. Any language. Any genre. Musicals included.
*Plays are due Dec 31st of 2021
* You are always allowed to revise your piece. When you do, email it again with REVISION/Play title/Playwright/Year in the subject line and the revised piece attached as a PDF.
*Women MUST have existed. *They can be living or dead. *Our plays are loosely based on these historical figures. *History may have forgotten their name but we know they existed and they need to be covered. This happened often to those enslaved where we have no recording of their actual name and women from ancient times.
*If you are writing a piece about a woman who is from a different culture/ethnicity/race/religion than you, please do your research and be mindful and respectful. Be thoughtful of what you are asking your future actors to do and say. It is never a good look for a white playwright to have a piece full of racial slurs. It’s just not necessary. Research, collaboration, and respect are key.
*Yes, we plan to do this every year.
*You retain ALL rights to your pieces and may submit them anytime and anywhere you want to. When one of your 365 pieces gets produced, we will put it on the web site and tweet about it! Nothing will be done with your play without your discretion. If a theatre wants to produce your piece, we will contact you. While the play info is searchable, interested parties cannot read your piece unless you give permission. When publishing opportunities arise, it is up to you whether or not you would like your piece to be included.
*We have had festivals all over the world and appeared in The Dramatist. We have playwrights from all over the world participating.