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Saturday, November 30, 2024

NYCPlaywrights seeks monologues and 10-minute plays on the theme "Resisting Fascism"

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NYCPlaywrights seeks monologues and 10-minute plays.

DEADLINE IS SUNDAY DECEMBER 1 at 11:59 PM.

The theme is "Resisting Fascism."

When Trump was elected in 2016, excuses were made for Trump voters: "they didn't really understand how bad he was" and "they had concerns about the economy."

NYCPlaywrights responded by seeking monologues and 10-minute plays on the theme of Women in the Age of Trump.

But in 2024 anybody who voted for Trump knew who he was - a rapist. A felon. A racist who uses the same "blood and soil" rhetoric as Hitler. A racist who tried to get legal Haitian immigrants killed by lying about them. His VP pick, J. D. Vance, admitted it was a lie.

Trump voters voted for a traitor who tried to overthrow American democracy on January 6, 2021.

So this time NYCPlaywrights is looking for scripts about resisting fascism, whether resisting Trump directly or resisting fascist organizations or pro-fascist friends and family. 

We encourage scripts from first-time playwrights as well as experienced writers, from anywhere in the world.

SEMI-FINALIST SCRIPTS

NYCPlaywrights will select as many of the scripts that we like and which meet the submission guidelines to be semi-finalists.

The semi-finalists will be listed on this blog and an excerpt from each script (if permission is granted by the playwright) will be displayed in a blog post, one per day, along with any website links or other contact information the author wishes to share. 

The deadline is Sunday, December 1, 2024 at 11:59 PM. 

The semi-finalist script selections will be announced Saturday, December 7, 2024 - Pearl Harbor Day, the worst date of infamy until the 2024 Presidential Election.


FINALIST SCRIPTS

The finalist scripts will be selected from the semi-finalist scripts. Three scripts will be chosen. Video-recorded excerpts of those scripts, read/performed by actors will be displayed on NYCPlaywrights.org (if permission is granted by the playwright) along with contact information and links to author web sites, author biography and a summary of the script. 

One script will be chosen from the three finalists scripts, its author will receive an award of $25. 

The finalists and award-winner will be announced Sunday, January 19, 2025. 
Excerpts from the semi-finalist scripts will begin posting the next day.


THE SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Failure to follow guidelines will result in your script being rejected.

As always, there is no fee for submissions. 

All rights will remain with the playwright. 

Yes, you can use a pen name instead of your real name if your work is posted online.
  • The deadline is December 1, 2024 at 11:59 PM EST.
  • Send only one play per author to resist@nycplaywrights.org. 
    • The script must be submitted by the author of the script, no agents or others may submit. 
  • The script submission should be sent by email, with the script itself as a file attached to the email. File format should be .pdf because it will retain your original script formatting. 
  • Make sure you have your name and your email address on the script. 
  • Plays can be submitted by anybody, from anywhere in the world but must be primarily in English (a few non-English phrases are acceptable, but the phrases must include English translations in production notes or stage directions.) 
  • A play that has had a production is acceptable.
  • A play that has been published is not acceptable.
  • 10-minute plays must be no more than 10 dialog pages (not counting the title page, list of characters, etc.) using standard script formatting. See guidelines and a template here. 
    • If you submit a 10-minute play you cannot also submit a monologue.
  • Monologues must be only one page long, using standard text size and spacing.
    • If you submit a monologue you cannot also submit a 10-minute play.
  • There will be no money awarded for selected scripts except for the selected finalist script.
  • The NYCPlaywrights' decisions are final.
Any questions email info@nycplaywrights.org

PLEASE NOTE: when you submit your play, you should get an automatic response that says:

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Thank you for sending.

The semi-finalist script selections will be announced Saturday, December 7, 2024.

The finalists and award-winner will be announced January 19, 2025.

Nancy at NYCPlaywrights

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If you don't see the response, it's likely because you have sent your piece via a Yahoo or AOL email account, which are hyper-sensitive about group emails, which they consider spam. You would have to "whitelist" the resist@nycplaywrights.org email address to receive the response.

Consider getting a gmail account, you won't miss emails that way.

MORE EVIDENCE: Trump voters know Trump is a fascist - they don't care! 

And of course they won't even get economic help, once Trump's tariffs kick in. 

Trump voters sold out democracy on a false promise to save a few bucks.



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