NATF 2007- 2008 Script Competition Deadline Approaches

HEMPSTEAD, NY
The deadline for the National Audio Theatre Festivals' 2007-2008 Script Competition is November 15, 2007 (postmarked). The winners will be announced in early April 2008.

THE SCRIPT: Audio theatre is a unique and collaborative medium. Like any good theatre, audio (or radio) theatre always begins with a well-written, perceptive, entertaining script. Use of sound and appropriateness to the medium is considered. Maximum length for this contest - 30 minutes.

PRIZES: $800 split between 2 - 4 authors and free workshop production participation. Prize winners and honorable mentions will be published in the annual NATF Scriptbook.

RIGHTS: NATF will have the right to produce winning scripts for the NATF live performance (Workshop) including broadcast and/or webcast; however, NATF makes no commitment to produce any script. The author retains all other rights to his or her work. If selected by NATF for production at a workshop event, a new rights agreement will be signed by the author at the time of production.

SUBMISSION RULES:

Send FOUR typed copies of your one audio script to: NATF Script Competition c/o Sue Zizza, 115 Dikeman Street, Hempstead, NY 11550 postmarked by November 15, 2007.

The script must use the standard NATF script format available at http://www.natf.org/script2008_rules.html.

The scripts will be judged by three audio theater professionals. The judging will be "blind." The title page should include the title of the script, names of all authors, name and address, phone and fax numbers, and email address of the corresponding author. The subsequent pages should include only the manuscript title and page numbers.

By entering this contest you are stating that the script is your own work and has not been produced or commissioned for pay by other theatre groups. The play must be an unproduced script. Plays which have been previously produced professionally are not acceptable (this includes any situation in which the play was heard and the author or cast was paid for their work). Audio plays that have received college/university productions ONLY will be accepted.

No adaptations of the work of other authors, stage plays, monologues, short stories or screenplays will be accepted.

Only one entry per writer. Enclose $25.00 entry fee.

No member of the NATF Board of Directors, nor any person employed by NATF or members of their families, are eligible to enter this competition.

Questions? Call NATF Executive Director Sue Zizza at 516-483-8321 or email sue@natf.org.

NATF is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Missouri Arts Council, a state agency.

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For further press enquiries, contact:
Sue Zizza, Executive Director, National Audio Theatre Festivals, Inc.
Tel: 516-483-8321, Email: sue@natf.org

The National Audio Theatre Festivals, Inc. is a not-for-profit 501 (c)(3) organization dedicated to the advocacy of the further development and practice of audio theatre. Its membership includes experienced Audio Theatre, Radio Drama and Radio Theatre producers and participants. NATF is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Missouri Arts Council, a state agency.

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