Submission Guidelines
Anyone can submit a play, provided that it has not been previously performed.

Guidelines

1. The play can be NO longer then 30 minutes in length. Playwrights can submit more than one play.

2. Plays with more than two or three characters, and plays with substantial parts for women actors will be of particular interest.

3. The plays selected will be chosen for their dramatic quality, but also for their suitability for the actors and numbers of actors available in any year. Since the Minifest is modestly funded, plays will also be considered from the point of view of their simplicity in staging requirements. Plays requiring elaborate scenery and effects may have to be passed over in spite of their quality.

4. Manuscripts must be submitted no later than midnight on December 4, 2009.

5. Playwrights are invited to attend rehearsals, by agreement with their director. Rehearsals start in March 2010.

6. The Minifest will present up to six plays on two consecutive nights. Each evening of plays will then play two more times. Minifest 2010 will take place in late March or early April.

7. Successful playwrights will not be offered royalties, but will be offered four complimentary tickets for their first night.

8. To ensure anonymity in the selection process, the author’s name should only appear on a page that can be separated from the script.

9. Scripts which have not been selected will be returned to their authors, provided that a stamped, self-addressed envelope is included with the MS.

Submissions can be mailed to:

Minifest 2010

The Department of English and Theatre
Acadia University
Wolfville Nova Scotia  Canada B4P 2R6

Or emailed to: christine.reed@acadiau.ca