Guidelines for the 6th Annual Kids' Playwriting Festival Spring 2011.

1. A completed and signed entry form must accompany each play.  (Download Rules and Entry Form)

Name, grade, address, phone number, and title must also be on outside title page only. Pages of play should be numbered and include name of play only. Be sure to number pages and secure script in a folder. Please keep a copy of your play.

2. Type script if possible.

Plays handwritten or printed in ink will be accepted if easily readable. No pencils, please!

3. Play must be the original work of ONE student submitting it.

No collaborations. No adaptations. Adults may give advice on general terms about dramatic form, but all action, characters, and dialogue must be solely the work of one student.

4. Festival is limited to non-musical plays (but scripts may call for brief music or song as part of action.)

Otherwise plays may be of any kind (comedy, drama, science fiction, mystery, fantasy, etc.) on any subject, and in any number of scenes.

5. Approximate playing times are suggested as guidelines for each division.

The judges reserve the right to award prizes to outstanding plays that do not fall within these guidelines, but lengthy plays cannot be produced:

• Elementary School: 3-15 minutes
• Middle School: 7-20 minutes
• High School: 10-25 minutes
  

6. Entries must be received by April 15, 2011

7. Festival is open to all Maryland State Students, public, private, or home-schooled.

8. We regret we cannot acknowledge receipt of your play, but winners will be notified by May 30, 2011.

9. Each play will be read by a panel of at least three judges.

10. Prizes will be awarded on the basis of imagination and human values, as well as playwriting skill. The age and grade of the playwright will be taken into consideration by the judges.

11. All winners will be awarded a $100.00 check. Several will be selected for production by Twin Beach Players in the summer of 2011 (August 5-14, 2011).

12. Have Fun writing your play! Please contact Youth Troupe Director, Regan Cashman at twinbeachregan@msn.com or 410-474-4214 if you have any questions.

2010 Winning Plays and Playwrights

- Ana Collins for "The Interview of the Crimes of Goldilocks" 
- Kayla Thomas for "Teen Court"
- Tawny Cashman for "Fun Times at Zombie Swamp High"
- Kristy Ross for "Creativity to the Maxitivity"
- Matthew Konerth for "Read All About It: The Antarctica Murders"
- Lauren Alderson for "Sofia's Wish"