Drekfest

I will second that burryman.com is a good place to look for places to submit your work (and conveniently divided by month so you know when submissions will be due!)...however, sometimes not all of the links are current.

Not knowing Don had already posted the site I was checking it out today and found this contest that I thought was worthy of pointing out...you can read below or go to this link - http://www.stagelefttheatre.com/drekfest.html

Note:There is a submission fee.


DrekFest: Are you good enough to be bad? Stage Left’s First National Contest for the Worst Ten-Minute Play

ABOUT THE CONTEST:
Welcome to DrekFest: Stage Left’s first ever national search for the worst ten-minute play. DrekFest is on a mission to expose bad writing for what it really is: damn funny.DrekFest is also on a mission to expose the new play development process for what it can be: pretty damn ridiculous.
For clarity’s sake, we are not out to make fun of writers! The aims of this contest are to find the worst ten-minute play and to spoof the development process.
We are now accepting submissions for terrible ten-minute plays. Of these, four finalists will be performed on Tuesday, June 26 th, 2007 at the Chicago Cultural Center’s Studio Theatre. One of these will be chosen Worst Play by the audience in attendance.
Cash prizes will be given for a number of categories. In addition to Worst Play, other prizes awarded by our panel of adjudicators will include Worst Title, Worst Opening Line, Worst Stage Direction, Worst Character Name, and possibly others.
As this is a devo-process spoof, all plays will be performed as staged readings with minimal or no tech, and all stage directions will be read aloud. When the performances are complete, the writers will join the adjudicators onstage for a mock-critique (safe, and all in good fun!), during which the awards will be given.
DrekFest will be presented in conjunction with LeapFest 4, Stage Left’s annual festival of new, socio-political plays.

ABOUT STAGE LEFT:
Stage Left Theatre is a 25-year-old, off-loop, Chicago theatre with a mission to develop and produce plays that raise debate and challenge perspectives on political and social issues. Operating out of a 50-seat, storefront theatre in Chicago’s vibrant Wrigleyville neighborhood, Stage Left has become a regional center for the development of new plays. The theatre’s new play development arm is Downstage Left, a multi-tiered program giving emerging and established playwrights the tools they need to bring a play from conception to production.
The company consists of an ensemble of directors, playwrights, designers, actors and stage managers who collaborate to mount a yearly subscription season of three mainstage shows and a festival, LeapFest.
ABOUT LEAPFEST:
Now in its fourth consecutive year, LeapFest is Stage Left’s annual festival of new plays. The goal of the festival is to be the bridge between development and production. To that end, every year five new plays are given three weeks of rehearsal and presented as workshop productions in rotating repertory over a three week festival period. Seven of the sixteen LeapFest plays have gone onto world premiere productions here in Chicago; two have been published; and two have received the Jeff Citation, Chicago highest theatrical honor, for Best New Work.
SUBMISSIONS
If it’s not already painfully clear, we want the funny! Preference will be given to scripts that make us laugh! Here are the general guidelines:
DEADLINE: Submissions must be received by Tuesday, May 1 st, 2007
Plays must perform at ten minutes or less (remember that stage directions will be read aloud)
Maximum of 5 actors per script (write as many characters as you please, though)
There are no limitations on genre or subject matter
Even though we’re spoofing the devo-process, plays do NOT need to about play development
And…even though Stage Left’s mission is usually about political and social debate, throw that out the window for this one
Please include the following materials with your submission:
Your contact info, including phone & email
Your resume (and cover letter, if you wish)
Your availability to be in Chicago on June 26 th, 2007
Given adequate notice, Stage Left may be able to fly you to and from Chicago
Your play(s)
If mailed, plays must be clipped or bound in such a way that the pages can be easily separated for copying – no spiral bindings
Your submission fee of $10.00 /play
All submission fees will go towards the cash prizes awarded to the winners – we won’t make a dime off your dimes
If mailing, include a check made out to “Stage Left Theatre”
If emailing, call us at 773-883-8830 by Friday, May 4 th (three days after the submission deadline) to charge your fee to a Visa, MasterCard or Discover
About Cash Prizes
Since we are turning the submission fees into the cash prizes, the amount of the prizes will depend on the number of submissions we get. Again, all submission fees will go towards the cash prizes for the winners
Grand Prize will be at least $100.00, and will be more if submissions warrant
Please mail your submissions to:Stage Left Theatre3408 N. Sheffield Ave.Chicago, IL 60657attn: DrekFest
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Please email your submissions to:drekfest@stagelefttheatre.com


For questions or info, please contact: John Sanders, Director of New Play Development at 773-883-8830 ext.3or email drekfest@stagelefttheatre.com