2022 Script Tease of New One-Acts
Annual Contest
Six cash prizes:
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First Place: $200
Second Place: $150
Third Place: $100
$50 each to top three Honorable Mentions
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DETAILS
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Open ONLY to playwrights residing in San Diego County.
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Short 10-minute or one act plays only. Maximum length: 30 pages. (No musicals or children's theater.)
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Deadline: July 1, 2022.
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No entry fee. Each entrant may submit up to three short plays.
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The top three prizewinners are guaranteed a reading by The Scripteasers. These readings may of necessity be on line rather than in person. With that in mind, we would request that the playwright be "present" online for such a reading. We hope that we will have in-person readings and that you are able to attend.
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Scripts not selected for cash awards but deemed particularly noteworthy by the judges may be selected for a reading.
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Please note: do not submit your script(s) unless you are able to attend the reading in Fall 2021 (on a mutually agreeable Friday evening), be it online or in person. If your play wins, you MUST be "present" in order to receive your prize. (Sorry, no exceptions.)
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SUBMISSION GUIDELINES, PLEASE READ CAREFULLY: Please submit your entry(s) via email to info@scripteasers.org, with the subject line "SCRIPTEASE 2022" and include the following FOUR items in MS Word or PDF, in FOUR SEPARATE FILES:
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1) Cover page with title of play, writer name and best contact info, including San Diego county address and email address
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2) Anonymous text of script, including title, in proper script format*
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3) Short playwright bio (approximately 150 words)
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4) Short play summary (no more than 200 words)
Scripteasers will:
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Confirm receipt of your submission and treat your work with respect.
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Notify you of the results of the competition in September 2021.
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Work with selected playwrights to arrange a convenient reading date.
Small Print Department:
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Competition is open only to playwrights residing in San Diego County.
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Plays that have been previously produced or published are not eligible. Plays previously submitted to or read at Scripteasers are not eligible.
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Only one cash prize per author.
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Scripts must follow standard dramatic formatting.*
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Scripteasers reserves the right not to award a prize if in its opinion no submission is worthy.
Questions? Contact info@scripteasers.org We look forward to receiving your submission!
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*For samples of standard dramatic formatting, google "Gordon State College playwriting format" or "playwriting format."
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Winners 2021
2021 “SCRIPT TEASE OF SHORT PLAYS”
COMPETITION WINNERS ANNOUNCED
1. First Place ($200): “First Day in December” by Richard Fouts
2. Second Place ($150): “Shifting Paradigms” by Greg McAfee
3. Third Place ($100): “Rent-a-Dad” by Rhiannon McAfee
Honorable Mentions. Each Honorable Mention will be
awarded $50:
• “Box of Teeth” by Tori King Rice
• “White Out” by Susan Gembrowski Baker
• “In This Together” by Anita Yellin Simons
Winners 2020
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1. First Place ($200): “The Line” by Janet Tiger
2. Second Place ($150): “Ducks in a Row” by Nicholas Angello
3. Third Place ($100): “Behind Every Man” by Anita Simons
Honorable Mentions. Thanks to the generosity
of an anonymous donor, each Honorable Mention will be awarded $50:
• “Pest Control” by Tom Steward
• “The Lioness” by L.S. de Anda
ï‚· “Budster” by Steven Oberman
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2019 Winners
1. First Place ($200): DEVIL-IN-A-BOX by Tori King Rice
2. Second Place ($150): LAST RAYS OF THE DAY by Grant Gelvin
3. Third Place ($100): ROBBERY by California Jack Cassidy
Honorable Mentions. Thanks to the generosity of an anonymous donor, each Honorable Mention will be awarded $50:
STUCK IN THE CLOSET by Roy Sekigahama
THE SUM OF SISTERHOOD by Lisa Balderston
NOT MY TYPE by Peter Mitsopoulos
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2018 SCRIPT TEASE OF SHORT PLAYS
1. First Place ($200): LIKE IVY, by Tori Rice
2. Second Place ($150): A VISIT FROM MARS, by Reuel Olin
3. Third Place ($100): BOILING POINT, by Steve Oberman
Honorable Mentions:
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COIN OF SHANTAR, by Peter Mitsopoulos
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FAMILY, by Dea Hurston
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OSCULATION (or – About Love and Math in the Time of Chemistry), by Janet S. Tiger
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SEARCHING FOR GWENDOLYN, by Jean Seager
THE PICK LINE, by Grant Gelvin
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Winners 2017
12 th Annual San Diego
“Script Tease of Short Plays”
1. First Place ($200):
HAPPY ENDINGS, by Chris Thomas
2. Second Place ($150):
THE NEWEST OLDEST, by Janet S. Tiger
3. Third Place ($100):
I WANT TO MARRY STEVIE WONDER by Dea Hurston
Honorable Mentions:
ï‚· PEOPLE WHO NEED PEEPHOLES, by James Reynoldsn
ï‚· FAMILY THERAPY GETAWAY, by Thelma Virata de Castro
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2016 “SCRIPT TEASE OF SHORT PLAYS”
COMPETITION WINNERS ANNOUNCED
11 th Annual
1. First Place ($200): DAY JOB, by Janet S. Tiger
2. Second Place ($150): LETTERS FROM WANDA, by Vince Ripol
3. Third Place ($100): FACE THE MUSIC, by Roy Sekigahama
These plays will be read at an open reading on Friday evening, September 9, at which
time the awards will be presented.
Three additional entries were named as Honorable Mentions:
ï‚· BREEDING GROUNDS, by Janet S. Tiger
ï‚· BEQUEST, by Jon Bromfield
ï‚· ESCAPE PROTOCOL, by Liz Silverman
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2015 “SCRIPT TEASE OF SHORT PLAYS”
COMPETITION WINNERS ANNOUNCED
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ï‚· First Place ($150) – “Forgive Me Not” by Steven Oberman
ï‚· Second Place ($100) – “The Importance of Being Ernestine”
by E. Warner Davis
ï‚· Third Place ($75) – “Fathers” by Kevin Six
Honorable Mentions: “
Old Lang's Sign”
by Jim Reynolds,
“Recipitation” by Richard E. Hill.
This was the tenth year for the competition.
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2014 Winners from
The Scripteasers 2014 Script Tease of Short Plays Competition. All are local playwrights.
First Place ($150) - “Pitches” by Dominick Nunes.
Second Place ($100) - “Rebecca’s Last Day” by Jennie Olson Six.
Third Place ($75) - “Star Light, Star Bright” by Michael Thomas Tower.
Honorable Mentions
“The Swap” by Michael Shames
“Not So Fast!” by Janet S. Tiger
“As You Lay Dying” by Uma Kuchnia
“What Now?” by Robin Ouzts
“High Coup” by Vincent Ripol
“Pickles” by Jennie Olson Six
“Rob” by Kathleen McLaughlin.
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SCRIPT TEASE 2013 WINNERS ANNOUNCED
The Scripteasers judges have concluded their evaluations of the 27 submissions in
the 2013 Script Tease of Short Plays Competition.
The three winning entries are:
First place ($150) - “Street Dreams” by James Caputo.
Second Place ($100) - “The Gift Giver” by Michael Thomas Tower.
Third Place ($75) - “Popcorn” by Jeanne Becijos..
The winning entries are scheduled to be read at a meeting of The Scripteasers on
October 4, 2013.
There were also three honorable mentions:
“The Crib” by Janet S. Tiger,
“Unsurance” by Vincent Ripol, and
“The Last Uh Huh” by Kathleen McLaughlin.
This was the seventh year for the contest
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2012 Script Tease of Short Plays Competition First place ($150)
- “Slide Rules” by Janet S. Tiger.
A young man applies for a nonexistent job at a country paper whose publisher has a vast number of unneeded slide rules.
Second Place ($100)
- “Yugo’s There?” by James Reynolds.
An exchange on the border between Yugotaygahyk and Uzbeckistanbeck threatens to erupt into war over a matter of duct tape.
Third Place ($75)
- “Amy Is as Amy Does” by Kathleen McLaughlin. A woman decides to take advantage of her slovenly sister after she stumbles into the wrong house with dire consequences.
Honorable mentions:
“Choices” by Thomas L. Roberts
“Who’s Keeping Time with the Timekeeper’s Lady while the Timekeeper’s out Keeping Time?”
by James Reynolds
“Vacation” by Philip Field.
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2011 Script Tease of Short Plays Competition.
winning entries are:
First place ($150) - “Master of the Keys” by Susan C. Hunter. A father and son wrestle
over who is master of the keys when it comes to driving the family car.
Second Place ($100) - “The Biggest Secrets: House #1” by Janet S. Tiger. Emptying
a house that is full of memories and a lot more sparks a conflict between mother and daughter.
Third Place ($75) - “Lucy” by Laurence McGilvery. What do you do on a desert island
where there are two men and only one book between them to pass the time?
Honorable mentions:
“The Biggest Secrets: House #2”
by Janet S. Tiger,
“The Last Song” by Jeanne Becijos,
“Planned Obsolescence” by Kathleen McLaughlin
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2010 Script Tease of Short Plays Competition.
First place ($150) -
“Mr. Lemonhead” by Janet S. Tiger.
Second Place ($100) –
“Bedlam” by Kathleen McLaughlin.
Third Place ($75) -
“Crime” by Janet S. Tiger.
Honorable mentions:
“The Road to Thebes,” by George Kirazian, “Title Fight,” , by Gary Seger
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2008 "Script Tease of Short Plays" Competition Results
·First Place ($100):
LOVE UNREQUITED, IN THREE GALLERIES: MORNING (AMERICAN MASTERS), by Kevin Six
· Second Place ($50):
PEAHENS, by Jami Brandli
Third Place ($25):
LOSING HOPE, by Emily Brauer Rogers
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