2008 Television Screenplay Competition.
First Prize: £200 plus a reading of the play at a Club Meeting.
Second Prize: £100 plus a reading of the play at a Club Meeting.
Third Prize: £ 75. plus a reading of the play at a Club Meeting.
The Constance Cox Memorial Award: A further £100 may be awarded at the discretion of the judges.
# The play should last between 60 – 90 minutes
# Entry fee is £5 (with one free entry for Sussex Playwrights' Club members
# CLOSING DATE: 31ST July 2008
# Judge’s announcement will be mid-December 2008
Rules
The competition is open to any author, regardless of nationality or country of residence and must be an original play, written in English and not previously broadcast, produced before a paying audience or read at a club meeting..
Sceenplays, which must be clearly typed and securely bound, should be sent to Mr Dennis Evans,
All plays must be entered under a pseudonym and all entries should include a sealed envelope with the play's title and the pseudonym on the cover. This envelope should contain a card with the author’s real name and address, plus sufficient postage for return of the manuscript.
Sussex Playwrights' Club members are entitled to one free entry but all other entries must be accompanied by the entry fee of £5. Receipt of entries will not be acknowledged. It is hoped that the results will be announced by Mid-December 2008.
The decision of the judges is final and we cannot enter into any correspondence concerning the results. The judges reserve the right not to award a prize if the number or standard of the entries is deemed to be insufficient.
Winning Authors must agree to their plays being given a reading at a club meeting
Enquiries can be directed to us by using the contact form or alternatively should be addressed (with and SAE please) to:- Dennis Evans (Hon Sec), 2 Brunswick Mews, Hove,
THE 2007 Radio Play Competition
£150 Prize winner
'THE DISSAPEARANCE'. by Giles Cole
£75 Prize winner:-
'ZENA CHRISTIE IS DEAD'. by John Glander
£50 Prize winner:-
PENSIONED OFF. by Judy Upton
Also shortlisted:-
'YE GODS' by Sidney Sadgrove
'DEAR WENDY'. by John Brennan
'THE SWEET SEVENTEENS'. by Frank long
Our adjudicator for this year was the actor PAUL MORIARTY (RNT, RSC, Eastenders, The Bill etc). He felt that this was an excellent selection of plays with all writers making good use of the intimate possibilities of radio. he said that he had difficulties in deciding on the winners.
Congratulations to the winners and many thaks to all who entered.