2025 Script Tease of Short Plays Competition

DETAILS:

         The contest is open ONLY to playwrights residing in San Diego County.

1. We only accept short, 10-minute, or one-act plays, with a maximum length of 30 pages. (No musicals, children’s theater or literary adaptations.)
2. Submissions cannot be excerpts from full length plays.
3. There is no entry fee, and each author may submit up to three short plays.
4. The top three prizewinners are guaranteed a reading by The Scripteasers. These readings may be online or in person and will include a moderated discussion with audience feedback following the reading. 
5. Scripts not selected for cash awards but deemed noteworthy by the judges may be selected for a reading.
6. Please note: do not submit your script(s) unless you are able to attend a Zoom or in-person reading in the Fall/Winter 2025 on a mutually agreeable Friday evening.  If your play wins, you MUST be “present” in order to receive your prize, no exceptions.
7. Entries are judged anonymously.
8. DEADLINE: July 01, 2025

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES, PLEASE READ CAREFULLY: Please submit your entry(s) via email to info@scripteasers.org, with the subject line “SCRIPTEASE 2025” and include the following FOUR items in MS Word or PDF, in FOUR SEPARATE FILES:

1. A cover page with the title of the play, the playwright’s name and best contact info, including a San Diego County snail mail address and email address
2. An anonymous text of the script, including the title, and the script in a proper script format*.
3. A short playwright bio (approximately 50 words).
4. A one- or two-line synopsis of the play.

Scripteasers will:

• Confirm receipt of your submission and treat your work with respect.
• Notify you of the results of the competition in September 2025.
• Work with all prize-winning playwrights to arrange convenient reading dates and a moderated discussion with audience feedback. 

PLEASE NOTE:

• This competition is open only to playwrights who reside in San Diego County.
• Submissions are limited to the first 100 entries.
• The following plays are ineligible for submission: plays that have had a public reading in person or online, have been previously produced or published, or have been previously submitted to or read at The Scripteasers. If a play is submitted that falls into any of the categories above before the end of the contest, it must be withdrawn by the playwright. 
• There will only be one cash prize per author.
• All scripts must follow standard dramatic formatting.*
• Scripteasers reserves the right not to award a prize if in its opinion no submission is worthy.

Questions? Please contact us at:

info@scripteasers.org.

We look forward to receiving your submission!