DEATHSCRIBE 2010
The Third Annual International Festival
of Radio Horror Plays

The submission window for DEATHSCRIBE 2010 is officially open. The first two years of our celebrated International Festival of Radio Horror went from amazing to incredible; we can't wait to see what kind of crazed and creepy hits our doorstep this year.

Deadline for submissions is October 1, 2010.

Remember, DEATHSCRIBE is all about you! What freaks you out -- is it bugs? Ghosts? Serial killers? The past? The future? Death itself? How about life itself?

Shape your fear into a ten-minute radio play and send it to the Daemon. If it freaks us out too, perhaps you'll see it performed live at this year's DEATHSCRIBE showcase event.

We had nearly a hundred submissions last year. We hope to see at least that many this year, between now and midnight of October 1st. And we hope to see your name in that list of submissions. Submit here - deathscribe2010@gmail.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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SUBMISSION GUIDELINES FOR DEATHSCRIBE 2010

We are looking for 10-minute radio scripts that are genuinely scary, imaginative, chilling, intelligent, suspenseful, horrific or downright grotesque. We put no restrictions on contestants as to content or tone, but keep in mind that we are a Horror Theatre. We take our horror seriously, and so should you.

Submission rules:
Scripts must be ready to produce - all sound and music cues included. Details on format can be found below. Please be aware that these scripts, if chosen, will be performed by no more than 6 actors, therefore if you have more characters it will require double casting by the director of the piece.

5 scripts will be selected from all submissions. After being selected, there will be an opportunity for the authors to refine and tighten these scripts if deemed necessary in collaboration with WildClaw Theatre Company.

These scripts will be rehearsed and presented as an evening of Live Radio Drama with Foley sound and recorded for a future WildClaw Blood Radio Podcast.

Deadline for submissions is October 1, 2010.

WildClaw Theatre company members will then make the selections to be performed during the festival. The selections will be “blind.” The title page should include the title of the script, names of all authors, and the name, address, phone, fax and email address of the corresponding author. The subsequent pages should include only the manuscript title and page number and NO identifying personal information (name, address, email, etc.) or it will be disqualified.

There will be a “Best of the Fest” award, with the winner chosen by a celebrity panel of judges on the night of performance.

By submitting to WildClaw’s Deathscribe Radio Horror Festival, you are stating that the script is your own work and has not been produced or commissioned for pay by other theatre groups. Plays which have been produced professionally are not acceptable. Audio plays that have received college/university productions only will be accepted.

By submitting your play and upon acceptance to WildClaw’s Deathscribe Radio Horror Festival, you are granting WildClaw the exclusive, non-binding rights to make copies of your work in all media - including print, digital, film, video, audio, or other Internet formats - used to promote the Festival. WildClaw Theatre will have the right to produce the selected scripts for the WildClaw Theatre Deathscribe Horror Radio Festival, including broadcast and/or webcast of the festival; however, WildClaw Theatre makes no commitment to produce any script. The author retains all other rights to his or her work.

Instructions to Submit
To submit electronically, please make sure your script is formatted correctly according to the guidelines (see below) and you may submit your script as an attachment, preferably a PDF or MS word file, to deathscribe2010@gmail.com.

To submit a hard copy through the mail, please send 2 typed copies of your script to:
WildClaw Theatre Deathscribe
312 N. May, Suite 3L
Chicago, Il 60607

If you would like your script returned to you in the event that your script is not chosen, please include a self-addressed stamped envelope. Please make sure there is enough postage to get the script back to you. If we do not receive such an envelope, we will discard the manuscript.

Guidelines:
• Scripts must be no more than ten minutes in length. This includes all sound effects, transitions and dialogue. the ENTIRE performance should only last 10 minutes. (And no shorter than 7 minutes. Please read it aloud at home before submitting to check the running time.)
• All submission files must be in PDF format. If you don't have PDF, then only MS Word please. All scripts must have a title page with all contact information. Submissions must be in a standard font and no less than 12 point.
• DO NOT submit full-length plays for consideration. They will be discarded.
• Please refer to BBC Writers Room's Script Smart site (not affiliated with the WildClaw Deathscribe Radio Play Festival) for script format and samples at http://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/scriptsmart/
• Scripts should follow the radio drama format.
• Writers will be notified by email if their script(s) get selected. Please make sure your packet contains - all contact information - on the cover letter that presents your script(s) for consideration for "WildClaw Theatre’s Deathscribe Horror Radio Festival."
• WildClaw Theatre’s Deathscribe Horror Radio Festival will take place in the winter of 2010.
• Deadline for submissions is October 1, 2010

Please contact Daemon of WildClaw with questions at deathscribe2010@gmail.com

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