2024 NC Audio Play Festival

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

Announcing the fifth annual North Carolina Audio Play Festival! A yearly collaboration between Cary Playwrights’ Forum and Greensboro Playwrights’ Forum, this festival provides a platform for North Carolinian writers to have their work produced and published at no cost.

Every year the festival has a theme, and this year that theme is…

“WELCOME TO ______”

Setting is always an important consideration for playwrights, but not all settings are practical or convenient to stage with live actors. But audio plays have no such limitations! Let your creativity run wild and tell an original story about a change of scenery! First day at a new job? Fish out of water? Formerly dried-out fish back in the water? It’s up to you!

Script Submission Requirements:

• Scripts for selected audio plays should not exceed 10 minutes in length
• Scripts must be submitted by 11:59:59pm on April 30, 2024
• Playwright must be a North Carolina resident
• A script may be submitted by a team of playwrights so long as at least 50% of them are North Carolina residents
• Scripts should be written in standard play format [link to video example]
• Maximum of two script submissions per playwright
• We ask for your name and contact information in the submission form, so it is optional for the playwright whether or not to include their name and contact information on the script.
• Due to expected volume of submissions, please don’t title your script as “Welcome to _____” – the festival theme isn’t meant to be a literal fill-in-the blank. Consider it an extra challenge!

Script Submission Link:     GOOGLE FORM

Bonus for Triangle Locals

If you are local to the Triangle check out this FREE WORKSHOP!

If you are new to audio plays – we’ll teach you! If you have a script – we’ll workshop it!

If you are not a local, but have some questions in writing audio plays – message us!

Questions?

Contact the producers @ ncaudioplays@gmail.com

Listen to our previous festivals and audio series for inspiration!

Who We Are

The Cary Playwrights Forum workshops and develops new stage plays written by North Carolinian playwrights. Its mission is to provide NC playwrights and aspiring playwrights opportunities to develop as dramatic writers. CPF is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization.

Founded in 1993, Creative Greensboro’s Playwrights’ Forum supports local aspiring playwrights in getting published or produced through contacts, marketing, and improving their skill as dramatic writers.