The ATC Playwriting Competition is held on a bi-annual basis.
We are now accepting submissions! The last day to submit to the contest this year is September 30, 2023.
Be sure to carefully read and comply with the following guidelines before sending your script.
Please note that to ensure blind reading by the judges, entries submitted by any means other than the submissions email address indicated below will be disregarded.
The ATC playwriting competition offers you the opportunity to put your story into words and your characters onto the stage! The deadline for submissions this year is September 30, 2023. The winning entry will be announced before the end of the year, and the ATC will stage the winning play in 2024 or 2025.
The ground rules of the competition
The script
The author
How do you submit your entry?
Entries should be typewritten in standard play format and submitted before the deadline of midnight CET on September 30, 2023 as a PDF document by attachment in an email to atc.newplays@telenet.be with the subject line "playwriting competition."
IMPORTANT: So that plays may be judged fairly and anonymously, your name, address, or any identifying information must NOT appear anywhere on the play script. Please include a separate cover page with your submission that contains the following information:
The information on your cover page (except title) will not be shared with the judges. You will be contacted by email to confirm receipt of your submission. All entrants will be notified about the results a few weeks after the deadline, and the winning entry will be announced in the ATC newsletter shortly thereafter. To sign up to the newsletter, please fill in the form in the "newsletter" section of this website.
The decision of the judges is final, and no discussion or correspondence will be entered into.
We look forward to reading your play!
The ground rules of the competition
The script
- must be written in English, be original, and not be previously published or performed;
- may deal with any topic and be set in any location, any time period, any country; however, plays set in America or with characters from America will score higher;
- should be no shorter than 25 minutes and no longer than 50 minutes in playing time; and
- may be a comedy, a drama, a play with original music, or even a musical.
The author
- may be of any nationality;
- must currently reside in Belgium, or have lived in Belgium within the past three years (as of the closing date of the competition); and
- may enter a maximum of ONE script.
How do you submit your entry?
Entries should be typewritten in standard play format and submitted before the deadline of midnight CET on September 30, 2023 as a PDF document by attachment in an email to atc.newplays@telenet.be with the subject line "playwriting competition."
IMPORTANT: So that plays may be judged fairly and anonymously, your name, address, or any identifying information must NOT appear anywhere on the play script. Please include a separate cover page with your submission that contains the following information:
- your name,
- email address,
- postal address,
- phone number, and
- the title of your play.
The information on your cover page (except title) will not be shared with the judges. You will be contacted by email to confirm receipt of your submission. All entrants will be notified about the results a few weeks after the deadline, and the winning entry will be announced in the ATC newsletter shortly thereafter. To sign up to the newsletter, please fill in the form in the "newsletter" section of this website.
The decision of the judges is final, and no discussion or correspondence will be entered into.
We look forward to reading your play!