Deadline: February 28,
2015
This is an invitation to writers to explore the medium of
sound … “the theatre of the mind” … to create a one-hour radio play in English!
The closing date for submissions is February 28 2015. The first prize is R50,000,
the second R30,000 and the third R20,000.
Plays submitted must be of 1(one) hour’s duration, original
works, and not previously broadcast. Plays must be written in English and specifically
written for radio. Stage plays or plays requiring adaptation will not be
considered.
Entries should be typed in a font comparable to 11 point
Century Gothic , double-spaced and on one side of the paper only. The standard
size of a radio script is A4. Following these guidelines, a 60-minute play
would run to about 45 pages. Please follow the SAMPLE SCRIPT LAYOUT in the
booklet The Writing of Plays for Radio, which can be acquired from the SAfm
Drama Department (playwrite@safm.co.za)
There are no limits to the choice of topics or the style of
writing: comedy, tragedy, fable or folklore, social or domestic drama, satire,
“slice of life” …. Or what you will!
Submissions should reach SAfm by 17h00 on February 28, 2015.
Authors must certify that plays submitted are their original
works, and must indemnify the SABC against any infringement of copyright,
deliberate or otherwise.
If a submitted play contains any material (a quotation from
a poem, for example) which is subject to copyright restrictions, the author
must indicate this fact, so that the SABC may apply for copyright clearance, if
required. Authors of winning entries (or those chosen for broadcast) must make
the usual cession of copyright in respect of their play, to the SABC.
There is no restriction on the number of entries which an
author may submit.
The SABC accepts no responsibility for any posted
manuscripts which may be lost, although all care will be taken to see that this
does not happen, once scripts have been received. (NB: Manuscripts will not be
returned to the author)
The competition judges’ decisions shall be final, and no
correspondence will be entered into in this respect. Prizes are not
transferrable and are not negotiable. The right is reserved to withhold the
awarding of prizes if no entries are considered by the judges to merit them.
This Competition is open to any person resident in South
Africa, excluding employees of the SABC, agencies, prize sponsors or any person
directly or indirectly involved in the organisation or running of the
Competition, or their immediate family members.
All postal entries should be clearly marked SAfm Radio Drama
Play Writing Competition, Room 625, 6th Floor, Radio Park, PO Box 91162,
Auckland Park, 2006. Alternatively, the plays may be emailed to playwrite@safm.co.za All emailed entries must be in PDF format. For
more enquiries, phone 011 714-4599.
The winners of this competition will be announced on SAfm on
March 31, 2015. Please note that only the winners will be
personally notified.
SAfm and Channel Africa will have the right to broadcast
each of the winning entries twice, with subsequent broadcasts, if any,
attracting repeat payment at current rates. Other entries of a high standard
may, at the sole discretion of SAfm and Channel Africa, also be broadcast by
SAfm and Channel Africa in the usual way at current rates of payment.
SAfm and Channel Africa will have the right to make the
above broadcasts available as streams on the SAfm and Channel Africa websites
simultaneous with each radio broadcast of the Programme and on demand at any time
from the date of recording. All broadcast contracts will be subject to existing
arrangements within SAfm and Channel Africa.
SAfm reserves the exclusive right to contract any plays
entered into this competition for a period of six months after the announcement
of the winners.
For more information contact the SAfm Drama Department at
playwrite@safm.co.za
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