Upcoming Gainesville Theatre Playwriting Festival : "Stories of Our Time"
“Stories of Our Time” is a concept of recognizing women who have served in the military during the twentieth century and bringing light to their stories and accomplishments especially women of color. Women are on the fore front everyday in the military, however, we only here about them when something tragic happens, if at all. And the likely hood of hearing of a women of color is even slimmer.
Words Off the Paper, Inc. is interested in hearing and promoting these stories through plays that everyone can enjoy. We’ve all heard of “GI Jane” and “A Soldier’s Story,” the last was a play and movie. There are other very notable stories out there and we want to help them become on the fore front of everyone’s minds as well.
“Stories of Our Time,” will be Gainesville’s first Theater festival and we welcome you to be part of this evolution. Submissions open January 10th, 2025 and continue through March 28th at midnight EST or once we reach submissions
Words Off the Paper is committed to developing emerging voices in theatre by providing full productions of yet-to-be-published winning plays as part of its upcoming season in 2026. This competition will be judged by a panel of local judges and awards will go to the top three plays.
Rules and Submission Guidelines
All submissions must be original and unpublished.
Plays should be intended for youth and adults.
Only full-length plays will be considered. Max ten characters. No longer than 120 pages.
No musicals at this time will be considered.
Playwrights may submit as many plays as they wish. There is a $10 submission fee, made out to Words Off The Paper, per script entry. Fees must be submitted with entry.
Scripts must be arranged in professional play script format.
No identifying marks on script. Separate cover page with playwright information.
Submission deadline is Friday, March 28, 2025
Please fill-out the Google Form to enter your submission.
Please attach a blind copy of your script to the Google Form
Words Off the Paper will host Gainesville’s First Theater Play Contest. The $10 submission fees will cover volunteer efforts and reading fees to select theatre artist from Florida who generously support Words Off the Paper’s mission to support new plays.
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