Guidelines for submitting plays

Druid accepts plays it receives in the English language from Irish, UK and other European or Europe-based writers regardless of the writer’s level of experience.
Please refer to the guidelines below and should you have any further queries, please email literary[at]druid[dot]ie. Full contact details for the Literary Department can be found at the bottom of this page.

Please note the following guidelines

· Submit your script by mail only. We will not accept emailed or faxed scripts except by prior arrangement.

· Submit one script only at a time.

· Submit original work only.

· Submit only those plays that have not had a full professional or amateur production. In this light, plays emerging from student productions or from a reading/workshop will be accepted.

· Writers whose work has previously been produced by amateur theatre companies are asked to submit only those plays that are not intended for production by an amateur company.

· Druid is not in a position to accept radio scripts, TV scripts or screenplays.

· Druid is not in a position to accept one-act plays, musicals and plays for children except by prior arrangement.

· Scripts must be submitted as a finished draft and will be assessed on that understanding. Synopses or treatments are accepted only if submitted with the accompanying completed play.

Typescripts

· Scripts should be typed on one side of A4 sheets with pages numbered.

· Your name and contact details should appear once only, on the title page. This ensures anonymity for the reader.

· A cover letter should accompany your play giving your contact details, an email address if available, a brief description of the play and a brief overview of your writing to date.

· Assessed plays can be returned if you supply with your submission a stamped-addressed envelope that meets full cost of the return postage. Scripts from outside Ireland require International Postal Coupons to meet full cost of postage if they are to be returned.

Submitting scripts

Writers submitting their work to Druid are asked to send it by post to: Literary Manager, Druid, Flood Street, Galway, Ireland.

Enquiries

For further enquiries, please email us at info[at]druid[dot]ie and address your enquiries for the attention of the Literary Manager.