Short Play Contest
Festival of Shorts 2025 Redux
See your words come to life! Enter the wwudrama short play contest. Seeking original scripts for an evening of short, comedic skits in the style of Saturday Night Live.
The winning scripts will be selected by members of a special panel including students and faculty.
The winning scripts (up to 6) will be produced as part of the Festival of Shorts in Winter Quarter 2025.
Submission deadline: December 20, 2024
Contest is open to all students (undergraduate and graduate), faculty, staff, and alumni. No previous scriptwriting experience necessary.
Prizes for the top three scripts:
1st place - $200
2nd place - $100
3rd place - $50
Guidelines
- No longer than 12 pages
- Must be original, unproduced, and unpublished
- Adaptations will be considered only if the source material is in the public domain
- Team-written scripts will be accepted
- Up to 3 scripts per person or team
- No more than 4-6 characters
- Must be producible with minimum set and prop requirements
- Each script must contain the author’s name, phone number, and email address
- Content must be appropriate for the WWU audience and uphold the university standards – must be rated G or PG
Submit scripts to wwudrama@wallawalla.edu (PDF or Word formats only) by midnight on December 20.
Winning authors agree to make themselves available for consultation, revisions, and some rehearsals during the Winter 2025 quarter.
Questions? Email wwudrama@wallawalla.edu.