The All-England Theatre Festival Geoffrey Whitworth Trophy

Qualifying conditions are as follows:

* Only plays which are unpublished and have never been produced in any other Festival are eligible.

* Plays should conform to AETF rules regarding format and play length.

* There is no entry fee and plays are judged in manuscript form. A short written assessment of the play will be sent to each playwright at the conclusion of the festival. The responsibility for entering plays rests with the writers.

Entry forms are held by Festival secretaries. All plays are read "blind" (ie the identities of the authors are not known in advance by the judges) by a panel of three.