Submission Fee FAQs:
Why do you charge a submission fee?
We all hate submission fees. While we cannot eliminate our fee, we are very happy to be as transparent as possible about where this money goes.
The main reason is that id is 100% a development organization. Unlike a producing organization, id doesn’t make any money from the presentation of plays. All work is presented to the public free of charge and the playwrights retain the rights to their work at all times.
Where does that submission fee go?
$6 goes directly to the professional reader who reads each script he or she receives from cover to cover and then provides id with a written report.
$2 dollars goes directly to the cost of Submittable and PayPal, the services we are using this year to process submissions and fees. The exact charges depend on the number of scripts we receive.
$2 goes directly towards overseeing the entire admissions process; the time and costs involved with managing 30-40 readers, 450+ scripts and reports over the course of the 9 month submission and selection process each year. Submission fees fund the submission process ONLY. They do not in any way subsidize the cost of the Conference or any other id projects.
Why PayPal and Submittable? Why Administrative costs?
For 10 years, 100% of the submission fee went directly to the reader. We, at id, volunteered our time to process scripts. Over the course of the past five years, however, the number of scripts we receive each year has more than tripled, making the job insurmountable without the assistance of programs like Submittable and PayPal and months of work on the part of our staff.
We all hate submission fees. While we cannot eliminate our fee, we are very happy to be as transparent as possible about where this money goes.
The main reason is that id is 100% a development organization. Unlike a producing organization, id doesn’t make any money from the presentation of plays. All work is presented to the public free of charge and the playwrights retain the rights to their work at all times.
Where does that submission fee go?
$6 goes directly to the professional reader who reads each script he or she receives from cover to cover and then provides id with a written report.
$2 dollars goes directly to the cost of Submittable and PayPal, the services we are using this year to process submissions and fees. The exact charges depend on the number of scripts we receive.
$2 goes directly towards overseeing the entire admissions process; the time and costs involved with managing 30-40 readers, 450+ scripts and reports over the course of the 9 month submission and selection process each year. Submission fees fund the submission process ONLY. They do not in any way subsidize the cost of the Conference or any other id projects.
Why PayPal and Submittable? Why Administrative costs?
For 10 years, 100% of the submission fee went directly to the reader. We, at id, volunteered our time to process scripts. Over the course of the past five years, however, the number of scripts we receive each year has more than tripled, making the job insurmountable without the assistance of programs like Submittable and PayPal and months of work on the part of our staff.
