To encourage excellence in planetarium show production, the IPS announce a scriptwriting competition sponsored by the Eugenides Foundation in Athens, Greece. Scripts are requested for school shows only, on the subject of the Solar System .
You can write about any single body or the whole Solar System.
No other subjects please .
The target age group is 11-14.
Any currently enrolled IPS member may enter one or more scripts.
The First and Second prize scripts remain the author's property, but the IPS retains the right to publish them in Planetarian .
2. Contest Rules and Procedures
Previously submitted scripts, or material published elsewhere, are not allowed.
Writers should submit six copies of each script to the contest's Coordinator: one copy for the Eugenides Foundation's files, one copy for the IPS files and one copy each for the three judges and the Coordinator. A single electronic copy may be substituted for the hard copies, but a hard copy of the release form must still be mailed.
The contest Coordinator will choose from the IPS Fellows three judges to mark each entry based on the criteria set out below, and the Coordinator will then quantify the totals to determine the winners. The author's names will be kept anonymous from the judges.
Entries may be submitted between July 1 and December 31, 2005. Please mail scripts to: Steve Tidey, 58 Prince Avenue, Southend, Essex, SS2 6NN, England. Or email stidey@sabreshockey.com. The two winning authors will be recognized during the awards ceremony at the 2006 IPS conference in Melbourne, Australia, where they will receive a certificate and prize money.
All scripts must conform to the following format:
• A signed release form must accompany the script.
• Attach a cover page giving the script's title, author's name, institution, address, telephone/fax number, email address and the number of pages. Do not put author's name on any other page.
• Scripts should be written in English with the directions for visuals (slides, panoramas, video clips, etc.) in the left hand column, and the narration in the right hand column, typed or computer printed, double-spaced, with line numbers and pages numbered. (A template is available at ips-planetarium.org/). Place a paragraph on page one that states the script's goals and purpose.
• The length should be 25 minutes , and include a five-minute live segment, incorporate slides and/or video segments, pans, all skies and basic star projector functions.
• If the above requirements are not met, a script may be disqualified.
3. Evaluative Criteria
In the assumption that the above criteria for submission has been met, the judges will evaluate each script based on: a clear writing style, factual accuracy, the correct use of grammar, originality in presentation and content, a maintained focus on the script's core topic, overall entertainment value, and, whether or not the script has achieved the author's stated goals .
and permits the use of content of the script in whole or in part in connection with planetarium programs of all kinds.
The undersigned acknowledges that the script assigned hereby may be included within any script bank maintained by IPS, that IPS may publish the script in the Society journal Planetarian, that IPS may maintain scripts for distribution to its members on magnetic media and in hard copy form, and that scripts assigned to IPS may be screened by a committee to control duplication of material and to eliminate known proprietary material.
The undersigned does hereby represent unto IPS that this assignment and release is not contrary to any copyright registration or other registration relating to copyright protection with respect to the script; that this assignment and release is not in conflict with any other agreement executed by the undersigned, and that the undersigned will, to the extent reasonably necessary, execute such further assurances of title as may be necessary and defend the same.
IN WITNESS HEREOF, the undersigned has executed this assignment and release as of the date first above written.
