Monologues From the Hart – All submissions are due by noon on March 31, 2025.

Hart County Community Theatre is looking for YOUR stories, poems, or songs about YOUR experiences with domestic violence, child abuse, coming of age, etc. Our goal is to produce an original show, Monologues from the Hart, based on the pieces we receive. If your piece is selected, we will work with you to develop it into a stage-worthy monologue or musical number for the show! We may ask you to present the piece yourself during the show or we may opt to have an actor/singer to present it on your behalf. Performance is not a requirement for submission!

  • Stories should be in English, 300-2500 words in length, and be submitted in docx. or PDF format along with the information requested in the form below. Please indicate whether or not you wish to perform your piece yourself or have a cast member perform it. Do NOT put your name on the story itself as judging will be blind. At the top of each page of your story, put the story’s title and page number.
  • Poems should be in English and take no longer than five minutes to read aloud. They should be submitted in docx. or PDF format along with the information requested in the form below. Do NOT put your name on the poem itself as judging will be blind. At the top of each page of your poem, put the poem’s title and page number.
  • Songs may be in any language and take no longer than five minutes to perform. For songs, please submit an audio recording in mp3 or WAV format along with the information requested in the form below.
  • Song submissions must also include a written set of the lyrics in English (as well as a set of the lyrics in the language of composition if it is not English). Do NOT put your name on the lyric sheet(s) or state your name anywhere in the audio recording as judging will be blind. At the top of each page of the lyrics, put the song’s title and the page number. Put only the song’s title in the information section of the audio file.
  • HCCT reserves the right to edit any piece submitted to the contest.
  • HCCT reserves the right to reject pieces submitted to the contest for any reason.
  • HCCT reserves the right to decline to produce Monologues from the Hart for any reason.
  • HCCT reserves the right to cast and produce Monologues from the Hart in the manner it sees fit in accordance with HCCT by-laws, rules, and standard operating procedure.
  • Any pieces submitted must be original, unpublished, and autobiographical. In other words, it must be a true story that happened to YOU that you have not published anywhere else.
  • No X-rated pieces will be accepted.
  • The dates and times for the production of Monologues from the Hart are to be determined, but HCCT hopes to produce the show in the first half of 2025.
  • You must be 18 years old or older to submit a piece. You may submit more than one but no more than three pieces.
  • The pieces which are accepted and staged in Monologues from the Hart will be videotaped for archival purposes. Additionally, a script of select pieces may be produced and sold with all net proceeds going to the Northeast Georgia Council on Domestic Violence.

By submitting your piece to the Monologues of the Hart contest, you are agreeing that your piece may be included in the 2025 production of Monologues of the Hart and/or any audio/visual recording of said production. Furthermore, by submitting your piece to the Monologues of the Hart contest, you are agreeing that your piece may be including in any written collection of submitted pieces and that it may be used by HCCT and/or the NEGACDV for promotional purposes.

All net proceeds from the production of Monologues from the Hart will go to the NEGACDV.

No contract beyond the guidelines here will be offered.