That's why most competitions rule out collaborations. Where this does happen a lot is in film . And you'll have enough difficulties to work through with your winning playwright on a new script without having to add the dynamics of a partnership into the stew. No adaptations By saying No to this, you avoid any possibility of your winning play getting you tangled up in questions of potential copyright violations. And hire an entertainment lawyer or add one to your organization's board of trustees before you decide to go into production.
Adaptations are never as simple as they seem.
Include a manuscript-size SASE For return of scripts. You don't want to get stuck with the postage bill on this. And make clear that the script must fit in the envelope provided. This lets you dump scripts that are held together with rubber bands or paper clips, are printed in 6-point type or on tissue paper, stuck together with coffee or Coke stains, with every other page upside down. Or any other of the horror stories competition organizers can tell.