December 2006 – Mostly verified … with notes but, as always, CHECK FIRST!
playwriting contests, competitions,
retreats, development for the e-merging playwright
If you do
not contact these persons on your own and find out the rules for yourself before entering, please do not yell at
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Deadline |
Type **see guide |
Address |
Phone |
Website/Other
information Note: NoPP=no previous productions; PPOK=previous
productions are OK |
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12/1 |
Grant |
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Must be
resident of AK |
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George Bennett
Fellowship |
12/1 |
Fellow |
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Early-career
writer; will be available to students but not be on faculty. Fee: $5 |
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Biennial Promising
Playwright Award |
12/1 Even years |
F |
Colonial Players, mc; |
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Resident
of one of the 13 colonies (states). |
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Cunningham
Commission for Youth Theatre |
12/1 |
Plays for young aud. |
Director of Marketing and Public Relations The |
(773) 325—7938, FAX
325—7920 |
$$ and
possible production. Chicago-area playwright; winner commissioned to write a
play for young audiences which “affirms the centrality of religion, broadly
defined, and the human quest for meaning, truth and community.” Email lgoetsch@depaul.edu |
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Doris Fischer Harris
Playwriting Competition |
12/1 |
1-T |
The Doris Fisher Harris Playwriting Competition Dramatic Production Department |
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FEE $5.00 |
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12/1 |
1 |
Assistant Professor of Theatre |
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NoPP |
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First Stage One-Act
Play Contest |
12/1 |
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LA, CA 90038 |
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Can’t
reach the site |
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12/1 |
F (plus residency) |
Department of Music and Theatre GCSU Pillars Playwriting Prize CBX 066 |
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Winning
play must meet the needs of the department. FEE $20 NoPP;
submit full script, typed and bound, synopsis, character breakdown and set
requirements. SASE for return. |
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12/1 |
Fellow |
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Must be a
resident of MA. |
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New American
Playwrights Project |
12/1 |
F |
351 |
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August,
writers in residence. Room, board and travel |
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12/1 |
Fellow |
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Must be
residnet of NM |
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The Eugene O’Neill |
12/1 |
M |
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UPDATE – the hoolabaloo that
happened earlier this year about the O’Neill asking for future $$ from playwrights
is no longer. The Conference has heard the complaints of playwrights (go
Christopher Durang and Marsha Norman – we LOVE YOU!!) and are no longer
requiring this. So ENTER – this is a bigee! |
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PlayLabs @ the
Playwrights’ Center |
12/1 |
Dev SELF-PRODUCED |
Playwrights’ Center |
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Development
workshop – this is the deadline for SELF-PRODUCED work … please check their
website for details of other dates |
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Southeast Theater
Conference (SETC) High School Play Contest |
12/1 |
1 Students |
c/o |
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FEE $10;
NoPP Must be
student in AL, FL, GA, KY, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA or WV. |
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The Ruby Lloyd Apsey
Play Search |
12/1 |
F |
Theatre UAB ASC 255 |
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Email submissions
OK (pdf, rtf, Word, or Word Perfect); PPOK Even-numbered
years; seeks new plays confronting racial or ethnic issues, especially those
calling for ethnically diverse and/or multi-racial casting. |
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12/1 |
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Tel: |
Must be
resident of http://www.fringetoronto.com/festival07/07NewPlayApp.doc |
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Young Playwrights,
Inc., National Playwriting Festival |
12/1 |
F-M |
National Playwriting Competition Dept. |
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Must be
18 y.o. or younger |
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Aspen HBO Comedy
Arts Festival |
12/1 |
Film and other |
USCAF Talent Department |
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12/1 ish |
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Michael Dale The White House, 5JE |
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If you
want to take part in the next Festival, the normal procedure is to write to
festival director Michael Dale at The White House, |
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American College
Theatre Festival |
12/?? |
F |
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For
students enrolled in college courses. Series of awards. Regional deadlines
vary. Check website for further details: http://www.kennedy-center.org/education/actf Yes, this
is (pretty much) the same thing listed below, but some people look for ACTF,
others for Kennedy … there are several different opportunities!! |
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12/?? |
F-M |
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Deadlines
vary by region Fellowship
to attend either the New Visions/New Voices Festival (see Development) or the
National Youth Theatre, possible publication by Anchorage Press with
royalties. Writer
must be enrolled as full-time student at college or university during year of
production or during either of the 2 years preceding the production; plays
for young people from kindergarten-12th grade produced by a
KC/ACTF-participating college or university |
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Theatre Unbound Competition |
12/?? |
F |
Anne Bertram, Managing Director |
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run 40-50 minutes (for our Fringe production) or 75 minutes and
up (for the mainstage); have a female protagonist; preferably have a majority
of roles for women; fit with our mission statement, to produce "powerful
stories that represent women in active pursuit of their goals and desires;
female perspectives on universal struggles and achievements" |
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Bruce Helford New
Plays Competition NOT IN EXISTENCE |
12/1 |
F |
Helford Playwriting Competition |
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NO LONGER
IN EXISTENCE … sorry folks, but it seems to have been a one time thing. BUT –
Congratulations to Mary Steelsmith, a regular site visitor, for winning the
one and only competition they held! |
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Pew Fellowships in
the Arts |
12/2 |
Fellow |
1608 Walnut St., Fl. 18 Philadelphia, PA 19103 |
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Rotating
fellowships in arts, music composition, performance art. Must be 25 y.o. and
a 2-year resident of easter PA, not a student |