January 2007 – Mostly verified … with notes but, as always, CHECK FIRST!

playwriting contests, competitions, retreats, development for the e-merging playwright

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Opportunity

Deadline

Type

**see guide

Address

Phone

Website/Other information

Note: NoPP=no previous productions; PPOK=previous productions are OK

Except where noted, previous productions do not include readings or no-pay performances

Maine Short Play Festival

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Acorn Productions
P.O. Box 44
Portland, ME 04112

207-766-3386

Maine playwrights; FEE $10 per playwright;

Submit script, application Form, fee; SASE for return if desired; SASP for acknowledgement if desired. Prefer applications by regular mail.

http://www.acorn-productions.org

Nantucket Short Play Festival & Competition

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Nantucket Short Play Competition

POB 480062

Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33348-0062

Attn: Jim Patrick, Literary Manager

 

FEE $10

They have no website … the guidelines are HERE. And yes, the festival is still in Nantucket.

playfestival@bellsouth.net

Guidelines

Playwrights' Circle

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Playwrights’ Circle

457 N. Palm Canyon Drive, Suite C

Palm Springs, CA 92262

(760) 327-4877

FEE $10

http://www.playwrightscircle.com/submission.htm

Playwrights Gallery

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Workshop

Playwrights Gallery
Box 2700
119 West 72nd Street
New York, NY 10023

 

Actors read new work, Sept-June, Wed.@ noon w/ other public readings – best way: professional recommendation

http://www.playwrightsgallery.com

Warehouse Theatre Company's International Playwriting Festival

BEGINS accepting 1/1

??

Rose Marie Vernon

Festival Administrator

International Playwriting Festival

Warehouse Theatre

Dingwall Road, Croydon CR0 2NF UK

 

Deadline will probably be sometime in June – that’s a guess. But it’s a European thing – (so maybe we need to ask Gwyneth to interpret for us stupid Americans.)

http://www.warehousetheatre.co.uk/ipf.html

Rules: http://www.warehousetheatre.co.uk/ipfentryform.pdf

Kumu Kahua Theatre/Hawai’i Prize

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Cedar Grove Productions On Stage
PO Box 29772
Los Angeles, CA 90029-0772 USA

 

kkt@pixi.com

http://www.kumukahua.org

Boston Theatre Works Unbound

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Boston Theatre Works

Attn: BTW Unbound

31 St. James Ave #360

Boston, MA 02116

 

 

This year's theme is "Unbound by Convention; Driven Towards Discovery; Engaging New Audiences"

Website/Other info.: www.BostonTheatreWorks.com

Oglebay Institute/Towngate Theatre Playwriting Contest

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Towngate Theatre Playwriting Contest
Oglebay Institute’s Stifel Fine Arts Center
1330 National Road
Wheeling , WV 26003

 

http://www.oionline.com

http://www.oionline.com/entertainment/playwriteRules.htm

 

Wilkes University’s John C. Gardner Contest

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2-min plays

John Gardner Contest

Wilkes University

84 W. South St

Wilkes-Barre, PA 18766

 

NO FEE for Dramatist Guild members. $10 fee for non-members of the Dramatists Guild. NoPP, 2 minute plays. Submit 2 copiesm, SASE, and brief bio with author’s name on cover letter only.

Camargo Foundation

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Residency

U.S. Secretariat
400 Sibley Street, Suite 125 St. Paul, MN 55101-1928 U.S.A.

 

The Camargo Foundation maintains a study center in Cassis, France, for the benefit of fellows who wish to pursue projects in the humanities and social sciences related to French and Francophone cultures, as well as creative projects by visual artists, photographers, video artists, filmmakers, media artists, composers, and writers. Creative projects do not need to have a specific French connection.

http://www.camargofoundation.org/toapply.asp

STAGE Prize - For plays about sci/tech

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STAGE Script Competition

Professional Artists Lab

CNSI - MC 6105

University of California

Santa Barbara, CA 93106-6105

 

NO FEE. Submitted plays must explore scientific and/or technological stories, themes, issues and/or events. Science and technology must figure prominently in the script, whether in form or content or both. Biographical dramas, history plays, and medical dramas are discouraged unless they significantly employ science and/or technology. Authors are strongly urged to avoid the stereotypes often assigned to science, technology, and those who engage in these disciplines. This competition is not open to plays written in the genre of science fiction.

E-mail: stage@cnsi.ucsb.edu

The Professional Artists Lab: http://www.proartslab.ucsb.edu/
The California NanoSystems Institute: http://www.cnsi.ucsb.edu/

Jacksonville State University's Southern Playwrights Competition

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Department of English
Jacksonville State University

700
Pelham Road North
Jacksonville, Alabama 36265-1602

 

NO FEE. The Southern Playwrights Competition seeks to identify and encourage the best of Southern playwriting. NoPP. Must be native to AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV.

Rules and Guidelines: http://www.jsu.edu/depart/english/southpla.htm

THREADS Productions

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F-1-M-ch-ń-T-S-adapt

Kim Prentice, Managing Director
1359 Broadway 4th Floor
New York, NY 10018

 

Seeks to serve Christian writers through developing and possibly producing scripts that have the potential for success in the mainstream secular marketplace. Looking for scripts that understand and explore all aspects of the human condition whether they are overtly Christian in context or not. Submit cover letter with 10 pg writing sample; PPOK.

newworks@threadsproductions.org

http://www.threadsproductions.org

Ashland New Plays Festival

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Ashland New Plays Festival

Artwork Enterprises, Inc.

PO Box 453

Ashland, OR 97520

 

FEE $15. Selected playwrights participate in approximately 12 hours of rehearsal culminating in two public readings and will be expected to sign a participation agreement upon notification of their selection. 1 submission per author; blind cover page; NoPP; cast < 8.

Application form: http://www.ashlandnewplays.org/Application Form.html

http://www.ashlandnewplays.org

Jentel Artist Residency Program

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Residency

Jentel Artist Residency Program
130 Lower Piney
Creek Road
Banner, WY 82832

307-737-2311

FEE $20. The Jentel Artist Residency Program offers dedicated individuals a supportive environment in which to further their creative development. Your writing sample should be representative of the genre in which you plan to work while in residence.

jentel@jentelarts.org

Application: http://www.jentelarts.org/sitepages/application.htm

http://www.jentelarts.org

American Theatre Co-op

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Suzanne
2848 West Lunt
Chicago, IL 60645

 

FEE$ - $15-25

http://www.americantheatrecoop.com

http://www.americantheatrecoop.com/contests.html

Hambidge Center for Creative Arts & Sciences

1/15

Residency

Box 339

Rabun Gap, GA 30568

706-746-5718

Application FEES$

center@hambidge.org

http://www.hambidge.org

Jentel Foundation

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Retreat

Jentel Artist Residency Program

130 Lower Piney Creek Road Banner, WY 82832

307-737-2311

$20 FEE

Deadline is for 2005 residencies: May 15 - December 13.

The Jentel Artist Residency Program offers one month residencies in a rural ranch setting in the foothills of the Big Horn Mountains. The award includes comfortable accommodation, private work space and $400 stipend to visual artists in all media and writers in all genre.

SASE for information.

 

jentel@jentelarts.org

http://www.jentelarts.org

Jewel Box Theatre Playwriting Award

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3700 North Walker Oklahoma City, OK 73118-7099

405-521-1786

http://www.jewelboxtheatre.org

http://www.jewelboxtheatre.org/Playwriting%20Contest.htm

 

MacDowell Colony

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rec’d by

Artist Colony

The Admissions Coordinator
The MacDowell Colony
100 High Street

Peterborough, NH 03458

603-924-3886

FEE$ - $20 application fee

http://www.macdowellcolony.org/apply.html

Montana Artists Residency (September-Decembger)_

1/15

Residency

Box 8

Basin, MT 59361

Attn: Joy Lewis, Coord.

 

406-225-3500

Rent is $350+/mo., assistance limited

mar@mt.net

http://www.montanarefuge.org

Ragdale Foundation (Winter-Spring)

1/15

Residency

1260 N. Green Bay Rd., Lake Forest, IL 60045

847.234.1063
ext 202

Cost of $15 per day

mosher@ragdale.org

http://www.ragdale.org/application.asp

http://www.ragdale.org

Summerfield G. Roberts Award

1/15

General writing

SRT Headquarters
1717 Eighth Street Bay City, Texas 77414

979/245-6644

A cash award of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) is presented by the Sons of the Republic of Texas to the author of a work of creative writing on the Republic of Texas judged best by the Judging Committee. This award is presented at the annual membership meeting in the spring (usually first week end of April) of the next calendar year.

The purpose of this award is to encourage literary effort and research about historical events and personalities during the days of the Republic of Texas,1836-1846, and to stimulate interest in this period.

http://www.srttexas.org/sumfield.html

http://www.srttexas.org

Virginia Center

1/15

Residency

154 SanAngelo Dr., Amherst, VA 24521

434-946-7236

FEES $25 (plus add’l costs per day for stay)

vcca@vcca.com

http://www.vcca.com

http://www.vcca.com/apply.html

Heartland Theatre Emerging Illinois Playwrights Project – One-Acts

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Heartland Theatre Company

P. O. Box