July 2007

playwriting contests, competitions, retreats, development opportunities 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 me, but share your newfound information so all may benefit.

If you are an “Opportunity” whose listing is incorrect, please kindly inform me of the correct information as I am providing you with free advertising.

Return to PlaywritingOpportunities.com Home | Find an error? Tell me about it. | E-Merging Writers

Opportunity	Deadline	Type **see guide	Address	Phone	Notes/Website NOTE: PPOK = previous productions okay; NoPP = No previous productions or publication but workshops are (usually) OK
Stage This! TOO E-Merging Writers and Fn Productions	7/1	T	Fn Productions/Stage This Too! 87 Crans Mill Road Pine Bush, NY 12566		DEADLINE EXTENDED FEE $15 each play or $25 for two (limit of 2). PPOK, plays canNOT have been published or be awaiting publication. All finalists (8-12) will be presented at a staged reading and receive publication in Stage This, TOO!, 10-Minute Plays Volume II. All plays will be read at least 3 times. Critiques available upon request. http://fnproductions.org/emerging.htm http://fnproductions.org/
Henrico Theatre Company	7/1	1-T	Amy Perdue, Artistic Director Henrico Recreation & Parks, P.O. Box 27032 Richmond, VA 23273	804-501-5138	Nothing controversial, no bad language. NoPP. NO FEE. $300 award. Submit bound script with blind cover. Henrico Theatre Company is a community theatre in it's 28th season and performs at The Cultural Arts Center, Glen Allen, VA http://www.co.henrico.va.us/rec
The Global Age Project, Aurora Theatre of California	7/1	F-1-T	Aurora Theatre Company 2081 Addison St. Berkeley, CA 94704		NoPP; Aurora Theatre Company is launching an annual new play development program to nurture and explore forward-looking visions of global import. GAP submissions will culminate in a two or three week festival of staged readings in the spring of 2008. The Global Age Project (The GAP) is an attempt to give playwrights and directors the opportunity to explore the current and future state of the global community and to create works that would inspire audiences to do the same. Scripts can be any length but must be unproduced. All styles are welcome. Subject matter is expected to pertain to an aspect of the future state of the global community. Submit play online: http://www.auroratheatre.org/gap_1.php
Theodore Ward Prize	7/1	F	Columbia CollegeChicago Tehater Center 72 E. 11th St. Chicago, IL 60605	312-344-6136	Author MUST be African-American http://www.colum.edu/undergraduate/theater/workshops.php scroll to the bottom of the page.
New Jersey Arts Council	7/1	Grant	Box 306 225 W. State St., Trenton, NJ 08625	609-292-6130	Must be resident of NJ njsca@arts.sos.state.nj.us http://www.njartscouncil.org
Actors' Theatre 12th Annual Ten-Minute Play Contest	7/1	T	Ten-Minute Play Contest, Actors' Theatre, 1001 Center St., Santa Cruz, CA 95060.		Submission FEE: $10 per play. must be resident of CA, OR, WA, NoPP actors@sbcglobal.net Mail 5 copies of each script & your fee http://www.sccat.org/contests.htm
Maxim Mazumdar New Play Competition	7/1	F-M	Alleway Theatre, 1 Curtain Up Alley Buffalo, NY 14202	716-852-2600	FEE: $25.00   http://alleyway.com/playwrights/
Havemeyer Playwright Competition The Acting Company of Greenwich	Formerly a July deadline	--	Havemeyer Playwright Competition 15 East Putnam Avenue Greenwich, CT 06830.		On hiatus. Check on them in September for an update. The contest will return in the Spring of 2008 http://www.tacog.org/playwrightcompetition.html
Max Afford Playwrights’ Award	7/4	??	Australia		Established to promote interest in Australian drama and to encourage the writing of plays in Australia, to help and give incentive to young writers of plays for either stage, TV or films. $7,500 cash prize; and expenses to a maximum of $2,500 for registration, accommodation and ariline tickets to attend a reading of the winning play at the annual Australian National Playwrights' Conference following the announcement of the winner. http://www.trust.com.au/assets/contentFiles/About_Max_Afford.pdf http://www.trust.com.au/Content.aspx?topicID=77
Garrad Best Play	7/7 2008!	F	Mary Robinson, Executive Director 1101 Honor Heights Drive Muskogee, Ok 74401	918-683-1701 918-683-3070 (fax)	Every other year; next one in 2008 NoPP; The competition is limited to members by blood of the Five Civilized Tribes; Chickasaw, Choctaw, Cherokee, Muscogee (Creek) and Seminole. Plays must be based on Tribal history, culture or traditions. http://www.fivetribes.org
Atwater Playhouse and Write Brothers, Inc., Playwriting Festival	7/13 (rec’d by)	F-1	Atwater Playhouse Playwriting Festival 3371 Glendale Blvd. Unit 145 Los Angeles, CA 90039		FEE $30, or if before 6/29, then $20. Grand prize winner will receive Write Brother’s full software suite and the Atwater Playhouse professional theatre company will perform the winning play for a full six week run starting September 14^th, 2007.  Second and third place winners receive Write Brothers’ Dramatica Pro software and have their play read on stage by the Atwater Playhouse’s Actors on August 3^rd & 4^th, 2007. Winners announced 7/20. This is NOT a postmark deadline, must be received by 7/13!! 45-90 minutes; either long one-act or full-length play under 90 min. The world should be based in reality. No avant-garde material please. Simple sets and lighting with a minimum amount of scene changes. Contemporary material is preferred. Each actor can play one role only so please limit the size of the cast. Actors/Characters do not break the 4th wall (speak directly to the audience) and no large sections of uninterrupted exposition by any one character http://www.atwaterplayhouse.com/fly.aspx?layout=playwritefestival
stageWRITE Theatre, Los Angeles	7/15	F-1	Dan O'Brien Artistic Director- Lyric Theatre 520 North La Brea Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90036		NO FEE. NoPP. Aims to provide an opportunity for new playwrights to gain exposure in Los Angeles by providing them with the experience of collaborating with talented directors, designers, and actors. GRAND PRIZE: The winner will receive two staged readings of their play, followed by a world premiere of the piece produced by the Fourth World Theatre Company in the fall of 2007. Several plays will be performed as stage readings at the Lyric Theatre. On title page of play, please include name, phone number, and e-mail address in addition to a cast list and a 1-3 sentence synopsis of play. There is a maximum of 3 entries per playwright. To submit electronically, please e-mail you piece as a WORD document to stageWRITE@lyrictheatrela.com with "stageWRITE" http://www.lyrictheatrela.com
Emerging Artists Theatre Fall Eatfest of New Short Plays	7/15	1 (20 min.)	Emerging Artists Theatre 311 W. 43rd St 5th Floor New York, NY 10036 ("FEF" on outside envelope).		EXTENDED Must not have been produced in NYC. Use a simple paper clip to hold it together - no need for fancy binders or covers - save your money. NO FEE. Hard copy submissions only. Please make sure that your email address is on the title page of your script and you can include a SASE for return of your script, only. All other notices by email. You may submit up to 5 plays for consideration. http://www.eatheatre.org/submissions.php
Clubbed Thumb Biennial Commission	7/15	commission	Clubbed Thumb Biennial Commission 388 Second Avenue Suite 529 New York, NY 10010		NO FEE; The theme for year 2007-2008 is "The Tragedy of the Commons." $15,000 commission to write and develop a play based upon Clubbed Thumb Biennial Commission Guidelines. Playwrights are invited to submit a description and a sample scene of the play they propose to write by July 15th, 2007. Running time: between 1 hr. and 1:30 hr; Intermissionless; Must have a reasonable representation of women, both in quantity and quality of roles. At least 3 characters - we prefer medium sized ensemble casts. Clubbed Thumb produces plays that are funny, strange, and provocative. The presence of a sense of humor is strongly encouraged. http://www.clubbedthumb.org/history http://www.clubbedthumb.org/bc/register
The National New Play Network Presents The Timothy Smith Prize	7/15	F	Toni Press-Coffman Timothy Smith Prize c/o Borderlands Theatre, PO Box 2791, Tucson AZ 85702.		Seeking plays that examine our civic institutions, particularly our democratic institutions, and ask: Who are Americans as a people? What are we becoming? What are our global responsibilities? Prize: $2,500 cash award. Submit via e-mail (preferred) with "Timothy Smith Prize" in the subject line – snail mail OK. Scripts will not be returned; SASP for acknowledgment; winner will be announced in December 2006. http://www.nnpn.org/indexf.html tpplay@cox.net
The Public Access Television Corporation's New Playwrights Competition	7/15	T	The Public Access Television Corporation ATT: "New Playwrights" Competition 1111 Marcus Avenue - Suite LL27 Lake Success, NY 11042		FEE $5.00 each submission Winning plays will be Cablecast on Public Access Television, Channel 20. Original, Modern/ American, Ten/Fifteen minutes in length, limited to two or three characters and one set. Include email, phone or address for notification of results of competition. Multiple submissions are welcome. Scripts will not be returned. Television and theater professionals will judge the competition http://patc.info/newplaywrights.html
New Works of Merit Playwriting Contest	7/15	F-1-ch	Sandra Nordgren New York	917-363-2369	DEADLINE EXTENDED FEES start at $25 per play. See website for details. NewWorksOfMerit@aol.com http://www.playwritingcontest.cjb.net/ http://hometown.aol.com/sandranord/myhomepage/travel.html
Maryland Arts Council	7/27	Grant	175 W. Ostend St., #E Baltimore, MD 211230	410-767-6555	Must be resident of MD msac@msac.org http://www.msac.org
Playwrights Center/Many Voices	7/27	Fellow-ship	2301 Franklin Ave., E. Minneapolis, MN 55406	612-332-7481	info@pwcenter.org http://www.pwcenter.org
The Sussex Playwrights Club Full-Length Play Competition	7/31	rad	Mrs E Owen, 104 Hartington Rd, Brighton, East Sussex, BN2 3PB		The competition is open to any author, regardless of nationality or country of residence and must be written in English and not previously produced before a paying audience. http://www.newventure.org.uk/spcintro.asp http://www.sussexplaywrights.com/page4.htm
Melbourne Short & Sweet Play Festival	7/31	T	Australia		FEE $15 per script. To enter online: http://newtown.eventix.com.au/form.htm?formid=557 http://www.theartscentre.net.au/short&sweet
ARTS/West’s “Humble Pie: Appalachian New Play Festival”	7/31		ARTS/West 132 W. State Street Athens, OH 45701	740-592-4315	Applachia-focused works and/or Southeastern Ohio-focused. Must involve “human values, morals, and ideas with which we can identify.” To request application: artswest@ci.athens.oh.us http://www.artswest.blogspot.com
Paragon Theatre, The Trench: A New Play Development Series	7/31	1-F	Barbra Andrews, Trench Coordinator PO Box 18893 Denver, CO 80218	303-300-2210	Colorado residents only; NoPP bandrews@paragontheatre.com http://www.paragontheatre.com http://www.paragontheatre.com/playsubmissions.php
Acrosstown Repertory Theatre - James Sunwall Prize	7/31	F	P.O. Box 12254 Gainesville, FL 32601	352-375-1321	No response from website. Will keep trying. NO FEE; Comedies only; NoPP; Founded in 1980 as an African-American theatre info@acrosstown.org http://www.acrosstown.org

** “TYPE” Guide
1=One act play T=Ten-minute play F=Full-length play M=Musical	S=solo shows ch=Children’s cab=cabaret rad=radio plays	ñ=translation A=adaptations sc=Screenplay tv=teleplay

July 2007

Return to PlaywritingOpportunities.com Home | Find an error? Let me know, nicely | E-MergingWriters.com (Sponsor)