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Eighth Annual Young Playwrights Competition



Prizes $600 - $400- $200 Savings Bonds

Guidelines:

  • All Submissions must be at least 10 but no more than 30 pages (excerpts of longer work are ok)
  • Original work only, no adaptations
  • Scripts must be typed in play format.
  • All entrants must be NJ residents in secondary school.
  • Entries must be Post-marked by January 31, 2010

Winning scripts will receive script-in-hand performances where authors will receive their prizes and certificates. (March ‘10)

To enter: By January 31, 2010, submit a 10 to 30 page script according to the guidelines above to The Theater Company, Union County College, 1-33 Springfield Avenue, Cranford, NJ 07016 TheaterProject@aol.com
All entries must include a SASE (self-addressed stamped envelope), a 50 word biography of the author including contact information and the $5 entrance fee (check or money order, payable to The Theater Project.)
Email submissions are Great!  Send checks and SASE separately.  Only one entry per author.  Please remember that you must be a resident of New Jersey and a secondary school student in the 2009-10 academic year to be eligible.
Questions?  Call 908-659-5189 or email TheaterProject@aol.com.

Jersey Stages

Young Playwrights Contest
December 07, 2009 • 7:09 am   By William Westhoven