Pillars Playwriting Prize

This just in from Georgia College and State University: Pillars Playwriting Prize

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What: Pillars Playwriting Prize

Presenter: Georgia College and State University Theatre Department in collaboration with the Creative Writing Program in the Department of English, Speech, and Journalism.

Deadline: December 1, 2008

We are now accepting full-length scripts for a playwriting festival prize for 2009-2010. The competition is open to all playwrights. All scripts entered in the contest must remain unpublished and unproduced. Produced is defined as any production to which tickets are sold. Translations, adaptations and musical texts are not eligible. Scripts submitted will not be returned.

The winning script will be produced as a part of the Georgia College and State University, Department of Music and Theatre, mainstage season. An honorarium of $2000.00 will be awarded for a short residency and presentations of workshops early in the rehearsal process. Submitting playwrights should be open to some minor revisions and to working in an educational setting during the 2009-2010 school year. Playwrights will return to the campus for the opening. Travel expenses will be included. A $20.00 reading fee is charged in order to pay the reading teams a stipend for their work. Checks should be made payable to the GCSU Pillars Playwriting Prize.

Please submit the complete script in the standard format along with a cover letter and brief biography, resume or CV of no more than two pages by the deadline of December 1, 2008 to the following address: Georgia College and State University Department of Music and Theatre Pillars Playwriting Prize Karen Berman, Theatre Chair Porter Hall CBX 066 Milledgeville, GA 31061 or call (478) 445-1980 for rules and more information.